Christmas Drop in Sat 29 Dec

Come and join us on Saturday for a coffee and natter in church, and a chance to see our Christmas Crib. This is a Talking Village initiative, open to everyone. It is also part of the Sevenoaks crib trail - so you may want to drop in on the way to see the others, or you can just stay with us for as long as you like. Details of all the churches and shops displaying cribs are here. 
http://www.ctsd.org.uk/…/2…/12/29/crib-trail-follow-the-star

Update - Christmas is coming!

Hello Everybody,

Firstly, a huge 'Thank You' to all of those who supported the Pamper Evening in any way, last Thursday. It made around £400, which will be verified when David (SVA Treasurer) is back from his Indian hols. Along with the collection that the Friday Group has been making over the past few months, this will go towards paying for the batteries and a few new additions, to our Christmas lighting. The evening was very successful, and will certainly be repeated next year, as all therapists, stall holders and those 'pampered', have made it clear that they would llike to have more of the same. So... watch this space!

We have a reasonable group of able bodied young men, who have either volunteered, or been press ganged, into helping Annie and Sylv (our first volunteers as seen in September's Advertiser), to get the lights up in the High Street and on the green, home zones, etc. However, if you (and a ladder), are free on the morning of Saturday December 1st from 10am, you will be very welcome to join us and help.We are hoping to partake in some bacon sarnies when the work is done!

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Charlie of Charlie's Pilates, which takes place in the Village Hall on Tuesday mornings from 9.15 - 10.30. This is a great addition to the regular activities which take place in the village. To book your place, and pay, on a week by week basis, please visit her website, charliespilates.

We have an addition to the events for this month as well. The residents at Lavender Fields, our new care home on Seal Road (near the recreation ground), will be holding their first Christmas Fayre on ThuRsday November 22nd from 11am - 3pm. Thios is taking place in their cafe, and you will be able to purchase cards, gifts, toiletries, books, decorations and Sheila and Dot's Christmas crafts. Please do visit, support and get to see this wonderful facility for yourself! By the way, I am still compiling a list of potential volunteers to help out with various activities at Lavender Fields. If you are interested, please contact me.

Another addition, is that the Seal Cubs and Beavers Christmas Fair on December 1st, are asking if anybody would like to hold a stall for their own organisation at a cost of £10 per stall.They are also still looking for some extra help for their own stalls. If you can help with either, please contact Helen at Melonseal@yahoo.co.uk.

EVENTS TO THE END OF 2018:-

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 22 - 11am - 3pm - LAVENDER FIELDS CHRISTMAS FAIR - ALL WELCOME.

SUNDAY Nov 25th 3-4.30pm - Seal Church Hall. Craft, worship, story and tea with a Christmas Theme for all ages. 

SATURDAY DECEMBER 1ST - SEAL VILLAGE HALL - 2PM - 5PM - SEAL CUBS AND BEAVERS CHRISTMAS FAIR.

FRIDAY DECEMBER 7TH - 7.30PM - SEAL CHURCH HALL - JOIN MAGGIE AND CHRIS TO MAKE YOUR OWN CHRISTMAS DOOR WREATH - EQUIPMENT AND WINE AND MINCE PIES INCLUDED £20 OR £30 FOR BOTH THIS EVENT AND CHRISTMAS DECS ON 14TH DECEMBER. PROCEEDS TO SEAL CHURCH. To book your place on this event or the event on December 14th, please contact Chris on 01732 763850 or Maggie on 01732 762840 or e mail me.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 8TH - SEAL VILLAGE HALL 5-6.30 - KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOURS  FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY - ALL WELCOME - BRING A SMALL PLATE OF PARTY FOOD TO SHARE. ACTIVITIES, SING ALONGS  AND FUN FOR ALL AGES.

SUNDAY DECEMBER 9TH - SEAL CHURCH 10AM - CHRISTINGLE SERVICE FOLLOWED BY

                                                                           11AM - MINI CHRISTMAS FAYRE.

FRIDAY DECEMBER 14TH - SEAL CHURCH HALL - 7.30 - MAKE YOUR OWN CHRISTMAS TABLE DECS - AS DEC 7TH.

SUNDAY DECEMBER 16TH - 6.30 - SEEAL CHURCH - CAROL SERVICE WITH NIBBLES AND MULLED WINE TO FOLLOW.

CHRISTMAS EVE - SEAL CHURCH - 4PM - CHRISTMAS CRIB SERVICE. 

                                                                    11.30pm MIDNIGHT MASS

CHRISTMAS DAY - SEAL CHURCH - 10 AM CHRISTMAS MORNING COMMUNION

Please contact me if you have anything already planned for 2019!

Best Wishes,

Marion.

November update

Welcome to our November update for KYN!

Firstly, a couple of messages from Seal Parish Council.

There is currently a vacancy on the council, and elections will be coming up in May 2019. 

The PC have recently updated the Parish Plan, which can be found on their website, www.sealparishcouncil.org.uk under the heading of 'Responsibilities', or copies are available from the library or on the parish notice boards.

Please take a look and maybe join the PC to make a contribution to parish life.

Seal Talking Village is expanding!

Our Monday afternoon sessions in Birch's, are proving popular, and we have had some very interesting afternoons, with lots of laughter thrown in! We would like to thank Ashley and her team, for making us so very welcome.

We now have two other sessions each week, both in the Church Hall.

The first will be on Thursday mornings, as part of Seal Tiddlers , and on Friday mornings as the regular Friday Group, have also agreed to be part of this initiative. These are great opportunities to come along for a friendly chat during the week.Both between 10am and midday.

There are also plans to have Talking Tables, in the beautiful setting of Lavender Fields, Seal's new care home, for the whole community to join in with , and possibly, some Saturday mornings in the library. 

So - watch this space, and let's see the Talking Village grow in so many directions!

Talking Village has been attracting a wide range of people, including some who work from home, and perhaps, miss the human contact they would have in an office environment. 

If you have an hour or so to spare, to help host these sessions, particularly on Saturdays, please contact either myself, or Anne le Bas .

PAMPER EVENING - PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO BOOK YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE IF YOU WANT TO BOOK SPECIFIC TREATMENTS!!

Diary of Events for the rest of 2018!

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 8TH - 7-10PM SEAL PRIMARY SCHOOL - PAMPER AND PROSECCO EVENING.

please contact Jessica to book your tickets and treatments on 07801 187 029 or like the Facebook Page for more details of treatments available.

MONDAY NOVEMBER 12TH - SEAL VILLAGE HALL - 7.30PM - SEAL HISTORY GROUP - TALK ON THE OVERLOOKED TRIUMPH -VICTORY 1918.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 1ST - SEAL VILLAGE HALL - 2-5PM - SEAL BEAVERS AND CUBS CHRISTMAS FAIR - SANTA'S GROTTO, CAKES, TEA AND LOTS OF FESTIVE FUN.

FRIDAY DECEMBER 7TH - 7.30PM - SEAL CHURCH HALL - CHRISTMAS WREATH MAKING WITH CHRIS AND MAGGIE IN AID OF SEAL CHURCH 

Book your tickets with Chris 01732 763850 Maggie 01732 762840 - £20 or £30 if attending both this event and decoration making on 14th.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 8TH- SEAL VILLAGE HALL- 5-6.30PM- KYN CHRISTMAS FAMILY PARTY 

SUNDAY DECEMBER 9TH - 10.30 - SEAL CHURCH - CHRISTINGLE SERVICE FOLLOWED BY  MINI CHRISTMAS FAIR-11AM - 1PM - CHRISTMAS GIFTS, DECORATIONS, CARDS,GAMES, ETC.

FRIDAY DECEMBER 14TH - SEAL CHURCH HALL - 7.30PM - MAKE YOUR OWN CHRISTMAS TABLE DECORATIONS WITH CHRIS AND MAGGIE (INFO AS ABOVE FOR WREATH MAKING)

SUNDAY DECEMBER 16TH - 6.30PM - SEAL CHURCH - CAROL SERVICE WITH WINE AND NIBBLES TO FOLLOW.

MONDAY DECEMBER 24TH - SEAL CHURCH - 4PM - CRIB SERVICE - COME EARLY TO THE MOST POPULAR FAMILY SERVICE OF THE YEAR!

