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Sun 22nd January – Kings Hill Community Centre ‘What are Christian morals and do we need them?”

There was a lot of debate in Kings Hill last year about whether the proposed third school should be Christian or not so this is the perfect discussion to air support and reservations on this hot topic with the Prime Minister at the moment.

The title of the discussion is:

“The Prime Minister David Cameron has called for a return to Christian morals. What are Christian morals and can you have Christian morals without Christian belief?”

This is being led by Rev. Derek Hills of Kings Hill Christian Fellowship (he was formerly Senior Minister at Tonbridge Baptist Church). 7pm – 8.30pm. Everyone is welcome to attend, irrespective of their position on the subject, and there will be refreshments served.

Should there be a return to Christian morals?

Christmas Services in and around Kings Hill

Here’s a few Christmas services I have heard about, please add more if you know of them:

Sunday 18th December – Family Carol service at 5.00pm at St Lawrence’s Church, Mereworth. Children very welcome. Carol Service at St Mary, West Malling at 6.30pm.

Friday 23rd December - Liberty Church’s gospel choir will be performing at its annual Christmas celebration! 7pm at Borough Green Village Hall, High Street, Borough Green followed by snacks and refreshments.

Saturday 24th December – Christingle Service at Kings Hill Community Centre. It is a joint service between Kings Hill Christian Fellowship and the Church of England on Kings Hill at 3.30pm. Christingles will be lit and the children will sing around the Christmas tree, followed by mulled wine and mince pies. Apparently last year’s was great. There’s A Christingle service at 5pm at St Mary’s in West Malling and an 11.15pm midnight Communion service there too. St Michael’s in Offham has a Christingle Service at 4pm.

Sunday 25th December – A joint service between Kings Hill Christian Fellowship and the Church of England on Kings Hill at the Community Centre at 10.30am conducted by Rev. David Green. St Mary’s in West Malling has a Holy Communion Service at 8am and a family service at 10.45. St Mary’s in Offham has a Christmas day service at 9.30am.

Clubs and Activities – tell us about yours!

WE are compiling information about the different clubs and activities in the area that would be of interest for all ages. We know there are loads for kids, but what about adults? Let me know and I will put together an easy reference. It doesn’t have to be in Kings Hill, just tell us where you have to go for the different things you do. Clubs are welcome to post about themselves too obviously.

Thanks!

Waitrose Kings Hill is a brilliant piece of retail

Waitrose Kings Hill, Kent

It’s qbout as tasteful as you can get in a supermarket and constructed with the nearby Art Deco stye of the Control Tower in mind. Well done, it’s a nice store and a bit bigger than I was expecting. I like the fact that they invest back into the community too with their Community Matters scheme.

Discovery School overcrowding

I’ve been hearing things about how difficult the Reception children (particularly) are finding it with the cramped infrastructure at Discovery School, with its second year of three form entry. Poor kids, although it is a great school and I am sure everyone is doing everything they can there, it still feels quite wrong that planning permission is being sought for yet more residential accommodation while the developer and Council frankly neglect the primary school issues here.

Waitrose Kings Hill due to open on Wed 30 Nov

Only a few more days….they will be inundated on Wednesday with all the kids off school due to industrial action! They’ve done a fine job of the building I must say. Let’s see…time to open the debate on our new addition.

Youth concert for Kings Hill planned for 10 December

There’s going to be a concert for young people at Kings Hill Community Centre on Saturday 10th December featuring a band Tom+Olly, supported by artist Fred Clarke. Tickets are available online at www.zone12youthministries.org/tomandolly as are previews of the bands.

Tom and Olly concert featuring Fred Clarke at Kings Hill

Mobile and 3G signal on Kings Hill

> Oh my goodness, I have the best of all the options on Kings Hill – 02 – after working through a miserable first year of being on the Three network when I moved here. However, conversations still drop and I sometimes can’t hear voicemail messages until I leave Kings Hill. It is SO MUCH better than when I got no messages with Three but it is a difficult situation when you work here and rely on the signal, which a lot of people do.
>> Anyone know of any hope on the horizon on this front?

IMPORTANT UPDATE ON LACUNA ESTMANCO FOR ALL LACUNA RESIDENTS (INCL BURLINGTON/SPENCER PLACE, CARTERS GROVE ETC)

Residents have now taken over as directors of Lacuna Estmanco and encourage shareholders of houses in Zones A, B & C (all Sunley houses on the Discovery Drive side of Milton Lane) to put their views on this forum in regards to what services (if any) you’d like to keep, i.e. services related to freehold houses only such as window cleaning, buildings insurance, front gardens etc.

As suggested in this forum, communal areas (ALL COMMUNAL AREAS IN ZONES A, B, & C + WALKS & SOME COMMUNAL AREAS IN ZONES D & E) should stay managed by an agent (currently Grange, but other managing agents will be contacted for tenders).

The charge for the communal areas is the small amount on your statements (Grange call it 7068 and it’s around £20 per month).

Other communal areas & all houses in zones D & E (Crest Development) and all flats on the estate are managed by other management companies, some managed by Crest and some by resident directors (Grange is still the managing agent in most of these though).

Once the new directors have got their heads around everything, communication to all residents will take place – hopefully within the next month or so. However as we know, dealing with Grange – as it is up to them providing the new directors with all the information – it could be longer…

The covenants were written by Sunley (now no longer directors) and will be amended once residents have decided the services the company should provide.

Kings Hill New Residents coffee morning – Wed 14 Sept – 10 – 12pm

If you are new to kings Hill and want to meet some local people to chat about life here, the local services etc,then the next coffee morning is at the Spitfire pub in Liberty Square on the mezzanine level. Contact Angela on 01732 522513 for more info or just turn up.a5 poster for kings hill connections

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Sun 22nd January – Kings Hill Community Centre ‘What are Christian morals and do we need them?”

Christmas Services in and around Kings Hill

Clubs and Activities – tell us about yours!

Waitrose Kings Hill is a brilliant piece of retail

Discovery School overcrowding

Waitrose Kings Hill due to open on Wed 30 Nov

Youth concert for Kings Hill planned for 10 December

Mobile and 3G signal on Kings Hill

IMPORTANT UPDATE ON LACUNA ESTMANCO FOR ALL LACUNA RESIDENTS (INCL BURLINGTON/SPENCER PLACE, CARTERS GROVE ETC)

Kings Hill New Residents coffee morning – Wed 14 Sept – 10 – 12pm

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