Category: Notices

Public Notice:

Church of St Nicholas / St Charalambous Greek Orthodox Church (formerly Holy Trinity, East Hyde)

The proposed amendment request is from the existing owner of the church, The Greek Orthodox Church (‘GOC’).  This northern piece of land was sold to the GOC in 2022 and it was for use as a carpark for the church and retained covenants for no developments or building on the land. The land to the south of the church was subsequently sold to GOC for a further carpark. The GOC now wishes to build on the rear north land carpark. As such a variation is required to the covenants on the land to enable development. The public notice can be viewed below.

Resolution – Form 4A East Hyde 2004Download

If you wish to make any representation contact the Parish Office administrator@parishofharpenden.org

Public Notice: Faculty for new heating solution for St Nicholas Church

View the Public Notice here

As many of you will be aware our current gas boiler at St Nicholas’ Church broke down last year and we endured a winter of cold services.

The Church of England has a policy of encouraging the replacement defunct heating solutions with ones which help us to achieve our Net Zero Carbon (NZC) target, and St Nicholas DCC and the PCC support this policy.

Following an Energy Audit of St Nicholas Church, extensive consultations with the Diocese NZC officer and with heating professionals, the PCC has authorised the heating solution in the Public Notice to be carried out to enable us to have a warm Church in the coming winter.

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Request for Clergy Reference Form

Request for Clergy Reference 2026Download

PARISH OF HARPENDEN CLERGY REFERENCES (‘CHURCH FORMS’) FOR APPLICATIONS TO ST GEORGE’S SCHOOL

St George’s School Harpenden requires those applying for places (under the ‘Church Attendance’ category) to obtain a Clergy Reference to meet the school’s admissions requirements. The Parish of Harpenden (St Nicholas’, St Mary’s, All Saints’ Churches) does not set the requirements, and we have no involvement in the Admissions Process, but we are happy to supply references confirming applicants’ involvement in Church life. These are based on the ‘Passport’ – the family-held record of your attendance at services over the past 24 months. You are responsible for this passport as we have no other records of attendance.

Please note St George’s School Governors set the admissions policy, not the Church. Queries about the policy or the process, or about your child’s application, should be addressed to the admissions team at the school. The school requires church attendance at least once per calendar month for each of the 24 months prior to the date of application for a school place. It is parents’ responsibility to check the admissions requirements and ensure they meet them

To help us deal with requests for clergy references efficiently, we ask parents/guardians to send the following documents by email to clergyreferences@parishofharpenden.org by Tuesday 6 October 2026: 

  • A completed ‘Request for Clergy Reference’ Form (available at the back of each church, via the Parish website above, or from the parish office by email) and
  • A scanned colour copy of your child’s completed record of church attendance (Passport’).

Completed clergy references (Church Form) may be collected from the Parish Office by parents/guardians on Saturday 10 October 2026 between 10am and 12noon. 

Please do not fill in and send the Church Form provided by the school as we will do this for you based on the information you supply on the ‘Request for Clergy Reference’ Form.

Please contact the parish office by email at clergyreferences@parishofharpenden.org or by phone (01582 765524) if you have queries or difficulties.

Prayers of Love and Faith for same-sex couples

The Parish of Harpenden (All Saints’, St Mary’s, and St Nicholas’) is pleased to welcome the Prayers of Love and Faith for same-sex couples.  All the clergy in our parish are happy to provide such prayers within a service upon request.  The PCC has unanimously endorsed this decision of the clergy and the use of the newly commended Prayers for Love and Faith.  As a parish we are committed to being an inclusive church, called to be caring, loving and welcoming to all.  Please contact the Parish Office (01582 765524) if we can assist.

Covid

WORSHIPPING SAFELY in our THREE CHURCHES:

As Covid restrictions are lifted, we hope people will feel safe returning to church. Covid has not gone away, but we are learning to live with it. We still encourage people coming to church to wear face masks and to maintain sensible spacing to protect others around them as we worship together. Hand sanitiser is available as well. We offer Holy Communion in as safe a way as possible. Our online service streaming will continue for those joining from home.