Welcome to Minster Abbey and the Daughter Church of St Peter's, Halfway, on the
Isle of Sheppey, Kent

 

Along with St. Peter’s Halfway we want to serve the whole of our community. Our aspiration is to be welcoming, relevant and responsive. A Christian community has been present on the site of the Abbey for over 1300 years. We want to continue in that tradition of worship, prayer, teaching and in other practical ways seeking to express the love of God to others.

Our tradition and heart's desire is to try to be a church that welcomes everyone.
We want to be … a place of spiritual life, a place where people can cry and share their pain, a place of laughter, a place of healing and joy and fun, a place where the young and the elderly all feel at home and know they are special, a place to meet with God and come to know Him better, a place to find peace and real friendship, a place to pray and be loved.

Come and test us out, we will probably fail in some ways to live up to our aspirations, but we have a vision. Your presence will add something special and we would love you to feel part of our family.

Revd Canon Arthur Houston


 

Normal times and format of services are:

 

 1st Sunday

 2nd Sunday

3rd Sunday 

 4th Sunday

 Minster Abbey

 08:30 HC (said)

11:00 MW

 11:00 HC

 08:30 HC (said)

11:00 MW

 11:00 HC

 St Peter's

 09:30 MW

09:30 HC 

09:30 MW 

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, MW is Morning Worship

Easter Sunday, Pentecost & Christmas Day 
Joint Festival Service of Holy Communion.

Wednesdays 
 9:00 Abbey Morning Prayer
10:30 Holy Communion (said) in St Sexburgha Chapel
15:10 St George's after-school club (at St George's school) 

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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

1st Saturday of month 
   8:00 Men's Breakfast in Abbey Hall. Names to Mike Sanger 873117 by preceding Tuesday

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Dates for your Diary

Sunday 29th April at Queenborough Church after morning service. (Note this is the 5th Sunday of the month and this will be a joint service)  Joint meeting of all churches in the new West Sheppey Benefice to discuss the future strategy and elect a new PCC for the new parish.

Saturday 26th May. Concert by Cameo Opera in Abbey at 7:30pm. Tickets £8.00 from Parish Office

Sunday 3rd June.  Jubilee Party. Details to be confirmed.

Sunday 8th July. Rev'd Canon Arthur Houston's last service. Details to be confirmed. 

Saturday 1st September. Minster Village Fayre in Abbey grounds in conjunction with Minster Gatehouse and Minster Parish Council. If you would like to have a stall or are able to provide some form of public display please contact Andrew Parr 01795-875835.

Wednesday 5th September (evening). Our new priest in charge (Rev'd Tim Hall) will be licensed as Priest in Charge of the new benefice of West Sheppey. We extend greetings to Tim & his family.

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The New Benefice of West Sheppey,
Details of the new benefice can be found here

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Communications

Volunteers for Abbey Watch required, please sign up to help keep the church open for visitors, contact Alison (875835) for details

25th April 2012