Church Organisations

St.Mary's tower houses five bells cast in 1871 and one bell cast in 1931, all by Whitechapel Bell Foundry. The tenor bell weighs 8 cwt 2 qrs whilst the remainder range in weight from just under
4 cwt to nearly 7 cwt.
Practices are held on Wednesday evenings in preparation for Sunday services, weddings and other special events. New members are welcome.
Please contact: Stella Wooldridge Tel. 01892 870323
                            David James           Tel. 01732 833938
                            Arthur Lewis           Tel. 01732 833113
St.Mary's also visits from other "Towers".
Further information can be found on the following websites;
http://www.kent.lovesguide.com/leigh.ktm
http://www.kcacr.org.uk

EDITOR            Cherry O'Neill          01732 838756    cherry.oneill@btinternet.com
ADVERTISING  Andy Stewart          01732 838871    andy.stewart@o2.co.uk
DISTRIBUTOR  Christine Furneaux 01732 838933    cmfurneaux@btinternet.com

St.Mary's Church, Leigh Parish News is published monthly and printed together with a further three parish magazines and other contracted work using the Church's own high quality printing equipment. We have significant spare capacity and would welcome contracts. Please contact Michael Doggett for further information; Tel. 01732 833470  e-mail: michaeldoggett@btinternet.com

Rev Lionel Kevis - 833022
Chris Davidson - 834215
Wendy Sellicks - 832236
Anna Rowley - 833176
Julie Porter (Pastoral Assistant) - 833713 Mob:07706936759

We meet together at 9am, fortnightly, in the Genner Rooms, on Tuesdays.
We begin our meeting with a short morning service followed by prayers.
As a group we bring before the team anybody needing a prayer or a visit.
If you, or anyone you know needs pastoral help, please contact one of the above.

All information is kept confidential.

Our Church, St. Mary's, is a treasure, to maintain it as such and to preserve it for our community costs money. The "Friends of St. Mary's" is a charity, supported by Leigh’s villagers and others, which pays for works which do not qualify for a Diocesan grant. Recent examples are some essential tree-felling and a new brick path in the churchyard.  Nothing is contributed to the Church’s clerical/ecumenical outgoings.  Quotes are sought for works, and the Accounts are independently verified annually - and anything spent by the charity will be detailed in the Parish magazine.

For those believers and 'non-believers' who wish to offer support, ‘The Friends’ is an easy and effective way to do so.  Might you help, too?  Donations can be 'one-off', or regularly via a Banker's order. Any and all contributions, of however much, will be useful and appreciated.

To Donate:
Simply contact Roger Field (details below) who will provide a simple form enabling a donation (including a Gift Aid Declaration so that St Mary's can claim a valuable tax benefit, if you wish).
Roger Field, South View, The Green, Leigh, Kent TN11 8QR
Tel: 01732 832143
email: roger.field@btinternet.com
Otherwise, do contact any of the other Trustees: 
Geoff Dalby, Julie Baggott, Steve Hale or Bernard De Saulles.