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sociable occasion when we enjoy coming together for creative fun and a hot meal. For more information please contact our Vicar, Rev. Estella Last 01227 206272. The Hundred Walk: February 24, meet at Etchinghill Golf Club CT18 8FA , tel 01303 863863. If you would like to join in with lunch, please phone the Club as soon as possible. The walk is led by Cara and Robert Cooper. Any queries please contact 01227 700207. Womens World Day of Prayer: This will take place on Friday March 1, St David’s Day 11am, Bridge Church. Men and women are welcome to this service which has been prepared by the Christian Women of Slovenia. Yoga Classes in Village Hall: Don’t forget that Cheryl Rivers takes Yoga classes in the JBW hall, Lower Hardres village hall, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. She even says the first lesson is free. To find out more on times of classes etc., please contact Cheryl Rivers 01227 457707 or www.yogawithcheryl.org

Lynsted/norton

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Molash

Correspondent: Geoff Jenkins, Kings View, Shottenden Lane, Molash, CT4 8EZ Tel: 01233 740598 geoff.jenkins195@btinternet. com Permission Elapsed: Due to the Ashford Borough Council taking almost a year to make a decision regarding the planning application submitted on behalf of St. Peter’s Church the Faculty originally submitted, as required , to Canterbury Diocese has now expired. The Faculty being Ecclesiastical planning permission required for most alterations to the Church fabric and contents. Another faculty will now be submitted Electoral Roll: A new Church Electoral Roll is being prepared. All persons, including existing members, wishing their names to be entered on the new roll, are requested to apply for enrolment by completing the necessary form which is available from the church porch for from the Church Electoral Roll, Officer, Trish Robinson 01233 740821. Please note that renewal is not automatic. All completed forms are required to be returned to Trish by March 10.

Newnham

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Northgate, Canterbury

Correspondent: Janet Back, Northgate Ward, Community Centre, Military Road, Canterbury, CT1 1YX Tel: 01227 785293 admin.nwcc@btconnect.com Fundraising Quiz Night: Northgate Ward community centre, Military Road CT1 1YX, Saturday March 23, 7.30pm Tickets £5 per person, bring your own food and drink. Teams of up to 8 people or come along as an individual and we will put you on a table with other people. There will also be a raffle. Contact 01227 785293 to book your space.

Oare

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Oaten Hill, Canterbury

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Old Wives Lees

Correspondent: Elisabeth Arter, April Cottage Pilgrims Lane, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8AB Tel: 01227 730752 garden@arter2.plus.com OWL Community Choir: Choir Practice is fortnightly, 4-5.30pm, Old Wives Lees Methodist Church. Anyone wishing to join us is very welcome, no auditions. You don’t have to be able to read music, just feel like singing. It’s good fun. We always need more men and alto’s. Choir Master is Mark Harding who also runs singing groups on Wednesday and Thursday mornings in OWL, also fortnightly. Come and have a couple of taster sessions to see how you like it, bet you join us For more information contact Fiona 01227 731062 / 07540 071666 or Ceil 01227 731896.

Ospringe

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Painters Forstal

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Preston

Correspondent: Sue Taylor, Langton House, The Street, Preston, CT3 1DP news4preston@gmail.com Church News: Our Christmas celebrations got underway on the extraordinarily cold morning of December 15 when Preston Church was open for the Christmas Tree and Crib Festival. December 16 saw the long awaited reopening of Elmstone Church for services. The annual Carols at Stourmouth Church led by The Thanet Festival Choir on December 19 saw a beautifully decorated and packed Church. The concert at Elmstone Church on December 20 by choral scholars from Durham University was wonderful and thoroughly enjoyed by a full church. December 21 attracted a number of festive people to sing carols on the Green in Preston.thank you to everyone who came and celebrated Christmas in our community in so many different ways. The Friends of Elmstone and Preston Churches Committee meets next week when we will be considering social and fundraising events for 2019.

