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Crossway
The voice of St Luke’s Church
     October 2021

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SUNDAY WORSHIP
                      8.00 am Holy Communion (BCP)
                          10.15 am Parish Eucharist
                       6.30 pm Compline as announced

                          1st Sunday in the month
                       10.15 am All Together Eucharist
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                              JUNIOR CHURCH
 Children meet in St. Luke’s Hall at 10.15 am and join the regular congregation
          later in the service, receiving a blessing during Communion.
                         For details see diary on page 19.

                          WEEKDAY WORSHIP
                 Thursday 11.00 am Holy Communion (BCP)
                     Saints and Holy Days as announced
        Holy Baptism, Banns of Marriage, Weddings and Funeral Services
                    should be arranged with the Team Vicar

  The Reverend Anne Bourne is available for help at all times, on 07512 734224
              She is happy to visit parishioners in hospital or at home,
whether you come to church or not, and will be grateful to be advised of any need.
                Please note that whenever possible she will keep
                            Saturday as her “free” day.
   The Administrator is available in the Parish Office Monday, Wednesday & Friday
                       THE WEST SEVENOAKS TEAM
Team Rector                 Reverend Mark Bridgen                       01732 452112
                            (responsibility for St. Mary’s, Kippington)
TEAM VICARS                 Reverend Anne Bourne                        07512 734224
                            (responsibility for St. Luke’s)
                            Reverend Andy Finn                          01732 669454
                            (responsibility for St. Mary’s, Riverhead
                            with Dunton Green)

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The Team Vicar Writes
Dear Friends
At the beginning of this month, we celebrate Harvest Festival, and we have the
opportunity to be thankful for all that we have. We need to remember not just
the provisions that we have, but those many people who have made it possible for
those provisions to be ready and available to us. Our dinner that appears on our
table is the result of many hours of toil by countless different individuals. This does
not just include those responsible for sowing and harvesting the crops, but those
who have transported it, packaged and distributed it. But as we thank God for
them let us be mindful also of those who have little or nothing as the world’s
resources are shared ineffectively.
That popular harvest hymn - we plough the fields and scatter echoes profoundly
our sentiments which we are able to express at our service. Those words then
thank the Lord, O thank the Lord for all his love are words that we should use not
just at harvest-time, but the other 364 days of the year. We in this country,
compared to others have so much to thank God for, but so often we do not. We
take too much for granted. Very often because we have much we come to
expect more and forget to be thankful. This year again we shall be collecting food
and toiletries for the work of Loaves and Fishes Food Bank and The Hygiene Bank
respectively so please be generous in your giving.
At the beginning of November, we pause to remember and especially those we
love yet see no longer at a service of remembrance at 4pm on the 7 th November.
Please join us if you would like for this reflective service including the lighting of
candles and pass to me any names of individuals you would especially like to
remember.
God is indeed a generous God. We have so much to be grateful for. So, I pray
that this harvest may be a reminder to us all to be thankful to God for all he has
given us and as we move towards remembrance let us be mindful of the many we
love yet see no longer.
May God richly bless us all
Anne

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St Luke’s Away Giving
The Charity for October is:
Refugee Action
There are many mistruths peddled in order to create distrust and dislike of
refugees coming to the UK. For example, do you think “People have to claim
asylum in the first safe country they reach”? Well, they don’t! Neither the 1951
Refugee Convention nor EU law requires a person to claim asylum in the
first safe country they reach. When we were part of the EU, the Dublin
Regulations allowed the UK to ask another EU country to accept
responsibility for a person when specific conditions applied but Brexit
excluded that arrangement. Hence, people trying to cross the Channel
can legitimately claim asylum in the UK if they reach it.
We don’t know the backgrounds and personal stories of every person
trying to arrive in this way and we can only imagine the horror of their life
experiences. Therefore, before all of the debate about borders, safe
countries, security and economics begins, we must start from a place of
humanity. The people who are the subject of these debates are desperate,
they have been through hell, and seeking asylum is their fundamental
human right. They deserve our support.
Refugee’s Action’s Vision is to help refugees who have had to flee their
home countries and move their homes to recognised camps, by providing
basic support to enable them to live with dignity in those camps and then
later to live safe, happy and productive lives in the UK.
PLEASE support Refugee Action generously this month and throughout
the year.
Their website www.refugee-action.org.uk has lots more information about
how the charity helps and supports refugees and you can donate on-line.
If you feel moved to champion Action Refugee at St Luke’s please speak to
Rev. Anne Bourne.

