Welcome to the website of the Parish of Abbots Langley in Hertfordshire, part of the Diocese of St Albans within the Church of England. Whatever the reason for your visit, you will be able to find something here of the worship, activities, purpose, and history of the Anglican Church in this parish.
We have two church buildings - St Lawrence Church in Abbots Langley and the Church of the Ascension ('The Tin Church') in Bedmond, and we are part of the Deanery of Watford. We are also members of Churches Together in Abbots Langley, along with the Baptist Church, the Methodist Church, the Roman Catholic Church (St Saviour's) and another Anglican Church (St Paul's, Langleybury). We work well together, including worshipping together, especially at Festival times, and we organise various social events.
There has been a church in Abbots Langley for over 850 years and in Bedmond for 130 years. We try to combine a sense of tradition with witnessing to the dynamic presence of God in his world today, and serving the communities of which we are a part. We are an inclusive church and are pleased to offer hospitality to everyone.
The two separate communities of Abbots Langley and Bedmond both have a good feel about them. The total population of the parish is about 14,000: at one end it merges into Watford and at the other into open farmland. You don't have to be in the area long to realise that it is the goodwill and community spirit which makes either village a good place in which to live, work and worship.
We are a Fairtrade parish and try to buy and to use fairly-traded goods whenever we can, and to encourage parishioners to do the same.
Please pray for the parish: give thanks for all that it offers; remember the churches, schools, shops and businesses, and especially pray for the people.
Stay and browse this website and get the feel of the life of our churches, what we do and why we do it - and we hope that one day we shall find you here with us to share our worship and our life.
If you are in Abbots Langley on a Tuesday morning, pop in to St Lawrence for a Fairtrade cup of coffee, tea or chocolate and a biscuit between 10.15 am and 12.15 pm - or if you are in Bedmond on the first Wednesday of the month, pop into Bedmond Church between 10.00 am and 12.00 noon - you will be made most welcome!
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Monday 14th May - St Matthias
9.30 am Holy Communion
11.00 am Handbell ringing practice
2.15 pm Tiny Tots
2.40 pm Funeral of Daphne Sutherland at the Crematorium
7.30 pm Bell ringing practice
8.00 pm Housegroup at 38 Oak Green
8.00 pm Hall Committee meeting at 20 Parnell Close
Tuesday 15th May
10.15 am-12.15 pm Tuesday Coffee in St Lawrence
6.45 pm Choir practice
7.45 pm Dynamite Youth Group meets in the church hall
8.00 pm Housegroup at 18 St Lawrence Close
Wednesday 16th May
10.15 am Holy Communion
5.00 pm Blessing of Ginders' new Chapel of Rest
8.00 pm Parochial Church Council meets in the Vicarage
8.00 pm Mothers' Union meets at Bedmond Church
Thursday 17th May - Ascension Day
8.15-8.45 am Prayers for the Parish and Local Community
8.00 pm Parish Communion at Bedmond. Preacher: The Revd Angela Tilby, Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
8.00 pm Parents' housegroup
Friday 18th May
9.30 am Morning Prayer with Holy Communion
10.00-12.00 noon Heart for Abbots Langley Coffee in the Henderson Hall
6.15 pm Youth Choir practice
Saturday 19th May
12.00 noon Wedding of Christopher Strand and Joanne Eldridge
Sunday 20th May - The Seventh Sunday of Easter
8.00 am Holy Communion
9.30 am Parish Communion with Seekers & Creche
11.00 pm Family Service at Bedmond
12.30 pm Sunday Lunch Club
6.30 pm Evening Prayer
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