Rhodes Minnis

Correspondent: Daphne Andrews, 31 Bedingfield Way, Lyminge Tel: 01303 862865 daphneandrews@googlemail. com The George Inn: Thursday February 14, the Vocalion Jazz Band will be performing New Orleans jazz, George Inn on Stone Street. 8.15pm, Wednesday February 20 you can come and listen to acoustic music, Sunday March 3, local musicians play and sing traditional songs. Meals are always available from 6pm, booking is advisable 01227 709170 or email: landlord@ thegeorgeonstonestreet.co.uk Yoga Workshop: Saturday February 16, 9am-12pm, village hall. This is suitable for all ages, mats are available on request. £25 per person, includes coffee and cake. Booking is essential 07977 503897 or email michele. patart@gmail.com Methodist Chapel: Service, Sunday February 17, 9.30am, conducted by Rev. John Lines from Deal. Road Closure: From February 18 for up to a period of five days, the road down to Folkestone will be closed at Beachborough to allow urgent drainage repairs to be carried out. Diversion will be through Lyminge to New Barn Corner then turn right through Postling and out onto the A20. Beetle Drive: This will be held Friday February 22, 7.30pm, village hall. New players will especially be welcome. Adults £2, children 50p. Light refreshments are served at half time and there is a raffle. All monies raised from this event go the village hall funds. Parish Council: Lyminge Parish Council will hold their monthly meeting in the Methodist Chapel, Monday February 25, 7.30pm. Members of the public are welcome to attend. You are asked to note that the information given in the recent Lyminge Newsletter regarding the venue is incorrect. If you do wish to address an issue with the Councillors, you are required to make initial contact with the clerk 07715 221705 or email: lymingepc@btinternet. com Rhodes Minnis Circle: Their next meeting is Wednesday February 27, 2.30pm, village hall. The speaker is Eileeen Jennings on her walk along the Saxon Way. New members and visitors are welcome, your first visit is free. More information from Marion 01303 862913.

Selling

Correspondent: Susan Smart, 5 Station Cottages, Selling, ME13 9PW Tel: 01227 752301 Village Hall: The hall is available for bookings and the hire fees are £10 per hour weekdays and weekend rate, £130 full weekend day, fully inclusive. To hire please contact 01227 752301. Tables and chairs are available to hire out, at a small charge, if not required by a hall booking. Membership for 2018/19 100 club season is underway with numbers being issued at £10 each. Members are welcome to hold more than one number. Hopefully committee members will be able to persuade more members to join for the 2018/19 100 club as new members are always welcome. Please contact 01227 752301 or any committee member. Monthly members are shown in The Parish Magazine. The village hall has a recycling clothing, bedding, curtains and shoes receptacle at the hall for hall funds. Please support this new venture of fund raising by using the bin installed in the car park at the village hall. Items are requested to be bagged and shoes in pairs. Grant: The annual ‘You Decide’ event was held at Teynham village hall, Saturday February 2. We were on of 18 bidders for grants from Cllr Andrew Bowles member’s fund. We are very pleased that we were successful with our bid of £733 for new lighting to the hall with heritage style lamp shades and LED bulbs which will be more economical and environmentally friendly. They will replace the fluorescent strip lights in the hall which are in need of replacement. There were 74 people attending to vote which took place using electronic voting pads. It is a good event, even if not making a bid and just 3 Councillors choose to give their funding in this way. Thanks go to our committee members who were able to attend the event to support the bid. Gardeners Association: The new programme is available to members. A coach trip to Wisley RHS Gardens, Tuesday June 4 has been organised leaving from Selling village car park, 9.30am, arriving at Wisley approx. 11am. All welcome to join. £15 per person, bookable at meetings or 01227 752301. New members are welcome to join. Keep Fit: Classes meet, weekly on Tuesdays, village hall, 5.45-6.45pm. New members are always welcome. The classes are suitable for all ages. £2 per session which Glynis donates to village hall funds for which the hall committee are very grateful. The Thursday class has been temporarily suspended until more members are able to attend regularly. Brownies: We are pleased to welcome Paloma to the pack from Rainbows, now that she is 7. Nayara will be joining later this month when she also comes on from Rainbows at 7. Sadly 2 of our 4 weeks meetings since Christmas have been cancelled due to a heating problem and icy roads giving concern for the safety of girls to or from the hall. We plan to attend the Up The Creek pantomime later this month in Faversham and Division Thinking Day event after half term. Church: Sadly Selling Church had unwanted visitors last Thursday when they helped themselves to lead from the Church roof causing water to cascade inside the Church after the snow melted and heavy rain set in. It was made more of a disaster as Friday was the Thanksgiving service and funeral for Jenny Duncan, a much loved resident of the village and Lay minister. Her funeral service was marred by the constant dripping from the leaks. Rev’d Peter Newell, our new Benefice vicar, was licensed and installed on Wednesday February 6 at Sheldwich Church by the Bishop of Dover and Archdeacon of Maidstone. Bells were rung prior to the service and groups from the Benefice personally welcomed him. We hope he and his family will be happy in their new role and home. If you have an item concerning Sheldwich, please contact the correspondent above.

