Here are some notices that you may find of interest. Please check this page regularly for updates and let us know if you have some news to share...
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Work to install our new audio-visual system will be taking place from 4-9 November and 11-13 November - during this time the church will be
closed to visitors. The church will be closed after the services on Sunday 10th.
Morning Prayer (Mon & Thu) and Mindfulness & Meditation (Wed eve on 6th) will still happen in church, as will our Sunday services on the 10th (our 8.00am Holy Communion and 9.15am Remembrance Service).
There will be no 10.30am Communion Service on Wed 6 November. The 10.30am Communion Service on Wed 13 November will take place at our sister church, St Mary's Hertingfordbury.
Thanksgiving Service for Harold Chaplin
Jane, Sam and Fiona thank you for the many kind wishes and wonderful memories shared since Harold’s death.
Friends and family are invited to say goodbye to Harold and celebrate his life at St Andrew’s Church, Hertford, at 11.00am on Thursday 14 November. This will be followed by refreshments in the church where further memories of Harold can be shared together.
Please wear whatever is comfortable for you. The family are grateful for all the flowers we have received by they would now prefer donations towards Parkinson’s Disease research (Parkinsons UK) and St Andrew’s Church audio visual system. Please click on the links to make a donation. There will also be an opportunity to donate in person at the service.
Please do let us know if you are planning on coming to help us calculate numbers (RSVP to fifouhy@hotmail.com by Friday 8th, if possible). We will have already had a small cremation service earlier in the week. The service will be livestreamed on Zoom, so please RSVP if you would like to be sent the link.
Large Jam Jars needed
In preparation for my mammoth marmalade making in January, I’d be grateful for a few more 1lb-sized jam jars. Please leave in the marked box at the back of the church. Thank you!
Sue Mulligan
Before you put out your recycling...
Red and Orange fruit punnet netting
When you buy fruit in the supermarket, they cover their punnets with coloured plastic netting (orange over the peaches, red for nectarines and dark red for plums). We need as many netting covers as possible to make poppies for the Remembrance Sunday service (see the photo, left).
Each poppy requires two netting bags.
*Please do not rip open the bags but snip off the label end as close to the metal tag and slide them off.
Please leave items in the plastic box at the back of church.
Many thanks.
Chrissy Barclay
Remembering Loved Ones
Service for the Bereaved
Sunday 17 November, 2.00pm
* * Please note, this service is later in the month than usual * *
A special service where we remember by name those who have died in recent years; with music, readings and an opportunity to light a candle in memory of loved ones. If you would like a name to be included at either service, please write this on the list at the back of the church or speak to Phil in the church office.
www.hertfordstandrews.co.uk/remembrance
Bake sale by Hertford St Andrew School PTA
Sunday 8 December, 11.30am at St Andrew's Church (after the service)
Christmas Market
Saturday 16 November, 10.00am - 1.00pm at St Mary's Hertingfordbury
Welwyn Garden City Male Voice Choir
Friday 13 December, 7.30pm at St Mary's Hertingfordbury
Hertfordshire Health Walks
Timetable available as a pdf here
Free weekly guided walk from Sele Farm
The All Nations Bookshop and Café
Open September-July: Wed-Fri, 2pm-5pm & Sat, 9.30am-12.45pm
The Bookshop and Café at All Nations are well worth a visit. All Nations is set in beautiful grounds on the Easneye Estate near Ware and is a lovely place to meet friends for a coffee, take a walk in the grounds and buy that book you are after. They have a lovely range of Christian text cards and gifts, too.
And there's a click-and-collect service through St Andrew's Bookshop who provide all the books.
St Andrews Bookshop Ltd
61-65 High Street
Great Missenden
Bucks HP16 0AL
Help to manage the cost of living
Hertfordshire County Council is making sure that advice and support is available to help every resident navigate the rising cost of living and stay safe and healthy as temperatures drop.
If you have any further questions, please contact: VPA.Cell@hertfordshire.gov.uk
St Andrew’s Facebook page:
You can find event and service details, thought for the day, sermons, photos and updates on the St Andrew’s Facebook page.
Safeguarding at St Andrew’s:
Catherine Sleath is our Safeguarding Officer. If you have any questions or concerns relating to safeguarding for people of any age at St Andrew’s, please get in touch with Catherine (01992 537867).