On Sunday 29th October, we held a special Remembrance and Thanksgiving service at St Helen’s Church. During the service, candles were lit to remember almost 200 of your friends and family.
If you would like to watch this beautiful and moving service, please click here.
Cleaning Morning at St Peter’s
Saturday 11 November
10am – 12 noon.
Please contact Kath Andrews 07794 354409 for informnation.
Developing Disciples
We have launched a very exciting new initiative for St Helen’s and St Peter’s and are inviting you to find out more about it. The course about Developing your Discipleship is open to all. If you missed the launch you can find out more by watching the Youtube of the service on October 15. Carol’s sermon is at 25:35 and Richard’s introduction at 1:08:30.
Please ask Richard or Carol or Hilary Hollick for more information and an invitation to our Taster session with puddings and wine at 7pm on Wednesday 15th November. To help with catering please rsvp for the taster evening to Hilary on hj.hollick@gmail.com or phone on 07712 791625. We hope you will be joining us!
You may recall that last Christmas we bought into the charity ‘Christmas Lunch on Jesus’ (CLOJ) and delivered Christmas lunch hampers to 20 local families a few days before Christmas Day.
We will be doing the same this year and already have 20 families who we will be gifting these to and delivering on Sat 23rd Dec. If you or anyone you know, needs a little extra help with food at the moment, then please confidentially let Richard or Helen Caldwell (07974 762997) know.
Each hamper costs £30/£35 (depending on when we order them) so if you would like to buy a family in need Christmas dinner, then please make a donation to the St Helen’s Community Fund by clicking here.Donations can also be made by cash or debit/credit card using the contactless device in church.
We also would love it if 10-20 members of the St Helen’s family would be able to deliver one or two hampers around Wheathampstead on Sat 23rd Dec – many hands make light work! Please let Helen know if you would like to volunteer.
We also hope to partner with the Harpenden Hygiene Bank and deliver appropriate toiletries when delivering the hamper – if anyone is interested in helping out with this then please also let Helen know.
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.
Sons of St Albans – Tony Berk St Albans Tour Guide
16th November
Stephen Bradley sings to us
23rd November
Social and board games
30th November
A Walk around the Pembrokeshire Coast – Pippa Legg
7th December
Holy Communion
14th December
Advent Celebration in St Helens Church
DEANERY ADVENT QUIET DAY
Saturday, 2nd December, 10am to 1pm
St Mary’s, Kinsbourne Green
Join with others across the Deanery for an Advent themed quiet day. Input from a speaker, time for quiet and reflection, (if weather is good, space to wander around the Common), light soup lunch to end the morning. Please contact Mel in the church office if you would like to attend. Tel: 01582 834031, email: office@sth-stp.org
Events and Activities this week (at St. Helen’s Church unless otherwise indicated).
Please ask if you need further details
Monday 30th October 9.30am – 11.30am Coffee in the Chancel
9.45am – 11.00am Book Talk
11.15am – 12.15pm Following the Message Study Group
7.30pm – 9.15pm Bellringing Practice
Tuesday 31st October 9.30am – 11.30am Coffee in the Chancel
Wednesday 1st November
9.30am – 11.00am The Ark Parent and Toddler Group
Thursday 2nd November
2.45pm – 4.15pm St Helen’s Fellowship at Mead Hall
Friday 3rd November
Saturday 4th November
9.00am – 12.00pm The Great Help Out 2
9.15am – 10.00am Celtic Morning Prayer
10.00am – 11.30am Coffee in the Chancel
