St Marys Church Hadlow

Market Stall

Here at St. Mary’s we hold a Market Stall on the third Saturday of the month between 9.30-12.00 in the Upper Room.  Why not come and join us for a chat, a cuppa and to purchase the produce on sale.

We are committed to the nurturing, protecting and safeguarding of everyone, especially children, young people and vulnerable adults.
We recognise that the protection of children, young people and vulnerable adults is everybody’s responsibility. Leaders that work with children, young people or vulnerable adults are CRB checked. We work to a formal safeguarding policy based on a Model Safeguarding Policy supplied by the Churches’ Child Protection Advisory Service http://www.ccpas.co.uk The full policy can be seen on request from the Vicarage, Maidstone Road, Hadlow TN11 0DJ.

Our Parish Children’s Representatives are:

Ross Morgan 01732 832843 or in her absence:
Mike Smith 01732 850176

St Mary’s has an enthusiastic band of bell ringers, currently with just under twenty members. Six of these have joined us since the beginning of 2009. Ages range from 10 to very mature!

We normally ring for the 10am service each Sunday and the 6.30pm service on the first Sunday of the month. Our weekly practice is on Wednesday evening (7pm-8pm currently dedicated to intensive practice for our new members and 8pm-9pm for the more experienced). Visitors to the tower are always welcome.

Contacts

Tower Captain: Stan Jenner 01732 852163 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Secretary: Howard Rogers 01732 850329 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The oldest Association in the Anglican Church with three and a half million members world-wide, the Mothers’ Union was started over 130 years ago.  The St Mary’s branch has been in existence since 1907 and today has 21 members.  We meet on the first Wednesday of each month at 1.45pm in the Upper Room of the Church and anyone who has been baptised can become a member.  We have a varied and interesting programme and visitors are always welcome.

Our Branch financially supports the Mothers’ Union overseas programmes which provide education, health and child rearing and protection schemes and we hope that we shall soon make direct contact with the Mothers’ Union branch in Kibakwe, Tanzania, the town with which the Church hopes to arrange a ‘twinning’.

Locally, our members raise money by various means to support Church and community projects.  For example:

We have provided financial support for educational purposes;

We have provided practical home care such as meals and laundry facilities for families when in need;

We also support families in times of difficulty throughout the year and especially at Christmas;

And

To introduce the Mothers’ Union to young families, we present a floral posy to the mothers of children being baptised.

We support many local fund-raising ventures, especially within the Church.  For further information please phone Sue Morgan on 01892 722388 or the Reverend Gwen Smith at the Vicarage on 01732-850238