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.
- Thursday 3rd October
- 9am - School Collective Worship*
- 10am - Morning Prayer
- Sunday 6th October
- 8am - BCP Morning Prayer
- 11am - All Together worship with Harvest Festival, followed Bring and Share Harvest Lunch
- Monday 7th October
- 6pm - Week 3 of ’Start’ Youth Explorer Group*
- 6pm - Week 3 of ’Start’ Youth Explorer Group*
- Tuesday 8th October
- 2:30-4pm - Friendship Tea
- 2:30-4pm - Friendship Tea
- Thursday 10th October
- 9am - School Collective Worship*
- 10am - Morning Prayer
- Sunday 13th October
- 8am - BCP Holy Communion
- 11am - Holy Communion with Sunday Club
- 4 pm Service of Thanksgiving and Remembering
- Thursday 17th October
- 9am - School Collective Worship*
- 10am - Morning Prayer
Don’t miss out on our joyful All Together Harvest Festival Celebration service on 6th October at 11am
We’ll be joined in our worship by children from the school, who will singing, reading and leading us in prayer.
After the service, we’ll be gathering in the school hall for a bring and share lunch.
If you can, please do bring something delicious to eat to the school hall before the service.
There will be collection for Thrive, a project in Sri Lanka providing those affected by leprosy with the means to grow their own food and raise their stand of living. Further details can be found here: https://www.
And last, but not least, gifts of tinned foods and dried produce would very welcome and will be donated to the Foodbank.
All are very welcome to this reflective service for remembering those we’ve loved and lost. The service will be held in the Garden of Remembrance if the weather is fine. We’d love you to join us for refreshments afterwards.
We began our ’Start’ Youth Explorer Group on Monday 16th September but it's not too late to join in.
This Autumn, we're looking forward to running an informal six-week Explorer Course for Young People aged 11-16.
If you've got questions about God, Jesus, faith and life then these sessions are for you! You don't need to be churchgoer or Christian to come along - just be willing to listen and explore with other young peopleExpect: Food; opening activity or question; short videos; discussion; time for reflection; and an optional takeaway activity.
To find out more or to book a place just email Rev Kathryn at revkathrynalford@gmail.com.
The new October/November Parish Magazine is out and you can download it by clicking here. I'd like to thank everyone who contributed, especially with the very short timescales I gave this time.
As usual there are lots of great articles and photos. As well as our usual leader columns by Rev Kathryn, Michelle Boylan, Jo Brooks and Andy Chapman, I'd like to give special mentions to the article by Edna Stephens which Andy included in full in his Lemsford Local; History Group column and the Article by Rev. Ron Ingamells enjoy!
Printed copies will be in school book bags this week, and with a following wind in church on Sunday (the printer was very busy and had to split our print run into two parts).
If the image is too hard to read, don't worry, just click on it, or click here for the 'real' pdf document.
St John’s school currently has vacancies for up to three Foundation Governors. 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
- 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.
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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. |
2024 PCC meeting dates 15th January at 7.15pm 13th February at 7.15pm 16th April at 7.15pm 30th April via Zoom 7.30pm APCM - 12th May at 12 noon 4th June at 7.15pm 22th July ay 7.15pm 7th September at 7.15pm 19th November at 7.15pm |
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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.
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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