Stone Church, St Mary the Virgin
13th Century parish church of Stone-next-Dartford, Kent
A place of welcome, prayer, healing and peace.
Notices for the week beginning Sunday 12th April
Lent Challenge 2026
It’s time to return those smartie tubes now that Lent is over. Still tracking down about 10 collecting tubes that were taken. Over £600 has be raised from the Lent Challenge so far. Thank you for your generosity.
Easter Egg Raffle
Thank you also for supporting the raffle last Sunday which raised £160 or thereabouts.
Churchyard Working Party
Are you able to spare some time pruning and weeding in the churchyard next Saturday 18th April from 9.30 am onwards?
Jamaican Afternoon
In support of the Lantern Appeal a fun afternoon in the Rectory Garden with Jamaican cuisine (fried fish, ackee and saltfish, jerk chicken) and raffle on Saturday 9th May from 1pm to 6 pm.
Sponsor-a-Floorboard
Please encourage all your friends to sponsor a floorboard in the main hall of the new Lantern Centre. We have many floorboards to lay in the final phase of the building fit-out. Boards (which are about a metre in length) can be sponsored for £25 each and, when available, you will be able to sign the underside of them and be part of the new centre for ever.
Annual Revision of the Electoral Roll
Forms available for the addition and/or amendment of names the Electoral Roll. They must be submitted by 19th April for inclusion.
Annual Parochial Church Meeting
The annual Easter Vestry and Parochial Church Meeting takes place after morning service on Sunday 10th May at 11.30 am. Nominations are invited for representatives of the laity to help lead the church as follows:
two churchwardens, to serve for the year 2026/7;
two Deanery Synod members, to serve for three years;
three PCC members, to serve for three years.
For information: PCC meets six times a year in alternate months on a Saturday morning at 10 am. Deanery Synod meets three times a year (February, June and October) on a Wednesday evening. Regular attendance at worship is assumed of those who represent the laity.
This Week at St Mary’s
Daily (except Tuesday)
9 am Mattins (not Friday)
5 pm Evensong
Thursday 16th April
11 am Communion at Strawberry Hill
2-4 pm Church open for prayer (concluding with prayer at 3.45 pm)
7.30 pm Bell-ringing practice
Friday 17th April
7 pm Choir practice
Next Sunday is Easter 3
9 am Mattins
10 am Holy Communion
5 pm Evensong
Hymns, Reflections & Prayers
Daily hope from the Church of England. Do share the following free phone number with anyone, especially those without access to the internet: 0800 804 8044
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