Shepherdswell

Correspondent: Val Medgett, 19 Church Hill, Shepherdswell, nr Dover, CT15 7NR Tel: 01304 830119 Church: St Andrews Church, Sunday February 24. The joint Parish Service will be held, 10.30am at Barfrestone Church. Diary Date: As part of the 2019 Fund Raising program for St Andrews Church a ‘Cheese Evening’ is being organised for Friday March 22, in the village hall. More details will be available later but do keep this date free. Tickets will be available from March 1. Wednesday Club: The next meeting of Shepherdswell Wednesday Club will be February 27 in the village hall, 2-4pm. Dick Bolton will be talking on ‘Gardens Great and Small’. The club is for any Shepherdswell or Coldred residents over the age of 50. It is a friendly group and mainly meets in the village hall for talks and activities but enjoys trips out. For more information phone Carole 01304 830834. History: The February meeting of the Shepherdswell and Coldred History Society will be Thursday 28 in the village hall, 7.30pm. Brian Flood will be giving a talk on the History of Dover Trams from 1897 to 1936. Everyone is welcome. For more details phone Christina 01304 832143 or email christinaroberts147@ gmail.com Library: The next visit of the Mobile Library will be Thursday February 28 as follows:- Shepherdswell: The Bell 11-11.30am: the Railway 11.35am-12.05pm: Eythorne Road (opposite Bernards Gardens) 12.55-1.25pm and Coldred: The Green 1.402.10pm. If you have an item concerning Shottenden, please contact the correspondent above.

St Dunstan’s, Canterbury

Correspondent: Geoffrey Learner, 55 Whitstable Road, Canterbury, CT2 8DG Tel: 01227 639117 glearner@sky.com Parish Church : Sunday February 17: 8am Said Eucharist; 10am Sung Eucharist. Support Your Hospital : Your local branch of the Friends of K and C are holding a coffee morning, Saturday February 16, 10am-12pm, 17 Manwood Avenue (opposite Archbishops School). All are welcome. Stephen Hawking : The film The Theory of Everything, about the life of Stephen Hawking and starring Eddie Redmayne, will be shown by the Friends of St Dunstan’s Church, Saturday February 16, 2.30pm in the hall. Suggested donation £6 will include tea.

St Peter’s, Canterbury

Correspondent: Carolyn Farrar Mob: 07778 391820 Tel: 01227 455994 carolyncfarrar@gmail.com Parish Church: Sunday February 17, 9.30am Sung Eucharist, 6.30pm Evensong and Maynard & Cotton’s Hospital, Hospital Lane. Concert: Saturday February 16, 7.30pm Methodist Church. Concert with Adrian Bawtree (organ). Methodist Church: Sunday February 17, 10.30am Morning Worship and Junior Church. If you have an item concerning St Stephen’s, Canterbury, please contact the correspondent above. If you have an item concerning Staple, please contact the correspondent above.

Stelling Minnis

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Stodmarsh

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