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What was raised in July
                         In July £77.00 was collected for
                                  Mission to Seafarers

   What was raised in August
 In August £350.00 was collected for
Sevenoak Kenya Education Trust (SKET)

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St Luke’s Social & Study Group / Book Reading Group
The Social & Study Group has been postponed until further
notice and the Book Reading Group will be on Friday, 5th
November at 12 noon.
Laurence Pearce
Intercessions Group
ST. LUKE'S INTERCESSIONS GROUP "Do not be anxious, but
by earnest prayer, together with thanksgiving, let your requests be
made known to God" (Philippians 4: 6)
Our next meeting will be at the church on Friday, 29th October
from 2.00pm to 2.30pm and all are welcome to join us.
Those who cannot come are invited to set aside that half-hour, as
we pray for the Church, our local community and the wider
world. If anyone has any special requests for prayer, please let
Anne or me have them.
Dennis Mihill—d.mihill@sky.com
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By Friday 8th October

Parish Office            Opening Times
                     Monday - 7.45-2.45pm
                     Wednesday 7.45-2.15pm
                      Friday - 7.45-2.15pm
Church                Monday, to Friday
                          9.00—2.00pm

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The Team Rector Writes
Dear Friends,

With thanks to Anne, whose idea this was, we have been enjoying
as a team ‘walks around the respective parishes’ over the last
couple of months.
Obviously, with differences in size, some of those walks have revealed part of a
parish rather than its entirety. They have though been a lovely way of building up
fellowship, as well as learning more about each other’s parishes.
I led the walk of course around half of the parish of St Mary Kippington on the
1st of September and three things stood out. The first was the reality that the
nights are drawing in a lot quicker! Leaving at 7pm, dusk was now falling at
8:15pm. The second was that we lost a small group who went down one road
while everyone else went down another (!), but lastly – and more pertinent to
this reflection - was the reality of change.
We often see change as something ‘now’, as though change has never been the
reality of former times. Yet as we stopped and I shared something of the parish
as we went along, what struck me was the same response I was making. The
building here used to be/ then it became/ then it was turned into/ now it was.. As
an example, Kippington Grange used to be an impressive house of the Thompson
family (one of many in the parish); then it became a training college; then a
residential college; at one point between 1907 and 1919 the residence of the
Bishop of Rochester; now apartments costing between £500,000 to £750,000.
The landscape of our respective parishes and town have changed enormously
over the years and, one could argue, we are actually experiencing less change
than our predecessors. So much of what we see in the landscape now are
mostly residential properties, when at one time the landscape played host to a
richness of manufacturing; hospitality; educational; civic; spiritual; commerce;
sporting; agricultural concerns – not just houses.
God declares in Malachi 3: 6 – ‘I, the Lord, never change’. An abiding truth of
Scripture that should settle us and comfort us. In the landscape that we live in,
our churches and lives, change is neither bad nor good (though we all tend to
view any change as bad). It all depends on the direction it takes us. If it is from
God, or allows us to stay faithful to God, then change is always good. It just
entails a lot of prayer and wisdom though to know!
In fellowship and blessing, Mark
revmarkbridgen@gmail.com (Tel) 073 75 299 944 or (01732) 452112.

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Living in Love and Faith
The Church of England has produced a major course entitled
‘Living in Love and Faith’. It’s about sexuality, relationships and
love, and how we as Anglicans, and as Christians, understand
those and are able to support and encourage each other in
these relationships. Issues around relationships and sexuality
are not new within the Church. However, many people in our
churches have been hugely affected by the deep, and
sometimes painful, disagreements on these issues over the
years. The course produced allows people ‘in the pews’ a
structured and accessible way to engage and reflect on these
issues in a sensitive, careful, and prayerful way, listening in
grace to one another.

