We would like to welcome
you to our parish and to our web site. As you browse the site
you will find many pages of helpful information about parish
life in Fawkham & Hartley.
If you are new to our Parish,
or would like information on our services, can we suggest that
you click here for our Welcome! page.
If you are interested in the history of our 2 lovely churches
pictured here with our Church Centre, then click on History on
the side menu.
Please explore our site and don't forget, we'd love you to come
and enjoy one of our services, or parish events.
We have now reached the festival of
Easter which is the most important Christian festival, and
its message is the foundation of our faith. It was the resurrection
of Jesus that transformed the disciples from a group of people
full of fear and bewilderment into a movement that spread across
the world.
It is the resurrection that gives the most authoritative evidence
for Jesus' identity as the Son of God. And it is the resurrection
that gives an eternal perspective to our lives and enables us
to live in hope.
As
part of the process of appointment of a new Rector for the Parish
of Fawkham an Hartley, we have been asked to produce a 'Parish
Profile'. This document in the form of a small booklet, is intended
to enable the Patron and probably the candidates (for the Patron
will normally send any candidates a copy) to understand the Parish
and the issues which face us and to recognise the qualities that
are needed in a person who wishes to serve as the Rector. A small
team has taken all the views expressed in the questionnaires sent
out by the Churchwardens a couple of months ago, and produced
the Parish Profile for Fawkham and Hartley.
It is available for you to look at in 3 formats;
There are a number of 'hard copies' in
circulation.
You can download a pdf version of the document,
to read online, or to print, by clicking here pprofile.pdf .
Warning it is a big 3.5Mb file!
You can look at an online version of the document
which will enable you to read and get a feel for how the document
looks in a printed format, just on the link pprofileonline.This
is the recomended option.
The theme for the event will
be the 25 th anniversary of the uniting of the Parishes of
Fawkham and Hartley
Please make a note in your diary
so that you
can share in this fun filled event
Developing our Parish Heritage
All Saints Church
is the oldest building in Hartley, probably on the site of a former
wooden Saxon church. For more than 900 years it has been used for
regular public worship and has been a focal point in the lives
of Hartley people. It is open daily to those who wish to come to
pray or just to find peace.
In the course of time a small vestry and a porch were added, the west wall
was rebuilt and the interior has been re-ordered.
Now, after dramatic expansion of the village, the time has come to develop
the church and enhance its viability for use by present and future generations.
The fabric is in very good condition. Architectural inspections are carried
out every five years and followed by relevant repair work, the cost being met
by wise use of regular church income and special fund-raising
activities.
BUT - the church lacks some basic
modern amenities.
An
extension to the west end of the existing building which incorporates
the window frames
now in the west wall
What is needed now?
level access from the road
toilet facilities
a refreshment servery
a circulating area
space for additional seating
a community meeting room
These needs can only be met if the church is
enlarged.
With these considerations in mind, and spurred
on by the Disability Discrimination Act, the Parochial Church Council
[PCC] set about responding to these needs. Consideration of various
options, selection of one of them, and development of detailed
plans took nearly four years. The cost of professional fees was
met from a bequest.
Early in the procedure our architects advised us to establish our priorities,
to develop a realistic vision of needs for the future, and then to “fund
the vision”.
A list of the results
of recent collections, donations and fund raising events.
Two thousand years after he walked the earth, Jesus of Nazareth remains
one of the most talked-about and influential people who has ever
lived.
On the rejesus.co.uk web
site , you can explore his life, character, teaching and followers.
Please click, explore and post your own questions, thoughts and
prayers.
Get God on your pod! Pray-as-you-go combines music, scripture and some questions for
reflection in a new, ten minute prayer session every day.
Play it or download it from
the site with one click, or subscribe to the free podcast. Use
it at home, in the office, or on the move with your MP3 player.
If you have any
requests for prayer for yourself or others then please click
here for the prayer request page.
The prayer requests will be brought to our regular monthly prayer group held
at All Saints Church on the First Wednesday of every month
To contact
us:
Phone: 01474 703819
Fax: 01474 704972
Email: info@fawkhamandhartley.org.uk
The Rectory
3 St John's Lane
Hartley
Kent DA3 8ET