St Lawrence Church Bidborough

St Lawrence Church, Bidborough



Know God, Show His Love, Grow His Church

Southborough Team

New To Bidborough?

Have you just moved into Bidborough? Wondering what there is on offer for you and your family?

'St Lawrence Tots & Co' Parent Toddler Group

As part of St Lawrence Church, 'Tots & Co' is pleased to welcome you on Friday mornings in term time from 10-12 at the village hall. This parent toddler group offers an opportunity to meet other parents with babies and young children, to make friends and have a cup of coffee while your little ones make friends too. £2 per family - just turn up!

Leaflets about the group are available from Bidborough Stores (in the rack at the Post Office Counter) or contact Claire Wells on (01892) 527414.

Bidborough Nursery School

Runs Monday to Thursday at the Village Hall during term time. For details write to Bidborough Nursery School, Care of Bidborough Village Hall, Bidborough Ridge, Bidborough.

NCT (Bidborough)

Coffee mornings run on a regular basis.

(You don't have to be a fully paid up member to come along to these informal gatherings).

Bidborough Church of England Primary School, Spring Lane (01892) 529333

Is a primary school (infants and juniors on one site).
Headteacher is Mr Andrew Tulloch.

Local Information

Look out for Bidborough Parish Magazine for details of clubs and societies and Birchwood Association magazine.

Not forgetting of course the wonderfully informative column for Bidborough news and events written by Philip Codd as part of the 'Community Life' section of the Courier - out on Fridays.

KCC Mobile Library visits the Village Hall car park on Thursday afternoons.

Local Groups

Bidborough Brownies (7 years +) meet on Thursday afternoons at the village hall.

Rainbows (5 years+) run at Speldhurst, St Thomas' Southborough and in Tunbridge Wells.

There are Beavers, Scouts and Cubs, etc locally but not in Bidborough. Try Speldhurst, Southborough and Tunbridge Wells

Lots of other village clubs and societies - see local Parish Magazine and boards in village hall and around village.

News

Daily Prayers

BCP Morning Prayer
CW Morning Prayer
BCP Evening Prayer
CW Evening Prayer

Daily Prayer provided by the official Church of England web site, © The Archbishops' Council of the Church of England, 2002-2006.

C.A.M.E.O.

Cameo
Thursdays
4:00 - 4:45pm,
beginning 6th Mar.
Come And Meet Each Other and enjoy a cup of tea at the small Village Halls.

Annual Church Meeting

11th May
Review of the year and election of DDC meetings.

Christian Aid Week

11th - 17th May

Free Rice

Free Rice
Click on the rice bowl and you will be offered a word and four possible meanings. Click on the correct one and the advertisers on the site will pay for 20 grains of rice to go to the hungry of the world. Watch the grains of rice accumulate as you play – 5000 grains are a bowlful!

Hope 2008

Hope 2008
Visit the website for more details of this national initiative.

Traidcraft

There is a Traidcraft stall in Church on the first Sunday of every month. Please support this worthwhile project, which last year sold £7000 worth of goods in local churches.

Brownies

We welcome the 1st Bidborough Brownies for Church Parade during family services.
Brownie

St Lawrence Recipe Collection

Still available, at £5.00 per copy.
Contact Jenny Heyes or Deborah Snelling.

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