All of the sessions will be led by a clergy member of the Team
and the other sessions will be offered on the following dates –
again both 10am and 7:30pm.

Session 2 Wednesday 6th of October. The theme is that of
‘Identity’.

Session 3 Wednesday 20th of October. The theme is that of
‘Relationships’.

Session 4 Wednesday 10th of November. The theme is that of
‘Sex’.

Session 5 Wednesday 24th of November. The theme is that of
                    ‘Life together’.

As churches we are then encouraged to offer our thoughts and
reflections on the range of subjects addressed and these will
feed into the wider discussion the General Synod of the
Church of England will have concerning identity, relationships,
gender and sexuality in 2022.

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I do encourage you to check out the ‘Living in Love and Faith’
course for yourself by going on www.churchofengland.org/LLF

In the meantime if you would like to come to the second session
on 6th of October please contact Sue Stockbridge at St Luke’s
Parish Office on 01732 743045 or
Email lukesevenoaks.office@gmail.com

                              Rev Mark

             St. Luke’s Parish Main Hall Hire
                       High quality accommodation
                Services subject to Government Regulations

              The Church Hall is available to hire on a
              MONDAY FROM 11.30AM to 5.30PM
                   £20 per hour regular Hirers
                   £25 per hour casual Hirers
               For more information please contact Sue at:
            lukesevenoaks.office@gmail.com or 01732 743045

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It would be wonderful to have a cascade of
        knitted poppies on our altar.
   So please knit a few if you are able to
        and help us with our display.

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Team Walk
On the evening of September 1st about 20 intrepid walkers assembled
outside Kippington church for the third and final team walk. I say intrepid
but some of us were hoping it wouldn’t be as long as the previous one
which seemed to encompass every square inch of Riverhead and
Dunton Green. Others, more dedicated ramblers like Ian Goodacre,
were clad in shorts and ready for any eventuality. We set off down the
hill, in good spirits and with several canine companions, including Molly,
my beloved borrowed cavachon. Although a comparative newcomer,
Mark had certainly done his homework, telling us, inter alia, about the
history of Churchill Court, once a home for wounded soldiers and now
the residence of the financier Guy Hands. On we went, trying not to be
too envious of all these enormous houses with their gates and keypads.
At the end of Kippington Road we turned right and then went up
Oakhill Road – more amazing houses, more little talks from Mark on
important landmarks and prayers for the residents, although, certainly in
a material sense, there didn’t seem to be much more that God could
give them. There was some discussion as to which house belonged to
Gloria Hunniford and a general consensus that she was very friendly if
one encountered her in Tescos or, more likely, Waitrose. At the end of
Oakhill Road I had had enough, looking forward to the end and a little
concerned that we were walking along Oak Lane (with no pavement) in
the dark. Fortunately, I was wearing my high vis yellow jacket. Soon we
were turning into Kippington Road, and then back at the church. I
thought it had been a good evening – and Molly agreed.
Ian Funnell

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12.30pm – 1pm

Lunchtime Recitals
every Wednesday in
October

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Congratulations to Alex and Tom Clark on the
  safe arrival of ALBERT FREDERICK REUBEN, a brother
 for Phoebe and Ralph and grandson for Vicky and Tony

               Sunday 10th October
 We will be restarting JUNIOR CHURCH and look
                      forward
     to learning from our young people again.
There is a need for a few more helpers and especial-
 ly from JANUARY when we will be short of people
          to enable us to run this effectively.
Please consider if you would like to be involved and
   there is no commitment to help every week

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Almond & Apple Tart

  This autumnal tart has a delicate, sweet flavour and nutty
       frangipane filling. Serve with cream or custard

