Week of Sunday 24th May, Sunday after Ascension

Services

Sunday 24th May, Sunday after Ascension

9.30 amServices pageLive-streamed Eucharist Service from Great Gaddesden Church for the Berkhamsted Team Ministry(JR)

The live video stream will begin shortly after 9.20 am on the Services page and the Eucharist itself at 9.30 am.

Tuesday 26th May

10.30 amZoomCafé Zoom – Tuesday morning Coffee and Cake(see below)

Wednesday 27th May

7.55 pmZoomMidweek Discussion Group(see below)

Sunday 31st May, Pentecost

9.30 amServices pageLive-streamed Eucharist Service for the Berkhamsted Team Ministry(JR)

Notices

Coronavirus

Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, there will be no formal acts of worship at our three Parish Churches for the foreseeable future.  All our churches will now stay closed until further notice.  There will be a live-streamed Eucharist service at 9.30am on a Sunday for all the Berkhamsted Team Ministry.

zoom Meetings

Several meetings are now being held on the Zoom video conferencing platform. Details of two of them are below. Here’s some general guidance about this technology, which many people in the village are now getting familiar with.

Joining instructions for each meeting will come by email from the person who’s hosting it. You’ll need a computer, tablet or smartphone with working microphone, speakers/headphones and camera to participate fully. If you’re using a tablet or smartphone and haven’t used Zoom before you can get ready ahead of time by downloading the Zoom Cloud Meetings app from the App Store (for iPads and iPhones) or Google Play (for Android tablets and phones). If you’re using a desktop or laptop, the software will download automatically when you join your first Zoom meeting, or is also available for manual download in advance here (choose Zoom Client for Meetings).

Café Zoom

Tuesday morning’s Coffee and Cake sessions are back – but online! We will be getting together virtually by Zoom on Tuesday from 10:30am to 12:00noon. Contact Barbara Sheard at barbara@sheard.com, preferably a day or so beforehand, to ask for joining details for this week’s Café Zoom. You’ll need to make your own coffee…and bring your own cake!

Midweek Discussion Group on Zoom

The Midweek Discussion Group’s Lent sessions were cut short by the Covid-19 lockdown.  However, Anthony Archer is organising a new series over the next few weeks which will be held via Zoom.  There will be two dates to start with and they will be continued if there is support for them.

The sessions will start with a general welcome chat to hear how everyone is getting on, then some discussion centred around a Bible passage with a short time of prayer at the end.  Everyone will be considered to be fully present if they have signed in, but there is no need to say or share anything.  You can spend the whole time ‘mute’ if you wish!

To start with the group will probably be quite small but there will be an opportunity to invite others.  There will need to be the usual protocols about confidentiality, as anything shared must be respected as being confidential to the group.  If you would like to invite “outsiders” then please contact Anthony first. 

The first sessions have already been held, and now you are very welcome to join the next which will be:

  • 27 May     John 17:1-11 
  • 3 June       Acts 2:1-21 (Pentecost)
  • 10 June    Matthew 28:16-20 &  2 Corinthians 13:11-13
  • 17 June     Acts 11:19-30

Sign in will be at 19.55 hrs.

Please contact Anthony Archer on anthony.archer@bridgewaterassociates.co.uk and he will send the Zoom details and be happy to answer any questions.

Regular Giving

Please remember that the church continues to function even with the buildings closed, so we do ask that you continue with your regular financial giving to support the ministry.  If you normally give weekly in church, you may like to consider paying direct through your bank account.  

Do you need any Financial Help?

If you, or anyone you know, is in financial difficulty, the Vicar has access to a hardship fund.  Please feel free to contact him in the strictest of confidence on 01442 214898 or at vicar@littlegaddesdenchurch.org.uk

Thy Kingdom Come, Prayer for Berkhamsted

The Church of England has a global prayer initiative from 21st – 31st May called ‘Thy Kingdom Come’.  The web page, which is accessible to all, is at www.thykingdomcome.global.  

A Facebook group has been set up called ‘Prayer for Berkhamsted Thy Kingdom Come’ for the 11 days of prayer.  If you are a Facebook user, you can access the group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/2398629607113015/. The group, although ‘public’ on Facebook, is not accessible to non-Facebook users.

New Videos

Two new videos have been released on the Front Page of the website this week.

In the Berkhamsted Team Eucharist for Ascension Day (released on 21 May 2020) the Vicar’s sermon is from time point 25:06 to 30:14.

Recorded in Great Gaddesden Church

And Anthony Archer, Reader, shares his Thought for The Day for 21 May 2020: