Tag: young people
First Sundays@StMarys
Request for Clergy Reference Form
CLERGY REFERENCES (CHURCH FORMS) FOR APPLICATIONS TO ST GEORGE’S SCHOOL FOR ENTRY SEPTEMBER 2025.
In order that the parish may deal with requests for clergy references in an efficient manner, we ask that parents / guardians send the following documents by email to the parish office – office@parishofharpenden.org – by Tuesday 1 October 2024:
1. completed ‘Request for Clergy Reference Form’ (available at the back of church OR for download from the Parish website OR from the parish office by email); and
2. scanned colour copy of your child’s completed record of church attendance (‘passport’).
Clergy reference requests will be processed by the parish office from 1 October to 9 October 2024 and may be collected from the parish office by parents/guardians on Saturday 12 October 2024 between 10am and 12.00 noon. Please contact the parish office by email at office@parishofharpenden.org or on telephone number 01582 765524 if you have any queries or any difficulties in sending the documents.
St Mary’s Bug Church
St Marys bug church was filled up with twigs, leaves and other materials at our outdoor Simply Worship service. We found some caterpillars, and moved one into the bug church complete with his favourite leaves!
We added the Please and Thank you prayers to the prayer board in church. We are proud to have received our Eco Church silver award.
Kinsbourne Common Community Fete
Saturday, 13th July, 2024
Kinsbourne Common fête
12 PM to 3 PM
Organised by St Mary’s church and the 9th Harpenden Scout Group.
Ecochurch: Taking Action for Future Generations
The Church of England wants churches to take a stand on the ecological challenges we face. The diocese is encouraging all of us to better support our church as stewards of God’s creation.
We can do this by participating in Ecochurch, which is an award scheme that recognises the work done by churches to care for the Earth. Churches complete a survey covering a wide range of questions such as how well they are caring for the wildlife in their churchyards or how environmentally friendly their church buildings are. Depending on the answers given by each church, they can work towards an award, and All Saints Church and St. Mary’s Churches already have Bronze Awards. We are not doing this just as a box-ticking exercise to get an award. The award scheme is a means of motivating us as a church to bring about ecological change in our daily lives.
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Harpenden Child Contact Centre
Without the services of Harpenden Child Contact Centre, many separated families would be unable to meet their children after a relationship breakdown. So local volunteers were delighted to meet Hitchin and Harpenden MP, Bim Afolami, when he dropped in at one of their fortnightly sessions at All Saints’ Church Hall in Harpenden recently.
» Read moreAll Saints Children and Youth
As a church, we strive to cater for all ages, from the youngest to the oldest and to make them feel welcome and valued, and to include them as much as possible in all our activities.