Welcome
We
are a Church of England parish with churches in the two villages
of Blean and Tyler Hill which lie in ancient Kent woodland
between the cathedral city of Canterbury and the seaside town
of Whitstable.
We
describe ourselves as an ‘Open
Door’ parish: our newsletter carries
that title. We welcome everyone - Christians
of all denominations and others who want
to begin to explore the idea of faith
- to come and worship with us, and we
encourage everyone we come in contact
with to open the doors of their hearts
to the love of God
We
think the Living
Church part of our site is the most
important. We have made a commitment
to develop our work for God in four areas:
worship, pastoral care, education, and
outreach and mission, and you can find
out more about how we are trying to live
the life we believe Jesus wants us to
by clicking into that section.
We
know that people will come to – or
come across – our website for a
variety of reasons.
Some
of you will be interested in the history
of our churches, and others interested
in our patron saints, Cosmus and Damian,
and Francis of Assissi. You can find
out more in the Parish
History part of the site.
Others
will want to know about our services
and activities, including the arrangements
for baptisms, marriages and funerals,
and the section headed The
Parish Today is there to help you.
If you want to get more of an in-depth
picture of a slice of our parish life,
have a look at our Special Events area.
Whatever
you want from the site, we hope you will
find it here, and you are, of course,
welcome to Contact
Us. We ask you to say a prayer for
us as we will do for you as one of our
many visitors.
Our
services are as follows: 8am said Holy
Communion, 10am Parish Eucharist and
the
monthly
Evensong at 6.15pm.
Please
click here
to download a copy of our weekly pew and
prayer sheet.
Our
Ordained local minister is Grahame Whittlesea.
Tel No. 01227 763373
Email: bleanchurch@tiscali.co.uk
For
those visitors unsure as to where St.
Cosmus and St. Damian in the Blean is
situated, please note our Post Code is
CT2 9HU.
Alternatively, you can find us on Multimap by clicking here.
The
Parish Church of Blean
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St.
Cosmus and St. Damian in
the Blean dating from around
1233
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News
and Events
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Bishop Jean-Paul visit
Click here
to see photos of Bishop Jean-Paul's
visit from Madagascar.
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Mission
Link with a parish in Madagascar
Details of Eileen Routh's visit
to Madagascar and the parish
of St. James, Ambatondrazaka
can be read here.
Also, please read news of the
recent Cyclone
to hit Madagascar and how
you can help. Click
here
to read the latest email from
Rev Olivier
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Visit
from Bishop Stephen
Click here
for photos of when Bishop Stephen
presided at the 10am service.
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Priest
in Charge
We are very pleased to announce
that Canon Noelle Hall (also
Rector of St Martins and St
Pauls, and Area Dean of Canterbury)
has been appointed as Priest
in Charge of St Cosmus and St
Damian in the Blean. Click here
for more details.
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How
the Church helped the W.I.
Please click here
and scroll down to read about
how your Church was able to
help out the East Kent W.I.
in their hour of need!
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Madagascan
Calendars for Sale
Calendars are for Sale filled
with pictures of Eileen's visit.
They are £5 each and can
be obtained from Eileen at eileen.routh@talktalk.net.
Profit from the Calendars will
go to Madagascan projects. Just
send a name and address and
Eileen will post a calendar
to you.
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Start
the Week
Start the Week at 24 Tyler Hill
Mondays at 9.45 am.
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Do
you want a copy of the Church
Magazine?
If you would like a hard copy
of the Church Magazine, please
send an email to Janet Bentley
- tjbent@globalnet.co.uk.
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Coffee
Pot
Thursdays from 10.30 - Noon at
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Friends
of Blean Church - a group
now a year old
To
become a member please click
logo to view and print
a form. Click
here to view our page
for more news.
Click
here to view and print
extracts from our Spring
magazine.Our Autumn magazine
will be out in November.
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Junior Church
Any new members to Junior Church
are very welcome.
All ages from 5 to young adult
- contact Parish Office, or
just turn up for any 10.00 am
service.
Click here
to view our Education Page for
more details.
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