All Saints & St Barnabas News

Calling all quizzers!  Join us on Saturday 2nd November at 7pm in the All Saints Church Hall in Kenley, for an evening of quizzing and fun. For a suggested donation of £12 per person, you'll get a Ploughman's Supper, with hot sausages and an evening of mental stimulation and fun! A paid bar will also be available. Contact the Parish Office to reserve your place.

  Come and join us for a FREE evening of classical music at All Saints Kenley on Sunday 15th September - 6.30pm. Performed by our very own Dominic Holland, Trinity School's 2023 Musician of the Year! All welcome, no cost to attend, and a bar will be open, serving refreshments.

All Saints Kenley is OPEN all day this Saturday. Come along and see the inside of our beautiful church and have a cup of tea. Refreshments available and free parking! 9am - 5pm, Saturday 14th September 2024. All Saints Church, Kenley, Church Road, CR8 5DU.

St Barnabas Festival, Sunday 9 th June 2024 St Barnabas, Purley Patronal Festival takes place on 9th June 2024. The Bishop of Southwark will be presiding at the 10am service and staying for the outdoor festival afterwards, with a ‘bring and share’ lunch.  We would love to see as many people as possible at the service and to stay for the fun afterwards.   This will be a poignant occasion for the community, as we have asked the Church Commissioners to carry out a consultation on the closure of St Barnabas church and this may be the last time we celebrate St Barnabas Day on this site. It is sure to be a joyous occasion and a celebration of over 100 happy years on Higher Drive.   We sincerely hope to see you at St Barnabas on the day. Please extend this invitation to friends and parishioners past and present, who may be keen to attend. We would love to see as many faces as possible.

  In anticipation of the next All Saints Kenley APCM on 19th May, there will be a revision of the All Saints Kenley Electoral Roll between 7 th  and 21st April 2024.  If anyone wishes to be added or removed from the Roll, please can you contact Jean Gould 07985270678, or email jeangould1951@hotmail.com  before 21st April.

    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