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ST ANDREW’S IS GRADUALLY OPENING UPAt this time of writing we are looking forward to opening our Church

for our first Sunday service on 19th July. We are currently undertakingour Risk Assessment and putting everything in place to make this a safe,

yet worshipful experience for those who attend.It will I am sure feel odd to be back, but also reassuring.

Once our Church is worshipping we will then put our minds to opening(under Government’s guidelines) some of our halls so that the widercommunity can benefit. We would ask for your prayers and patience

as we work to make this happen safely and responsibly.For further details on our opening, please visit our website

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Alpha 2020-Welcome-HomecomingI am currently reading a book aboutlockdown and its impact on us asindividuals, church and as a communityas a whole. One of the reflections thatstruck me most is about our homes.We know the Dorothy phrase fromthe Wizard of Oz ‘There’s no placelike home’ said in a ‘I really wish I washome right now and not stuck atwork/in traffic/in a meeting, inconfusion’. This resonates with me andmaybe with you too. Of course, thereare home-life situations that wereconcerning before lockdown andcontinue to be so. For those wholonged for their home beforelockdown, they may have seen agradual change in that feeling over thepast few months with the challenges ofhome-schooling or being told we‘have’ to stay at home. The home-coming longed for may be that of the‘home’ of work, the ‘home’ of family,the ‘home’ of singing in a choir’, the‘home’ of being in a church service, the‘home’ of a loved one sadly having diedand having found an eternal home.

In Rembrandt’s famous work ‘Thereturn of the Prodigal Son’, we see avery special homecoming. Mercy,forgiveness, kindness, reconciliation. Itis a homecoming in a literal sense in

Jesus’ parable as the son returns home,although before he makes it to thedoor the father is moving towards himoffering an embrace. It is also I believea homecoming in the sense that theson needed to know that there wereno barriers in this love and in thiswelcome. I think we all have a longingfor this homecoming. It is one thatbrings wholeness, one that brings asigh of relief (‘someone gets us andloves us still!’), and one that is alwaysavailable. As a Church we believe inGod who offers the ultimate

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Alpha 2020I’d like to encourage you to think about coming along to Alpha this year and alsoto encourage someone else to join/come along with you. The 11-week coursecreates a space, either online or hopefully in person, where people are excitedto bring their friends for a conversation about faith, life and God. We are hopingto meet at St Andrews, please do register if that is the case. If we need to changeto online and this won’t suit you please don’t worry. We hope to provide cake,fruit and drinks and a warm welcome!

So, what is Alpha really all about? We believe that everyone should have thechance to explore faith, ask questions and share their point of view. Alpha is aseries of sessions exploring the Christian faith. Each talk looks at a differentquestion around faith and is designed to create conversation. Alpha is run allaround the globe, and everyone’s welcome. It runs online, in cafés, churches,universities, homes—you name it. No two Alphas look the same, but generallythey have three key things in common: hospitality, a talk and good conversation.

Please see the flyer in this Contact for date details and how to register.

Sharon Lovelock

homecoming, the doors flung wide,the arms outstretched, the ‘alreadyrunning to meet us’ when we aremaking our first tentative stepstowards him.

If you would like to explore moreabout this sort of homecoming, pleasedo register on to the upcoming AlphaCourse- details can be found in thisContact. You are so welcome to joinin as we explore together. The coursehelps us consider who God is, why hecares about us and offers us ahomecoming no-one and nothing elsecan. It is for you if you are a Christianand want to re-connect with God, it isfor those who would say they don’thave a faith and would like to look into

and understand why Christians puttheir trust in God under sometimesdesperate circumstances and it is foryou if you are unsure and searching formeaning and purpose.

Alongside this you may like to read‘Healthy faith and the coronaviruscrisis’ by Kristi Mair and Luke Cawley.It’s about how to find our way in thenew reality and I recommend it to youwhether you are a ‘churchy’ person ornot! We are all humans, and all havebig questions and longing hearts forhomecoming I believe, even if we don’talways realise it.

Prayers and blessings

Sharon Lovelock

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HappinessHappiness happens but joy carries on.Smiles through life’s bumps and shocks to the end.There’s butter on toast, scones with real cream,A jazz club with wine, and that’s mighty fine.An evening with friends when we laughed without end.When happiness happens is it real or a dream?

You see me, you greet me, you make me feel good.We gather, we chatter, we walk, even paint.We work and we play, we dance or debate,Make happiness happen, that’s how to trick fate.

