It is with profound sadness that we learned of the death of The Duke of Edinburgh on Friday 9th April.
St Mary’s Church is open every day from 10 am until 5 pm for private prayer. You are welcome to light a candle at the votive candle stand as a sign of your prayer.
Unfortunately, due to Covid restrictions, we cannot open a Book of Condolence for people to write in. However, you can leave a message in the online Book of Condolence: https://www.royal.uk/condolence
A selection of the messages online will be passed on to Her Majesty the Queen and members of the Royal Family.
There is also a sheet in church on the left-hand side with a few prayers that you may find helpful at this time.
Our Forest Tots are keeping busy this week creating a wooden spoon village in the Churchyard – look out for it sheltered underneath the Thank You Tree.
As always, this isn’t just for Forest Tots – everyone is very welcome to join in, so if you want to create your own wooden spoon person to join our village we would love to welcome them to the gang! If you don’t have a spare wooden spoon to use, you can pick one up for 50p from most supermarkets (or add one to your online shop!).
Our focus for this week is the following page from The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy.
If you haven’t yet seen the wire sculptures in the churchyard or added a few sticks to our Happy Houses, do pop down – they are well worth a visit. More information here
We have enjoyed a good run of 10 weeks of outdoor services, and this proves the point that we need to change the pattern for next weekend as we are planning to do.
Some may like to come to the 8am service in church instead.
Anyone wishing to make a donation towards the Bishop of St Albans’ Harvest Appeal can put it in a clearly labelled envelope through the Vicarage letterbox during the week or bring it to a service in church next week.
St Mary's Church, Redbourn 