Weekly Newsletter 

Dear Church Family,

I hope you’ve all had a good few weeks during August and have enjoyed a slightly different routine and pace in your lives.  If you managed to get away or have time off work, I hope those days were times of blessing and encouragement to you.   

Our Summer Sundays have now finished and Kids Church and Younger Youth will be operating as usual from this Sunday 6th September.  As our 2026 Autumn programme gets under way, I’m excited to say that we have a new sermon series based on Jesus’s Letters to the Seven Churches to look forward to.  Please do pray that as we work through the first few chapters in the book of Revelation, we, as a church, will be able to grasp what Jesus is saying to Holy Trinity at this time too.   

I’m also very pleased to say that we had a special PCC Meeting on August 24th and we have now formally agreed the Person Specification and Job description, along with the Parish Profile, and have appointed Terry Fagg and Phil Cross, our Church Wardens, to be the Parish representatives.  So, soon we will be able to begin the Appointment Process for our next Vicar, and we hope to be advertising and interviewing in the next few months.  Hallelujah! So again, please do join us in praying that the person God is calling to serve Him and work with us here will apply and be appointed! Thank you!

Here are a few dates for your diary:

  • October 4th will be our Harvest Sunday – as usual we will be collecting gifts of non-perishable food for our Swale Foodbank (please make sure the use by date is good!) and gifts of money for a Toilet Twinning Tearfund project to provide clean water and toilets for the many communities who don’t yet have them.  

  • October 18th will be our next Baptism Sunday – It’s a time for people to either commit themselves to Jesus publicly for the first time through the waters of Baptism, or to recommit your life to Him if you have already been baptised or christened – people of all ages and stages are welcome!  Preparation will take place on Sunday September 20th at 3pm in Church.  If you are considering this as the next step in your Christian journey, please talk to Ann Mackenzie or email office@htsb.church to express your interest.

  • Now that September is here, our regular weekday activities will be starting shortly:

  • HT Stay & Play is back at 10am on Thursday, 10 September.

  • ‍Weekly prayers in church start again at 2pm on Thursday, 10 September.

  • ‍Love Laughter Lunch café returns at midday on Wednesday, 16 September

  • ‍‍Our next Women’s Breakfast will be at 9am on Saturday, 26 September in HT. Ladies – put the date in your diary and we’ll have more information for you very soon!

  • CofE Safeguarding questionnaire – if you haven’t completed the online questionnaire yet, don’t forget to do so by 11.30pm on 9th September.  The form is available at https://ineqe.com/churchofengland/canterbury/  or you can scan the QR code below. The questionnaire is only available online – please contact HT’s office at office@htsb.church if you need any help.     

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With our love and prayers,

Ann and the Staff Team