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 23rd January
7.30 pm Bell ringing practice
Tuesday 24th January
10.15 am Tuesday Coffee in St Lawrence
8.00 pm Deanery Synod meets at St Paul's, Bushey
8.00 pm Bereavement Visitors meet in the Methodist small hall
Wednesday 25th January - The Conversion of Paul
10.15 am Holy Communion
8.00 pm Parochial Church Council meets at the Vicarage
Thursday 26th January
8.15-8.45 am Prayers for the Parish and Local Community
1.45 pm Funeral of Olive Symes in St Lawrence followed by cremation
7.30 pm Housegroup visit to hear the Dean speak in the Abbey
Friday 27th January
9.30 am Morning Prayer with Holy Communion
10.00 am Heart for Abbots Langley Coffee in the Henderson Hall
6.15 pm Youth Choir practice
Saturday 28thJanuary
10.00 pm Compline
Sunday 29th January - Presentation of Christ in the Temple
8.00 am Holy Communion
9.30 am Parish Communion with Creche and Seekers
12.30 pm Sunday Lunches
6.30 pm Choral Evensong
7.30 pm Sidesmen's meeting in the hall
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