Church | St Mary's Hertingfordbury

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

June 2023 edition of the Parish Magazine available now. Click here to read.

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 2023/24 programme, see the Magazine, or click here

Next events coming up:

Sunday 2 July

Concert (Positif) and Picnic

St. Mary’s Church 16.00

Helen Bishop 07746 694890

Saturday 15 July

Village Fun Day St. Mary’s Church 14.00 – 17.00

David Gorton 07544 702241

The APCM took place on Sunday 30 April, after the service. Agenda and Papers available here.

We are delighted to announce that Robin Bishop and David Gorton were re-elected as Churchwardens for the forthcoming term.

If you are interested in becoming a member of the PCC, please speak to one of the churchwardens or the PCC secretary.

Watch a video of a Year in the Life of St Mary's here

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 (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)

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 and events

Saturday 1st July – Print Retreat. Meditation & Creativity Day. Contact Rosemary Willis to book a place (suggested donation £30). Email: rosemarywillis77@hotmail.com

At our sister church, Hertford St Andrew's:

Soul Food Informal Café-style worship Sunday 7pm St Andrew’s Centre. 11 June, 9 July, 10 Sept, 8 Oct, 12 Nov, 10 Dec.

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@

btinternet.com

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 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.

Sundays 10.30 am service via Zoom

For more details go to St Andrew's website here

Compline 7.00pm Sundays on Zoom