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.
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- Thursday 16th October
- 9am - School Collective Worship*
- 10am - Morning Prayer
- Sunday 19th October
- 8am - BCP Holy Communion
- 11am - Reflective Worship
- Thursday 23rd October
- 9am - School Collective Worship*
- 10am - Morning Prayer
- Friday 24th October
- 2-4pm Macmillan Tea & Coffee & Cake!*
- 2-4pm Macmillan Tea & Coffee & Cake!*
- Sunday 26th October
- 8am - BCP Holy Communion
- 11am - Holy Communion
- 4pm - A Special Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance
- Thursday 30th October
- 9am - School Collective Worship*
- 10am - Morning Prayer
- Thursday 16th October
- Readings
Psalm: 119:97-104 (not at 8am) - to read click here (opens in new window or new tab)
First Reading: 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 - to read click here (opens in new window or new tab)
Gospel: Luke 18:1-8 - to read click here (opens in new window or new tab)
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MACMILLAN TEA/COFFEE & CAKE - FRIDAY 24TH OCTOBER 2-4 pm
Our Macmillan Coffee Afternoon, on Friday 24th from 2-4pm, is all about
getting together over a cup of tea or coffee and a slice of cake to raise money for people living with cancer. It’s a
simple and friendly way to make a big difference. The money we raise
goes to Macmillan Cancer Support, which helps people with cancer and
their families by providing care, advice, and emotional support. It’s
also a lovely chance for everyone to come together, enjoy some good
company, and do something kind for a really important cause.
Hope to see you there. If you're a parent collecting one (or more) of
your children from St John's do pop in. You'll be thanked by them for
the cake.
We'll put a QR code in one of the next newsletter in case you can't make it.
A SPECIAL SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING AND REMEMBRANCE - SUNDAY 26TH OCTOBER AT 4 pm
You are warmly invited to our Autumn Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance on Sunday 26th October at 4pm.
This short, reflective service offers us a gentle
space to give thanks for the lives of those we have loved and lost —
whether recently or many years ago
For our Autumn gathering, we'll be meeting in the church to keep everyone warm! After the service, everyone is warmly invited to stay for tea and cake.
RIVER OF POPPIES
We'd like your Knitted/Crocheted Poppies by Sunday 26th October, please
I'm
sure you remember the article in the June/July Parish Magazine where we
explained that Marion and Doreen are making ‘River of Poppies’
for Remembrance Sunday and would love some help. Well, we're getting
close to the date where they'd like your contribution to add to the
'river' - 26th October.
It's not too late to start now. If you’re willing and able to crochet or
knit one or more small poppies then please contact Doreen - email d.wright24@ntlworld.com
or contact Marion on 07724 996816. They can supply the wool and
patterns, however if you have any ‘poppy red’ wool you can donate, then
that would be great too.
The ‘River of Poppies’ will be displayed in the church on Remembrance
Sunday (9th November), whether you can help or not, come and see.
ST JOHN'S @3 LIGHT PARTY!
SATURDAY 8th NOVEMBER AT 3pm
St John’s Church and Annexe
St John’s@3 is our informal, all-age gathering on some Sunday afternoons — a relaxed time of worship, stories, crafts, activities and cake, designed for children, families, and anyone who doesn’t fancy sitting still in a pew!
This month we’re having a Light Party. As the afternoons grow darker, come and join us for a bright and joyful time together, with games, crafts, songs, activities, tasty treats and plenty of fun.
It’s a celebration of light, hope and friendship for the whole community.
Everyone is welcome — whether you come regularly or it’s your very first time. We’d love to see you!
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.   But,
if you like the QR Code, you can point your Smartphone’s camera or QR
app at it, and it will let you give, or from your PC/Mac you can just
click this link: https://givealittle.co/ |
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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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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.
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 9.45 am
Bell ringing practice every Monday evening at 7.30 pm