Welcome
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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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- Thursday 19th June
- 9am - School Collective Worship*
- 10am - No Morning Prayer - Rev Kathryn Away
- Sunday 22nd June
- 8am - BCP Holy Communion
- 11am - Holy Communion
- Thursday 26th June
- 9am - School Collective Worship*
- 10am - No Morning Prayer - Rev Kathryn Away
- Sunday 29th June
- 8am - BCP Holy Communion
- 11am - Healing Service
- Thursday 3rd July
- 9am - School Collective Worship*
- 10am - Morning Prayer
- Readings
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What a Spirit-filled Pentecost Sunday at St John’s!


In the morning we celebrated the Church’s birthday with a brilliant retelling of the Pentecost story (complete with Wind and Fire children!), joyful music from our wonderful joint choir, cake, balloons — and a special birthday jigsaw, reminding us that God’s Spirit brings all kinds of people together to create His Church.
It really felt like that today — with people of different ages and backgrounds coming together to worship. Every person is a valued part of God’s picture, and it was a joy to see so many different ‘pieces’ fitting together — with room for many more!
We also celebrated Teddy’s first time as Deacon (he was brilliant!), our wonderful readers, and gave thanks for Emma, Geoff, Chris and Ella, confirmed last night!







Join us any Sunday at 8am or 11am to see what the Spirit is doing in St John’s!

SUMMER READING FOR THE SOUL
Join Rev Laura’s Book Group — 8th or 9th July
Lots of you have said you’d love more opportunities to explore your faith outside of Lent and Advent groups.
Plans are afoot for the autumn — but in the meantime, Rev Laura from St John’s, Hatfield warmly invites you to her Summer Book Group on 8th or 9th July (see poster for details).
The book — Phoebe — is a fantastically engaging read that brings the Bible to life in a completely fresh and exciting way. It’s story-based rather than a line-by-line Bible study, and is suitable for people at any stage of faith — no Bible expertise needed!
If you’d like to take part, just drop Laura an email — all the details are on the poster.
On 13th July, it will be our final Sunday Club of the term during the 11am service and we’ll be going out in style with an end-of-term party, followed by a whole church bring and share picnic!
We'd love to see you, whether you're a regular at St John's or this is your first time giving the church a try!

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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

- 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.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 Many of us are happiest giving cash rather than scanning QR codes or tapping payment cards or smartphones. ![]() ![]() |
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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. |
2025 PCC meeting dates 29th January at 7.00 pm 11th February at 7.30 pm by Zoom APCM 2nd March at 12 noon 17th March at 7.15 pm 7th April at 7.15 pm 13th May at 7.15 pm 22nd July at 7.15 pm 27th September (away day) 18th November at 7.15 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.
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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 9.45 am
Bell ringing practice every Monday evening at 7.30 pm