Welcome to Minster Abbey
and the Daughter Church of St Peter's, Halfway,
on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent
'Revealing the love of God’
| Welcome to West Sheppey! – beautiful coastlines and four churches – Halfway, Minster, Queenborough and Sheerness. These churches range from the ancient history (Minster Abbey, built circa 650AD) to the modern (St Peters, Halfway, built in the 1970’s) – each has its own style, its own beauty, its own story. But they all share one common theme – they were built to worship the living God, and they continue to do so today. Each church has a lively congregation, each continues to worship each week, each continues to live God’s story in their community. So come and visit us! See these magnificent buildings, read the history, meet the communities – and most of all, meet with God – both here in these buildings and alive in the lives of His people who live, work, and worship here. |
Normal times and format of services are:
| 1st Sunday | 2nd Sunday | 3rd Sunday | 4th Sunday |
Minster Abbey | 08:30 HC (said) 11:00 FS | 11:00 FC | 08:30 HC (said) 11:00 MW | 11:00 HC |
St Peter's | 09:30 MW | 09:30 HC | 09:30 FS | 09:30 HC |
5th Sunday will be a joint service at one of Minster Abbey, St Peter's, Trinity Sheerness or Queenborough
HC is Holy Communion, FC is Family Communion, MW is Morning Worship, FS is Family Service
Tuesday 10:30 HC, Holy Trinity Sheerness
Wednesday 07:30 Morning Prayers, Minster Abbey
10:30 HC, Minster Hospital Chapel
1st Thursday 10:00 HC , St Peters
For Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals see Services Page
Easter Sunday, Pentecost & Christmas Day
Joint Festival Service of Holy Communion.
Two half -days of prayer:-
Wed April 17th at Minster Abbey;
7am – 7pm (short service at 6:30pm)
Praying for – Our church buildings of Halfway, Minster, Queenborough, Sheerness and
the Parish Office, our church finances and our church officers
Sat April 20th at St Peter’s;
7am – 7pm (short service at 6:30pm)
Praying for - God to bless our communities
God to give us His vision
God to give us Revival
Come for an hour, come for five minutes – it doesn’t matter – just come and pray. There will be prayers you can read, Bible verses to take away, a place to write your own prayers, or your ideas and visions.
A Service of Blessing for all who live on Sheppey
Held at St Peter’s Halfway
28th April 11am
Please bring a picture of the street you live in, it will be displayed, and we will ask God to bless all households as part of the church service.
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Mondays
14:00 Kay's House Group
Third Tuesday
14:00 Mothers' Union (Abbey Hall)
Fridays
19:30 Bell Ringers practice at Abbey
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Dates for your Diary
Sunday 28th April
Messy Church, Minster Abbey 3:30pm to 5pm
What do we do? Play, make things, sing, pray, all in a creative way then share tea together.
For all ages but particularly for families with children
Future dates: 26th May, 23rd Jun, 28th July, 22nd Sep, 27th Oct, 24th Nov
then a special Christmas Messy Church 2013
Put these dates in your diary NOW!
Men's Breakfast
Held in Minster Abbey Hall one Saturday each month from 8.15am to finish by 10am.
Do come and join this friendly group for breakfast and to hear a good selection of guest speakers.
April 13th Rupert Turpin. ‘Being a Councillor and a Christian’.
May 4th Keith Peverley. ‘Being a Christian and a musician’
June 8th Eric Delve (to be confirmed!)
July 6th Speaker to be arranged
For catering purposes please let us know you are coming!
Booking and Questions?:- Rev Tim Hall 01795-877734;
Or e-mail tph@tesco.net
Saturday 13th July
Minster Village Fayre in Abbey Grounds
Friends of Kent Churches Briggs Lecture
Minster Abbey Sunday 8th Sept at 3pm.
Abbey architect John Bailey will be speaking
Tickets £10 including refreshments. All welcome
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The New Benefice of West Sheppey,
Minster Abbey & St Peter's are two of the churches in the Benefice of West Sheppey
The parish website is www.westsheppeyparish.org.uk and further details of the new benefice can be found here
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Communications
Volunteers for Abbey Watch required, Contact Alison (875835) for details
Wedding Picture Collage
Rev’d Tim Hall, priest in charge of the West Sheppey benefice, has announced that he is planning to create a collage of wedding pictures in the churches of Holy Trinity Queenborough, Holy Trinity Sheerness, St Peters Halfway and Minster Abbey. It doesn’t matter when the wedding service took place as long as it was held at one of the four churches
If you would like your wedding photo to be included in the collage please send it by post to the Parish Office at the address on the contacts page for scanning or e-mail it as a jpg to:
office@minsterabbey.org.uk