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

20-Feb Weekend Email with Livestream Link
 

In this email:
  • Sunday’s Services
  • Praying through the Vacancy
  • Contemporary Worship
  • Fellowship Programme
  • Bishop’s Open Garden
SAVE THE DATE!
  • Friday 6 March – World Day of Prayer at St Thomas More at 10 30am followed by refreshments.
  • Wednesday 13th May – Institution and Induction of our new Rector, Rev Andrew Jefferson at 7.30pm, St Helen’s Church

 

 

 
 

SUNDAY’S SERVICES

 

 
 
Join us in St Helen’s Church at 10am for our All Age Communion Service. Revd Kate Lomax, Church Growth Officer at  St Albans Diocese, returns to lead this service. Do join us in church to welcome Kate. Linda Thomas, our Children and Families minister, will be preaching. If you can’t join us in church, please join us online. Click here or on the image above for the YouTube link.

 

 
PLEASE NOTE: MEETING ON 26TH FEB IS ON ZOOM ONLY
LINK: https://tinyurl.com/ymrfkfx9
To download the new 2026 prayer booklet, please click here.
 

Vacancy Prayer Themes for 26th February
  1. Please pray for our relationship with the Diocese and Deanery. We thank God for their support during this time.
  2. Please pray for the wider community of Wheathampstead especially St Helen’s school that our relationship with them continues to grow and flourish.
  3. Please pray for our new Rector. Andy. For wisdom for him as he begins planning for his move to Wheathampstead. That he will develop a clear vision for his ministry and mission.
  4. Please pray that God continues to bless not only our church and it’s new Rector, Andy, but Richard and Claire in their new ministry. 
The usual Morning Prayer sessions will continue to run in church (Monday and Tuesday) and on Zoom (Monday – Wednesday). 
As we near the start of Lent there are several ways to get a daily devotional reading: you can pick up a handy “Draw Near” booklet (available in church from Ash Wednesday, a separate booklet with daily challenges is available for families)

You can also sign up for an email or download the Everyday Faith App
https://www.churchofengland.org/faith-life/what-we-believe/lent-holy-week-and-easter/sign-draw-near-god-lent-reflections
 

HELP US DELIVER EASTER CARDS
TO YOUR NEIGHBOURS!

We need help to deliver the WCT Easter services listings card. Five routes are vacant – if you live in the neighbourhood, please help:

1. High St inc. Latchford Mews, Marford Court, Church Street, St. Helen’s Close
2.  Amwell Lane, Hilltop View, High Ash Road
3. Codicote Road, Badgers, Lamerwood House, The Flat, Lodge Cottage, Bride Hall Lane
4. Harpenden Road, Wheathampstead Rd
5. Marshalls Heath Lane

Please contact Pauline at paulinejcasimir@gmail.com

 

 
 

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. 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

Programme:

26th February Social and Board Games
5th March Holy Communion
12th March Alban Re-imagined. A talk about St Alban given by Stephen De Silva, St Alban’s Abbey Guide
19th March Chair Exercises with Sarah Donnelly
26th March Social and Board Games
2nd April Maundy Thursday Holy Communion

 

 
Snowdrop Garden Open Days — Possibly for the Last Time —
in Support of the Beds & Herts Historic Churches Trust
We are pleased to share that the Bishop of St Albans’ Garden will open to visitors in February 2026, offering a much-loved chance to enjoy God’s creation in its early spring beauty. Next year’s openings may be the last time the garden is made accessible to the public, making the occasion especially meaningful.

Thousands of snowdrops and other early bulbs will be in bloom, creating a peaceful, uplifting place to wander and reflect. All proceeds will go directly to the Beds and Herts Historic Churches Trust, which helps fund essential repairs to historic churches across Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.

Open Garden Dates
Abbey Gate House, Abbey Mill Lane, St Albans AL3 4HD
• Saturday 21 February
• Sunday 22 February
Time: 2pm–4pm

Entry: £5 per adult (all proceeds to the Trust)

All are warmly invited to visit the garden—perhaps for the final time as we are not sure if the new Bishop will continue to allow the garden to be opened to the public —enjoy its seasonal beauty and support the preservation of our cherished church buildings.
 

BEREAVEMENT NOTICE

The Funeral Service for the t/l Michael Bullock will be at St Helen’s Church
on Friday 27th February at 1.00pm.

 

 
 

If you have a concern about someone else or yourself:
please call 07870748773 or e mail Christine.anstice@yahoo.co.uk

 

 

 
 

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

 

 
 

Monday 23rd February
9.30am – 11.30am Coffee in the Chancel
7.30pm – 9.15pm Bellringing Practice

Tuesday 24th February9.30am – 11.30am Coffee in the Chancel

Wednesday 25th February
9.30am – 11.00am The Ark Parent-and-Toddler Group
7.45pm – 9.00pm Contemporary Evening Worship

Thursday 26th February
2.45pm – 4.15pm St Helen’s Fellowship at Mead Hall

 

 

Friday 27th February
1.00pm – 2.30pm Funeral Service and Burial of t/l Mr Michael Bullock

Saturday 28th February
9.15am – 10.00am Celtic Morning Prayer
10.00am – 11.30am Coffee in the Chancel
1.00pm – 5.00pm Visiting Bellringers

Sunday 1st March
10.00am – 11.00amParish Communion Service
3.30pm – 4.30pm Kids Worship