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Wednesday, 27 November 2024

December 2024/January 2025 Edition of The Gabriel - Upchurch Village Magazine


Due to illness within the team, door-to-door deliveries of The Gabriel remain suspended by necessity.

Editor Dave Candy would still like this festive edition of the parish magazine to reach the residents, and we are pleased to help by making it available to read online.

Please visit the link to read the magazine in PDF format:

Our thoughts and best wishes for the future to everyone in The Gabriel team.

Upchurch Matters

Sunday, 24 November 2024

Christmas Services at Upchurch



















Come and celebrate with us

Sunday 1st December 4:00pm ~ St Mary’s Church
Uplift Christingle Service
On behalf of the Children’s Society

Sunday 15th December 4:00pm ~ Village Hall
Uplift Christmas Service
Crafts, Christmas songs/carols, Nativity, Festive Goodies

Tuesday 24th December 4:00pm ~ St Mary’s Church
Crib Service

Tuesday 24th December 7:00pm ~ St Mary’s Church
Nine Lessons & Carols

Wednesday 25th December 10:00am ~ St Mary’s Church
Christmas Day Communion

All are welcome


Gill Gay

Village Hall Picks Up £1000’s at the Co-op Community Celebration 2024 | Choose a New Local Cause to Support

Co-op Community Celebration 2024

Co-op colleague Sally Butcher presented Village Hall Treasurer Sandy Tutt with £3,108.04 of funding from the last round of the Co-op Local Community Fund at yesterday's Community Celebration 2024.

Congratulations 😃

Upchurch Village Hall was Upchurch's Co-op local cause for the last 12 months.

Since 2020, Co-op members have helped to raise over £58 million for 20,500 Local Community causes across the UK.

As a Co-op member and owner, you can choose a cause close to your heart, and they will receive a share of the Local Community Fund.

Members can choose a cause at any time until October. After that, the Co-op shares the funds between all their local causes.

The total amount each cause receives depends on how many members have chosen them.

Co-op members can choose to support the Upchurch store's latest local cause, 1st Upchurch Guides at: https://membership.coop.co.uk

Upchurch's Co-op is paired for funding with their Parkwood Green, Rainham store.

Upchurch Matters

Sunday, 17 November 2024

Remembrance Sunday 2024 - Upchurch




















The Remembrance Sunday service was led by Archdeacon the Venerable Andrew Sewell and took place in the Church of St Mary the Virgin on November 10th.

The Upchurch uniformed youth organisations paraded from Drakes Hut and formed a guard of honour along the entrance to the south door of the church.

At the service, a very full church remembered all those who made the ultimate sacrifice in WWI and subsequent conflicts for this Nation.

Many of those present wore their service medals or the service medals of their parents or grandparents. Eight wreaths were laid in turn in the Lady Chapel. The wreaths were on behalf of the church, the Mayor of Swale, The Royal Navy Clearance Divers Association, Ferques (our twin village in France*), Upchurch Parish Council, Upchurch Scouts, Upchurch Guides and the Upchurch Brownies.

The names of all those on the Upchurch memorial tablets in the Lady Chapel who made the ultimate sacrifice in WWI and WWII were then read out in the order recorded. At 11:00 hours, the bugler played the Last Post, and the two minutes silence was observed, followed by the singing of the National Anthem. 

At the end of the service, the choir led the congregation to the middle burial ground. Wooden Remembrance crosses were laid at each of the five War Grave Commission graves by present or past members of the Armed or Civilian services.

Once the crosses were laid, all those present stood in silent Remembrance on what was a dull morning only brightened by the autumnal foliage. The Archdeacon concluded with prayers.  

During Remberancetide it was pleasing to see the village showing poppies on lamp posts, knitted poppies on the church railings and elsewhere. In the cemetery, two tall crosses had been placed, guarded by two silhouettes of “Tommys”.

My Royal British Legion thanks to those responsible for these displays. 

*Upchurch Parish Council sends a wreath to Ferques for laying on Armistice Day when the French remember their war dead. 

“WE WILL REMEMBER THEM”

Hon. Alderman Gerry Lewin

Parents & Friends of Holywell School - Christmas Fair & Market




















































Join us for a day of merriment at our Christmas Fair and Market.

Experience the joy of the season with a delightful array of games, treats, and entertainment for the whole family.

Sunday 1st December from 11:00am - 3:00pm

At Holywell Primary School, Forge Lane, Upchurch, ME9 7AE

Hot Festive Food - Bar - Games - Rides - Tombola - Raffle - Stalls


Upchurch Matters

Parents & Friends of Holywell School - Quiz Night






























PFHS Quiz Night

Tom Ball Quiz Master
Prizes to be won!

Friday, November 22nd
7:00pm at Holywell School Hall

Prize donations would be welcome - vouchers, bottles, chocolate, etc

Tables of no more than 8
£5 per person, paid in cash on the night
You are welcome to bring along your own alcoholic drinks and snacks

To book, please call the School Office: 01634 388416

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