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 JANUARY AT ST JOHN'S

January 2023

Sunday 1st January

8 am - BCP Morning Prayer

11 am - Holy Communion

Sunday 8th January

8 am - BCP Holy Communion

11 am - Holy Communion

4 pm Christingle with pizza

 

Monday 9th January

7 pm Zoom evening natter.  To join in for a chat, please contact Frank Puranik for a link

Tuesday 10th December

2.30pm - Friendship Teas

Thursday 12th January

 10 am Morning Prayer

Annexe open from 9.30 am until noon as a warm place, with refreshments

Sunday 15th January

8am  BCP Holy Communion

11 am Morning Prayer

Monday 16th January

7 pm Zoom evening natter.  To join in for a chat, please contact Frank Puranik for a link

Thursday 19th January

 10 am Morning Prayer

 

Sunday 22nd January

8am  BCP Holy Communion

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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

CLICK HERE

  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 24th April 2023 at 7.30 pm 8th May 2023 - this will be by email 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