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

14-Apr Midweek Email

 

Included in this email:
  • Remembering His Royal Highness Prince Philip
  • Annual Parochial Church Meeting
  • Job opportunity at St Albans Diocese
  • Stay connected to St Helen’s & St Peter’s Churches

 

An Important Date!
Annual Parochial Church Meeting

Our APCM will be held on Tuesday 27th April at 7:30 pm via Zoom.
To join the meeting, please click on this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88183264621?pwd=cDlaakVWdWJNcG1KMEI3NDJ5NWRaQT09

Meeting ID: 881 8326 4621
Passcode: 355828

The APCM offers you a report on Church activities in 2020 and the Financial Statements for that year. These will be emailed to you prior to the meeting.

There are vacancies for election to the PCC. We are a group of people who seek to promote the work and mission of St. Helen’s and St. Peter’s for the benefit of the wider community as well as for our own congregation. If anyone would be interested in finding out more about the role (the duties of which need not be onerous), do please contact any current PCC member or our Secretary, Stephen Wilson: Phone: 01727 863490 Email: stephen.wilson02@hotmail.co.uk

 

 

Remembering HRH Prince Philip

 

CIVIC SERVICES
There will be two invitation-only Civic services in the diocese in the presence of Lords-Lieutenant to remember in prayer the Duke of Edinburgh and the Royal Family. Both services will be streamed and available for viewing afterwards.
15-MINUTE TOLL OF CHURCH BELL
There will be a 15-minute toll of our half-muffled tenor bell at 2.45pm on Saturday 17th April at St Helen’s Church. This will be followed by a one minute silence before the start of the ceremonial royal funeral in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, at 3pm.
ONLINE CONDOLENCE BOOK
The Church of England has opened an online condolence book. This is open to any individual who wishes to sign and record a message – please click here if you wish to add your condolences. To read messages that others have left, please click here.

Job Opportunity at St Albans Diocese: Assistant Communications Officer 

The Diocese is advertising for a part-time Assistant Communications Officer to work at Holywell Lodge. Further details are available from https://www.stalbans.anglican.org/diocese/other-vacancies/.

Staying Connected …

Though Coffee in the Chancel is currently closed, we look forward to catching up on your latest news at our Zoom gathering every Wednesday from 10:30am.  Please use the link below to join us!

Coffee NOT in the Chancel
Meeting ID: 828 3397 7877
Password: 304021

You are invited to join us for Morning Prayer. We meet at 9am from Monday to Thursday and on Saturday using Zoom. Click this link to join the meeting. Download the liturgy we follow by clicking here. 

We’re here for you and help is at hand!
We have set up teams offering both pastoral and practical support, so please let others support you – they are keen to do so! Hilary Hollick is helping organise this – so do contact her by email here, or on 01582 832567.  Alternatively call the village wide helpline “Support for All” on 01582 380910.