Thank You from Foodbank Co-ordinator Gill Gay and Swale Foodbank

Dear All,

Ron and I are sorry we weren't there to greet you on Wednesday but thank you for still turning up.

This time of year there are many calls on your hard-earned money, but still, you came and gave generously to those who are struggling to feed their families and themselves. I did note a few Christmassy bits too - thankyou. 

This Christmas will be extremely hard for a lot of families and we are aware that even you may struggle with rising food and energy costs. So with that in mind, we thank you for your sacrificial giving. 

Of course, this time of year is all about giving as we look forward to celebrating the greatest gift mankind has ever received. 'Emmanuel' which means God with us. God was born as a baby, into not the best human experience, but into a dirty old stable, so he could walk with us in our everyday (not always the best experience) lives. 

Bless you, all for your kindness which we will ask you once more to display as we wait in the lay-by opposite St Mary's Church on Wednesday the 8th of December between 10:30am and 11:30am.

This will be our last collection before Christmas. God willing, our first one in January 2022 will be on Wednesday the 12th of January. 

Thank you, and God bless you ❤️

Gill & Ron Gay

Gill Gay - Foodbank Co-ordinator

Email: gilliangay99@yahoo.co.uk

Making Miracles - Breakfast and Dinner with Santa at Upchurch River Valley Golf Course

We are very excited to announce this year's Santa Events.

𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝘽𝙊𝙊𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝘿𝙀𝙏𝘼𝙄𝙇𝙎 𝙋𝙇𝙀𝘼𝙎𝙀 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙏𝘼𝘾𝙏 𝙅𝙊𝘿𝙄𝙀 𝙊𝙉:
📧 jodie@makingmiracles.org.uk
📞 07786 073395

🎄𝘓𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 - 𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘒 𝘕𝘖𝘞 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.

 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱 - C𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘂𝗽𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱.

🎅🏼 𝘽𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖

£5 per child (including babies as they will receive a gift)

𝘼 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖. 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙞𝙛𝙩 (𝙋𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚).

🍳 ☕️ Breakfast costs are payable to the venue on the day!

𝙑𝙚𝙣𝙪𝙚: Upchurch River Valley Golf Course, Oak Lane, Upchurch, ME9 7AY
𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙚: Saturday 18th December 2021
𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚 1: 9:00am - 10:30am 
𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚 2: 11:00am - 12:30pm

🎅🏼 𝘿𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖

£5 per child (including babies as they will receive a gift)

𝘼 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖. 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙞𝙛𝙩 (𝙋𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚).

🍽 Dinner costs are payable to the venue on the day!

𝙑𝙚𝙣𝙪𝙚: Upchurch River Valley Golf Course, Oak Lane, Upchurch, ME9 7AY
𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙚: Monday 20th December 2021
𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚: 4:00pm - 6:00pm

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Temporary Road Closure - Yaugher Lane, Hartlip

It will be necessary to close part of Yaugher Lane, Hartlip from Monday 13th December 2021 at 09:30, with estimated completion by 13th December 2021 at 15:30.

Yaugher Lane, Hartlip will be closed in the general vicinity of Park Farm, to the extent indicated by signs and barriers on site.

The alternative route is Yaugher Lane, Matts Hill, Warren Lane, Place Lane, Meresborough Lane and vice versa.

The closure is required for the safety of the public and workforce while pole testing works are undertaken by Openreach.

For information regarding this closure, please contact Openreach on: 0800 023 2023, who will be able to assist with the scope of these works.

KCC 24hr Contact Centre: 03000 418181

For details of roadworks see: https://one.network

Kent County Council - Highways, Transportation & Waste

CANCELLED: Temporary Road Closure - Boxted Lane, Newington

It will be necessary to close part of Boxted Lane, Newington from Monday 13th December 2021, with estimated completion by 17th December 2021.

Boxted Lane, Newington will be closed between the junctions with Breach Lane and School Lane, to the extent indicated by signs and barriers on site.

The alternative route is School Lane, Wardwell Lane, Vicarage Lane, The Street, Breach Lane and vice versa.

The closure is required for the safety of the public and workforce while tree surgery works are undertaken by Openreach.

For information regarding this closure, please contact Openreach on: 0800 023 2023, who will be able to assist with the scope of these works.

KCC 24hr Contact Centre: 03000 418181

For details of roadworks see: https://one.network

Kent County Council - Highways, Transportation & Waste

Changes to Opening Hours at Upchurch's Co-op

Our new opening hours for the Upchurch store, beginning Friday 12th November 2021, are:

6:30am - 10:00pm everyday

The store will be observing two minutes silence at 11:00am on 11/11/2021.

Thank you 

Sally - Upchurch’s Co-op

The Blythswood Care Christmas Shoe Box Appeal 2021

Bring joy this Christmas

We will be collecting Shoe Boxes again this year on behalf of Blythswood as they again take God's love to some of the poorest people in Eastern Europe.

We will be able to pick your shoe boxes up from St Mary's Church, Upchurch right up until the first Sunday in December. The church is open most Wednesdays, so you can just pop your box in, and put them on the back pew near the font - thank you.

Filling a box can be quite expensive if you put in all the items suggested. Why not fill a box with a group of friends. Or, we are always short of socks, underwear, flannels, deodorants, sweets (not chocolate and with a good date). So you could put together a selection of any of these - they are always very handy.

Blythswood is desperately short of help to sort boxes and pack them into cartons. If you would like to help with sorting/packing shoe boxes, this will take place at St Barnabas Church, Nelson Road, Gillingham, from Monday to Friday between 9:30am and 4:30pm (8:00pm on a Thursday). Saturday between 9:30am and 4:00pm. We have been asked to wear masks on-site and bring our own drinks and lunch. They are trying to arrange parking.

Please phone Ralph and tell him you are coming - this is to ensure we can comply with Covid regulations - 07847 205431.

This is a truly amazing thing to take part in - You will love seeing love in a box ❤️

Have a look at Blythswood's work, click on the link: https://blythswood.org/shoeboxappeal

Any questions, please Email me: gilliangay99@yahoo.co.uk

Thank you

Gill Gay