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Lent Challenge: Take Something Up (Don’t give something up!)

Here at St Mary’s we are excited about all the things we have planned this year, and we want to invite everyone in the village to take part in our Lent challenge beginning in February – Take Something Up, (Don’t Give Something Up!)  

On Saturday 10th February from 2pm to 4pm we will be having a Talent Fair to showcase some of the amazing skills across our church community with the opportunity for you to have a go through Lent and learn something new too.

How do you like the idea of:

  • Challenge #1 Learn Bellringing
  • Challenge #2 Learn Appliqué
  • Challenge #3 Mowing & Gardening in the Churchyard
  • Challenge #4 Sing with the Choir
  • Challenge #5 Learn to Help at a Service
  • Challenge #6 Become a Children’s Helper
  • Challenge #7 Learn Flower Arranging
  • Challenge #8 Become a Church Cleaner
  • Challenge #9 Learn to Read the Bible in Church
  • Challenge #10 Volunteer at Coffee on the Common
  • Challenge #11 Help on the Sound Desk for Sunday Services
  • Challenge #12 Become a Sunday Service Welcomer
  • Challenge #13 Build a Bird or Hedgehog Box for our Eco Group
  • Challenge #14 Help with the Redbourn Common Round
  • Challenge #15 Join our WhatsApp Prayer Group

We hope there will be something for all ages! Why not join us and instead of giving something up for Lent, take something up instead?  

An Evening with the Friends of St Mary’s: Friday 26th January, 7.30pm

We’d like to invite you to an evening with the Friends of St Mary’s on Friday 26th January at 7.30pm. 

The Friends help fund the upkeep of Redbourn’s only Grade 1 listed building, St Mary’s Church. In the past they’ve held balls, barn dances and are key to Redbourn Classics.

The funds are only for the building and grounds – not what happens inside. If the building and churchyard are important to you, then we would love you to come along and hear how you could help support this important charity.

We recently had leak in the roof, and without the Friends of St Mary’s this would bring us even more worry. So, thank you to the Friends of St Mary’s and we hope some of you might be interested in joining – if only to put on some great social occasions for the village!