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12 Maidstone East November 2015 Photo: Andy Archer Runners a colourful bunch


AN explosion of colour filled Mote Park when about 1,000 runners were showered in powder paint to raise money for Heart of Kent Hospice. Now in its second year, friends,


families and workmates gathered at the pre-event party for an energetic warmup for the Rainbow Fun Run be- fore walking, running or skipping the 5km route.


Charity sale for hospice


THERE will be a charity sale for the Heart of Kent Hospice at Langley village hall on Sunday, November 29.


The sale is being organised by


stalwarts David and Norma Ben- nett, who have helped raise more than £40,000 for the hospice. The couple became involved in


the hospice movement after Norma’s father was treated in a hospice in the Midlands. Their charity work continued as they moved around the country, finally


to Maidstone, where they were in- volved with the inauguration of the Heart of Kent Hospice in 1985. Aspokesman for the hospice said: “Norma and David Bennett have raised thousands of pounds over the years. We are hugely grateful for all the work they do.” The charity sale begins at 2pm.


Stalls will include knitted goods, soft toys, blankets and dressed dolls, as well as bric-a-brac, jigsaws and children’s toys, plus a raffle, tombola and refreshments.


Call for views on ministry changes


A PRIEST covering churches on the PilgrimsWay is just one idea being discussed as part of a possi- ble make-over of theway the min- istry in Maidstone is managed. Preliminary talks have been sparked by vacancies in two neigh- bouring benefices – at Boxley, Detling and Grove Green; and Hollingbourne, Hucking, Leeds and Broomfield. The Archdeacon of Maidstone,


the Venerable Stephen Taylor, is holding meetings with the parochial church councils for the two church groups and neighbour- ing parishes in the North Downs deanery – both vacant and non-va- cant benefices. He hopes any changes to the make-up of how parish churches are managed will be ready for wider consultation by the new year so the vacant posts at Boxley and Hollingbourne and the churches in their care can be advertised. The draft proposal has been sug-


gested by the Deanery’s Mission and Ministry Committee. The PCCs will be discussing the best grouping option of churches for


going forward, which will be “fleshed out” and voted on for- mally at a later date before going out to wider public consultation, including public notices. The archdeacon said: “These


talks are not about closing churches or cutting posts, but look- ing how we best run the church’s ministry. “There is a finite number of churches and a finite number of staff. These early discussions give us a chance to look at how we might arrange things if we were starting with a blank piece of paper and about making the various posts across the deanery fair and equitable.” He said that while the proposed pastoral scheme did not resolve all the issues that need to be consid- ered by clergy, he hoped that any decision would make the posts more appealing to those looking to serve these churches in the future. “We are looking to get good peo-


ple to work in these parishes and howwe make the groupings as at- tractive as possible is part of that,” he said.


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