A service of remembrance and renewal was held at Chatham Memorial Synagogue on Sunday 14 April 2002 in the presence of the Mayor and Mayoress of Medway. Memers of Bromley Reform Synagogue and Kent Liberal Jewish Community attended together with local Christian Clergy and visitors from the wider community.

On the Sunday following Yom Ha’Shoah, one purpose of the service was to remember the victims of the Holocaust but the service also had two other aspects. Firstly, in view of the wonderful restoration of the outside of the building, prayers were said for the founders of the Synagogue and for the restoration work.

As part of the process called The Way Forward, the service also looked to the future of the community, not only in its own right but in the context of the other Jewish communities in the area and and also its place in the wider community.

Therefore it was wholly appropriate that in the true spirit of The Way Forward and its principles of inclusiveness, the service was conducted jointly by Jon Weiner of Chatham Memorial Synagogue, John Posner of Bromley Reform Synague and Beverley Taylor of Kent Liberal Jewish Community. the photo on the left shows from right to left - Jon Weiner, Beverley Taylor and John Posner.