Welcome to the Eastry Benefice Website

St. Mary's Church, Eastry - Summer 2010

News, views and Information from the Benefice! We hope you enjoy your visit.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION…….At the present time, the parishes of Eastry, Northbourne and Tilmanstone are without a resident Priest-in-Charge. The Revd. Canon Mark Roberts, Rector of Sandwich, has been given oversight of the parishes for the time being. We hope and pray that in due course the post will be filled.

In the meantime, for any enquiries relating to the Benefice, please contact the Church Office at:

The Church Hall, Church Street, Eastry, Sandwich CT13 0HH

Tel: 01304 611323

e-mail: eastry.benefice@gmail.com

The office is open on Wednesdays from 11:00am - 1:00pm and on Fridays from 10:00am - 12:00 noon. During out of office hours a message can be left. For anything of an urgent nature contact the churchwardens: Gill (01304 612387) or Peter (01304 830753)

For all contact details see our Contacts Page here...

Please read our new PARISH PROFILE here...

The aim of this website is to inform Parishioners about the activities of their local church whilst at the same time giving potential visitors to the area a little insight into the three Benefice churches of St. Mary's, Eastry; St. Andrew's, Tilmanstone; St. Augustine's, Northbourne and the warm and friendly welcome you can expect.

In brief...

2012 Flower Festival.The 2012 flower festival, which takes place between July 12^th-15^th, will celebrate 50 years of flower festivals in St, Mary’s Church, in the same year as the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The first Flower Festival was organised by the Revd. Fred Cooper in 1952.

Our News Page has been recently updated with latest events from around the Benefice! Please read more here...

The latest issue of the Eastry Village News is available for you to download here... (please note this is a very large [6Mb] file and will take some time to download)

Our Diary Page has just been updated with the latest dates for your diary in 2012. Please click here to find out more...

"Ancient Churches Serving a Living God"

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