St John's Church LemsfordWelcome
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Welcome, and thank you for visiting our website.
Our church is situated in the picturesque village of Lemsford, close to Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City and opposite Brocket Hall.
We warmly welcome all visitors to our church and we would love you to come to one of our services or events. We hope that you find what you are looking for in these pages, but if you have any questions and would like to speak to someone about the church, please do contact one of the team members listed in the Who's Who and Contacts page.
We look forward to seeing you.
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WHAT'S ON AT ST JOHN'S IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AT A GLANCE
This Sunday at 11am it's our Holy Communion service.
Rev
Kathryn is presiding as usual, but this week we are having an
exciting guest preacher: Rev'd Atalie Gaines, Chaplain to the Bishop of
St Albans.
She will be preaching as part of our Lent journey, and also sharing a little about her work as the Bishop’s Chaplain, as well as about the life and ministry of a bishop.
Rev
Kathryn is presiding as usual, but this week we are having an
exciting guest preacher: Rev'd Atalie Gaines, Chaplain to the Bishop of
St Albans. She will be preaching as part of our Lent journey, and also sharing a little about her work as the Bishop’s Chaplain, as well as about the life and ministry of a bishop.
followed by.......
At 3pm we’re going on an amazing Easter Journey! 
Join us for St John’s@3 this Sunday (22nd March) at 3pm as we travel around the world discovering how Christians celebrate Holy Week.
Creative stations. Interactive fun. Stories. Snacks.
Brilliant for families. All ages very welcome — come and join the journey.
Join us for St John’s@3 this Sunday (22nd March) at 3pm as we travel around the world discovering how Christians celebrate Holy Week.
Creative stations. Interactive fun. Stories. Snacks.
Brilliant for families. All ages very welcome — come and join the journey.
- Sunday 22nd March
- 11am - Holy Communion
- 3pm - St John’s@3 Amazing Easter Journey*
- Wednesday 25th March
- 9:45am for 10am - The Lent Course week 5 (the final week) - Many Paths, One way (St Michaels)
- 9:45am for 10am - The Lent Course week 5 (the final week) - Many Paths, One way (St Michaels)
- Thursday 26th March
- 10am - Morning Prayer
- 10am - Morning Prayer
- Sunday 29th March - Palm Sunday
- 8am - Quiet Communion (BCP)
- 11am - Holy Communion - beginning outside with blessing of Palms and procession into church
- Monday 30th March - Holy Monday
- 6pm - Compline (Night prayer) at St Michaels
- 6pm - Compline (Night prayer) at St Michaels
- Tuesday 31st March - Holy Tuesday
- 6pm - Compline (Night prayer) at St Michaels
- 6pm - Compline (Night prayer) at St Michaels
- Wednesday 1st April - Holy Wednesday
- 10am-2pm - Messy Easter with crafts, games, food, retelling of the Easter story and more (St Michaels)
- 6pm - Compline (Night prayer) at St Johns
- 7pm - Compline (Night prayer) at St Michaels
- Thursday 2nd April - Maundy Thursday
- 10am - NO Morning Prayer
- 11am - Chrism Mass (St Albans Cathedral)
- 7pm - Holy Communion with shared meal and foot washing (optional), followed by the Watch (St Michael's)
* Children are welcome at all
our services, but these services and events are especially suitable for
families and children (as well as people of all other ages!)
- Readings
5th Sunday of Lent
First Reading: 1 Kings 19.1-8 - to read click here (opens in new window or new tab)
Gospel: John 6:1-15 - to read click here (opens in new window or new tab)
CAR PARKING
Because
car parking at the church is becoming difficult, we are opening
up the school playground on Sunday mornings for everyone to use. The
playground is at the back of the school, and is large enough to
accommodate about 30 cars. Please do use this area to park in, but take
extra care when exiting into the street as cars do tend to speed up and
down the hill.
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THE YEAR OF SPIRITUAL RENEWAL AND WELLBEING
This year, St Albans Diocese invites us all to embark on a journey of reconnecting with our faith and discovering the renewing life of the Holy Spirit. There’s a wonderful new website full of opportunities, including retreats, quiet days (some specially for churchwardens), pilgrimage walks, talks, online accompanied prayer weeks, courses, and a special summer Cathedral celebration.
