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A warm welcome to you
from the Parish of Fawkham and Hartley. We are an Anglican parish
within the Diocese of Rochester.
For over a thousand years, since the time of the Anglo-Saxons, our
churches have served the villages of Fawkham and Hartley. Our ministry
is to the whole community, so we seek to be welcoming, open and inclusive
within a broad Anglican ethos.
Within our parish we have two historic churches, All Saints Hartley,
and St. Mary’s Fawkham, and the modern All Saints Church Centre.
Sunday by Sunday, worship services are held in all three locations.
Each worship centre has its own style of service because people like
to worship God in different ways and in varying settings. We hope
that you will soon find a place in our church family wherever you
feel at home in worshipping God.
We hope you will find the following notes helpful in choosing where
to worship. However, nothing can beat personal experience, so why
not try all three? You will find a friendly welcome awaiting you
at whichever service you attend.
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All
Saints' Church
Church
Road, Hartley
A service is held here at 9 a.m. every Sunday. On three out of
four Sundays this is a communion service using the modern liturgy
of Common
Worship. On the fourth Sunday of every month there is
a service of Morning Prayer using Common
Worship. On the few months
in the year when there is a fifth Sunday, we celebrate Holy Communion
using the historic Book of Common Prayer.
All Saints Church is the place to come if you are looking for a
good start to your Sunday. Each service has hymns and a sermon.
The service finishes by 10.10 a.m. and you have the rest of the
day before you.
We also hold a “said” mid-week communion service
here on Wednesday mornings at 10.00 a.m.
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St
Mary's Church
Fawkham Valley Rd, Fawkham
A service is held here every Sunday evening at 6 p.m., generally
in the tradition of the Book of Common Prayer, except on the first
Sunday of each month when a special evening service is held, often
reflecting a seasonal theme.
On the second and third Sundays the service is Evensong with sung psalms and
canticles, and on the fourth Sunday the service is Holy Communion. All the services
have hymns and a sermon.
There are also morning services on the first and third Sundays of each month
at 10.30 a.m. (Mattins on the first Sunday and Holy Communion on the third).
St. Mary’s is the place to come if you are looking for
the beauty and historic tradition of Anglican worship according
to the Book of Common Prayer.
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All
Saints' Church Centre
Ash Road, Hartley A service
of Holy Communion using Common
Worship is held here every Sunday
morning at 10.30 a.m. except on the third Sunday of each month
when we hold our Family Service.
The Church Centre is in the middle of Hartley and so it is within easy walking
distance of most people. It has the advantage of having meeting rooms and a fully
equipped kitchen.
It is the focus of our work with young people, and each Sunday morning there
are Sunday Club classes for the different age groups. There are also toys in
a separate room for pre-schoolers.
It is also popular with the elderly, on account of its easy access and the wide
age-range of the congregation.
The services have a more informal feel than in our historic churches.
The Family Service is especially popular with our young families, many of whom
have become part of our Church Family through the baptism of their children.
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