St Lawrence Mereworth

Our vision: Growing in Christian faith and sharing it

Please see below the services at St Lawrence Church, Mereworth. For any questions please do contact us.

Also, feel free to visit our Facebook pages where we will also announce upcoming events and latest news: https://www.facebook.com/stlawrencemereworth

REFRESH is 45 minute service with modern worship songs, Bible reading, short sermon and prayers followed by tea and chat.

CW = Common Worship

BCP = Book of Common Prayer

‘Benefice’ is the collective term we use for all three of our parishes (Mereworth, Wateringbury and West Peckham).

September Services at St Lawrence, Mereworth

Sunday 1st September

10:00 Holy Communion BCP

17:00 – Refresh service

Wednesday 4th September

10:00 – Benefice Holy Communion (CW) followed by tea and chat

Sunday 8th September

08:30 – Morning Prayer BCP

17:00 – Refresh service

Wednesday 11th August

10:00 – Benefice Holy Communion (CW) followed by tea and chat

Sunday 15th September

10:00 Holy Communion (BCP)

17:00 – Refresh Service

Wednesday 18th September

10:00 – Benefice Holy Communion (CW) followed by tea and chat

Sunday 22nd September

08:30 – Morning Prayer (BCP)

17:00 – Refresh service

Wednesday 25th September

10:30 – “Last Wednesday of the month” coffee and chat

Sunday 29th September

10:00 – Holy Communion (CW) joint parish service at St John the Baptist, Wateringbury. No services at Mereworth church today

The Team at St Lawrence:

Local Licensed Minister – Betty Earl

Rector: Gary Townsend

Church Warden – Vacant

Administrator: Vacant

PCC Secretary: Vacant

Treasurer: Steve Card

For all other matters such as personal contact, Mereworth history and Mereworth Walking Group please contact : Robert Earl

WALKING GROUP

Walks take place on Tuesdays and alternate between mornings and afternoons. Everyone is welcome, including dogs, so if you would like to come along then we will be delighted to see you. 

WALKING GROUP DATES 2024 (Further details of walks will be provided closer to the dates)

(4th Tuesday of the month)

The next walk will be on Tuesday 22nd October 2pm and the next after that will be on Tuesday 26th November 10am followed by lunch.


Tuesday 22nd October 2pm

Our October walk starts at 2pm on Tuesday 22nd September at The Poacher and Partridge Pub, Hartlake Road, Tudeley TN11 0PH. Plenty of parking is available in the pub car park. This a circular walk of 2.5 miles (4km) and is generally flat, so a nice easy stroll. Heading east we will visit the famous Tudeley Church and pass through the surrounding fields and orchards within the beautiful Kent countryside.

All Saints’ Tudeley is the only church in the world to have all its twelve windows decorated by the artist Marc Chagall born in Vitebsk/Vitsebsk, now in Belarus, then in the Russian Empire. They are magnificent and a must to see on our walk. It also has very close links with Mereworth church in that Mereworth and Tudeley had the same vicar back in the early 19th century, check for the name Stapleton on the list of vicars. County Archives have a handwritten book of the sermons of Miles Stapleton from the 1820s, possibly the same words were preached in both parishes each Sunday. There’s also an ancient Fane memorial in the chancel which is the same family that built our church and castle.