There’s Morecombe and Wise, Ken Dodd or Lee Mack,Splashing laughter and fun wherever they went.Others think time with their hobbies well spent.Friends, mirth and good fun are all heaven sent.

Happiness happens but joy sticks around-Sees rainbows through tears when fun disappears.Sometimes I’m happy, sometimes feel sad,When out with the lads I’ll gladly say, ‘cheers’!But they’re unaware I’m riddled with fears.

Happiness happens when you plan it, you see.So don’t sit around feeling sad or just blue.Reach out to a friend or pick up the phone,Some feel so lost who need time with you.

Victor Jordan

FROM THE PARISH REGISTERSFunerals7th June Reginald Brabon Waverley Place Aged 73

9th June Mary Scantlebury Larch Grove Aged 80

20th June Erzsebet Treadwell Romford Road Pembury Aged 89

Wedding18th July Amber Dunn & Simon Passey

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ALPHA and FaithI was born in South Africa of Jewish parents and had a Barmitzvah as wasexpected of me. Being a teenager in the 1960’s life had much to offer and religiondid not score highly on my to do list, even though home was always filled withreligion. My father was a practicing Jew, but my mother was more liberal.

When my father died at 55, I was in my early 20’s and his death ended anyremaining interest in religion. My reasoning being if God can take such a goodman so young what was the point? (We have all heard that before.)

Being a rebel in the 1970’s I married a Christian girl much to my mother’sdisapproval, thus further distancing myself from religion of birth. My wife was nota religious person but when our daughter, Jakki, was born we did take her tochurch at Easter and Christmas which I enjoyed. To allow Jakki to decide onwhich religion she might follow we also occasionally went to a synagogue. In theend she chose neither.

When my wife of 40 years died, and I moved to Paddock Wood having metBarbara (then Owen), I started attending St Andrew’s church with her onSundays and enjoyed these visits. Following our marriage, I became moreinvolved with St Andrew’s continuing to attend services and embraced churchactivities and church life.

Rosheen Browning was the curate at St Andrews and one Sunday her sermonstirred an awareness where I knew I needed to expand my experience in Christ.

In the January an Alpha course was being run by Rosheen and I joined. This wasthe start of a journey that I am still on and learning so much every day.

To further my religious education and explore my new-found faith, I met weeklywith Bryan to study the bible and at Easter in 2017 Bryan suggested the time wasright for my baptism.

And so, my life as a Christian began and continues to develop. I participate inchurch life and am a member of an active Home Group.

This Home Group was started following the Alpha course. Some members werenew to Christianity some just participating to get a refresher on faith. I am soblessed that my home group has three committed Christians willing to teachChrist’s message and put up with my endless questions.

The Alpha course was the start of the journey into faith and I still enjoy everyminute of my new experiences in Christ.

I would whole heartedly recommend the upcoming ALPHA course to everyone.

By Ken Hesse

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A Long Journey into FaithSome time ago it was suggested thatchurch members might like to sharetheir own faith journey. Spare timeduring lockdown gave me the chanceto think more about this, so I felt itwas time to do my bit.

I was born in Portsmouth just after thewar, and thanks to my parents I can’tremember a time when I wasn’t awareof the existence of God. From a veryearly age they taught me to say myprayers (“God bless Mummy, Godbless Daddy” – you know the sort ofthing!). I was also packed off toSunday School, so together withprimary school assemblies theseinfluences resulted in my having nodoubt that there was a Godsomewhere ‘up there’.

We moved to Folkestone in the 1950sand I tried to do my duty to God andthe Queen, as all good Cubs should.When I was 14 a few of my friendswere being confirmed, which seemedthe right thing to do so I joined in. Itinvolved attending St John’s, anevangelical but very traditional

Anglican church. The ‘big day’ arrived,along with no less than Lord Fisher,the then Archbishop of Canterburywho I was proud to boast had laid thesame hands on me as had crowned theQueen seven years earlier.

Sadly, there was no Damascene flash oflight. I didn’t feel ‘strangely warmed’,John Wesley style either. I mustconfess that my continued attendanceat St John’s was due less to the 1662sung Evensong I would sit throughevery Sunday than to some attractivegirls in the youth club that would meetin the church hall after the service.

Until one Sunday night...