Ingredients
4 Royal Gala apples
icing sugar to cover
For the sweet pastry
165g butter, softened
80g caster sugar
265g plain flour plus extra for dusting
1 egg yolk lightly beaten
For the frangipane
100g butter
100g icing sugar sieved
2 large eggs
100g ground almonds
50ml Calvados
For the Calvados Chantilly cream
250ml double cream
50g icing sugar
50ml Calvados
½ vanilla pod , halved lengthways and seeds scraped out

Method - Prep:1 hr › Cook:1 hour & 15 mins plus at least 1 hr 20
mins chilling › More effort › Serves 8
First, make the pastry. Using a free-standing mixer fitted with a beater
attachment (or an electric hand whisk and large bowl), mix the butter
and sugar until smooth and pale. Reduce the speed, slowly add the
flour, then just before it’s fully combined, add the egg yolk and mix
briefly until smooth (if the pastry is dry add 1 tsp cold water).
Remove the pastry from the bowl, wrap in cling film and chill in the
fridge overnight, or for at least 1 hr.

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For the frangipane, cream the butter and icing sugar in a freestanding
mixer or with an electric hand whisk until light and fluffy. Mix in the
eggs one at a time, then fold in the almonds and calvados and beat for
3 mins more. Chill until needed.

Heat oven to 170C/150C fan/gas 3. Roll out the pastry on a well-
floured surface to the thickness of a £1 coin. Gently press the pastry
into either a 23cm tart ring on a baking sheet or a 23cm fluted tart
tin (the pastry may crack – patch up any holes with leftover pastry).
Trim the edges neatly, then chill in the fridge for 20 mins.

Stand the tart tin (if using) on a baking sheet, then spoon in the
frangipane and smooth with the back of the spoon, leaving a 0.5cm
gap at the top. Peel and core the apples, then cut into 4mm slices
using a mandolin or knife across the width of the apple so there’s a
hole in the middle of each slice. Arrange the apples on top of the
frangipane. Sieve a good layer of icing sugar on top, then bake for
1 hr-1 hr 15 mins or until the apples are caramelised and the frangi-
pane is cooked (use a skewer to check). Leave to cool for 30 mins
before serving.

Next make the Chantilly. Whip the double cream and icing sugar to
soft peaks, then add the Calvados and vanilla seeds, and whisk again
until the mixture holds its shape. Chill in the fridge until you are ready
to serve with the tart.

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MOG needs you
The Mission and Overseas Giving Committee known to many of you
at MOG desperately needs new members. This is a subcommittee of
the PCC whose principal task it is to co-ordinate and recommend St
Luke’s giving to outside causes both at home and away and to pro-
mote those causes to the wider congregation.

Each month we have a charity which the congregation are encour-
aged to support, and these charities are chosen bi-annually following
consultation with the congregation and are promoted through the
work of MOG and the collating of outside speakers. In addition, each
year the PCC allocates a sum of money to the committee and
MOG’s task is to assess and recommend to them the most effective
ways of distributing these funds.

Please speak to myself, Joy or Dennis for more information and
prayerfully consider your involvement

Anne

             Email: lukesevenoaks.office@gmail.com

 Please note that we have updated our office email address as
 of SEPTEMBER 2021. Please update your records accordingly

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These pages are designed to pull out
      and used wherever you would like to place them
Intercessions for October
We pray for our parish and its people; bless them, and us. May we know Your presence and
peace in our homes; fill them with Your love and use them for Your glory.
This month we are asked to pray for:
1.    The people of Afghanistan as they live through its crisis
2.    The family and friends of Gwen Cooley as they mourn their loss
3.    All those who took part in the Ride & Stride and for all the donors
4.    The NHS
5.    Those involved in pastoral care
6.    The Kenwood Trust whose work with addiction is so needed
7.    That by example people may come to faith
8.    Those who care for others with medical and mental health
9.    Those who run the food banks and their recipients
10.   All children and teenagers and students of all ages who have returned to education.
11.   The leaders and members of our link church All Saints, Marondera, Zimbabwe
12.   Those whose work has changed or ceased as a result of the pandemic
13.   Sevenoak Kenya Education Trust
14.   Our Team ministers, Mark, Anne and Andy
15.   The Wednesday lunchtime recitals at St. Luke’s
16.   Those working for Sevenoaks Council and other local services
17.   Success for the Living in Love and Faith course and learning together
18.   Newly ordained Curate Steve and his family
19.   Family and friends living abroad who we are unable to visit due to Covid restrictions
20.   Those who are struggling with their faith
21.   All involved with food production
22.   Those who are helping people grow in their faith
23.   To be able to see another point of view
24.   Those being cared for and those caring for them in Residential Homes
25.   All who read the lessons and deliver the intercessions at our services
26.   All who look after the church including cleaners and flower arrangers
27.   Peter and Jean, our churchwardens
28.   Those nearing the end of their earthly life and their families
29.   The work of Guide Dogs for the Blind
30.   The work of Hearing Dogs
31.   Ourselves

