Services
Sunday 21st July, Trinity 8
9am | Little Gaddesden | Parish Communion | (JR) |
11am | Great Gaddesden | Parish Communion | (JR) |
1pm | Great Gaddesden | Baptism of Oliver Roberts | (JR) |
2.30pm | Great Gaddesden | Cream Teas and Cake in the Church (see details below) | |
6pm | Nettleden | Evensong | (AWA) |
Tuesday 23rd July
9am | Great Gaddesden | Holy Communion | (JR) |
10.30 am | Little Gaddesden | Coffee and Cake in the Thomas Field Hall | (see below) |
Wednesday 24th July
7.55 pm | Zoom | Midweek Discussion Group | (see below) |
Thursday 25th July
10am | Little Gaddesden | Holy Communion | (JR) |
Saturday 27th July
1pm | Little Gaddesden | Baptism of Tommy Gall | (JR) |
Sunday 28th July, Trinity 9
9am | Nettleden | Morning Prayer | (RH) |
9am | Little Gaddesden | Parish Communion | (JR) |
11am | Great Gaddesden | Parish Communion | (JR) |
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are sometimes made at short notice, please check on the News page whether the above information has been changed or superseded.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 .
Pilgrimage to St Margaret’s
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 and Cake in Great Gaddesden Church
Cream Teas and Cake are being offered in Great Gaddesden Church on Sunday 21st July, 2.30 – 4.30pm. Funds raised are to go to the PCC of Great Gaddesden Church. All welcome.
Bishop’s 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
Midweek Discussion Group
The Midweek Discussion Group meets on Wednesday evenings.
Please contact Barbara Sheard at barbara@sheard.com with any questions.
Website Calendar Changes
For a variety of reasons (technical, security and efficiency) we are consolidating the active calendar on the church website with the Weekly Services and Notices posts. Forthcoming events at Little Gaddesden Church can still be found in the Weekly Services and Notices posts on the News Page, and the latest post will also be set out in full on the Services Page and the Coming Up… Page. And don’t forget, each week’s post will be automatically emailed to you if you sign up to our mailing list.
This decision will be reviewed after six months. If you have any comments, for example on whether you would like a separate calendar to be reinstated (it would not be exactly the same as the original one, but it would require quite a bit of work), or whether you are happy with the new arrangement, please email Andrew Sheard at webmaster@littlegaddesdenchurch.org.uk by 15 January 2025.
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)