EVENTS AT AND AROUND ALL SAINTS
The season at All Saints' church starts, as usual, with the wonderful Five Church Walk on May Bank Holiday, 6 May, when hundreds of local residents, and some not so local, set off from one of the five churches and walk to one or more of the others on the 16+ mile circular route (this year in an anti-clockwise direction), discovering sandwiches, cakes and other delights available at all the venues. It's a super day, and the Kent Air Ambulance, Pilgrims' Hospice, and the participating churches all benefit from the donations made. This year marks the fortieth annual walk so will be something special. For all details, go to www.thefivechurchwalk.co.uk and get your walking boots oiled.
Then at the end of May, on Spring Bank Holiday 27th, we host the 100 or so taking part in the annual pilgrimage from St Martin-in-the-Fields, London who drop in for sandwiches and a cup of tea and, as is traditional every year, to warm themselves by the fire in the Tudor porch before heading off to Chilham and Chartham for tea and cakes. As always it is great fun, but involves a lot of sandwich making! If you would you like to help with this - or any other planned event - we'll be pleased to hear from you. Phone 627117 in the first instance.
Then we have the superb Stour Music Festival which promises some stunning performances of early music enhanced by our brand new sound system to facilitate the spoken word and improve contact between audience and performers. Further info here www.stourmusic.org.uk
And on Saturday August 3rd we'll be repeating our very popular Fun Day at All Saints, when among the various attractions will be a Hog Roast, an art show, and group trips up the ancient tower to view our lovely Kent countryside. Not to be missed!
But not everything takes place at All Saints. On June 23rd and 30th we shall be repeating our open-air Sunday services in the beautiful and tranquil setting of St Mary's church, now a ruin, by the lake in Eastwell Park. What a magical setting! But all that's for the future. Further details of all our events will be published here as available.