St John's Church LemsfordWelcome
Please click on the link below to watch an aerial video of the church and listen to our bells.
Drone photography courtesy of https://www.upaerial.co.uk
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 AT ST JOHN'S IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AT A GLANCE
- Thursday 21st September
- 9am - School Collective Worship
- 10am - Morning Prayer
- 11am - Local History group tour of the Original Vicarage
- Sunday 24th September
- 8am - BCP Holy Communion
- 11am - Holy Communion
- Monday 25th September
- Zoom is paused at the moment
- Zoom is paused at the moment
- Thursday 28th September
- Collective Worship
- No Morning Prayer this week - Rev Kathryn on annual retreat
- Sunday 1st October
- 8am - BCP Holy Communion
- 11am - All-Together Harvest Festival Holy Communion
- Monday 2nd October
- Zoom is paused at the moment
Bible Reading and Collect, 16th Sunday after Trinity
New Testament: Jonah 3:10-end of 4
Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16
1st October - Harvest Festival
(All-Together Holy Communion) followed by Bring and Share lunchAll welcome for this all-age celebration of Harvest!
Please bring along your non-perishable goods and - if you are able - some money for our Harvest Charity Collection. This year we’re giving to the Bishop’s Harvest Appeal - Mission Direct, Cracking Food Poverty Together. Further details can be found at this link. https://www.stalbansdiocese.
Please do give as generously as you can.
A Talk at Lemsford House, St John's Original Vicarage - by Andy Chapman of the Lemsford Local History Group
Andy says:
I have acquired permission to view Lemsford House and grounds (original Vicarage next to church). Will do a short talk to outline history of house. It will be followed by lunch at the Sun. Date Thursday 21st September 11-00 to start tour at 11-15. If you're interested please reply by email info@lemsfordhistory.co.
Thanks to Nick and Lucy for their generosity in letting us take a peek.
RIP Florence Weston
We remember with love this week, Florence Weston.
Florence worshipped at Lemsford all her life until recent years when she was not well enough to attend.
Florence was born in the left Lodge to Brocket Hall, opposite the church, 96 years ago, when Sir Charles Nall Cain, (who later became the first Lord Brocket) was living at Brocket Hall.
Sir Charles asked her parents if they would call her Florence, as he and his first wife Florence had no daughters. (The Brocket Chapel was built in memory of her).
Florence’s funeral is being held at St John’s Church on Wednesday 4th October at 11am.A huge welcome to God’s family and the family of St John’s to Ruby!
St John's was absolutely packed for the baptism of Ruby last Sunday
Macmillan Tea Party - Thank you!
Jackie says "I would like to thank everyone who contributed towards a very successful Macmillan Tea Party. A special thanks to those who help me set up, clear up, and serve all the generous givers.
Jackie "
And we say: "A big thank you to Jackie for organising the Macmillan Tea Party on Friday 15th September." We'll have the details of the amount raised for you shortly.
If you’d still like to give, you can donate via the QR code here, or by clicking this Give-a-little link, or Jackie will be around for cash donations. Sponsored Bike 'n Hike in support of Beds & Herts Historic Churches Trust
It may be over, but...
If you kindly sponsored Kevin, Lucy and Co., on their recent tour of Hertford, please bring your sponsorship money to church on Sunday, or give via this link: https://givealittle.co/
Just to remind you St John's receives 50% of the sponsorship with the other 50% being administered by the trust to help historic churches in Beds and Herts with projects (which might also be us one day). For more info see their website: https://bedshertshct.
Recent celebrations!
The wekend before last we welcomed Rev. Kate as our new curate; Sunday Club returned; we celebrated the baptisms of Annie, Maya and Elijah and gathered with our friends at St Michael’s for a night of cheese, wine, and hearing about the vicar’s past life. Here are some photos.
100 Club Draw - for August
The August '100 Club' draw took place on the 25th August in the presence of two PCC members. 112 numbers were in the draw. The winning numbers were:
1st: Number 45 (winning £100.80)
2nd: Number 8 (winning £60.48)
3rd: Number 34 (winning £40.32)
Thanks to everyone, parishioners and friends, who are supporting the '100 Club'. The next draw will take place on Friday 29th September.
If anyone who has not yet signed up to the '100 Club' would like to do so, please contact the Promoter Nigel Johnson whose email address is najofwgc@gmail.com
The Aug/Sept Parish Magazine is Here!
Click here to download the pdf version. [It's safe to click this link]But unfortunately it wasn't available in print last weekend, due to a printing glitch :( - we should see it this weekend though :)
Thank you to absolutely everyone who contributed, especially as I had moved the deadline date forward by two weeks due to my Holiday (unnecessarily it now seems - the best laid plans of mice and men eh?)
There are some great article to read - enjoy
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FOOD BANK Every week we collect food for the Food Bank. If you are able to do so, please bring your food donations to church on Sundays and leave them in the box provided in the porch. 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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2023 PCC meeting dates 6th February 2023 at 7.30 pm 13th March 2023 at 7.30 pm 3rd May 2023 at 7.30 pm 10th May 2023 at 7 pm - this will be by Zoom or email APM and APCM Sunday 28th May 2023 at noon 17th July 2023 at 7.30 pm 10th October 2023 at 7.30 pm 4th December 2023 at 7.30 pm |
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 |
Choir practice every Sunday at 9.30 am
Bell ringing practice every Monday evening at 7.30 pm