Welcome
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 IN MARCH AT ST JOHN'S
March 2023
Sunday 5th March
8 am - BCP Holy Communion
11 am - All Together service at which we look towards the future of our worship - followed by refreshments in the annexe
Monday 6th March
7 pm Zoom evening natter. To join in for a chat, please contact Frank Puranik for a link
Tuesday 7th March
10 am Lent Course 2 at St Michael's
Wednesday 8th March
9 am School Assembly service in church - All Welcome
7 pm Lent Course 2 at St John's
Thursday 9th March
10 am Morning Prayer
Sunday 12th March
8am BCP Holy Communion
11 am Holy Communion - followed by refreshments in the annexe
Monday 13th March
7 pm Zoom evening natter. To join in for a chat, please contact Frank Puranik for a link
Tuesday 14th March
2.30pm - Friendship Teas
7 pm Lent Course 2 at St John's
Wednesday 15th March
9 am School Assembly service in church - All Welcome
10 am Lent Course 3 at St Michael's
Thursday 16th March
10 am Morning Prayer
Sunday 19th March
8am BCP Morning Prayer
Monday 20th March
7 pm Zoom evening natter. To join in for a chat, please contact Frank Puranik for a link
Tuesday 21st March
10 am Lent Course 3 at St Michael's
7 pm Lent Course 2 at St John's
Wednesday 22nd March
9 am School Assembly service in church - All Welcome
Thursday 23rd March
9 am School Collective Worship - All Welcome
10 am Morning Prayer
Sunday 26th March
8am BCP Holy Communion
If you'd like to give to this appeal right now you can scan thIS QR code with your smartphone

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UKRAINE - A WAY YOU CAN HELP
The Red Cross Appeal
Please
consider making a donation to the appeal which has been made by the Red
Cross. To see their appeal details, please copy and paste this link
into your browser: https://donate.redcross.org.

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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 latest edition of the Parish Magazine is now available, 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 are once again collecting 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. |
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. |
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 |
Choir practice every Sunday at 9.30 am
Bell ringing practice every Monday evening at 7.30 pm