There's a lot going on in Kemsing and Woodlands churches! This page shows some of our recent items of news; click on the headline to read more about any item.
At our services this morning, James announced that he would be resigning as vicar of Kemsing and Woodlands some time in the early summer.
If you weren't in church this morning, his announcement can be viewed here:
As he mentions, 3 minutes is too short to answer all the questions... more
This year's Christmas is very different for everyone in our part of the country. Having been put into "Tier 4", any plans we'd made to see family have to be cancelled.
Wonderfully, we are allowed to sing carols together provided we're in the open air and it's part of a church service.... more
James has just emailed everyone on our Coronavirus mailing list. Here is a copy of that email.
Dear all,
The Prime Minister announced at 4.15pm today that Kent (along with the rest of the South East of England) will move into a newly created "Tier 4", effective at midnight tonight... more
A huge thank you to everyone from Kemsing and Woodlands who took part in Operation Christmas Child this year.
Knowing it's harder this year to get to the shops and buy things to put in boxes, we had set ourselves the target of sending off 100 boxes. Last year we sent off 125, and we... more
Why not join us on a journey through the Christmas story...
This December we are excited to announce a new community activity:
ADVENT WOODLANDS WALK and ADVENT WINDOWS for all to enjoy!
For more information please see the section under - Services: Christmas: Advent Walk... more
For a number of years, we've sold Kemsing Calendars, featuring Stephanie Sceal's photographs of the village and surrounding area. Stephanie has a wonderful gift to see a familiar place with fresh eyes and to capture that in beautiful photographs. People who love our area love these calendars;... more
Oak Hall up at Otford Manor are hosting a family friendly afternoon of entertainment at their outdoor Garden Stage with live music from the Christian band Awesome Cutlery. It will all be run in a Covid-secure way. Please visit oakhall.co.uk/awesome to book your socially distanced marked square... more
Last Thursday, we held our Annual Election of Churchwardens and Annual Parochial Church Meeting.
Because our church building could only accommodate 30 following government Covid-19 guidelines, the decision had been taken to hold the meeting remotely using Zoom. There are 130 people on our... more
This year, we were not able to do lots of the thing we would usually do to mark Harvest. In a normal year, people would bring fresh flowers to Kemsing for distribution to the sick and housebound the next day, and people would bring produce to Woodlands to decorate the church and (in some years)... more
With lockdown, we cannot distribute paper copies of The Well, our free quarterly magazine, to every home in the parish.
So the editorial team has worked hard and produced an online-only edition for Autumn 2020. It contains a delightful mixture of current news of the village under (and... more
