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Vicar: Post Vacant |
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Lay Reader: Peter Smith |
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Revd Ruth Peet retired on 30th April 2025. |
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Pastoral Assistant: Janet Holdstock |
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Licenced Lay Minister: Charlie Bunker |
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My belief in God was nurtured by my Godparents. As a teenager I joined ‘Discoverers’, a church youth group and was confirmed at age 14. I taught in the Sunday school until I began nurse training at Kings in Camberwell Green where, in the early 60s, the chapel was the centre of the hospital. I moved to Kent and nursed at Preston Hall Chest Hospital where I met my husband. We moved into the Legion Village in 1964 where I still live. I became a worshipping member of St Peter and St Paul’s church helping at various church events with my little children and working part-time nights. On retirement I trained as a Pastoral Assistant. From the Bible I learned of the compassion shown by Jesus and that is where my heart is, so like nursing in many ways. My pastoral role includes taking Communion to people in their homes when they cannot travel to church; also leading services in care homes and sheltered homes and leading a home group. I enjoy walking holidays, line dancing and Zumba and especially being with family and friends.
Email | 01622 710083 |
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Licenced Lay Minister: Emma Parren |
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Bishop's Certificate Holder and Anna Chaplain: Jane Roberts |
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I've been coming to Aylesford church since I moved back to Kent in 2009. It is my parish church and it's such a blessing that it is a very welcoming and friendly church. I became a Christian when I was a teenager and started tackling the important questions in life and found a friend in Jesus and support and wisdom from my church youth group leaders. And I'm still loving learning more and more about the mysteries of faith. I am a Physics teacher and love any of the big mind blowing stuff that science throws at us!! I am married to Steve and we have a daughter, Eloise, who sometimes joins me in church. I have recently become a lay minister and enjoy teaching and exploring God's Word with others.
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I have been coming to St Peter and St Paul’s since I was a baby in 1967. My family all attended church every Sunday and Dad became a lay reader. When I was old enough, I went to Sunday school, sang in the choir, and became a server and verger. At the age of 17, I moved away to Devon. In 1991 I married my husband in St Peter and St Paul’s. My son was born in 1994. Sadly, my husband died in 2002 at a young age, due to illness. My life fell apart, and I lost my faith for a while. My dad and mum helped me re-find my faith. I move back to Kent in 2014 and became involved in church life again. I helped with children’s and young people’s ministry. After completing the Bishop's Certificate, I felt I had a calling to help and support the older generation, so I completed the Anna Chaplaincy course and was commissioned in September 2022 as an Anna Chaplain. I organise the Dementia Cafe we now hold once a month in the Brassey Centre. St Peter and St Paul’s is my second family home.
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Assistant Churchwarden: Tania Dosoruth |
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I have lived in Eccles for just over 20 years and became a member of the Church in Aylesford soon after moving in. However, I have become a more active member since my retirement as a nurse in May 2010. I was Churchwarden at St Peter and St Paul's Church for 7 years. It is a great privilege to be able to offer my services in this way and certainly keeps me occupied. My deepest wish is for the church to have a meaningful presence in the community, and it is a thrill to be involved in such projects as the food bank which started in December 2020. My faith inspires me to want to show the love of God to everyone around us in very practical ways. This is what I believe the teachings of Jesus show us and I sincerely hope that I am in a small way able to be a part of spreading the truth of God’s love for everyone.
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Assistant Churchwarden: Sharon Stigle |
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Church Administrator: Christina Hellyar |
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I was raised in the Church of England, at All Saints Church in Birling, where my parents and grandparents were active members of the congregation. As a child and teenager I was in the church choir, and participated in lots of church events and activities, including the annual Ride and Stride and the Birling Flower Festival, which was a key event in the church calendar as our biggest fundraiser in the 1980s and 1990s.
I moved away for work and study and taught in a Catholic school for over 13 years, attending St Mary's Church in Dover and Canterbury Cathedral regularly during that time.
I moved back to this area a few years ago and have been attending services regularly at St Peter and St Paul's Aylesford and Rochester Cathedral ever since.
Email | 01622 719366 (Tues, Wed, Thurs, 9am-2pm) |
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Church Organist: Michael Keays |
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I have been the organist and choir director at Aylesford for the last 40 years. I have been involved with the church since the age of six, in church choirs in the Midlands and with my first assistant organist job when I was 18, 7 years before coming to Aylesford.
Anita (our Church Administrator from 2001 to 2025) and I met whilst studying Theology at King’s College, London, after which we lived in North London (another organist job) for a couple of years, before settling in Kent.
Now retired, I spent much of my professional career as a Project Manager in telecoms and broadcast (including work for the BBC, BBC World Service and ITV); the last 10 years of my career were spent in organ building, an opportunity which came about during the rebuild of our church organ in 2015; in this role, my knowledge of how the church works increased exponentially. I still assist Mander Organs on an ad hoc consultancy basis. |
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