Our custom at St Mary’s is to celebrate our Patronal Festival (our church birthday if you like) in early September with a special service and a time of food and fellowship.
Despite things being a little different, I don’t see why we shouldn’t still do that with gusto and joy! So, on 6 September we will have a single service at 11.00 am in the churchyard and our guest preacher will be Bishop John Gladwin, former Bishop of Chelmsford.
We can’t offer catering at the moment so we encourage you to bring a picnic lunch to enjoy afterwards and we’ve arranged for a wonderful string trio of amazing musicians to come and play a concert for us.
This concert will be given twice – once outside as we eat and then in the afternoon in church at 3.00pm for those who haven’t been at our earlier celebrations. Click here to read more about the concerts.
We are delighted that a concert by a string trio of amazing musicians will be given at St Mary’s on Sunday 6th September as part of our Patronal Festival celebrations.
Many of you will remember Quartet Camerata who gave a dazzling concert at St Mary’s in January. Now members of the quartet return to perform Beethoven’s fabulous trio Opus 9 No 1 in this 250th anniversary year of his birth. They will also perform Dohnānyi’s vibrant and tuneful ‘Serenade’ trio.
The concert will be at 3.00pm inside the church. All are welcome to join us. Admission is free but there will be a retiring collection in aid of our Charity of the Year, Pumps for Mpwapwa – providing a solar-powered water pump in the village of Msagali in Tanzania.
Please bring your facemask, we’ll be following government guidelines and maintaining social distancing.
The trio will also be performing the same programme outdoors earlier in the day at 12.30pm as part of the St Mary’s Patronal Festival celebrations – click here for more information.
There is an online booking system for the 3.00pm concert as places are restricted to 60 to allow for social distancing.
With regret, today’s picnic has been cancelled due to forecast rain and wet grass. Dates for future picnics will be posted here on the website, on our social media and the Teddy Tots WhatsApp group.
By popular demand, we are holding another socially-distanced Teddy Tots Picnic, this Friday, 14th August from 10.30am – 12.00pm on the lawn at St Mary’s Church.
This will be a bit different to our usual picnics in order to follow current guidelines so if you are able to join us, please could you:
Bring your own snacks and drinks
Bring a picnic rug or chairs
Sit yourself in one of the squares painted on the lawn (see picture below), and ensure that you and your children stay within the square during the picnic
Sign in on the sheets provided as you arrive so that we can keep records of who has attended for track and trace purposes
If the weather is wet the picnic cannot go ahead, so please keep an eye on our Facebook page or website on the day
Despite the restrictions, we hope that this will be a really lovely opportunity to get back together. We can’t wait to see you and catch up with your news.
We are particularly keen to welcome parents of new babies who may not have had the opportunity to attend baby groups and meet other parents. Please do spread the word to anyone who might like to join us.
With love from
The Teddy Tots Team x
Painted squares mark 2.5m plots – one family per plot please
St Mary's Church, Redbourn 