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Parish of Sturry with Fordwich and Westbere with Hersden
Parish of Sturry with Fordwich and Westbere with Hersden
Various groups from Sturry took part in this, some walking, some using trains plus walking and others on foot. The group that took the train to Margate 'clocked up' 8 churches. The cyclists had an eventful time with one puncture and one pile-up on an off-road section of cycle track, but still managed 5 churches.
 Church 1 - Sturry |
 Church 2 - Fordwich |
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 Off road cycle path |
 Puncture repair stop |
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  Church 3 - All Saints |
  Church 5 St Martins |
The annual open air swim followed by BarBQ
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 Assembling at Herne Bay |
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 Cycling along the sea wall |
 Back windswept and tired |
This term the Jammers club at Sturry Primary school was for Juniors, and Captain Graham Nunn helped lead two of the sessions. The Jammers Christian afterschool clubs have now been running in Sturry for over 7 years. The photos below show some of the games and tricks we try learning, including spinning plates, juggling and various frisbees and boomerangs
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More details and photos of Jammers on the Jammers webpage
This is the group for children aged 4-10 on many Sunday mornings during the main Sunday service.
Pictured below are two of the leaders being 'bandaged' rather enthusiastically!
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More details and photos of Sunday Jammers on the Sunday Jammers webpage
Easter is one of many times of year when special effort is made by the flower arrangers to make the church look beautiful. the photos below show just some of the displays, but photos cannot depict the fragrance as well.
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| The Easter Garden above was created by Junior Kings School. One end shows the hill with the crosses where Jesus was crucified on Good Friday. The other end shows the tomb in rock where Jesus was buried |
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 The tomb found opened and empty on Easter morning. |
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Sturry Church was one of 3 start points for organised walks into Canterbury Cathedral, with the pilgrims leaving Sturry at 10:30am accompanied by Bishop Stephen. But this was not the start of the walk for everyone. Three girls arrived on foot from Ramsgate having set off very early in the morning, so Sturry was a welcome refreshment break towards the end of their journey. Many groups arrived from Margate and Ramsgate by train, bus and car, as well as other more local pilgrims from the Sturry area. More photos on Easter Monday Pilgrimage
 Setting off from Sturry church |
 Arriving in the precincts of Canterbury Cathedral |
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 Banners paraded through the Cathedral during the Celebration service |
 After the Celebration service outside the Cathedral |
More photos on Easter Monday Pilgrimage .
Spring Harvest is a conference (actually 6 different conferences), held every Easter, attracting over 45,000 Christians of all ages and from a wide range of church backgrounds and takes place at both Skegness (Lincolnshire) and Minehead (Somerset). This year (2008) a group from Sturry church went to Skegness.
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| Afternoons at the funfair , on the beach or in the pool | ||
More info and photos on Spring Harvest 2008
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