From time to time a speaker wouldcome and give a Bible-based talk – theend of the world would often figurewhich I found a little unnerving. Ourmeeting that night, though, wasdifferent. All I can remember is sittingup as things started to fall into placefor me. The speaker pointed out thatChristianity was not just a case ofbelieving in God and trying to be good,contrary to what I had alwaysimagined. “We can never be goodenough on our own,” he said, “butGod loves us so much that throughwhat Jesus achieved by dying on thecross we can be forgiven and have apersonal relationship with Him.” Headded that we must make a conscious,life-changing decision to ask Jesus intoour life while there was still time. If

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anyone wanted to make this decision,would they like to stand up?

I felt a very strong inner nudge to dojust that, while another voice insidesaid, “You’ll look daft, I bet no-oneelse will!” Despite my pushing it away,Nudge Number One prevailed and Isomehow found myself on my feet –not alone, I was relieved to note.Those few of us who had done sowere invited into the church where Ihad a friendly chat with a curate by thememorable name of Mr Coffee. Heexplained the step I was about to take;I said a prayer in my own words sayingsorry for all I had done wrong in thepast and inviting Jesus into my life. Imeant it. That was that. I was aChristian and would belong to Jesusfor ever! Everything would be just finefrom now on.

How wrong could I have been? Allwent well at the start and I was a veryenthusiastic Christian. I regularlyattended Bible study meetings and Ijoined the local Crusaders group;whose leader had an ability to pitcheach week’s message at just the rightlevel.

As time went on, however,distractions popped up everywhere –school work; sport and activities; aShadows-style band I formed withthree other friends – and of course,trying to attract a girlfriend. In short, Istarted on a slippery slope thatcontinued throughout my teens andtwenties as my lifestyle centred moreand more on social life, particularlypub-orientated. Looking back though,

I now see that He had never given upon me.

I fell in love with Geraldine, whoworked at the same bank branch as Idid. We were soon married andsettled down in Ashford, while all thistime, amazingly, the subject of ourbeliefs never arose. Until one eveningwhen Geri (as she later became widelyknown) interrupted me with “Just aminute, I’m trying to say a littleprayer!”

This opened a whole new discussionand I learned that although Geri wasnot a regular churchgoer she couldnever remember a time when shedidn’t love Jesus, which she put downto the ladies who ran a little Sundayschool she once attended. Thingscontinued like this until we moved toPaddock Wood, when a friendsuggested that we might like to giveBrenchley Church a try. We weremade very welcome. Our then six-year-old twin boys liked SundaySchool, and some of the oldenthusiasm started to come back.Geri had been thinking of confirmation(she, unlike me, hadn’t wanted to beconfirmed until she felt ready); she

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prayed about it, and surprise, surprise,the following week the vicarannounced that he was startingconfirmation classes. Coincidence? Idon’t think so. Geri enthusiasticallysigned up and her own big day came.During the service the same promptthat had got me to my feet all thoseyears ago came back, and I felt that ifthere was ever a better time to re-dedicate my life to Jesus I couldn’tthink of one. I said a quiet prayerapologising for having been away forso long, adding that I would like tocome back now if Jesus would haveme. Instantly a feeling of peace andacceptance came over me and fromthat day to this, despite difficulties attimes – Geri’s chronic illness, work-related stress, financial struggles,health issues of my own – God hasalways been there and has got methrough them.

Shortly after joining St Andrew’s, Geribecame too ill to attend services, butwe soon experienced many examplesof Christian love in action. We feltconstantly upheld by prayer, andalthough Geri was too ill for visitorsan encouraging letter would arrivefrom time to time, and every twoweeks a team of kind volunteerswould bring a delicious home-madecake!

Sadly, Geri never recovered. Hersudden and unexpected death hit mehard, although I knew that as aChristian she had gone to be with Godand I would see her again one day. Myhealth had deteriorated too, and at anall-time low one day I cried out to

God in floods of tears,” Please helpme, I can’t handle this on my own!”.From then on, although gradual,changes took place. I became morepositive and was encouraged byseveral people to attend church.Once again, the church familywelcomed me. Six years on I’m nowhappily married to Monica and lookingback I can see God’s hand in so manycircumstances along the way.

As a final thought, one question I hadstruggled with over all those years waswhether Jesus could really lovesomeone like me. A few years ago, Iwas encouraged to take part in anAlpha Course run by St. Andrew’s.Over an 11-week period I felt thesedoubts ebbing away as I came torealise that God really loves me and allI needed to do was to receive Hislove. Not only that; through Jesus Hewants every single one of us to have apersonal relationship with Him.

For anyone having doubts, orwanting to find out more about theChristian faith, I would thoroughlyrecommend coming along to Alphawhen our new course starts inSeptember.Who knowswhat you’lldiscover? Youcan, however,be assured thatyou’ll receive awarm, friendlywelcome and no questions you mayhave will be off limits.

David Laker

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The Weather - TemperatureHaving spent many pleasant days sitting in the garden or going for walks over thelast couple of months, I’ve come to realise that my favourite temperature isabout 22 -23 degrees C. A warm breeze is the icing on the cake! When thetemperature reaches the high 20’s and early 30’s, I’m not so keen to be outside.I keep the doors and windows shut and pull the curtains to stop the sun shiningin the windows. As the sun moves through the sky, I draw the curtains back tolet the light, but not the heat, in. This is a trick I learnt when living in Malaysia.

I’ve looked at the temperatures that I’ve recorded over the last five years – theyare not all complete as we have been away at times and not been able to recordtemperatures each day. May 2020 was the driest and sunniest month sincerecords began!

The trends follow a predictable pattern – colder in the winter and warming to apeak in July and August, but here are some highlights:

April this year was exceptional, and warmer than average. June was also lovelywith temperatures reaching 32.4°C. June in 2017 was similar.

Going back to 2015, in November although we had fog, rain and snow thetemperature reached 17.4°C on the 8th. We had the warmest December dayfor more than 100 years nationwide.

August 2018 – a lovely warm month with lots of sunshine, the hottest days at thebeginning of the month.

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So what about the coldest months. September 2015 seemed colder than mostSeptembers. It was a generally fine month but with chilly nights. Novembers in2016 and 2017 had lots of frosty starts and not many warm days.

January 2017 was cold with 13 nights of frost, but February 2018, as I’m sureyou’ll remember was really cold, the temperature going down to -10.8°C on the27th. ‘The Beast from the East.’

Let’s hope that August and September are lovely warm months, and that it rainsduring the night. Hopefully, by that time, lockdown will be a thing of the past,because we’ve been all acting responsibly, and we will be all set to face theautumn and winter weather head on. Let’s also thank God for our climate, thechanging seasons and the talking point that the weather gives us.

June Dean

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AUTUMNSUNNYTHAWRAINCHILLYFREEZINGHOTSUMMERSWELTER-INGSNOWHUMID

ICEWINTERTHUNDERSPRINGSHOWERSFOGGYFROSTWINDLIGHTNINGPsalm 148says ‘PraiseGod!‘

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BBQ SpecialWell it’s August and though many of us will have had our holiday plansinterrupted this year, we can hope for good weather and a bit of relaxation, so Ithought I’d share three recipes which you could use for lunch (or supper) in thegarden on a sunny day.

I’ve never really enjoyed shop-bought coleslaw, but I love thehomemade stuff and it’s very inexpensive to make.

Coleslaw (serves 4)IngredientsA quarter of a white or red cabbage 2 carrotsI eating apple 3 spring onionsLemon juice Mayonnaise

MethodWash the cabbage and cut in half. Then cut one of the halves into half. Finelyshred the quarter.

Wash and peel the carrots, then top and tail. Coarsely grate them.

Once you’ve done this, compare the piles of cabbage and carrots - you wantthem roughly the same size – an equal proportion of cabbage to carrot. If yourcarrots are huge, you may only need one, if they are small you may need three.

Wash and grate the eating apple and immediately squeeze the juice of half alemon over it to stop it going brown.

Finely slice the spring onions.

Mix all the ingredients together and season with salt and pepper then addmayonnaise – I would do this quite cautiously, mixing well as you go. The lemonjuice and juice from the vegetables and apple will make the make the mayonnaisego further than you think, resulting in a lighter, fresher coleslaw.

Your coleslaw is now ready – it will keep well in the fridge for several days buttastes nicest brought to room temperature.

BBQ ChickenThis is another of my “own” recipes though influenced of course by recipes I’veread and principally by my mum who used a similar marinade when shebarbecued chicken.

For the marinade (enough for 4 chicken breasts)

1 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp soy sauce

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I tbsp Worcestershire sauce 2 tsp runny honeyI small clove of garlic finely crushed

MethodMix the marinade ingredients together with some seasoning in a shallow dishthen marinade the butterflied chicken breasts. Leave for as long as you have –overnight in the fridge or 30 mins while they come to room temperature.

I’m sure you know to wait until the flames have all died down and the charcoal iscovered in ash. Turn frequently until cooked. I’d say two mins each side and thentest at the thickest point with a sharp knife to see if they are cooked.

Strawberry Hill Pineapple with Rum Butter glaze (serves 4 – 6)The last recipe is a BBQ pudding. Be sure to clean the grill thoroughly. It is anAinsley Harriot recipe and comes from his book Barbecue Bible which I see wasfirst published in 1997!

Ingredients1 large fresh pineapple Caster or icing sugar for dusting75g unsalted butter (but I very often just use what I have!)75g demerara sugar Juice of half a lime1 vanilla pod 2 tabs dark rum (or substitute what you have in the cupboard that is similar!)

MethodSlice the top and bottom off the pineapple, sit it upright on a board and cut itinto quarters (lengthwise). Remove the core from each quarter and then slice itacross into 2.5 cm thick triangular slices.

Sprinkle both sides of the slices with a little of the caster or icing sugar and BBQover medium coals for 5 – 6 mins until lightly caramelized.

Meanwhile, melt the butter in a small pan and add the demerara sugar and limejuice. Split the vanilla pod open with the tip of a sharp knife and scrape seeds intothe pan. Heat gently while stirring until everything melts in to a smooth glaze.

When the pineapple is almost ready, add the rum, set it alight and place on theBBQ to one side to keep warm. Once the pineapple is cooked, dish up onto aserving plate and spoon the glaze over. Serve with ice cream.

PS This is a grown-up dessert so if you have children around, I would BBQ somewhole bananas until they are black all over, then place in bowls, carefully slit theskin and add some chocolate buttons (or grated chocolate) which will meltwonderfully over the hot banana. This is also good with ice cream!

I wish you many happy summer days and lazy BBQs!

Hilary Sutton

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Mental Health AwarenessIn this one hour online Zoom sessionwe will be discussing our mental health,what impacts us, how to recognisestress and look at some simple copingmechanisms to help us through difficulttimes. We will also cover support,signposting and self-care.

Mental Health First Aid – AdultWe are now offering the half day versionof this accredited training course online.This 4 hour session will increase yourknowledge in mental health and mentalhealth issues, look at the impact ofstress and spotting signs of distress.It also gives us the skills to confidentlystart a conversation about mentalhealth and focus on looking after yourown mental health.

‘5k Your Way’Throughout the month of July, we inviteyou and your family to join us for ‘5k YourWay’. Donate £10 to our 5k campaign pageto enter and then complete the challenge bywalking, running, cycling, swimming, dogwalking or anyway you like! All successfulparticipants will receive a special West KentMind medal. For further details contacttanya.wright@westkentmind.org.uk

Youth Suicide Awareness andPrevention WorkshopsWe have places on our FREE half-dayonline Children and Young People’s SuicideAwareness and Prevention workshop. Thisinvaluable workshop is aimed at those whowork or volunteer with children and youngpeople, and for parents and carers whowant to learn more about how to supportthe mental health and wellbeing of childrenand young people.

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Summer BreakThings will be quiet for us over the summer as most of our groups take a break.There may still be some Pop-up activities so keep your eyes posted on theChildren & Youth Facebook page to keep up to date. There will still be a fewpodcasts going live from the Pathfinders team. Over the summer we will befocusing on planning how to get groups up and running, when we are able to.Making sure they are safe places for our children & young people.

Pop-Up CafeSarah, with the help of volunteers will be running a little tuck shop/ café from thepavilion at Memorial grounds on Wednesday afternoons 2-5pm, throughout thesummer holidays. There will be tea, coffee, cold drinks and snacks available totake away and enjoy in the park.

Family Holidays PhotosWe hope you have a fantastic Summer, whatever plans you have. Please send usyou holiday pictures and we can show contact readers what we got up to thissummer.

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Our GardenI’ll begin by putting you in the picture. We’velived here for almost 7 years and we havebeen allowed to add to the garden in thattime. Some of the plants we’ve bought, andmany more were given to us by neighboursand friends.

All the hydrangeas, including those that lived here way before us, came originallyfrom our neighbours. All the bright pink penstemons in the ground and the onesin pots have come from plants that they’ve given us too. When I cut them back Iput the cuttings in the ground or in pots and many of them take.

When we have a lot of rain, it floods out the back here. I’m always amazed thatany of the plants survive, but they do, including the penstemon, erigeron,aquilegia, geraniums and forget-me-nots.