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All services subject to Government regulations
Calendar - October 2021
Sunday 3       8.00am    Holy Communion - Please enter via North Porch
               9.00am    Families breakfast followed by
               10.15am   All Together Eucharist (Harvest Festival)
Wednesday 6    12.30pm   Lunchtime Recitals
               2.00pm    Julian Meditation in the Side Chapel
Thursday 7     11.00am   Holy Communion
Sunday 10      8.00am    Holy Communion - Please enter via North Porch
               10.15am   Parish Eucharist
                         JUNIOR CHURCH led by Olivia & James - Who are
                         we? Psalm 139
Wednesday 13   12.30pm   Lunchtime Recitals
               2.00pm    Julian Meditation in the Side Chapel
Thursday 14    11.00am   Holy Communion
Sunday 17      8.00am    Holy Communion - Please enter via North Porch
               10.15am   Parish Eucharist
                         JUNIOR CHURCH led by Marie & Janet or Beth
Wednesday 20   12.30pm   Lunchtime Recitals
               2.00pm    Julian Meditation in the Side Chapel
Thursday 21    11.00am   Holy Communion
Sunday 24      8.00am    Holy Communion - Please enter via North Porch
               10.15am   Parish Eucharist
                         NO JUNIOR CHURCH - HALF TERM
Wednesday 27   12.30pm   Lunchtime Recitals
               2.00pm    Julian Meditation in the Side Chapel
Thursday 28    11.00am   Holy Communion
               1.30pm    Fellowship Trip to LullingstoneVilla
Sunday 31      8.00am    Holy Communion - Please enter via North Porch
               10.15am   Morning Prayer
                         NO JUNIOR CHURCH - HALF TERM

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November 2021
Sunday 7       8.00am    Holy Communion - Please enter via North Porch
               10.15am   All Together Eucharist
Wednesday 10   12.30pm   Lunchtime Recitals
               2.00pm    Julian Meditation in the Side Chapel
Thursday 11    11.00am   Holy Communion

Sunday 14      8.00am    Holy Communion - Please enter via North Porch
               10.15am   Parish Eucharist for Remembrance Sunday
                         JUNIOR CHURCH led by Olivia & Janet or Beth -
                         Remembrance
Wednesday 17   12.30pm   Lunchtime Recitals
               2.00pm    Julian Meditation in the Side Chapel
Thursday 18    11.00am   Holy Communion

Sunday 21      8.00am    Holy Communion - Please enter via North Porch
               10.15am   Morning Prayer
                         NO JUNIOR CHURCH
Wednesday 24   12.30pm   Lunchtime Recitals
               2.00pm    Julian Meditation in the Side Chapel
Thursday 25    11.00am   Holy Communion

Sunday 28      8.00am    Holy Communion - Please enter via North Porch
               10.15am   Parish Eucharist
                         JUNIOR CHURCH - ADVENT

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ST. LUKE'S BOOK GROUP
With the easing of the Covid restrictions, the Book Group has been able
to resume its meetings. We have recently read and discussed Dear
England by Stephen Cotterill, the Archbishop of York, and God and
Caesar by Shirley Williams.

We are particularly fond of reading biographies and our next book is
The Bishops by Frank Longford (Lord Longford) and we shall be meeting
to discuss this at the church on Friday, 5th November at 12 noon.
Anyone who would like to join us will be very welcome.

