In our Parish we have many events to celebrate Remembrance and this year was no exception.
We started with a short Act of Remembrance outside Holy Trinity Markbeech on Saturday 11th November at 11am. People were gather and the sun shone. Inside there was a splendid installation by Peter Clark.
The main service took place at Four Elms and at 10.45 everyone gather around the War Memorial outside.
At Hever, in the morning Ed came and tolled the tenner and we gathered outside for a short Act of Remembrance. We were a bit fast to gather and because we had time, Joanna brilliantly jumped in and kept us entertained with a short history of the men in our community who have fallen in the first and second World War.
In the afternoon was time for the Forest Church group to celebrate Remembrance and pass on the importance of this event to the young families in our community.
We had a great time at Forest church last Sunday. Thank you Becky for running the craft! It was a brilliant idea and some of the dads had a conker fight too! Really good turnout as well.
Our next family services in October are:
Sunday 16th October 4pm at St Paul’s Four Elms
Sunday 23rd October 10am at Holy Trinity Markbeech
Many of you might wonder what usually happens to a family service. Here is a sneak peek into last Sunday’s service at St Paul’s Four Elms. Children read, said prayers, threw petals for the Queen, sang and decorated crown shaped biscuits.
Thank you all who join us for Forest Church last Sunday!
The children engaged with percussion, songs, prayers, making bread on the theme of generosity to remember the boy who shared his lunch and decorating biscuit ‘crowns ‘to remember Queen Elizabeth‘s generous life of service.
Last Sunday we had an outdoor pet service in Four Elms. It could have been a dog service if it wasn’t for the two brave Guinea pigs that joined us. All dogs behaved and Revd Simon came and blessed every one of them, even though some have slobbered him, some have eaten his cake and others have chewed on his bag. May they all be forgiven.
Here are some pictures from the day:
Pet service participants
Our next big event is the Four Elms Village Fete! Do join us!
We had a very lively and happy congregation at our Harvest festival in Markbeech last Sunday, lots of children and beautiful decorations. Many thanks to all who worked so hard to make the church look so lovely.
I was in Rochester last week for a course on websites(!) and took the opportunity afterwards to visit the cathedral. It was a day of sparkling light and cathedral and town were looking beautiful. Marielou
The members of the British Lichen Society spent a short time at Hever churchyard on 18 October 2014.
We were primarily interested in the churchyard wall as it supports a lichen, Diploschistes actinostomus which occurs as several plants on the brick capping of the wall opposite the entrance to Hever Castle. This record is only the second one for this lichen in the UK. It is also found at Brookland on Romney Marsh.
The churchyard boundary wall has a most interesting community of lichens on it and I hope you will make the presence of these lichens widely known so that they can be conserved!!!
Any repair to the wall should incorporate the brick capping in the original orientation. In this way the lichens will survive!
A more detailed survey of the whole church was carried out in 2013. A total of 123 lichens was recorded – a fantastic number!!! Ishpi Blatchley
The Harvest Festival Service in the beautifully decorated church in Markbeech this morning was lovely – making us think hard about how to reduce the differences between those who have and those who don’t. The first collection of food for the Edenbridge food bank gave the service a particular resonance – that there should be such hardship in leafy Kent should be impossible but as long as it exists we must try to do something about it. read more about the Food Bank here
Three Spires Benefice 
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