St Mary's Church, Hertingfordbury
St Mary's Lane, Hertingfordbury SG14 2LD
No one belongs here more than you
Welcome to
St Mary's with
St John's
No one belongs here more than you.
Welcome and thank you for visiting our website.
Following the example of Jesus, and seeking to model the inclusive love of God, we welcome all people, whatever your status, wealth, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, age, health or mobility.
If there is someone you would like us to pray for this week, send us a message on the contact page here .
Read a letter from Rev Alan in the latest edition of the Parish Magazine, here
News and Events
December/January 2022 edition of the Parish Magazine available now. Click here to read.
St Mary's weekly newsletter
To receive St Mary's weekly newsletter by email, contact Robin Bishop: robinhbishop@gmail.com.
Warm spaces
The Golden Griffin is providing a warm welcome and a hot drink Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 2-4 pm (supported by St Andrew's and St Mary's).
For details of warm and welcoming spaces provided by the Churches of Hertford every weekday, for people of all ages, click here
Forthcoming events
(full details in the magazine)
Friends of St Mary's runs a programme of events:
To find out more about the Friends of St Mary's and to see the full 2022/23 programme click here
Searching for Faith - daytime discussion course from 27 October at St Andrew's Hertford - more details in the magazine
Electoral Roll
If you would like to be added to the Electoral Roll, you can download a form here.
Please return your completed form to our Electoral Roll officer, Elizabeth Dempster (elizabethdempster@hotmail.com)
St Mary's is open for individual prayer from
10.00 am to 4 pm Monday to Sunday
Be part of St Mary's while at home
Even though you may not be able to attend a service at St Mary's in person, you can always be part of St Mary's at home. Go here for full details
Support us
We know that some people like to make a donation each week via the collection plate. For the times when that’s not possible, we have set up a text giving number. For details of how to give by text, click here.
Keep in touch
To be added to our mailing list and to receive Thought for the Day and invitations to services, contact Robin Bishop (contact details here).
To join our WhatsApp group, contact David Gorton (contact details here.
For our younger members
For more details about family services and groups for younger members click here
Storytime
You can find a storytime story told by Rev Alan here
Special Services
Christmas Services
Sunday 18th December 10.30am – Lessons & Carols (on Zoom)
7pm – Blue Christmas service for those who find this a difficult time (on Zoom)
Thursday 22nd December 7pm – Carol Service at St Mary’s
Christmas Eve 12.30pm – Crib & Christingle Service at St Mary’s
2pm – Crib & Christingle Service at St Mary’s 11.15pm – Midnight Service at St Mary’s
Christmas Day 9.15am – Christmas Communion for all ages at St Mary’s 10.30am – Christmas Eucharist (on Zoom)
Services by Zoom
For full details of our regular Sunday online services, click here
We are using the Zoom platform for this, and it is quite straightforward. More information here.
Meditation and Mindfulness
Online and in-person Wednesdays 8pm
At St Andrew’s Church every first Wednesday.
On Zoom every other week.
For further details and Zoom codes please see St Andrew's website here
or contact the St Andrew's church office
Tel: 01992 504373 email: standrew.hertford@
Video of guided session available here
Breathe
Every first Saturday of the month, people from both our churches gather together for Breathe. Breathe is a chance to pray together about ourselves and our lives, our churches and our world. It is hoped that you will be able to use these prayers in the same way, by putting aside a time to pray, possibly on Saturday morning and perhaps with someone else. Find out more here
Our sister church, St Andrew's Hertford
Find out more about what's happening at St Andrew's on their website, www.hertfordstandrews.co.uk
Weekly Services
Sundays 9. 15 am
Holy Communion at St Mary's in church
All age services
A monthly, shorter, child-friendly, interactive communion service with songs, prayers and some new surprises. Every 2nd Sunday in the month. Next All Age service: Sunday 6 November 9.15 am (changed to 1st Sunday because of Remembrance Sunday)
Sundays 10.30 am service via Zoom
For more details go to St Andrew's website here
Compline 7.00pm Sundays on Zoom
For more details go to St Andrew's website here
In peace we will lie down and sleep; for you alone, Lord, make us dwell in safety.
This short, spoken service takes its name from the Latin word for ‘completion’ and is intended to mark a quiet end to the day.
The words are available as both a PowerPoint here and Word document here and so, if you prefer, you can say the service at home.