Dennis Mihill

    Would you like to find meaning under the baubles
                    and decorations?
                  Starting 25th November at 7.00pm
  an advent Bible study with 6 sessions. Some sessions will be in per-
           son in the Church Hall and some will on Zoom.

    Please let me know if you are interested and which evenings you
                                 prefer
                   (Wednesday, Thursday or Friday)

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Memorising Verses from the Bible – Part 10
Last month I said that I had been distracted by activities for my own
(mainly) enjoyment and skipped Bible study. However, I have had personal
experience as a Christian of how God has shepherded me along His path, I
have been tempted but He has always given me an escape route, and I
have taken Him up on His offer to ask Him prayerfully to handle situations
which I could not resolve. Fortunately, I have not suffered any crippling or
dysfunctional anxiety that might have affected my health but I am confident
that His care for me would have resolved even that degree of worry. The
verses this week look at such challenges which we all face and the help
Christians can count on from God.
October’s verses (NIV):
Promises
  39. Proverbs 3:6        In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will
                          direct your paths
  40. 1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is
                          common to man. And God is faithfull; he will not
                          let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.
                          But when you are tempted, he will also provide a
                          way out so that you can stand up under it.
  41. Psalm 55: 22        Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain
                          you; he will never let the righteous fall.
  42. 1 Peter 5:7         Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares
                          for you.
As summer fades into autumn, I wish you (and myself) more time to think
about and memorise these and the preceding 38 verses. Do contact me if
you would like to follow up on this series.

Peter Ashwell 01732 461087 or peter.ashwell@btinternet.com

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ROSA MARKS - THE MIRACLE GIRL
             Oliver Holmes Granddaughter

In May 2021 Oliver received the call nobody wishes to hear - his
granddaughter had fallen downstairs at a friend’s house in Durham and
had broken her neck and could be permanently paralysed. She was
operated upon and a steel sheet was inserted into the right side of her
neck, but the news was not good.

However, with an excellent physiotherapist who got Rosa up within
two days - not left in bed for ages - and Rosa’s determination and
prayers from all over the world - Rosa is home, has had the steel cage
removed from her head and walking with just a little discomfort - taking
her second year teaching exams and hopes to return to Durham
University next term. Medics have visited her; hence the miracle girl.

Oliver and I wish to thank you for your support and prayers which
have been an enormous comfort during this very difficult time.
Pamela Holmes

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Gardening Tips for October
Not much has happened in my garden since the middle of August when
I had surgery in hospital, so in theory, I have missed all the slots for
planting etc. But with Mother Nature nothing is a hard and fast rule.
Ideally, you will have planted daffodil bulbs in September, but the end of
October will be ok. Tulips are planted in October, but if you do it by the
end of November, it won’t be a disaster. I have planted daffodils in
March and had them in flower at Easter when it has been late. When
frost blackens Dahlias, cut the stems to 6ins and lift tubers. Remove
annuals from the ground. Divide overgrown clumps of lilies. Continue
with general tidying. Dead-head roses to prolong flowering. Cover
ponds with netting to stop leaves falling into them, including wildlife
ponds. This is the ideal month for laying turves for a new lawn. Raise
the height of blades on lawn mowers.

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Colouring Fun

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In Remembrance:

October
3rd    Beryl Veronica Hall
4th    Eric Cyril Tee
6th    Richard John Mason
9th    John (Jack) Widows
10th   Rosemary Pauline Goodacre
12th   Mark Timothy Bullock
18th   Bruce Carver
20th   Anne Edith Ivor-Jones
21st   Jennifer Anstey
26th   Dorothy Bedlington
27th   Arnold “Bill” Evershed
28th   Gerald Alexander Llewellyn Woods
       Frank Chester Ledsham
       Eric Stanley
30th   Isabel Senior
       Margaret Mary Gash
31st   Herbert John “Jack” Francis

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The next magazine is the edition for
                             November 2021
       Items for the Magazine should be emailed to Sue at:
               lukesevenoaks.office@gmail.com
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                    FRIDAY 8TH OCTOBER 2021

    St Luke’s Parish Hall and Rooms for Hire
Offer three types of high quality accommodation with a variety of
possibilities for groups and individuals. All accommodation is equipped for
the disabled. The Hall and Rooms are located in Eardley Road, a short walk
from Sevenoaks Station. They are an ideal venue, close to the many
organisations and businesses based in Sevenoaks.

