St Helens Church, High Street, Wheathampstead, St Albans, AL4 8AA. Worship Times: 10am every Sunday

09-Mar Weekend Email with Livestream Link
 

In this email:
  • Join the PCC!
  • Mothering Sunday Service
  • Heaven to Earth
  • St Helen’s Singers
  • Mossy Church – next Sunday!
  • Volunteer Postman needed!
  • Easter Eggs for Azalea
  • Celtic Retreat Day
  • 2024 Programme for St Helen’s Fellowship
SAVE THE DATE!
Annual Parochial Church Meeting – 24th April 2024, 7.30pm

 

 

 
 

Do you care about our church? 

Does Christian faith matter to you?

We need your help to take our vision forward!

Our PCC is the leadership group which makes the important decisions for our church and works to turn our vision into reality.  We need enthusiastic people from a diverse range of backgrounds with variety of skills, experience and knowledge. Meeting are on mid-week evenings, ten times a year for about two hours.  Could you join us?  Click here for a role description and application.  Speak to the Rector or Churchwardens, or an existing PPC member for more information. 

 

 

 

 
 
Join us in St Helen’s Church for our Mothering Sunday Communion Service at 10am. If you can’t join us in church, please join us online.  Click here or on the image above for the YouTube link.

 
Heaven to Earth
This Sunday, March 10th, as well as being Mothering Sunday is Woman Composer Sunday. Launched in 2021 by the Royal School of Church Music, this annual celebration of women composers occurs on the Sunday closest to International Women’s Day. One of the RSCM’s best-selling composers happens to be local resident and mother of our wonderful organist Harry, Joanna Forbes L’Estrange. She has recently released Heaven to Earth, an album of her church choral music, on the SIGNUM record label. Recorded by the professional choir London Voices, the album’s track-listing includes our very own St Helen’s Service. To mark Woman Composer Sunday, we have invited Joanna to introduce her album to Sunday morning’s congregation and to sell CDs after the service (Cash or card: £12 each or two for £20). Joanna has said she’d be happy to autograph CDs if you would like her to do so!

 
St Helen’s Singers
Do you enjoy singing? Come and help to support the singing for our Easter Sunday service.  We will run through the planned hymns and rehearse a simple anthem in a couple of parts. All welcome, you don’t need to be experienced in singing in parts although reading music will be an advantage.  Debs Wilson will run rehearsals at St Helen’s at 7pm on Thursday14th and Wednesday 20th March with another short rehearsal to be arranged just before Easter. All welcome, age 9-99!. Please email Linda (58linda.thomas@gmail.com) to let us know you are coming.

 
MOSSY CHURCH
Join us for another of our popular Mossy Church services at St Peter’s at 3.30pm on Sunday 17th March. This time we celebrate St Patrick. Please dress for the weather, as we will will be outside.

All welcome of all ages. Come and worship God outside in nature with craft and collecting activities.
 

HELP US DELIVER EASTER CARDS
TO YOUR NEIGHBOURS!

We need help to deliver the WCT Easter services card to 10 houses on Wheathampstead Road/Harpenden Road. If you live nearby, can you help?
Please contact Pauline at paulinejcasimir@gmail.com

 

 
Can you buy an Easter egg to give to the women who are helped by Azalea in Luton? And if possible, add a short message of friendship and support  Final date for donations: Friday March 22nd. – collection box in church.
 

St Helen’s Fellowship
MEN AND WOMEN welcome at St Helen’s Fellowship! Programme below. Unless otherwise stated all meetings are held in The Mead Hall between 2.45 and 4.15 pm. The cost is £2 per week and 50p for transport if required. Anyone who would appreciate a lift to meetings, please ring Gill Gwinn who will be able to tell you if we can help with this. Thanks.

Louise Edwards 01582 621197
Jill Bareham 01582 460394
Gill Gwinn (transport organiser) 07966 469754

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14th March              Save a space for puds (sub £3 this week)

21st March             Chair exercises with Sarah Donnelly

28th March             Maundy Thursday Reflections 

 

 
 

GOLF DAY – SAVE THE DATE – FRI 30 AUG
This year’s parish golf day will be held at Mid Herts Golf Club on Friday 30th August 2024.  Golf in the afternoon and dinner in the evening.  All standards welcome. An 18 hole pairs or team competition for the Debenhams Ottaway Claret Jug and a 9 hole competition for the Friendship Trophy.  We will be delighted to see spouses and friends at dinner afterwards.  Mark your diaries and we’ll invite participants closer to the time.  Enquiries to Simon Best (07786 704353)

 

 

 
 

Events and Activities this week (at St. Helen’s Church unless otherwise indicated).
Please ask if you need further details

 

 
 

Monday 11th March
9.30am – 11.30am Coffee in the Chancel
11.15am – 12.15pm Following the Message Study Group
7.30pm – 9.15pm Bell Ringing Practice

Tuesday  12th March9.30am – 11.30am Coffee in the Chancel

Wednesday 13th March
9.30am – 11.00am The Ark Parent and Toddler Group
7.30pm – 9.30pm PCC Meeting

Thursday  14th March
2.45pm – 4.15pm St Helen’s Fellowship at Mead Hall
7.00pm – 9.00pm St Helen’s Singers Rehearsal

 

 

Friday 15th March

Saturday 16th March
9.15am – 10.00am Celtic Morning Prayer
10.00am – 11.30am Coffee in the Chancel
10.00am – 4.00pm Celtic Day Retreat

Sunday 17th March
10.00am – 11.00am Parish Communion
3.30pm – 4.30pm Mossy Church