Services
Sunday 14th March, Mothering Sunday
9.30 am | Little Gaddesden | Morning Worship | (JR/HT-pr) |
11.00am | Great Gaddesden | Morning Worship | (JR/HT-pr) |
Little Gaddesden Parish Church
St Peter & St Paul, Little Gaddesden
9.30 am | Little Gaddesden | Morning Worship | (JR/HT-pr) |
11.00am | Great Gaddesden | Morning Worship | (JR/HT-pr) |
The finishing touches: the building is finished at last and we are now putting in the furnishings and fittings. First to go up are the curtains which make the Hall look more welcoming. We did remember to ask the builders to put in extra reinforcement in the shape of plywood behind the plasterboard so that we had something secure to screw the curtain pole brackets into without running foul of steel lintels and this has worked well. The poles are firmly supported. The curtains have been unpacked and are now finding their length. We will fit weights in the bottoms to help them hang straight
Continue reading “Thomas Field Hall: The Finishing Touches”9.30 am | Little Gaddesden | Joint Parish Worship – Eucharist | (JR/GM-pr) |
Last Friday, 26th February, was a milestone. We received the keys to the Thomas Field Hall after Practical Completion was reached.
Continue reading “Thomas Field Hall: Completion!”The March 2021 issue of Parish News is out for delivery. Subscribers to the print edition should be getting their copies through their letterboxes any day now.
The online edition is available on the Parish News Magazine page.
9.30 am | Little Gaddesden Church | Joint Parish Worship – Eucharist | (JR) |
The final details in the last week.
We have strong cast brass hooks to hold the outside doors open securely. They are finished in satin steel to match the door handles and have been very carefully positioned on the walls with their loops carefully positioned on the doors.
Continue reading “Thomas Field Hall: Final Details”I am delighted to say that congregational worship for our three parishes will resume this coming Sunday (28th February). For the first two weeks, there will only be one service, but all being well, we will gradually introduce more services in each of the churches. The service will be live streamed to the Little Gaddesden Church Facebook page*.
This Sunday will be a Sung Eucharist in Little Gaddesden at 9.30am, with the restrictions that many of you will be familiar with from before Christmas. This means:
I am sorry this still seems draconian, but it’s the best news we have had in months, made possible by the introduction of effective vaccines and the rapid decline in Covid-19 infection.
I look forward to seeing you very soon.
A full list of services up to and including Easter will be published shortly.
The Revd. John Russell, Vicar
23 February 2021
*If you are comfortable using Facebook, the Little Gaddesden Church page can be accessed here. The Facebook page will open in a new tab. If you visit the page, Facebook will track you even if you are not signed up to Facebook. Existing Facebook users can also find the page by searching @stpeterstpaullittgadd in Facebook or in Messenger.
9.30 am | Services page | Online Sunday Eucharist | (JR/AWA-pr) |
The service will be recorded and made available online on the Services page.
Continue reading “Week of Sunday 21st February, Lent 1”The pathway through the churchyard from the car park needed lighting to guide people round to the Hall front door. The floodlights light up the church and its nearer surroundings, but the churchyard is very dark in the night. However, we didn’t want too much light to be spread generally so we have had low oak posts put in with small downlights to give just little pools of light only where they need to be. The edge of the grass had to be dug up in order to lay the underground ductwork taking the electric cable to the lights, but it will soon grass over and settle down and the daffodils will come through again.
Continue reading “Thomas Field Hall: Pathway Lights”