Great Amwell with St Margarets and Stanstead Abbots
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REGULAR WEEKLY SERVICES St John the Baptist, Great Amwell St Mary the Virgin, St Margarets St Andrew, Stanstead Abbots Please do check out the Diary for details of special services |
Our churches sit in a triangle of countryside in the three villages of Great Amwell, St Margarets and Stanstead Abbots, and serve the community by working together to bring God’s Good News to everyone.
We seek to make space for people to meet God in worship and prayer, to belong to God’s Family and join our fellowship, and to get out and show God’s Love through social action and working in our community. We have close links with our two Church schools and are blessed by being able to work with the teachers, staff and children.
We want to welcome everyone and to help them to walk closer with God, discovering together what it means to ‘live life in all its fullness’, as Jesus promised we would!
Rev’d Dr Sarah Forrest
Vicar of the Benefice
** ELECTORAL ROLL 2025 **
This year is the complete renewal of our Electoral Rolls for our two parishes. This means every person who wishes to have their name on the new Rolls, whether you have previously been registered or not, must apply for enrollment. Please get in touch with the relevant Electoral Roll Officer by the end of April if you wish to be on the new Electoral Rolls.
Contacts for more information and forms are as follows:
Sue Vaughan (vaughansue1@gmail.com)
Great Amwell with St Margarets
Lynne Griffiths (lynne.griffiths@ntlworld.com)
Stanstead Abbots
Benefice Coffee Morning at The Red Lion
From May, the Benefice Coffee Morning at The Red Lion will only meet on the 2nd Thursday of the month. This change will be in place up to and including August.
Rogation Sunday on 25th May
We will be celebrating Rogation Sunday with a special service at the Old Parish Church of St James, starting at 11am. This will be followed by a ‘Beating the Bounds’ led walk, which will be family friendly. So, why not put on your sturdy shoes, grab a water bottle (and if the weather is nice maybe a picnic too) and join us? This will start at approximately 12pm from St James’s Church. The service at St James will replace the normal 10.30am service at St Andrew’s Church. See the poster HERE.
Make Lunch Club
Make Lunch Club will be back during the May half term with a session on Friday 30th May. If you would like to come along, please email makelunch@3churches.net. We look forward to welcoming you for some fun, friendship and food!
Hope in Action: new group
We have partnered with Coffee and Coping Hertfordshire to support their new group: Hope in Action. This group concentrates on addiction in all forms, for concerned family members as well as addicts. It runs on Wednesdays, 5–6.30pm in St Mary’s Church, St Margarets. No booking required – just drop in!
Our Parish is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults from harm. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Parish Safeguarding Officers (PSO). View our Safeguarding page HERE for more information.
All the churches have PA systems and Induction loops, and children are very welcome at all our services.
Please do get in touch with us if there is any further information you would like,
or anything you would like us churches to include in our prayers.
For contact information please see the Contact Us section of the website.
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