Services
Sunday 14th July, Trinity 7
9am | Nettleden | Morning Prayer | (HT) |
9am | Little Gaddesden | Café Church | (JR) |
11am | Great Gaddesden | Café Church | (JR) |
Monday 15th July
2pm | Little Gaddesden | LG School Leavers’ Service |
Tuesday 16th July
9 am | Great Gaddesden | Holy Communion | (JR) |
10.30 am | Little Gaddesden | Coffee and Cake in the Thomas Field Hall | (see below) |
Wednesday 17th July
7.30 pm | TFH, Little Gaddesden | CANCELLED | (see below*) |
Thursday 18th July
10am | Little Gaddesden | Holy Communion | (JR) |
Friday 19th July
9.15 am | Little Gaddesden | LG School End of Term Service |
9.15 am | Great Gaddesden | GG School Service for Sarah Wickens, Head Teacher |
Saturday 20th July
2.15 pm | Little Gaddesden | Pilgrimage from church to St Margarets (see below) |
Sunday 21st July, Trinity 8
9am | Little Gaddesden | Parish Communion | (JR) |
11am | Great Gaddesden | Parish Communion | (JR) |
1pm | Great Gaddesden | Baptism of Oliver Carty | (JR) |
2.30 – 4.30 pm | Great Gaddesden | Cream Teas and Cake in the Church | |
6pm | Nettleden | Evensong | (AWA) |
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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are sometimes made at short notice, please check on the News page whether the above information has been changed or superseded.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 .
Ethics Forum – CANCELLED
*Due to unforeseen circumstances, it has been necessary to CANCEL tonight’s Ethics Forum meeting. Apologies for the short notice.
We will reschedule the session for September and October.
Ethics Forum. AI – One Year On. Canon Dr Tim Bull returns to update us on the progress of AI and the moral dilemmas it is presenting. Wednesday 17th July in the Thomas Field Hall from 7.30pm. Refreshments. All welcome.
Pilgrimage to St Margarets
On the feast day of St Margaret of Antioch, Saturday July 20th, there will be a Pilgrimage walk leaving from Little Gaddesden Church at 2.15pm to the historic site of St Margaret’s in Boscoe, the Ivinghoe Benedictine Priory, at St Margaret’s, Great Gaddesden. The distance from Little Gaddesden is 3km each way. There will be opportunities on the way to pause for reflection and a short act of worship will be held at the site. Come along and learn more about St Margaret of Antioch and the Priory where Benedictine Nuns lived and worshipped for almost 400 Years. Please join us if you can for the walk or meet us at St Margaret’s. Remember any necessary medication or inhalers. Dogs are welcome on leads. For more details contact Heather Tisbury, Heather@greatgaddesdenchurch.com or Jane Dickson churchwarden.jd@littlegaddesdenchurch.org.uk
Cream Teas & Cake
Sunday 21st July. Cream Teas and Cake in Great Gaddesden Church. 2.30 – 4.30 pm. Funds raised go to Great Gaddesden PCC. All welcome.
Open Garden
Bishop of St Albans – open garden raising funds for Beds & Herts Historic Churches Trust. Sundays between 2pm-4pm until 11th August. Entrance £5.00 (children free). Abbey Gate House, Abbey Mill Lane, St Albans AL3 4HD
Regular Giving
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. For those who do give this way, tokens to signify you have donated by this method are available on entry to the church, and they can be placed in the collection bag at the appropriate time.
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
The funds of The Little Gaddesden Charities are there to help and support those in financial need in the parish, especially at times when budgets are under particular pressure.
We also support young people in their endeavours, as well as the bereaved.
Please apply in confidence to:
The Vicar, The Revd. John Russell vicar@littlegaddesdenchurch.org.uk (01442 214898) or
Mrs Pat Catchpole (01442 842544)