That's all for now, but please remember to let me know of any events you have planned for 2019, so that we can plan our diaries!

Best Wishes,

Marion.

"Talking Village" is expanding!

We are having a great time at Birch's on Monday afternoons, with lots of friendly conversation, so we thought we would include some other sessions in our "Talking Village" initiative. Seal Tiddlers are coming on board - a great place to drop in for a chat if you have small children, every Thursday morning in term time. The existing "Friday Group" which meets every Friday morning in the Church Hall has also decided to "rebrand" itself as a Talking Village session. A good group gathers already for this, often bringing crafts with them, or having a game of darts (other games available!). It is for anyone, and there's no charge, though donations are welcome to help cover the cost of refreshments and heating. 

We are hoping, too, to start a Saturday morning session - possibly in the Library - and a session in Lavender Fields care home too. If you would like to help by volunteering to host a session, please get in touch with Marion Gilchrist or Anne Le Bas. We need a large enough group of volunteers so that we can have two hosts at each session and no hosts need to commit themselves to more than one session a month. Could you spare time on Saturday mornings once a month, or some time during the week to help with a session at Lavender Fields (open to all in the community)? 

Talking Village has been attracting a wide range of people, including those who work from home and who perhaps miss the human contact that they had in an office. It's a great substitute for the water cooler! Do you know someone who works from home who might value a tea- or coffee- break with some company laid on? If so, why not let them know about Talking Village?

Feel free to print out or share the new poster below. 

Pamper and Prosecco evening - corrected phone number

If you've had trouble getting in touch with the organiser to book your tickets, it is probably because the phone number on the original poster was wrong. Here's the corrected poster!

Coming soon! Don't miss these community events.

Hello Everybody,

A little reminder to get your tickets for the following events!

SEAL SCHOOL FIREWORKS - THIS SUNDAY - GATES OPEN AT 4PM

Please don't forget to buy your tickets for Seal School Fireworks, in advance, to save money. This is always a brilliant evening with a great display of fireworks, in a safe setting. For more info see Seal CofE Primary School FB page. Advance tickets are £5 per adult, £2.50 per child or £15 per family. Available from Seal School PTA or Seal General Store. 

On the gate they will cost £6 per adult, £4 per child. Under 4's go free! 

SEAL KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOURS PAMPER AND PROSECCO EVENING - 7PM-10PM - SEAL PRIMARY SCHOOL

There is a lot of interest in the KYN Pamper and Prosecco Evening to be held on Thursday November 8th in Seal Primary School. Tickets are £8 to include a goody bag and glass of Prosecco or Bucks Fizz on arrival. Treatments include, massage, facials, Reiki, waxing, eyebrow and lash tints, nails, mini peds, Indian head masseage and reflexology from local therapists. Treatments from £10. For full price list see Facebook Pamper and Prosecco Evening Seal. To make sure you receive the treatments you would like, please purchase your tickets, and book your treatment through JESSICA on 0780 1187 029

Hopefully see many of you at these 2 community events.

October news from Know Your Neighbours

Hello All and Welcome to October's KYN Update.

Before we get on with the village news, we have had a note from Seal Parish Council, to let everybody know that GP surgeries are extending their hours. This is to  improve access for people who have struggled to take time away from work, school, etc. Please check your own surgery website, to see how access is improved for you.

As ever, the scarecrows (many of which are still with us), have put smiles on the faces of people as they pass through our village. We changed the system a little this year, by giving you the chance to vote for your own favourites. The votes were counted last night, at Seal Church's Harvest Supper, and the winner was Seal Beavers' Campers on Church Street Green. Many other votes were made, and no entry was passed by with no votes at all. However, the Beavers won by quite a way. Congratulations to them - a great entry!

Watch out for next year's festival, as there will more changes still. We are setting up a Facebook page with photos of all entries, and voting can take place on FB. For those who do not engage in social media, you will still be able to take the trail and vote as this year. Many thanks to those of you who got involved, and entered a scarecrow, and to those of you who voted.

Just a little aside, a few  scarecrows were vandalised ( though successfully operated on). and one  was actually kidnapped (crownapped??) and was found dumped in Childsbridge Lane. He was taken to safety to Seal School, but I'm not sure that we found the poor chap's creator in time for the judging. However, as always, the perpetrator of these acts, probably had less fun carrying out their attacks, than we did enjoying these creations. Whoever he or she is, is a very brave soul, or possibly never read Worzel Gummage!

The Harvest Supper and Quiz, was a great evening - excellent food, good quizzing, and lots of laughter! What more could you want on a rainy Saturday night in October. The event raised £362 for St Peter and St Paul Church Away Giving.

Our brand new care home, Lavender Fields, is now well and truly open, and the staff and residents are getting involved in our community. You will have noticed their beautiful scarecrow, STRICTLY KAREN (modeled on Karen ,the Manager of Lavender Fields allegedly). It would be great if some of you could join the small team of volunteers, already visiting, or planning to visit, the residents in this beautiful home. Of course, DBS checks will be essential, but the staff at Lavender Fields will organise this for you. If you are interested, either give them a call, or e mail me.

Don't forget our regular "Talking Village" drop in sessions on Monday afternoon at Birch's cafe. 1.45-3pm, and Friday Group every Friday morning in the church hall from 10-12 noon.

NOW, OUR DIARY OF EVENTS FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS (JUST SO YOU SAVE DATES)!

SUNDAY OCTOBER 21ST - SEAL SCHOOL FIREWORK  DISPLAY - SEAL SCHOOL FIELD - GATES OPEN AT 4PM - ADVANCED TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM SEAL SCHOOL  PTA OR SEAL GENERAL STORE. 

Advance tickets Adults £5 Children £2.50 or Family £15 

Tickets on the gate Adults £6 Children £4

Under 4's enter free.

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 8TH - KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOURS - AT SEAL SCHOOL - PAMPER AND PROSECCO EVENING - 7PM-10PM. Another first for Seal!  Tickets £8 to include a glass of Prosecco on entry and a take home goody bag. A variety of treatments available at approximately £10 per treatment - reflexology, facials, Reiki, Indian Head Massage, Shoulder, neck and back massage, mini manicures, pedicures etc. Book your tickets and treatment with Jessica Stupple 07801 187 029 or like the Facebook Page - Pamper and Prosecco Evening Seal. The proceeds from this event will go to Seal Village Association, which will be financially supporting our Christmas lights this year.

Sunday November 4th - 6.30pm - ALL SOULS SERVICE at St Peter and St Paul's Church. A gentle service commemorating those we love who have died. 

Sunday November 11th - REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

9 am - Short act of Remembrance at Godden Green War Memorial

10 am - Remembrance Service at St Peter and St Paul's Church, finishing with 2 minutes silence at the War Memorial in the churchyard.

6.30 pm Short service to mark the anniversary of the end of WW1, followed by the ringing of the church bells. 

Monday November 12th - 7.30pm - Seal Village Hall - History Group - Talk on The Overlooked Triumph - Victory 1918.

Saturday December 1st - Seal Village Hall - Seal Cubs and Beavers Christmas Fair - More details to follow.

Friday December 7th - 7.30 Church Hall - Make Your Own Christmas Door Wreath - A Seal Church Event.

Saturday 8th December - Know Your Neighbours Family Christmas Party - Village Hall 5pm - 7pm.

Sunday December 9th - 10am St Peter and St Paul Church Christingle Service followed at

11am - Mini Christmas Fair. - Christmas gifts, Christmas decorations, games, cards, etc.

Friday December 14th - 7.30 - Church Hall - Make Your Own Table Decorations - A Seal Church Event.

Sunday December 16th - 6.30pm - St Peter and St Paul Church Seal - Carol Service, followed by wine and nibbles

CHRISTMAS EVE 

4pm Crib Service at St Peter and St Paul, Seal

11.30pm  Midnight Mass at St Peter and St Paul, Seal

CHRISTMAS DAY

10am Christmas Day Communion at St Peter and St Paul, Seal. An informal service, 

           with a story in place of a sermon

Well - that appears to be it so far, for 2018. Please let me know what you are planning for 2019, so that we can help you to spread the word.

Marion