St Nicholas' Church
	The Parish Church of St Nicholas is 900 years old and plays an important part in community life. Services are held every Sunday in church. There is also a short reflective service every Wednesday at 6:30pm St Nicholas is part of a group of seven parishes, along with Charing, Charing Heath, Egerton, Hothfield, Little Chart and Westwell. The seven parishes are served by a team of ministers	Services Pluckley Ringers Friends of St Nicholas' Choir Church Visitors Meeting place Dering Organ Fund Church Tower Fund Parish Magazine

Team ministry: The Reverend Lindsay Hammond who has special responsibility for Hothfield, Pluckley and Westwell Telephone: 01233 712576. email Lindsay The Reverend Richard King who has special responsibility for Charing The Reverend Philip Cox who has special responsibility for Little Chart Telephone 01233 840274 email Philip Cox The Reverend Richard Webb Telephone: 01233 714663 email Richard Webb Mr. Alan Duncan (Reader) Telephone: 01233 712632 email Alan Duncan The Reverend Canon Alan Wait Telephone: 01233 820529 email Alan Wait Churchwardens: Trevor Oliver, Penlan Farm, New House Lane. Telephone: 01233 820516 Roger Nelson-Smith, Comerways, The Street. Telephone: 01233 840288 If you would like further information about what’s on at St Nicholas, then please ring The Reverend Lindsay Hammond or one of the Churchwardens back to top

Across the Parishes

The congregation of St Nicholas, joins together with the other churches in the group, and with the other Christian denominations in the locality, for all sorts of activities, events and occasions.They meet together in groups to explore the Christian faith, for quiet days and retreats, and for joint worship. Contact the Reverend Lindsay Hammond if you would like more information about learning and growing in the Christian faith. What’s on at St Nicholas? The life of the Church in Pluckley isn’t confined to the church building, though many other activities do take place at St Nicholas during the week. Some of the features of Church life in Pluckley include: Sunday School, Kingsquad, Youth Group, Meeting Place, Church Visitors.   Church Events Cream Teas St Nicholas' Churchyard Sunday afternoons and Bank Holiday Mondays from 26 May until 26 August Coffee Morning & Produce Stall Sat 14 June, 13 September, & 6 December 10am to noon St Nicholas Church In Aid of the Dering Organ Fund

Services at St Nicholas’

The Friends of St Nicholas' Church

'The Friends' was formed in 1990 to raise money for the sole purpose of repair, restoration and refurbishment of Pluckley’s beautiful medieval church.

It enables agnostics, atheists, Roman Catholics, and those of other faiths to give money to this good cause with the guarantee that every single penny will be spent on the fabric of the church. The active members consist of people in each of these categories as well as Anglicans.

In addition to donations and covenants from members, regular fund raising events are held, drawing on a wide variety of people in the village who give their time and money in support. Recent examples include a Bridge Afternoon, A Night at the Races, a Sponsored Walk, and an annual Harvest Supper.

A total of £74,000 has been raised to date of which over £48,000 has been spent on various repairs and projects entirely connected with the Church. Amongst these has been essential repairs to the Church stonework, the refurbishment of the Churchyard Walls, repair to the steeple and the erection of a Memorial Gate at the Western approach to the Churchyard.

Contact: Michael Barton on 840437 or email The Friends

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Pluckley Ringers

At the AGM of the Egerton & Pluckley Bellringers in June 2005, the ringers decided that there were now enough people to form separate teams so Pluckley Ringers, based at St Nicholas' Church, were reborn and continue to make progress led by new Tower Captain, Emma Selling. Kate Stevens and Phil Eaton were thanked for all their efforts keeping Pluckley going through thin times.

Since then Pluckley Ringers have recruited more learners and generally manage to raise a band to ring before the Sunday services at St Nicholas. They were especially pleased to be able to ring at Christmas having set this as a target for the learners amongst them - everyone had a go and it did not sound too bad!

In August the Pluckley Ringers had a barbecue. In conjunction with Egerton, in October they bopped at the Village Hop to the sounds of The Odyssey of Fran.

Church Visitors

Today, a whole team of people carry out Christ’s work of caring for the people of the village, reaching out to the bereaved, the ill, and the lonely.
Get in touch with Eileen English, Coopers Cottage, Forge Hill, Telephone: 01233 840276. email Eileen