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Jubilee Service to be held inside church

Due to the weather forecast for tomorrow (Sunday) morning, the 9.30am service will be held inside the church.

This will be a very special and memorable day for us and our village as we celebrate the 70-year reign of our monarch.

We begin at St Mary’s with our services at 8am and 9.30am during which special prayers for the Queen will be offered. We then head up to the north part of the Common for the Big Jubilee Picnic from 11 am onwards.

Come in crowns and regal attire or in 1950s dress – the choice is yours – and set up your picnic spot on the grass with friends and family. The Big Picnic is STILL ON despite the weather forecast – bring your waterproofs, umbrellas, and gazebos/pop up shelters (please keep these to the outer edges of the Common).

There will be a special parade at noon from Cumberland House along the avenue with prizes for the best costumes. Then to accompany your own picnic lunch we enjoy live music, a pop-up bar and café van for drinks, fairground rides and family games, cream teas and a community sing-along.

Admission is free so bring you family and friends for what will be a brilliant day of celebrations, entertainment and fun.

Quartet Camerata Concert: Saturday 11th June, 7.00pm

We are delighted that our friends from Quartet Camerata will once again be performing a charity concert here at St Mary’s in aid of Emmaus Hertfordshire.

The quartet will perform Verdi’s operatic quartet,  Haydn’s beautifully melodic Quartet in D (opus 76 no 5) and the sizzling Libertango by Piazzolla.

Free admission with retiring collection in aid of our Charity of the Year, Emmaus Hertfordshire. The concert will last about an hour without an interva l.

To reserve your place please phone 01582 882 159 or send an email.

Film: About Emmaus – now online

Many of us will recall Tomasz, the Polish man who appeared one day and ended up living in the churchyard hedge for several months. After supporting and caring for him, we were eventually able to get him into an Emmaus community where he remains, getting the support and care he needs as he turns his life around.

In part, it is because of Tomasz that we have decided to support Emmaus as our charity for this year. There are a number of exciting events and concerts in the coming months to raise as much money as we can for this amazing charity and their work.

Will and Stephen Boffey had the privilege of visiting Emmaus in St Albans and have made a short film about their work and the approach they take.

The film is now available to watch on our YouTube channel: