Sunday, April 30, 2023

Sunday Worship podcast link and other news from Seal Church: April 30

 

Join us for worship online, on the phone or in the building today. 

with best wishes
Anne Le Bas


Online
Worship podcast    Order of service
You can also access this podcast by phoning 01732 928061


In the church building today

10 am   Holy Communion
6.30pm Evensong

Next Sunday  
10 am  Holy Communion 
3-6pm  Coronation Fun in the churchyard (in church if wet), beginning with a short service at 3pm
6.30pm Evensong

This week: 

Wed     10 am Good Book Club in the vicarage ( Luke 24 & Acts 1)
            4.30-5pm Children's Choir
             7.15-8.15 Adult choir
Fri        9.30 am Morning Prayer in Church
            10.30 - 12.30 Friday Group in the church hall

Easter 4

Kevin is preaching today, exploring the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd, and what it means to listen to his voice and follow him.
The Good Shepherd is one of the earliest images used by Christians of Jesus. It features in art on early Christian tombs, like that of Gallia Placidia in Ravenna, Elaborate mosaic picture showing Jesus seated amidst a flock of sheep.or the 3rd century image below it from the catacomb of St Callixtus in Rome. One of the reasons it was popular is because it was an image that was already familiar in ancient art, called the Kriophorus, of the Greek God Hermes - see the statue below, which is easily to assume is of Jesus, but is actually a "Kriophorus" from about 450 years before Christ. It is alleged that Christians felt they could use the image of a shepherd as a coded message without drawing too much attention to themselves in a time of persecution, as it could always be explained away as a "Kriophorus". 
Whether this is true or not, the image of shepherds and shepherding clearly reminded people of the care and protection of God.  God as Shepherd is a familiar image from the Hebrew Bible too. Psalm 23 - the Lord is my Shepherd - was, and still is, one of the most popular and vivid psalms in the Bible, speaking of God's love for us throughout the journey of our lives.  Fresco showing Jesus carrying a lamb on his shoulders.

Most of us will not have direct experience of shepherding, but to those in the ancient world this would have been very familiar, a normal part of everyday life. As Jesus' words suggest, sheep were  often kept overnight in communal sheepfolds, to be called out by their own shepherd in the morning and led out to pasture. They weren't kept in neat, fenced off fields, as we now often see them, but roamed far and wide over large areas. Knowing the voice of their shepherd was vital if they weren't to get lost. 
  • We are surrounded by voices - family, friends, the media etc - trying to influence us to do this or that, go this way or that way.  How do you decide what is right and wrong, and which way you should go in life? 
  • What does it mean to you to "know the voice of Jesus"?
All Age Ideas
In today's Gospel story, Jesus says that he is like a shepherd whose sheep know his voice and know they can trust him. 
  • Who do you listen to and trust? Are there people you think you shouldn't listen to or follow? How do you decide what are good and bad things to do?
  • Play a game of "Simon says". Choose someone to be "Simon". They say "Simon says..." and then tell you to do something - "Simon says touch your toes" for example - and everyone does the action, but only if they start by saying "Simon says". If they leave that out, then you don't do what they say. If you do, you are out!
  • Jesus says that his sheep know his voice. Whose voices do you recognise straight away without even seeing them? You could record the voices of people in your family and see how quickly you can recognise who they are by the sound of their voices. What happens if they try to disguise their voices? Can you still tell who they are?
CHURCH AND COMMUNITY NEWS



TALKING VILLAGE - There's no Talking Village session on Monday, or next Monday, because the Bank Holiday  means that Deniz Cafe is closed. There will be a session in the Library on Saturday morning from 10.15 -11.15 however, so do pop along for a chat then.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN OUR PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL? The PCC meets six times a year to discuss a wide range of matters to do with church activities, services, fabric and finance. Members must be prepared to have a DBS check, and do safeguarding training. They must not have been disqualified from being charity trustees. They need to be confirmed, and have been on the church electoral roll for at least six months. Elections will take place at our APCM on May 21, but if you would like to find out more in advance, please let me know. There is a copy of the Role Description on the noticeboard. We are also looking for people (on the PCC or not) to join our Fabric and Maintenance team, to help organise repairs and routine maintenance etc. If you could help, let me know!

ELECTORAL ROLL - The last date to sign up for this, if you are not already on it , is today. 
If you are not on our Electoral Roll, and would like to be, please fill in a form which you can find at the back of the church. Being on the church Electoral Roll qualifies you to vote at the Annual Meeting, but also means that, if you don’t live in the parish, you could be buried in the churchyard, if you want to. Electoral roll forms can be found at the back of church or downloaded here.
https://www.parishresources.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Application-for-Enrolment-Electoral-Roll.docx
Completed forms should be returned to the Electoral Roll officer, Wivine Turner, c/o The Vicarage, Church Street, Seal, TN15 0AR

DAVID WILLIAMS' TALK ON SEAL VILLAGE DURING THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH 2ND

David delivered a very interesting talk at Seal Library's Tea Set following the Platinum Jubilee last year. There was also, a fantastic display of photographs, depicting Seal village betweeen 1953 and 2022.  For those who didn't make it, you have a second bite at the cherry, as David is repeating this event on 
FRIDAY MAY 26TH AT 7.30PM AT ST EDITH'S SMALL HALL FOR THE KEMSING HERITAGE CENTRE.
Do go along and enjoy -  Just turn up - it'll be well worth a visit!

CALLING ALL KNITTERS AND CROCHETERS AGAIN!
So, now we have seen what some of the village talent can achieve, by way of our magnificent pillar box topper, Chris Rampton is making a request - well in advance - for anybody to come forward to make as many poppies as they possibly can please. She says the more the merrier, as we will be needing an awful lot of this this November, so if you get started now, we will be in with a chance of receiving sufficient. I believe these will be used on the pillar box, and to decorate our church for Remembrance Sunday too. Chris says, you can use any pattern you can find - always good to have some diversity - but abundance is the keyword. Sounds like this will be another terrific show. 
Have you spotted the bug hotels and feeders now dotted here and there around the churchyard? Many thanks to the Eco Church team for organising these, and to those who have donated or made them. 
There are also a couple of photos below of last Saturday's Eco Church walk on the hills above Kemsing. Blue bells and cowslips were around in abundance and a good time was had by all. 

Sunday, April 23, 2023

Sunday Worship Podcast link and other news from Seal Church: April 23

 

Join us for worship online, on the phone or in the building today. 

with best wishes
Anne Le Bas


Online
Worship podcast    Order of service
You can also access this podcast by phoning 01732 928061


In the church building today

10 am   Holy Communion
6.30pm Evensong

Next Sunday  
10 am  Holy Communion
6.30pm Evensong

This week: 

Wed     10 am Zoom Church
            4.30-5pm Children's Choir
             7.15-8.15 Adult choir
Fri        9.30 am Morning Prayer in Church
            10.30 - 12.30 Friday Group in the church hall

Easter 3

Today's Gospel tells the story of Jesus appearing to two of his disciples on the road to Emmaus, a village seven miles outside Jerusalem. 
The sermon explores the importance of journeys, even, or perhaps especially, the ones which turn out to be detours... 
  • How do you feel about travelling? Is it a pleasure or a chore? Are there journeys you would rather not have made, or things that went really wrong on the way?
  • How do you like to travel? If you could be "beamed up", instantly transported, would you, or is the journey part of the pleasure?
  • If you drew a picture of your life as a journey, what sort of landscapes would you have travelled through?
All Age Ideas
Today's Gospel story has a long walk in it. Two of Jesus' disciples, feeling sad, decide to walk home, seven miles from Jerusalem to their home in a village called Emmaus. The disciples don't recognise him at first. He knows they need just to walk together and talk about everything that has happened.
  • What's the longest walk you've done? Were there times when you felt like giving up? What was good about walking?
  • Have you ever looked at a map  of where you live? (You can find one here, and there are some  fun map reading activities here from Ordnance Survey) What does it tell you about your area? You could draw your own map of the places you know, or even make up a map of an imaginary place!
  • Today's Gospel story reminds us that Jesus is with us wherever we go. We can talk to him wherever we are. What would you like to say to him today? 
ST GEORGE
Although many people will be celebrating St George's Day today, in the official church calendar it is moved to tomorrow if it clashes with a Sunday in the Eastertide, as the readings for the Easter season always take precedence. But here's a picture of him anyway!
According to legend he was a fourth Century Roman Soldier, from Anatolia in modern Turkey, whose mother was Syrian. He became a Christian, which brought him into conflict with the Roman Emperor, Diocletian, and was beheaded for his faith in 303AD. The story of him rescuing a maiden from a dragon is apocryphal, but popular! The dragon was often seen as a symbol of the devil.
I can't help thinking this particular princess in this manuscript miniature, made in Verona in the second half of 13th century, looks less than enthusiastic about being rescued!

He has been celebrated as Patron saint of England, Ukraine, Ethiopia, Georgia (unsurprisingly!) Catalonia, Aragon and Moscow over the centuries. He became particularly popular in England during the Crusades, because he was a military saint, and probably displaced native English saints like Edward the Confessor, Edmund the Martyr, St Alban, and many other Saxon saints like our own St Edith, who, arguably, have a far better claim to veneration in England! George didn't ever come to England, as far as we know, and the hijacking of his flag to bolster English Nationalism would probably have completely baffled him. 
Regardless of the uncertainties around his story, and the dubious ways he has been used, his story reminds us of the courage of those Christians who stood against the military oppression of Rome, and those who stand up against oppression today. 

CHURCH AND COMMUNITY NEWS




WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN OUR PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL? The PCC meets six times a year to discuss a wide range of matters to do with church activities, services, fabric and finance. Members must be prepared to have a DBS check, and do safeguarding training. They must not have been disqualified from being charity trustees. They need to be confirmed, and have been on the church electoral roll for at least six months. Elections will take place at our APCM on May 21, but if you would like to find out more in advance, please let me know. There is a copy of the Role Description on the noticeboard. We are also looking for people (on the PCC or not) to join our Fabric and Maintenance team, to help organise repairs and routine maintenance etc. If you could help, let me know!

ELECTORAL ROLL - The last date to sign up for this, if you are not already on it , is next Sunday. 
If you are not on our Electoral Roll, and would like to be, please fill in a form which you can find at the back of the church. Being on the church Electoral Roll qualifies you to vote at the Annual Meeting, but also means that, if you don’t live in the parish, you could be buried in the churchyard, if you want to. Electoral roll forms can be found at the back of church or downloaded here.
https://www.parishresources.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Application-for-Enrolment-Electoral-Roll.docx
Completed forms should be returned to the Electoral Roll officer, Wivine Turner, c/o The Vicarage, Church Street, Seal, TN15 0AR


LAST CALL FOR CONFIRMATION CANDIDATES! If you would like to be confirmed, there is a service on Saturday May 27th 4pm in Westerham for which I am preparing a couple of people. Please let me know if you would like to join them in this! 
Good News on the Church Clock appeal.
We think we have reached our £6000 target! Many thanks to all who have contributed.
We are hoping this will be enough to repair the clock, but the repairers can't be sure exactly how much wear and tear there will be until they take it apart, so there may be some added expense to come. 
At the moment we are going through all the necessary steps to get official permission (known as a "facutly") from the church authorities to have the work done, which always takes a while, but we are hoping the repairs will be underway soon!

What we can be sure about is that there will always be more issues with the church fabric. A medieval church is bound to need work fairly regularly! One way to contribute to keeping the church in good repair is to give regularly to the Friends of Seal Church. Gifts made to this account are used solely for maintenance and improvements to the fabric, rather than to the ministry of the church. You can find out more here. 

Monday, April 17, 2023

Easter Eco event

 Many thanks to Babs and her team of Eco Church helpers who put on an event amidst the wind and rain of Easter week to make bird boxes. Here are some photos of the event, which had to be moved into the church hall to avoid the gale force winds! 

Babs sent me the following report on the event:

Families left laden with bird boxes, decorated with painted wooden shapes, and fat ball bird feeders, made by the children and destined to promote birds in their own gardens and local community areas. Josh and Alexander helped children in constructing their boxes, having practised in a Scouts & Cubs pack meeting just before Easter- thank you so much to them both for such great coaching, which will hopefully go towards a badge or two. 

   A few Cubs/Scouts/ Explorers came and cut wood funded by the 9th Sevenoaks Seal group, to be made up at an upcoming meeting, for the new grounds and hut coming to Seal soon. 


Most of the fat balls were left to fill our Churchyard home made bird feeders, once refrigerated.

   

      The new Hedgehog box, Robin boxes and reptile covers were much admired, but placing these in our churchyard wildlife area will need to wait for some more pleasant, less gusty, weather! 

Some braved the rain and hailstones to stroll to see our bug hotel, taking some nature hunt challenges with them, but filling the bug hotel’s compartments, and churchyard trails together, will have to keep until May, now.


Light refreshments were served and I think that some fun was shared by all who attended.

My grateful thanks to Helen and Steve, Jenni, Rosemary,Sally, Georgina,Jessie, Josie and Paul, whose support and cheerfulness when we had to move our event inside and reduce the number of activities, I massively appreciate.

It may not have been the sun-filled morning out in our ancient churchyard, looking up to the North Downs, that I had hoped for, but we kept dry, warm and safe, and have much to add to our wildlife area very soon (currently stowed behind a pew at the back of the church!)





















Sunday, April 09, 2023

Easter Sunday worship podcast and other news from Seal Church: April 9

 

Happy Easter!

Join us for worship online, on the phone or in the building today. 

with best wishes
Anne Le Bas


Online
Worship podcast    Order of service
You can also access this podcast by phoning 01732 928061
N.B. There won't be a podcast next Sunday, as I am taking time off this coming week, so won't have time to make one, though I will be taking the service (with a baptism!) in church on April 16, but you can access the Church of England's online service of worship here. 


You can find the texts of the sermons from Maundy Thursday and Good Friday here.

In the church building today

10 am   Holy Communion for Easter Sunday
6.30pm Breathing Space Meditative Communion

Next Sunday  
10 am  Holy Communion and Baptism
6.30pm Evensong

This week: 

Wed     No Zoom Church this week. 
            10.30 All Age Eco Church event in the churchyard.  See below!
Fri        10.30 - 12.30 Friday Group in the church hall
           

Easter Sunday

Happy Easter from all at Seal Church!
 
Today we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. The sermon explores Matthew's version of the story, which is characteristically dramatic. Tissot's painting of the women at the tomb conveys some of the shock and strangeness of this story; the guards falling back in terror, the women unable to believe their eyes. 

We can disappear down a theological rabbit-hole very rapidly if we try to explain or understand the resurrection; it's very essence is that it is inexplicable, a mystery that we can't fathom. In some ways, the best proof that something extraordinary happened on that first Easter Sunday, though, is the continuing existence of the church itself. There was no real advantage to the early Christians of insisting that Jesus had been raised from death if they knew he hadn't been - if, for example, they had stolen the body - which is what those who stationed guards at the tomb feared. As a martyred, dead hero he could have had just as profound an effect on his followers, inspiring them to continued action. And if the authorities had taken the body, they would have produced it very quickly to scotch any rumours of resurrection. The disciples stubbornly insisted, though, that  he had been raised from death, and it was this which brought them into conflict with the authorities, and led to their persecution. Whatever we might have seen if there had been CCTV cameras trained on the tomb, something happened on this morning, and the days that followed it, which changed the course of human history, and whose light we are still living in. 
All Age Ideas
Easter Sunday is the day when Christians celebrate Jesus being raised from the dead, a strange story, but one which reminds us that nothing is stronger than God's love. 
  • Can you see any signs of new life around you? New leaves on the trees, flowers blossoming, maybe some frogspawn in ponds or birds feeding their new chicks... Why not come along to our Eco Church event on Wednesday morning at 10.30am, to explore the wildlife in our churchyard!
  • Jesus said that when he died, it would be like a seed falling into the ground and then growing a whole new plant, bursting with new life. You could sow some seeds and watch as they come up. 
  • At our Messy Church on Good Friday, we cut out butterfly shapes from paper, and wrote the word "Alleluia" on them - one letter on each butterfly (you need 8) to make some alleluia bunting. You could make and decorate some alleluia bunting - it doesn't have to be in butterfly shapes - and decorate it in bright colours to celebrate. 


 
CHURCH AND COMMUNITY NEWS

SEAL ECO CHURCH EASTER EVENT  - see above.

NEXT ECO CHURCH WALK
10.30am Saturday 22 nd April ’23: 
Easter Eco Walk : Bluebell Woods &  Passion Trail


Please do join us for a stroll following the Oak Hall Easter Passion Trail through the breathtaking Bluebell woods on the North Downs above Kemsing.
Some guided meditation on the beauty of God’s creation, short prayers, scripture & a poem on the way, with a gentle environmental conservation reflection or Eco idea thrown in.
Refreshments at the Rising Sun/Chequers/Italian Deli afterwards, maybe!
With Lise and Babs.
Please meet at the front lych gate, St P & P Seal Church, at 10.30am for car sharing up the
hill, where we’ll park and start our walk.
(If anyone more adventurous than us wishes to walk from Seal or Kemsing, good on you! We’ll meet you up there at 10.45-11am!)
Lise and Babs.

CORONATION FESTIVITIES Sunday May  7th from 3-6pm 
We are planning to gather on Sunday May 7th, from 3-6pm, beginning with a short open-air service in the churchyard (or in church if wet), and a picnic tea (also in church if wet!). Please bring your own picnic, but we will provide tea/coffee pot and squash! There will be crafts and activities for children (and maybe adults too!), and a chance to celebrate the coronation, and our own local community. It's open to everyone, so do put the date in your diary and come to join us. 

WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN OUR PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL? The PCC meets six times a year to discuss a wide range of matters to do with church activities, services, fabric and finance. Members must be prepared to have a DBS check, and do safeguarding training. They must not have been disqualified from being charity trustees. They need to be confirmed, and have been on the church electoral roll for at least six months. Elections will take place at our APCM on May 21, but if you would like to find out more in advance, please let me know. There is a copy of the Role Description on the noticeboard. We are also looking for people (on the PCC or not) to join our Fabric and Maintenance team, to help organise repairs and routine maintenance etc. If you could help, let me know!

ELECTORAL ROLL If you are not on our Electoral Roll, and would like to be, please fill in a form which you can find at the back of the church. Being on the church Electoral Roll qualifies you to vote at the Annual Meeting, but also means that, if you don’t live in the parish, you could be buried in the churchyard, if you want to. Electoral roll forms can be found at the back of church or downloaded here.
https://www.parishresources.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Application-for-Enrolment-Electoral-Roll.docx
Completed forms should be returned to the Electoral Roll officer, Wivine Turner, c/o The Vicarage, Church Street, Seal, TN15 0AR


CONFIRMATION SERVICE Saturday May 27th 4pm in Westerham. Would you like to be confirmed? Please let me know if you would like to be prepared to make this commitment.
Good News on the Church Clock appeal.
We think we have reached our £6000 target! Many thanks to all who have contributed.
We are hoping this will be enough to repair the clock, but the repairers can't be sure exactly how much wear and tear there will be until they take it apart, so there may be some added expense to come. 
At the moment we are going through all the necessary steps to get official permission (known as a "faculty") from the church authorities to have the work done, which always takes a while, but we are hoping the repairs will be underway soon!

What we can be sure about is that there will always be more issues with the church fabric. A medieval church is bound to need work fairly regularly! One way to contribute to keeping the church in good repair is to give regularly to the Friends of Seal Church. Gifts made to this account are used solely for maintenance and improvements to the fabric, rather than to the ministry of the church. You can find out more here. 

Sunday, April 02, 2023

Sunday worship podcast link and other news from Seal Church: April 2 : Palm Sunday

Dear friends

Join us for worship online, on the phone or in the building today. 

with best wishes
Anne Le Bas


Online
Worship podcast    Order of service
You can also access this podcast by phoning 01732 928061


In the church building today

10 am   Holy Communion with Palm Sunday procession
6.30pm Evensong

Next Sunday  
10 am  Easter Holy Communion
6.30pm Breathing Space Holy Communion

This week: HOLY WEEK (see more details of services below)
Mon      2-3.30 Talking Village at Deniz Cafe in the High Street
              8pm Compline (Night prayer)
Tues      8pm Compline (Night prayer)
Wed     10 am Good Book Club in the vicarage
             7.15 Choir in the hall
             8pm Compline (Night Prayer)
Thurs   8pm Maundy Thursday Eucharist and Tenebrae
Fri        10 am Good Friday Messy Church in the church
            10.30-12.30 Friday Group in church hall
             2.30pm Good Friday service 
             8pm Compline (Night Prayer)
Sat        8pm Compline (Night Prayer)

Palm Sunday
Today we begin Holy Week, by remembering Jesus entering Jerusalem for the final time. Today's sermon explores the symbolism of the strange procession he leads, mounted on a donkey, and asks what we think salvation might look like. 


Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin's picture presents a very solemn picture of the event, and while in reality it would have probably been far more chaotic than this, it makes the point that Christ's entry into Jerusalem was a very deliberate piece of theatre, conveying the message to the crowds that he was claiming to be the Messiah, the one who came "in the name of the Lord". 
It is part of a fresco painted by Flandrin in the church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris. 
 
All Age Ideas
Today is the beginning of Holy Week, when we remember the things that happened in the last week of Jesus' earthly life. He rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, which was meant to remind people of some words written by the Old Testament prophet, Zechariah. He foretold a time when God would send a special king to Israel. Zechariah said "Look, your king comes to you, triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey". 
It was an odd thing for a king to ride - grand leaders usually rode big horses, to show how powerful they were - but this was a way of making people think about that. Do we think people who look strong or wealthy are more important than others? Often people behave as if they are, paying more attention to them. Jesus wasn't a leader like that. Instead he treated everyone as if they were equally important. 
  • Have you ever felt like people weren't taking any notice of you, or that they thought you weren't important? What did it feel like? Have you ever thougth that about someone else?
  • There's a lovely spinning palm leaf craft on the flame creative blog here which you could make. It has the word "hosanna" on it, which is what the crowds called out to Jesus. It is a Hebrew word which means "save us". I wonder how you might want Jesus to help you today? ( For more Palm Sunday craft ideas, check out my Pinterest page here.

HOLY WEEK & EASTER

PALM SUNDAY April 2
10 am Palm Sunday communion service, with procession from the lychgate

MON, TUES, WED, FRI, SAT 
  

8 pm      Compline (Night Prayer)

MAUNDY THURS April 6
8 pm     Holy Communion and Tenebrae


GOOD FRIDAY April 7   

10 – 11.30 am Messy Church for Good Friday

12– 8pm   Time for reflection
Drop in at any point for as long as you like. There will be focuses for prayer around the church for you to ponder.

2.30 – 3pm     Good Friday Service

8 pm     Compline

HOLY SATURDAY April 8       
8 pm     Compline

EASTER SUNDAY April 9       
10 am  Parish Communion for Easter Day
6.30pm Evensong, (said, with hymns)

Please join us at any of our services in Holy Week
 
CHURCH AND COMMUNITY NEWS

SEAL ECO CHURCH EASTER EVENT 
 Wednesday April 12 from 10.30 – 12.30 in the churchyard
Come and make some bird feeders and boxes, help build a woodpile and other habitat areas. Churchyard trail. Light refreshments. For all ages – all welcome.


CORONATION FESTIVITIES Sunday May  7th from 3-6pm 
We are planning to gather on Sunday May 7th, from 3-6pm, beginning with a short open-air service in the churchyard (or in church if wet), and a picnic tea (also in church if wet!). Please bring your own picnic, but we will provide tea/coffee pot and squash! There will be crafts and activities for children (and maybe adults too!), and a chance to celebrate the coronation, and our own local community. It's open to everyone, so do put the date in your diary and come to join us. 

WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN OUR PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL? The PCC meets six times a year to discuss a wide range of matters to do with church activities, services, fabric and finance. Members must be prepared to have a DBS check, and do safeguarding training. They must not have been disqualified from being charity trustees. They need to be confirmed, and have been on the church electoral roll for at least six months. Elections will take place at our APCM on May 21, but if you would like to find out more in advance, please let me know. There is a copy of the Role Description on the noticeboard. We are also looking for people (on the PCC or not) to join our Fabric and Maintenance team, to help organise repairs and routine maintenance etc. If you could help, let me know!

ELECTORAL ROLL If you are not on our Electoral Roll, and would like to be, please fill in a form which you can find at the back of the church. Being on the church Electoral Roll qualifies you to vote at the Annual Meeting, but also means that, if you don’t live in the parish, you could be buried in the churchyard, if you want to. Electoral roll forms can be found at the back of church or downloaded here.
https://www.parishresources.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Application-for-Enrolment-Electoral-Roll.docx
Completed forms should be returned to the Electoral Roll officer, Wivine Turner, c/o The Vicarage, Church Street, Seal, TN15 0AR

EASTER LUNCH 
Lise & Andrew Michaelides are hosting Easter Sunday lunch at their home this year, 2 Copse Bank, Seal TN15 0DE at 1pm. Everyone very welcome indeed, vegetarian option available. If you would like to come get in touch with Lise on 07570 125125  liseshay1@gmail.com

CONFIRMATION SERVICE Saturday May 27th 4pm in Westerham. Would you like to be confirmed? Please let me know if you would like to be prepared to make this commitment.