All Saints & St Barnabas News

    Mothering Sunday can be hard for many people.  Sometimes our relationship with our mum isn’t what we might have wanted it to be, or our Mum is no longer with us and a happy service isn’t right for us; or your Mum or Nana might be seriously ill and it all feels overwhelming. Maybe you have experienced miscarriages or the death of a child. Maybe the day makes you think of people you have lost and you want to remember them quietly. Maybe you long to have children but it just hasn’t happened. It can often feel like these thoughts and memories and feelings aren’t allowed. But that's not the case. They are just as important as everything that goes on all the cards and alongside the bunches of flowers and boxes of chocolates. You still might want to do something to mark Mothering Sunday but not with a celebration. Maybe you want to say 'I miss you’ or 'I know you tried your best’ or ‘I forgive you’. Maybe you want to cry for a child you never got to be a parent for as they

  Our Mothering Sunday service will take place at All Saints Church, Kenley at 10am on Sunday 10th March. Please note, this is a change of venue from that previously advertised.  Celebrating mothers everywhere.  Everyone is very welcome!  

The Sixteen's 2024 Choral Pilgrimage Concert will take place at Croydon Minster on 10 June 2024, 7.30pm.  Too find out more/purchase tickets, please visit https://thesixteen.com/event/the-choral-pilgrimage-2024-croydon/

This morning, Shrove Tuesday, All Saints' Kenley was filled with laughter and fun, as children and their families came together for pancake and valentine's crafts.    A typically rainy February Half Term morning was brought to life, with biscuit decorating, colouring sheets, making Valentine's Cards, Pancake paper plates and, of course, enjoying delicious pancakes with a variety of toppings. Little fingers were kept busy, while parents supervised with a relaxing cuppa, and creativity levels were high! We were even visited by Mario and Luigi, who made a fantastic pair of pancake plates! All of the children had a great time and produced some really wonderful crafts.   Huge thanks to all who volunteered to help and to all the families who came along and made the event so much fun.

  Come and join the pancake party! 10am on 13th February 2024 at All Saints Church Hall, Kenley, CR8 5DU £1.50 per child over 6 months. Book here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/all-saints-church-kenley-and-st-barnabas-church-purley/t-zzjxdyg

  A brand new class to Kenley for 2024!   Perfect for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers, come along and try Moo Music on a Friday afternoon at All Saints Kenley. - age 0-5 - 11.15am - 12 noon - contact  moomusiccroydon@gmail.com - Moo Music is a great fun and interactive multi-sensory session for 0 to 5 year old children and their parents, grandparents or carers, where the children sing, dance, play, learn and have fun while doing it. Music is an essential part of every child’s development and the 140+ original Moo Music songs used at the sessions are positive, uplifting, fun and educational. The interactive sessions will help your child gain confidence and develop memory, language and coordination skills while you can make friends with the like-minded local parents. *Moo Music has been in business for 10 years+ and runs classes across the majority of the UK, as well as in Australia, The Republic of Ireland, Korea and the United States.