The 9.30 & 11.00 Services on 6^th October will be Harvest Festival Services at which donations to the Foodbank of tinned and packeted goods will be welcome (not baked beans), also monetary donations to the Poverty & Hope Appeal, please. Envelopes will be available in church for cash or else donate online. Poverty and Hope Appeal - Diocese of Rochester (anglican.org)

* You can find information about what to put in them at Shoe Box Appeal | Blythswood Care and there will also be leaflets available in church during October.  Small, practical items such as toiletries, stationery, and clothing, but not talcum powder, loose sweets, sweets with sell by date before 31/3/25 or any other food items.

The Rev. Roger Knight, The Rectory, Rochester Road, Cuxton , ME2 1AF, Tel. (01634) 717134 email. roger@cuxtonandhalling.org.uk

Parish Safeguarding Officer: Laura MacDonald, 97, Pilgrims Road, North Halling, 01634  245926
lauraannmacdonald@btinternet.com

Church Hall Hire: cuxtonchurchhall@gmail.c om.

Churchwarden initial contact details: Cuxton Joyce Haselden 01634 724634,Halling Chris Beaney 01634 241599

The All Souls services this year are on Saturday 2^nd November at 9.30 am at St  Michael & All Angels Church Cuxton and at 11.00 am at St St John the Baptist Church Halling.  At both services we remember all those whose funerals we have taken in this last year and people from the parish we have heard about.  If you or other members of your family or friends would like to be present at either service, you would be most welcome.  If there are other names you would like remembered, please give them in writing to the Rector.

Regrettably & regretfully I shall be retiring on 30^th November this year.  After that I shall have no responsibilities or rights with regard to the running of the ecclesiastical parish.  Please refer any queries after 30^th November to churchwardens.

Churchwarden initial contact details: Cuxton Joyce Haselden 01634 724634, Halling Chris Beaney 01634 241599

After 30^th November, my address will be 5, May Street, Cuxton, Rochester, Kent, ME2 1LR, telephone 01634 713294  My email address will be unchanged. I shall keep my webpage http://www.cuxtonandhalling.org.uk because there is a lot of potentially useful archival material – church guides, sermons, bible notes and parish magazines dating back to 2005.  There will not, however, be current parish notices on it after the end of this year. Please go to A Church Near You and type in your postcode for up to date information regarding the Parish of Cuxton & Halling. 

My last day will be marked (God Willing) with a service of Holy Communion at 11.00 am at St Michael’s on that day.  There will then be refreshments served in the church hall. Everybody is welcome & I hope to see as many of you as possible. I am very grateful to God for the time I have been Rector of Cuxton and Halling and for all the friendship, support & encouragement I have received.

It’s only fair that my valedictory service will be at Cuxton as my inaugural service (2^nd January 1987) was at Halling.  My last sung service at Halling, therefore will be 11.00 on 24^th November.  My last ever service at St John’s will be the said Holy Communion at 9.30 am on Thursday 28^th November. I’m the longest ever serving vicar at Halling & the fourth longest rector at Cuxton.

In addition to the service and celebration on 30^th November, there will be a buffet in the White Hart at Cuxton from 12.00 noon on Friday 29^th November  with an open invitation to everyone who would like to wish me well as I transition to a next phase of my life here on earth.

Roger/