Ash Wednesday

for 1 hour
St Mary's
Church Lane Orlestone w Snave Ashford, TN26 2EU, United Kingdom
Church of the Good Shepherd
The Street Hamstreet, TN26 2JH, United Kingdom

We begin the penitential season of Lent with Ash Wednesday. On Ash Wednesday 18th February will we have two services: a Holy Communion Service at St. Mary's, Orlestone @ 12 noon, and a Service of the Word at The Church of the Good Shepherd, Hamstreet @ 7.30pm. At both services we will have the Imposition of Ashes - the marking on the forehead with a cross made from the burnt palms from last Palm Sunday, mixed with water. The use of ash as an outward sign of repentance and conversion from sin originates from Jewish rituals recorded in the Old Testament.

To find out more about Lent, click on the dedicated page.

St Mary's

St. Mary's, Orlestone, is the official Anglican parish church for the former village of Orlestone, and for the newer village of Hamstreet. It is now in partnership with the Church of the Good Shepherd in Hamstreet, which is a Local Ecumenical Partnership (LEP) with the Methodist Church.

The official name of the parish is St. Mary's, Orlestone with Snave. The parish includes three churches, St. Mary's, The Church of the Good Shepherd, and St. Augustine's, Snave. St. Augustine's no longer has regular worship and is looked after by the Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust (www.romneychurches.net). There is one service held there a year, a Harvest Festival choral BCP Evensong, held in early September.

Our congregation is small, but friendly and welcoming. Please join us for our mid-week BCP (Book of Common Prayer) Communion Service each Wednesday at 12 noon (from Ash Wednesday to Christmas) or our monthly Sunday service, every third Sunday at 9am.

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Ash Wednesday

for 1 hour
St Mary's
Church Lane Orlestone w Snave Ashford, TN26 2EU, United Kingdom
Church of the Good Shepherd
The Street Hamstreet, TN26 2JH, United Kingdom

We begin the penitential season of Lent with Ash Wednesday. On Ash Wednesday 18th February will we have two services: a Holy Communion Service at St. Mary's, Orlestone @ 12 noon, and a Service of the Word at The Church of the Good Shepherd, Hamstreet @ 7.30pm. At both services we will have the Imposition of Ashes - the marking on the forehead with a cross made from the burnt palms from last Palm Sunday, mixed with water. The use of ash as an outward sign of repentance and conversion from sin originates from Jewish rituals recorded in the Old Testament.

To find out more about Lent, click on the dedicated page.

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