This weekend’s Bible readings:
Philippians 3:4b-14 (p 1180) John 12:1-8 (p 1079)
Knit & Natter group Thursday at 2pm:
If you like knitting or crocheting, come and join us for a couple of hours in Standon village hall at 2pm usually on the 2nd Thursday of each month. Tea & cakes are available. Our next meeting will be on Thursday 10th April. For more information please contact Diane 01920 821130.
Posy making and coffee morning thank you:
Thank you to all who helped with or supported the coffee morning and posy making last weekend in All Saints. The amount raised was £554.
Lent appeal:
Once again, our Lent appeal is for the work and witness of our three churches in our benefice. There is a huge amount going on in our benefice, all offered at no cost to those who come to us (though donations are always welcome). Unfortunately, our current level of giving is insufficient to sustain this indefinitely, and all three churches need periodic boosts to our regular income. Please consider prayerfully whether you are able to make a Lent donation to one or more of our churches. If you’d like your gift to be used across the benefice, please mark it ‘benefice’ and our treasurers will make sure that happens.
Electoral Roll (ER) Renewal:
Each of our churches is renewing its ER between now and their Annual Parochial Church Meeting. Everyone who wishes to remain on, or join, the roll must complete and sign a new form. Paper copies of the Application forms are now available at the back of each church. Paper copies should be returned either directly to the respective ER Officer or left in any of our churches in an envelope labelled ER Application and either Hugh Legg (All Saints), Carole Hudson (St Catherine’s) or Wendy Smith (St Mary’s). We will make sure they get to the right person. All applications should be returned before the end of Tuesday 15th April 2025.
EHCCA Good Friday worship:
This year’s East Herts Church Choirs Association (EHCCA) Act of Worship for Good Friday (18th April) will be in St Mary’s, Cheshunt at 7.30pm. They will sing Fauré’s Requiem, interspersed with readings, prayers and hymns, soloists Amelia James and Hugh Legg. All are welcome.
Services for the next few weeks:
Midweek services each week:
Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) & Bible study, St Catherine’s
Wednesdays, 9.30 am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary’s
Sunday services:
6th April 8.00 am Holy Communion, St Mary’s
10.30 am Morning worship, All Saints
13th April 10.30 am Holy Communion, St Mary’s
20th April 10.30 am Easter Communion, St Mary’s
27th April 10.30 am All age worship, St Mary’s
4th May 8.00 am Holy Communion, St Mary’s
10.30 am Morning worship, All Saints
11th May 10.30 am Holy Communion, St Mary’s
Please note there will be no service of choral evensong in April.
Special services:
10th May 6.00 pm Baptisms River Rib
6.30 pm Confirmation service, St Mary’s
Easter services:
17th April 7.30 pm Maundy Thursday service, St Catherine’s
18th April 10.30 am Service by the cross, All Saints
18th April 2.00 pm Reflective hour, St Mary’s
20th April 10.30 am Easter Communion, St Mary’s
Please note there will be no 8.00 service on Easter Day.
Dates & meetings coming up:
12th April, 9.00 am EHCCA Choir rehearsal, St Mary’s
15th April, 12.00 noon Memorial service for Bridget Wentworth-Stanley (all welcome), St Mary’s
15th April, 2.00 pm Funeral of Philip Pudsey Dawson, St Mary’s, Braughing
23rd April, 12.30 pm Midweek Music, St Mary’s
26th April 4.00 pm Benefice Choir singing Evensong at Southwark Cathedral; all are welcome at the service Southwark Cathedral
4th May, after the 10.30 service Annual meeting, All Saints
5th May, 11 – 5 Mayday activities Standon High Street
6th May, after 9.30 service Annual meeting, St Catherine’s
11th May, after 10.30 service Annual meeting, St Mary’s
16th May, 7.30 pm FOSM AGM, St Mary’s