Village day was full of fun and laughter at St Giles this year. As usual we provided water for anyone in or watching the parade as it came past our gates. During the afternoon visitors could sit quietly in the church and listen to songs from Welwyn Harmony or piano music played by Caroline Aggarwal. The flower team had set up beautiful displays, with a quiz on the theme of TV adverts and the new children’s corner was well used by our younger visitors. Delicious cakes and reviving cups of tea were available in our new servery area. Many people took their refreshments outside where they could view teddies descending from the tower on our popular zip wire. A teddy tombola and book stall was also set up in the churchyard. It was wonderful to be able to welcome so many visitors to St Giles over the afternoon. For pictures of activities in church see HERE For pictures of the flowers see HERE
The Summer Evensong series in our Team Churches will run this year from Sunday July 21st to Sunday August 25th at 6:30pm on the theme: ‘The Natural World in the Bible.’Lovely surroundings, lovely services, followed by refreshments.• 21st July Woolmer Green - Catherine Jupp on Mountains• 28th July Datchworth - Jo Sampson on Cities• 4th Codicote - Christie Gilfeather on Rivers• 11th Tewin - Colin Hull on Gardens• 18th Ayot - Usha Hull on Wilderness • 25th Welwyn - Sky
Café Church meets at The Peace Memorial Hall, High Street, Codicote on the first Sunday of each month 10am – 11:30am. Hot drinks and freshly baked pastries are served with people sitting at café tables to eat, drink and talk with each other. All are welcome – there are activities for all ages and usually some craft for the young or young at heart to enjoy. It is a good chance to catch up with friends and also an opportunity to meet new people. It is still Church, but perhaps feels more relaxed in its coffee shop style setting. Each month has a theme planned by the Café Church Team. There is often a table challenge to try over breakfast – a topical quiz, word puzzle etc. We bring things together at around 10:30am with a short period of worship often including singing, short video clips, a mini talk and a time of prayer. Recently we asked people what they liked about Café Church. Alongside the very popular food and drink options, the strong sense of community, friendship, support, informal worship, craft activities and a chance to talk and think were all mentioned as being important to people. We are looking to build on this good foundation and will be using comments and suggestions to shape our future plans.During the next 6 months we will be digging deeper into the prayer of St Francis with a series of topics under the title THE POWER OF . . . . . . 4th February – LOVE see some photos here 3rd March – FORGIVENESS see photos here 7th April - FAITH see photos here 5th May – HOPE 2nd June – LIGHT see photos here 7th July - JOY see photos here Revisit this page to see what happens month by month.
