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NEWS FROM LITTLE GADDESDEN CHURCH

Week of Sunday 1st November, All Saints and All Souls

By Helene on 30 October 2020
Week of Sunday 1st November, All Saints and All Souls

Services

Sunday 1st November, All Saints and All Souls

9.30 am Great Gaddesden Joint Parish Worship (JR/GM-pr)
From 3.00pm on-line
The All Souls’ service will be pre-recorded and available to view on our website from 3.00pm.  During the service, candles will be lit and the names of those who have died in the last year will be read out along with the list from the 2019 service.  

The service will held in church (see the Front Page for details). It will be recorded and made available online on the Services page by lunchtime.

Tuesday 3rd November

10.30 am Zoom Café Zoom – Tuesday morning Coffee and Cake (see below)
12 Noon Little Gaddesden Funeral (Private Service)

Wednesday 4th November

10.00 am Services page Midweek Podcast on Richard Hooker (AWA)

This will be a playable-on-demand broadcast (podcast) available on the Services page from 10.00 am.

7.55 pm Zoom Midweek Discussion Group (see below)

Sunday 8th November, Remembrance

9.30 am Nettleden Holy Communion with Remembrance service (JR)
From 10.45am on-line Remembrance Services for Little and Great Gaddesden will be recorded and available to view on our websites from 10.45am on the morning of the 8th November.

Notices

Coronavirus

Public acts of worship have resumed to a limited extent at our three Parish Churches. See the Services page.

Little Gaddesden Church is open for private prayer at the limited times shown on the Front Page of the website.

Café Zoom

Tuesday morning’s Coffee and Cake sessions are now online. We are getting together virtually by Zoom on Tuesdays from 10:30am to 12:00noon. Contact Barbara Sheard at barbara@sheard.com, preferably a day or so beforehand, to ask for joining details for this week’s Café Zoom. You’ll need to make your own coffee…and bring your own cake!

Wednesday Podcasts

Tired of Woman’s Hour? Fed up with The Archers? Do you find yourself shouting at The Today Programme? Then you need the Berkhamsted Team Worship Wednesday Podcast!

Every Wednesday a ‘podcast’ is published on the Services page. It’s simply a radio programme on the internet, it’s no more difficult to tune in to than switching on your kitchen radio! The advantage is that you can listen at any time from 10am on Wednesday. After a few days it will then be accessible on the Services Archive page.

The programme is usually 15 to 20 minutes in length. The theme of each programme is centred on festivals and saints’ days in the church calendar. So far, we’ve heard about St Swithun, Mary Magdalene, and lately, Florence Nightingale. The Collect for the day, and the appointed Psalm are always included, along with a Bible reading, before a short homily or contemplation by the Vicar, or one of our Readers. We always begin and end with music.

Don’t be scared of ‘podcasts’… they are your friend! POD = ‘programme on demand’… it’s just like catching up with your favourite programme on the BBC iPlayer. If you want to comment or complain about the content, just add your thoughts to the comments section on the Services page of the website.

Jonathan Kempster

Midweek Discussion Group on Zoom

The Midweek Discussion Group meeting via Zoom on Wednesday evenings are now under way.

The sessions start with a general welcome chat to hear how everyone is getting on, then some discussion often centred around a Bible passage, with a short time of prayer at the end.  Everyone will be considered to be fully present if they have signed in, but there is no need to say or share anything.  You can spend the whole time ‘mute’ if you wish!

There are the usual protocols about confidentiality, as anything shared must be respected as being confidential to the group. All are welcome, but if inviting others please contact Anthony first.

The next ‘meeting’ is as follows:

  • 4 November Philippians 4

Sign is at 19.55 hrs and the sessions end at 9.30pm sharp.  The Zoom invitation is sent a few days beforehand, usually with some background material.

Please contact Anthony Archer on anthony.archer@bridgewaterassociates.co.uk or 07721 504125 with any questions

Regular Giving

Please remember that the church continues to function even with the buildings closed, so we do ask that you continue with your regular financial giving to support the ministry.  If you normally give weekly in church, you may like to consider paying direct through your bank account.    Click or tap here to visit the Donate Page to find out more.

Do you need any Financial Help?

If you, or anyone you know, is in financial difficulty, the Vicar has access to a hardship fund.  Please feel free to contact him in the strictest of confidence on 01442 214898 or at vicar@littlegaddesdenchurch.org.uk.

New Video and Audio Recordings

There are high definition video and high quality audio recordings of this week’s services on the Services Archive page.

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Thomas Field Hall: Soon to be Weather Tight

By Barbara on 30 October 2020
Thomas Field Hall: Soon to be Weather Tight

Despite some rather wet weather recently our builders are making reasonable progress and we will soon be weather tight.  The heating installation, along with first fix electrical work is complete and screeding was completed on Wednesday afternoon.  Roof tiling was due to start yesterday and windows are due to be fitted on 12 November. 

Photo of building works

The contractor is racing for completion of the building contract before Christmas but, in reality, it will probably mid-January. After that, we have fitting out works to complete before the Hall can be brought into full use.

Barbara Sheard and Michael Carver
Churchwardens

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