You’ll also find resources for prayer, as well as helpful guidance to care for your own wellbeing.
Why not take a look? You can book events directly, but if something catches your eye and you’d like some company, let us know, and we can see if others would like to join in too.
Visit: year.stalbansdiocese.org
This year, St Albans Diocese invites us all to embark on a journey of reconnecting with our faith and discovering the renewing life of the Holy Spirit. There’s a wonderful new website full of opportunities, including retreats, quiet days (some specially for churchwardens), pilgrimage walks, talks, online accompanied prayer weeks, courses, and a special summer Cathedral celebration.
You’ll also find resources for prayer, as well as helpful guidance to care for your own wellbeing.
Why not take a look? You can book events directly, but if something catches your eye and you’d like some company, let us know, and we can see if others would like to join in too.
Visit: year.stalbansdiocese.org
'IOO CLUB' FEBRUARY DRAW WINNERS
The winning numbers of the February '100 Club' Draw were:
1st prize: Number 87 £92.70
2nd prize: Number 118 £55.62
3rd prize: Number 62 £37.08
To join the 100 Club contact please Nigel.
FOOD BANK
Our
local Food Bank at the New Zion Christian Fellowship church would
appreciate receiving donations of food and other things from us now and
all year round. It would be wonderful if you could support them by
bringing various things in on Sunday mornings, and placing them in the
big plastic box which will be placed in the porch. The sort of things
the Food Bank would like to receive are:
- All food with good sell by dates (tins of fruit and veg, jams, packets of cereal, coffee, tea, long life milk and so on)
- Toiletries such as shampoo and conditioner and toilet rolls
- Cleaning products (kitchen and bathroom cleaners etc)
We are asked not to donate clothes.
Nigel will arrange to take our offerings to the New Zion church every Wednesday morning.COULD YOU BE A ST JOHN'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION GOVERNOR?
St John’s school currently has a vacancy for a Foundation Governor. Foundation Governors are nominated by the PCC, represent the Church of England on the Board, and help ensure that the Christian ethos of the school is maintained.
Please pray and think about whether you - or someone you know - would make a great governor. They don’t need to be a member of St John’s church, but would need to be able to fulfil the role description above.
As a governor myself, I promise you that it’s an extremely rewarding (and often fun) role, and is manageable alongside other responsibilities.
Please contact me if you’re interested.
Rev Kathryn
St John’s school currently has a vacancy for a Foundation Governor. Foundation Governors are nominated by the PCC, represent the Church of England on the Board, and help ensure that the Christian ethos of the school is maintained.
Please pray and think about whether you - or someone you know - would make a great governor. They don’t need to be a member of St John’s church, but would need to be able to fulfil the role description above.
As a governor myself, I promise you that it’s an extremely rewarding (and often fun) role, and is manageable alongside other responsibilities.
Please contact me if you’re interested.
Rev Kathryn
CHURCH GIVING We greatly value, and desperately need, your financial support to help with the running of St John's Church. We are always delighted to receive weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual or ad hoc donations, and these can be made in the following different ways:
MANY THANKS INDEED |
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HOME INSURANCE If you need to take out, or renew, a home insurance policy, please think of using Ecclesiastical Insurance as they will donate £130 to the church through their Trust 130 Promotion. All you need to do is to say that the donation is to go to St John's Church, Lemsford. Find out more at www.ecclesiastical.com/trust130 or call their team on 0800 783 0130 and quote Trust 130. |
Please sign up for a spot in the Cleaning Rota or to help with refreshments after our Sunday services
More volunteers are needed to help us. All the materials you'll need for church cleaning are provided. All that we need is your time.
Please contact the churchwardens if you would like to take a turn with either cleaning or by helping with refreshments
You can choose dates that suit you.
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2026 PCC meeting dates 2nd February 2026 at 7.15 pm 20th April at 7.15 pm APCM - 10th May at 12 noon |
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