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Pentecost at St Mary’s: Sunday 19th May, 11.00am

This coming Sunday (May 19th) is the day we remember Pentecost, the birthday of the church. 

At St Mary’s we will be celebrating by having one service at 11.00am (no 8.00am or 9.30am services) to which all are invited. We will also be saying a great big thank you to one another for all the we do and give to reflect the love and grace given to each and every one of us by God. 

Bring a picnic and your chosen drinks and we will join together after church to eat, chat and celebrate. 

Spend some time wandering around our new labyrinth and watch our new bees as they settle into their new home at the far end of the churchyard.

Finally we will also be having a plant sale to raise funds for our charity of the year, Every Drop Counts. Part of our aim is to help raise money to provide drought resistant crops to the people living in the dry corridor of Nicaragua, and to inspire us we challenged the congregation to grow plants from seed to then bring and sell to raise money. It’s been a thought provoking challenge due to the entirely opposite weather conditions we’ve experienced from those we a trying to help. 

So bring your plants, pounds and picnic as we celebrate Pentecost and support one another and the people of Nicaragua. 

Charity Plant Sale: Sunday 19th May, 1-5pm

Our Charity of the Year committee are organising a Plant Sale in aid of ‘Every Drop Counts’ on Sunday 19th May (Pentecost Sunday), 1.00 – 5.00pm in the Churchyard.

Can you support us in either of the following ways, (or ideally both!)?

Could you bring along some plants to sell?

They can be any sort of plant of any size – flowers, vegetables or herbs. Cuttings or seedlings, large or small, anything you can spare!

Please bring plant donations to church on the morning of the sale, or contact us if you need someone to collect them or to drop them off earlier.

Could you come along to buy some plants?

Our congregation and young people have been busy growing seeds since Easter Sunday, and we hope there will be a wide variety of plants to buy.

There will be no fixed prices – donations towards our Charity of the Year, by card or cash.

Our Charity of the Year, ‘Every Drop Counts‘ will help communities in Teustepe in Nicaragua to grow crops in a difficult climate. We are aiming to raise £10,000 to help them install water-capture systems, provide training and drought-resistant crops to 7 rural communities.

Thank you for your generous support!

Deanery ‘Walk with the Lord’, Saturday May 25th, 10.30am

You are welcome to this inspiring time together with others from across churches in the Wheathampstead Deanery, led by Revd James Brown of All Saints, Harpenden.  Saturday 25th May, 10.30am.

Meet at the car park opposite West End Barns, Ferrer’s Lane, AL4 8EG.

We will walk through woodland and flower meadow in a meditative silence, pausing to hear beautiful readings, prayers and poems.

After no more than an hour we will return to the carpark and those who wish can stay for refreshments at the farm café at West End Barns.