The Principal Hall may be used in a number of different ways for
receptions, functions, meetings and social gatherings c.150 persons
standing or c.100 sitting at tables. A well-equipped kitchen is available
for preparing food. (Approx. 90 square metres).
The Parish Room is ideal for meetings of up to 15/20 people and as a
breakout facility for the principal hall. In addition, there is also a small,
private, enclosed quiet garden area attached to this room.
(Approx 16 square metres).
The Upper Room is also available for meetings of up to 12 people.
Approx. 15 sq. metres of carpeted and heated ‘creative’ space.
     Further details and information on hall and room hire rates, please
                          telephone: 01732 743045
                    email: lukesevenoaks.office@gmail.com

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September Solution

October - solution in the November issue

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St. Luke’s Parish Hall Hire
     offers three types of high quality accommodation
      All services subject to Government Regulations
        The Church Hall—£20 per hour
        The Parish Room—£12 per hour
        The Upper Room—£12 per hour

   For more information please contact Sue at:
lukesevenoaks.office@gmail.com or 01732 743045
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THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. LUKE - WHO’S WHO
Churchwardens                     Jean Picton-Bentley                            01732 465866
                                  Peter Fleming                                  07598 101784
Reader                            Laurence Pearce                                      464598
Director of Music                 Vacant
Deputy Wardens                    Ronald Adamson                                         668945
                                  Tim Pearce                                             465110
                                  Janet Bates                                            642352
                                  Michael Curry                                          668445
                                  Nick Donaldson                                         453478
Parish Office Administrator
& Hall/Room Bookings              Sue Stockbridge                                      743045
PCC Secretary                     Ian Funnell                                          461341
Treasurer                         Tony Adams                                           453056
Sacristan Team Co-ordinator       Andy Hone                                            456421
Electoral Roll Officer            Sarah Rogers                                          454850
Envelopes                         Jane Adamson                                          668945
Gift Aid                          Frank Mancktelow                                      453083
Flowers                           Christine Russell                                    457571
                                  Sylvia Hardy                                         453527
Sidesmen                          Peter Fleming                                   07598 101784
Transport                         Ian Funnell                                           461341
Archivist                         Jacquie Martin                                       454194
Church Cleaning                   Sylvia Hardy                                         453527
Library                           Laurence Pearce                                      464598
Recital Coffee                    Vicky Adams                                          453056
Children’s Representative         Ros Ward                                              01959 525638
Website                           Peter Ashwell                                        461087
Safeguarding Officer              Ros Ward                                             01959 525638

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Papa Youth            Reverend Anne Bourne
                      & Sarah Jenkinson                                                   461163
Junior Church         Marie Stevens                                                       458172
                      James Wright                                                        742770

TOTS                              Verity Scorey                                          454854

PCC SUB COMMITTEES
Hall                              Janet Bates
Finance                           Laurence Pearce
Social                            Tim Pearce
MOG                               Anne Bourne
Festivals                         John Levett

St Luke’s Church Hall and Meeting Rooms – for information and booking details, please telephone
01732 743045. Whilst parking is available in Eardley Road and Granville Road, Hirers are asked to respect
the needs of local residents when parking in this residential area and under no circumstances are vehicles
to be parked in Emily Jackson Close.

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St Luke’s Parish Church—Team Vicar of the West Sevenoaks Team:
                  The Reverend Anne Bourne
   St Luke’s House, 30 Eardley Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 1XT
                  Telephone/fax 07512 734 224
                Email: rev.annebourne@gmail.com
                   Parish Office: 01732 743045
             Email: lukesevenoaks.office@gmail.com
                  Web: stlukes-sevenoaks.org.uk

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