I love it when plants seed themselves. We’ve another erigeron, the tiny whitedaisy ‘Mexican Fleabane’ which does this. Others include scabious, lychniscoronaria, alchemilla mollis, day lilies, and crocosmia.

We have a wonderful lilac called ‘Boomerang’ which is still flowering and smellsamazing. The roses have been beautiful this year. There is one called ‘Wild Edric’

which was the first rose I planted and has awonderful old rose scent. We’re waiting for asecond flush of flowers. Another wonderful rose isJubilee Celebration which Andrew bought me, witha lovely scent and paler pink flower.

Our neighbours have a wildlife pond and weoccasionally see damselflies blue in colour anddragonflies, although we haven’t seen one this yearyet. We saw a large hedgehog one evening and see

evidence of their visits, including a trail through the violet plants heading to ourneighbour’s garden!

Recently I was about to get some washing inwhen I noticed a wren on the ground by thelarge mahonia. I love all my birds, but wrensare my favourite. I kept still and as I watched Isaw the mahonia moving. Suddenly a youngwren appeared, then a second further up. I sawboth youngsters being fed! One disappeared

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Answers to Plus Words

Puzzle 1allow, allows, awl, awls, law, laws,low, lows, owl, owls, sallow, saw,saws, slaw, slaws, slow, slows,sow, sows, swallow,SWALLOWS (8), wall, wallow,wallows, walls, was, woo, wool,wools, woos, wow, wowsPuzzle 2access, ACCESSES (8), ace, aces,apace, cap, cape, capes, caps,case, cases, cease, ceases, escape,escapee, ESCAPEES (8), escapes,pace, paces, peace, pec, pecs, sac,sacs, SEASCAPE (8), SEASCAPES(9), sec, secs, space, spaces, spec,specs

into rougher grass by the fence, then they both flew onto it. This was a first forme and I was thrilled to see it.

We’ve also seen young sparrows, dunnocks, starlings, blue tits, robins, blackbirdsand a goldfinch all being fed. The young crows have been so noisy this year!

We see squirrels a lot. They are really amusingto watch as they chase each other about andrough and tumble. They do hog the sunflowerhearts feeder though and dig holes both in thelawn and around the garden. There has been ayoungster recently who, when really young,looked so cute and adorable. We have pebblesthe squirrels have brought into our gardenfrom our neighbour’s pots. I found one buriedin one of our pots and once I found a whole fat ball they had buried in another. Ionly use fat ball hanging feeders now!

Well, I’ll finish now. To close I’ll say how very grateful we are to live here, tohave a roof over our heads, and a garden. We thank God for our home.

Jeanette Robins

Debt AdviceIf the Coronavirus outbreak hasput a strain on your finances andyou are struggling to deal withyour debts, we can help you to manage them. Don’t wait until themeasures put in place to ease the strain on people come to an end andBailiffs, creditors or landlords can take action against you!How do I get help?We have re-opened our offices at 64 Commercial Road, Paddock Wood,TN12 6DP and can now see clients face to face again. We are currentlyoffering an appointment-only service, so we encourage you to call or emailus first rather than drop in.

info@pwadvice.org | 01892 838619We will complete a full assessment of your income and expenditure toadvise you about the options available to you, which could include:

● Maximising your income● How to deal with Bailiffs● Parking tickets and Dart Charge● Arrangements with Creditors or Debt Management Plans● Dealing with Court Action● Applying for a Debt Relief Order

We will help you from your initial enquiry right through to a completeresolution.For information or help about debt or anything else, contactPaddock Wood Community Advice Centre 64 Commercial RoadPaddock Wood TN12 6DP | info@pwadvice.org | 01892 838619

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Telephone Jo Hillas-Smith on 01892 838660

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Children and Youth Contact DetailsChildren & Families Worker

Little Pickles

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Mondays (term time)

01892 837617 / 07775 854129

9.45 am - 11.30 amVoyagers Sunday mornings 10.00 am

Youth Worker Sarah-Joy Woodcock 01892 837617Survivors Sunday mornings 10.00 amPathfinders (age 11 - 14) Tuesdays (term time) 7.15 pmNew Gen (age 15+) Wednesday evenings

New Gen from 7.300 pm

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Organist/Choir Leader Tatyana Angelova 07581 569016

Fair Trade Shop Katharine Garland 724542

Hall Bookings bookings@standrewspw.org.uk 837617

St Andrew’s Church, Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, Kent TN12 6DZ

T: (01892) 837617E: office@standrewspw.org.ukwww.standrewspw.org.uk

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