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S E P T E M B E R
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Sat 4th
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11am - 3pm Triangles Centre
Open Day
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Sun 5th
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TRINITY 14
8am St Andrew
BCP Communion
9am St Nicholas Mass
10.30am St Andrew
Parish Mass
6pm Charles Lister Court
Evening Service
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Thu 9th
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7pm in St Nicholas
Men's Deanery Fellowship
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Sat 11th
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10.00am St Andrew
Baptism Rehearsal
10am - 6pm Dover Churches
Friends of Kent Churches sponsored cycle ride
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Sun 12th
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TRINITY 15
8am St Andrew
BCP Communion
9am St Nicholas Mass
10.30am St Andrew
Parish Mass
12.30pm St Andrew
Holy Baptism
1.15pm St Nicholas
Holy Baptism
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Fri 17th
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6pm in St Nicholas
Friday Hour
Half an hour of reading, song and prayer followed by tea and biscuits
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Sat 18th
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9.30am St Paul's Maidstone
Bishop's Day for the Laity
for more information see the Diocesan website
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Sun 19th
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TRINITY 16
8am St Andrew
BCP Communion
9am St Nicholas Mass
10.30am St Andrew
Parish Mass
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Thu 23rd
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7.30pm in the Parish Office
PCC Meeting
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Sat 25th
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9.30am St Andrew's
Decorating the church for Harvest
6pm St Nicholas Hall
Harvest Supper and Bingo
Bring and Share Supper with Bingo £1 per card.
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Sun 26th
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HARVEST FESTIVAL
9am St Nicholas Mass
10.30am St Andrew
Youth Mass
followed by auction of fresh Harvest Produce.
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Wed 29th
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12 noon St Nicholas
Harvest Lunch
Mass followed by Harvest Lunch £3 (and raffle).
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O C T O B E R
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Sun 3rd
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TRINITY 18
8am St Andrew BCP Communion
9am St Nicholas Mass
10.30am St Andrew
Parish Mass
3pm St Andrew Pet Service
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Sun 10th
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TRINITY 19
8am St Andrew BCP Communion
9am St Nicholas Mass
10.30am St Andrew
Parish Mass
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Fr Tim writes . . .
HARVEST EVENTS
Decorating St Andrew's - Sat 25th
From 9.30am onwards, bring flowers, fresh produce, and/or dry foods to St Andrew's to decorate the church for
Harvest Festival.
Harvest Supper and Bingo - Sat 25th
Bring and Share Harvest Supper at St Nicholas 6pm with Bingo at £1 per card.
Harvest Festival - Sun 26th
10.30am at St Andrew's Harvest Festival Youth Mass.
This is also Back to Church Sunday and invitation cards are available for your friends.
St Nicholas Harvest Lunch - Wed 29th
Mass and Harvest Lunch 12 noon at St Nicholas - £3 names to Kay.
Friday Hour
Friday 17th August 6.00pm
The monthly fellowship meeting, this month celebrating
St Hildegard of Bingen. Readings, song, prayer and meditation -
followed by tea and biscuits.
September Baptisms
Sunday 12th 12.30 St Andrew's and 1.15pm at St Nicholas.
Two Baptism services again - but this time in both churches! Rehearsals are on
Saturday 11th - 10am St Andrew, 11am St Nicholas.
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YOUTH MASS
Once a month, usually on the last Sunday, the Parish Mass is partly led by young people from the Andy's Church Youth Group and the Uniformed Organisations.
The Youth Mass is more informal and shorter than the Parish Mass.
There is no Sunday School.
HOLY COMMUNION
Holy Communion is the eating of the consecrated bread and wine: Holy because the priest has blessed the bread and wine (known as the elements);
Communion because the consecrating prayer over the bread and wine recalls the words of Jesus at his Last Supper with his disciples,
This is my body...this is my blood.
This 8am service is known as BCP Communion because the Book of Common Prayer, sanctioned for use by Parliament in the Church of England in
1662 (although much of it is based on earlier books of 1549 and 1552 largely written by Archbishop Cramner), is used. The language is archaic but beautiful.
The service is said (ie. no music is used) and lasts about half an hour.
Fr Tim has to rush off afterwards to get to St Nicholas!
There is no service on the last Sunday of the month or during August.
PARISH MASS
The main service of the day: Parish because the Church of England divides the country into parishes, each with its own Parish Church,
at which the main service of the day is offered for the needs of everyone living in the parish. Mass because the service is Common Worship the
new service book of the Church of England produced in 2000 with the addition of some words from the Roman Catholic Missal.
The service is sung (ie. there are hymns and Fr Tim sings some of the prayers) and there is a Sunday School (except during August): everyone starts the service together,
then, after the Readings from the Bible, children aged up to 12 years old go to the Sunday School room for part of the service.
The service lasts about an hour; coffee and biscuits are served afterwards.
HOLY BAPTISM
Once a month, except during Lent - the six week before Easter - and December, there is a Christening service.
Baptism is another word for Christening: Baptism reflects the use of water from the Greek word for washing;
Christening means Jesus (Christ) receives the one Baptism into the family of the Church.
Children and adults can be Christened. Children can have up to six Godparents adults dont need any.
The service lasts about half an hour and is open to anyone with an association with Buckland church
living locally or with family members who have been Christened or married in the church.
Contact Fr Tim to make an appointment to arrange a Christening
FRIDAY HOUR
Friday Hour is monthly (check the Diary for the date this month) at 6pm in St Nicholas church.
It lasts about an hour no suprises there!
The first half hour is a mix of music, readings and meditation - the second half hour is for chat, tea and biscuits.