Services
Sunday 8th May, Easter 4
9.00 am | Nettleden | Morning Prayer | (AWA) |
9.30 am | Little Gaddesden | Café Church | (JR) |
11.00 am | Great Gaddesden | Café Church | (JR) |
12.45 pm | Little Gaddesden | Baptism of Henry Hopkinson | |
2.30 – 4.30 pm | Great Gaddesden | Cream Teas served in the Church |
Tuesday 10th May
9.00 am | Great Gaddesden | Holy Communion | |
10.30 am | Little Gaddesden | Coffee and Cake in the Thomas Field Hall | (see below) |
Wednesday 11th May
7.55 pm | Zoom | Midweek Discussion Group | (see below) |
Thursday 12th May
10.00 am | Little Gaddesden | Holy Communion | (JR) |
2.30 – 4.00 pm | Little Gaddesden | Pitstop Coffee Club |
Sunday 15th May, Easter 5
9.30 am | Little Gaddesden | Parish Communion (with Sunday School) | (JR) |
11.00 am | Great Gaddesden | Parish Communion | (JR) |
4.30 pm | Nettleden | Evensong (please note different time) | (JR) |
6.00 pm | Little Gaddesden | Concert in the Church |
Please Check for Updates!
As changes are sometimes made at short notice, please check on the News page whether the above information has been changed or superseded.
Notices
Tuesday Morning Coffee and Cake
Tuesday morning’s Coffee and Cake sessions are in the Thomas Field Hall – Tuesdays from 10:30am to 12:00 noon. Any enquiries to Hilary Catchpole at h.catchpole@btinternet.com .
Midweek Discussion Group
The Midweek Discussion Group has resumed. Do keep the ideas coming about topics that you would like to consider.
Please contact Anthony Archer on anthony.archer@bridgewaterassociates.co.uk or 07721 504125 with any questions.
Coffee Morning for Aching Arms
Thomas Field Hall – Coffee Morning – Friday 20th May 9.30-11.30 am in aid of Aching Arms (a charity who support parents through miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal loss).
DENS – Donations of food and household items
DENS have a ‘High Needs’ food list to help them with their Food Bank. The List is as follows: tinned vegetables, tinned fruit, custard, tinned rice pudding, tinned potatoes, instant mash, sponge puddings, jelly, long life milk and juice, cooking oil, sugar, 20p carrier bags, 2 in 1 shampoo, shower gel, cleaning sprays, deodorants – male/female, toilet rolls, washing up liquid (small) and liquid hand soap. Details are also on noticeboards and by collection boxes. Please do try and help if you can. https://www.dens.org.uk/our-services/foodbank/
Christian Aid Week – 15th – 21st May
Christian Aid Week. Assisting with the Climate Crisis in Zimbabwe and Ukraine and other areas facing crises. At Little Gaddesden, an e-envelope has been set up for donations (there will be no house-to-house collection). If you would like to donate, please go to: https://envelope.christianaid.org.uk/envelope/littlegaddesdenchurch. Please see the QR codes in the churches for ease of access (and elsewhere on the website). There will be collection buckets at our services on Sunday 15th and 22nd May.
Cream Teas in Great Gaddesden Church
Great Gaddesden Church – Cream Teas served Sunday 8th May between 2.30pm and 4.30pm. ALL WELCOME.
Regular Giving
Please remember that the church continues to function with limited services, 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. Click or tap here to visit the Donate Page to find out more.
Pay by Text
We now have the facility to donate to Little Gaddesden church by text. Just text LITTLEGADD plus the amount you want to donate (between £1 and £20) to 70470, for example ‘LITTLEGADD10’ to donate £10.
Texts will cost the amount donated plus one standard rate message.
The Little Gaddesden Charities
For those not familiar with The Little Gaddesden Charities, we exist to help those in our Parish who are in need.
All help is totally confidential.
Please contact either me directly on 01442 842544 or the Vicar, John Russell, on 01442 214898 or at vicar@littlegaddesdenchurch.org.uk and we will try to help.
Pat Catchpole