Welcome

Welcome to All Saints’ Church in Orpington Town Centre; a friendly and joyful church of wide diversity. We enjoy our sacramental worship, our service to others and our open fellowship. All of our services and events are open to everyone. Please come and join us! Please read the full introduction on our Welcome page to … Continue reading →

Weekly Notices

Sunday 18th November – In our reading from Mark, Jesus challenges the disciples to leave behind material things in the pursuit of god’s goodness.  This is also a challenge for us today as it reminds us that our rituals and buildings are worth nothing if they are not used in the pursuit of god’s goodness … Continue reading →

Light in the Darkest Hour

  On Monday 12th November at 6 pm we will be holding a special service of remembrance at Canadian Corner – the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in All Saints’ churchyard. This is in conjunction with the Shorncliffe Trust, which was set up to preserve the old military camp near Folkestone dating from to Napoleonic … Continue reading →

Vacancy for Director of Music

Director of Music – All Saints Parish Church, Orpington. All Saints Parish Church functions as the civic church of Orpington and has a rich and longstanding liturgical and musical tradition. We seek an inspirational Director of Music to provide accompaniment and lead the way in developing the role of music in our church. We have … Continue reading →

Parish Vacancies

Magazine Editor: Do you have a passion for reading and editing? Do you take energy from piecing together pieces of print and seeing a final edition come together? Are you computer literate and able to work imaginatively with artwork? Do you have ideas that might build on our current monthly magazine format? If so, you … Continue reading →

Sarah Parker-McGee – Children’s and Families’ Missioner

As you may have heard, I am about to be Commissioned as a Children’s and Families’ Missioner for All Saints’ and I have been asked to give you all a short profile of myself, before I begin my role under the Bishop’s commission. It all began in in 2007. Rob was at theological college, we … Continue reading →

Children, Young People and Family Ministry

Trying to build the future on Solid Rock – Children, Young People and Family Ministry In a recent article, Fr Kevin Smith, Priest Administrator at Walsingham, laments by saying that “The absence of children and teenagers (and their parents), evident in many of our churches today, is a real cause for concern and demands our … Continue reading →

Parish Vision Day

All Saints’ Vision Day. On 2nd June 2018, some 28 people attended all or part of our Parish Vision Day. During the day we looked at statistics covering the past 10 years at All Saints, central national research into what encouraged church growth, evaluated what might be All Saints most valuable assets and re-imagined what … Continue reading →