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June 2021 YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN OUR SERVICES IN CHURCH OR ON ZOOM. Here with you Here for you HERTFORD ST ANDREW Registered charity 1132540 Website: www.HertfordStAndrews.co.uk PRIEST: Rev Alan Stewart 01992 582726 [email protected] Assistant Priest: Rev Bill Church 01992 410469 churchwj@ hotmail.com Curate: Rev Wendy Sellers 01707 372315 [email protected] Readers: Melanie Seward & Geoff Oates Lay Leader of Worship: Forbes Mutch Chaplain to Sele Farm Church: Rev Bill Church 01992 410469 Family, Children & Youth Worker:Tracy Plumpton [email protected] Pastoral Assistant: Carol Crowhurst 01992 509126 [email protected] Parish Administrator: Philippa Probert [email protected] Office Hours: 9am to 2pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays 01992 504373 St Andrew’s Centre: Bookings: Carol Muhr 07593 055223 [email protected] Churchwardens: Jane Cohen 07818 532154 [email protected] Sue Mulligan 01992 421806 [email protected] Deputy Warden: Chris Seward 01992 554217 Deanery Synod Members: Julie Markey & Shirley Taylor Parochial Church Council comprises the Clergy, Readers, Lay Leader, Deanery Synod Members and Treasurer plus the following elected and co-opted members: Laura Ramsay, Catherine Sleath, Jon Bunney, Maria Henriksson-Bell, Joan Cheesman, Chris Seward, Kath Oates, Malcolm Fry, Colin Crowhurst, Rosemary Willis & Nick Hoyle. NOTE: Churchwardens, Deanery Synod Members and PCC members subject to change as of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting on 27th May. See website for details. Chair of Building Group: Chris Seward 01992 554217 Chair of Finance: Chris Seward 01992 554217 Chair of Mission: Andrew Goodman 01992 421769 Chair of Social: Jane Cohen 07818 532154 Chair of Reaching New People: Kath Oates 01992 535805 Chair of Young People: Rev Wendy Sellers 01707 372315 Bible Reading Fellowship: Helle Penson 01992 916786 Director of Music: Jane Eldred 01992 503658 Health & Safety Officer: Rod Willis 01992 551675 Hertford Churches Together: Sue Mulligan 01992 421806 Honorary Clock Winder: Keith Neat Acting Ringing Master: Andrew Case [email protected] Parish Magazine: Richard Taylor 01992 302995 Safeguarding Officer: Catherine Sleath 01992 537867 Treasurer: Debbie Hartnett 01992 509314 St Andrew’s Centre - Hertford St Andrew Community Trust - Trustees: Richard Taylor (Chairman), Malcolm Fry, Philippa Probert, Laura Ramsay, Judy Sharman, David Spring and Rod Willis. Sele Farm Church: June Roe 01992 414043 Sele Farm Church meets on Sundays at Calton Court, Windsor Drive, Hertford at 10.45am Toddler Group – Thursdays: Judy Sharman 01992 423561 Toddler Group – Fridays: Kath Oates [email protected] NOT MEETING AT PRESENT: WATCH OUR WEBSITE TO KEEP INFORMED. Whilst every reasonable care has been taken in presenting the information in this magazine, no responsibility can be taken for any inaccuracies. The opinions expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the Priests, Churchwardens or editor. HOME WELCOME I am pleased to welcome everyone to St My dear friends, Andrew’s, but in particular visitors and What does home newcomers. If you wish to know more about anything mentioned in this mean to you? I know magazine, please get in touch with the that most of us have contact person named in the article or spent quite a bit of speak with me or one of the time in the place churchwardens. For contact details, see the prior page. where we live The church is open during daylight hours, recently. For some of and there is a prayer space by the main us, this will have door where there is an opportunity to post been limiting and prayers on the prayer board and light a frustrating. For candle. Rev Alan Stewart some of us, this will However, the time has come for me to move on. actually have been comforting, because the We are moving from town to village. We are place we live is often the place we feel most moving house. All this is because I am going to relaxed. My husband has enjoyed working serve a new community and a new church. from home: the commute up to the bedroom Change is never easy, but (accompanied by we’ve made into his office, the lack of ironing my faithful husband and hound) I am and making of packed lunches, the wearing of stepping out in faith with God as my track suit bottoms and t-shirt instead of a companion and guide. suit. He’s not particularly looking forward to the return to the office. He prefers home. Over the next few months, we will all see changes. Hopefully these will be good ones, as But home has a much wider definition than we slowly re-emerge into