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.
Our
Ordained local minister is Grahame Whittlesea.
Tel No. 01227 763373
Email: theoffice@bleanparishchurch@wanadoo.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
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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.
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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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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.
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Madagascan
Calendars for Sale
Calendars are for Sale filled with pictures
of Eileen's recent 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 24 Tyler Hill Road.
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Friends
of Blean Church
A newly formed
group whose aim is to
help preserve the church
for present and future
generations of Blean
and Tyler Hill.
To
become a member please
click here to
view and print a form.
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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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