St John's Church LemsfordWelcome
Please click on the link below to watch an aerial video of the church and listen to our bells.
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.
WHAT'S ON IN JULY AT ST JOHN'S
Sunday 4th July
8 am Holy Communion BCP to be led by Rev Edward Cardale
11 am Holy Communion to be led by Fr Darren Collins
4 pm Zoom afternoon natter. To join in for a chat, please contact Frank Puranik for a link
Sunday 11th July
8.00am Morning Prayer led by Rev Susan Marsh
11.00am Holy Communion led by Rev Fiona Souter
4 pm Zoom afternoon natter. To join in for a chat, please contact Frank Puranik for a link
Tuesday 13th July
Friendship Teas - 2.30 pm at the church. All invited to come along for tea and cake and to meet old friends or to make new ones.
Sunday 18th July
8.00am Morning Prayer led by Rev Edward Cardale
11.00am Holy Communion led by Rev Ron Ingamells
4 pm Zoom afternoon tea. To join in for a chat, please contact Frank Puranik for a link
Sunday 25th July
8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) led by Rev Susan Marsh
11.00am Holy Communion led by Rev Sue Stilwell
4 pm Zoom afternoon tea. To join in for a chat, please contact Frank Puranik for a link
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LEMFEST 2021
SADLY THIS EVENT HAS HAD TO BE POSTPONED BECAUSE OF COVID. ANOTHER DATE WILL BE ARRANGED IN DUE COURSE.
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PLEASE CAN YOU HELP
WE COULD REALLY DO WITH YOUR FINANCIAL HELP IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
PLEASE CONSIDER GIVING IF YOU CAN TO SUPPORT OUR CHURCH AND OUR WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.
EITHER
CLICK HERE TO VISIT OUR QUICK DONATION PAGE
OR
ALTERNATIVELY WE CAN NOW RECEIVE DONATIONS VIA TEXT MESSAGE BY TEXTING THE WORD LEMSFORD FOLLOWED BY A SPACE AND THEN AN AMOUNT OF YOUR DONATION, TO 70085. FOR EXAMPLE, TO GIVE £5 TYPE LEMSFORD 5, TO GIVE £10 TYPE LEMSFORD 10. THEN SIMPLY SEND YOUR TEXT TO 70085. TEXTS WILL COST YOUR DONATION AMOUNT PLUS ONE STANDARD RATE MESSAGE.
MANY THANKS
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IMPORTANT REQUEST TO REGULAR GIVERS FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE If regular givers would prefer to make their payments by bank transfer, the bank details of the church are: HSBC Bank. Sort Code: 40-46-08 A/C No: 51431609 Many thanks |
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PARISH MAGAZINE
The June / July edition of the Parish Magazine is now out, and for those who cannot collect a copy from church, it is available to read by clicking HERE
To see earlier editions of the magazine, please visit the 'Getting Involved' page.
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FOOD BANK We regret that there will be no collections for the Food Bank until further notice. In the meantime you may like to donate food to those in need by taking it to Sainsbury's and Morrisons who have collection facilities in all their shops. Thank you. |
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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. |
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PCC dates 13th January 2021 via Zoom - time to be confirmed 1st March 2021 at 7.30 pm via Zoom 12th April 2021 at 7.30 pm via Zoom Annual Meetings - 2nd May at 12 noon in church 6th July at 7 pm - meeting with Su Blanch in the annexe 19th July 2021 at 7.30 pm 24th July at 9.30 am - meeting with Su Blanch and the PCC of St Michael's (at St Michael's church) Saturday 11th September 2021 at 8.30 am at St Mary's Church, North Mymms Vacancy Meeting Thursday 16th September 2021 (time tba) 18th October 2021 at 7.30 pm 24th January 2022 at 7.30 pm |
Choir practice every Sunday at 9.30 am
Bell ringing practice every Monday evening at 7.30 pm Cancelled until further notice.