our world. The simply the building we inhabit. Some of us boundaries of home will move out again feel at home in our town or village, our beyond our own walls and locality. I hope that workplace or school, our church building or you will find time to visit the spiritual heart of even somewhere we visit on daytrips or this place – your church. It is open every day. holidays (remember those?). You might like to just sit, or to explore. To pray I am very much someone who loves familiarity. or to chat with whoever else is there. Or you I have no wish to travel the globe. Instead, I might want to join one of the services or other can’t wait for our planned week in the Lake activities. And when you do come, I hope and District soon – somewhere we go frequently as pray you too will find that sense of home which a family. I love my house and my garden. I I get every time I come to St Andrew’s. love Welwyn Garden City where I’ve lived for May God bless you and your homes. And more than 35 years. And I’ve grown to love my may you feel his blessing too whenever you church community at St Andrew’s. To be fair enter his official ‘home’. Do pop in and visit it didn’t take long to learn to love both the soon. You’ll be most welcome. building itself (which is beautiful) and those who worship there, as they are so welcoming Rev Wendy Sellers and generally full of joy. DEADLINE FOR THE JULY/AUGUST MAGAZINE IS SUNDAY 20TH JUNE. Please send copy by e-mail to [email protected] or by post to Richard Taylor at 22 Highfield Road, Hertford SG13 8BH (Tel. 01992 302995). CHURCH MATTERS Worship Worshipping inside our building and from home - the weekly pattern of services now looks like this: Sundays 8am BCP Communion Service at St Andrew’s (no need to pre-book) 9.15am Communion Service at St Mary’s Hertingfordbury (our sister church) 10.30am Communion Service at St Andrew's (please book via Eventbrite – go to the church website for the link) 10.30am Service on Zoom 7pm Compline on Zoom Wednesdays 10.30am Communion Service at St Andrew's (no need to pre-book) 8pm Meditation & Mindfulness on Zoom Our 10.30am in-person Sunday Service: how to book and what to expect Please go to our website where you will find a ticket booking function and link to the Eventbrite website. Alternatively, if you don’t have internet access, or prefer not to use it, you can call Sue Mulligan on 07913 666296 and she will book the place for you. Junior Church Junior Church meets in the St Andrew's Centre behind the church alongside our 10.30am Sunday morning service. Please note: there is NO NEED TO PRE-BOOK for Junior Church attendance. if your child(ren) are able to remain on their blanket (see below) and observe social distancing then they are VERY WELCOME. please supply your child(ren) with a small ruck sack/bag with a drink and small snack. Also some basic stationary (felt pens/pencils, drawing pencils, paper). please bring a picnic blanket that your child(ren) can sit on for the session to enable family bubble social distancing. come to the St Andrew's Centre main entrance (behind the church) at 10.20am and fill in a Covid Best Practice Form (if you could download from the Junior Church page on the church website, print and fill in beforehand that would be a great help!). There is more information about Junior Church and how it is organised on the Junior Church page of the website. Please take a look. (If you are attending the in-church service please pre-book your place via Eventbrite – go to the church website for the link.) Facebook Livestream will continue at 10am for the time being Keep in touch and hear the latest updates Tracy is in touch with families directly. If you would like to be added to our mailing list for Junior Church (children up to secondary school age), please email Tracy: [email protected] Know the Story; Share the Story; Live the Story CHURCH MATTERS Everyone is welcome to join us. For more "Zoom On" information please contact the church office by ringing: 01992 504373 or A number of people have asked about our emailing [email protected] plans for the Sunday morning Zoom worship as Covid-related restrictions on our in-church services continue to be Compline/Night Service eased. We plan to continue with Zoom worship on Sunday morning in any case through into September, and beyond as long as By Zoom every Sunday at 7pm there is a reasonable level of participation. However, with Wendy's approaching move to a new parish, clergy resources are more limited, and we will no longer be This short, spoken service takes its name able to offer a weekly communion service from the Latin word for ‘completion’ and is on Zoom.