This Week's News: 12th April 2025

Sunday 30th March - Passion Sunday, 10am Parish Eucharist with Baptism

Readings

• Isaiah 43:16-21
• John 12:1-8

What's on this week

Tuesday

• 11:00am to 1:00pm Mary and Isabel's Compassionate Cafe at the Parish Centre Hall Grove. All are welcome.
• 7.30pm PCC

Wednesday

• 10:30am Morning Eucharist, followed by hot cross buns.

Sunday 6th April

• 10am Palm Sunday Parish Eucharist with procession

Easter Services at St Mary Magdalene

We have a busy set of Easter Services, the latest updates will be on the homepage of our website and we also wrote about it in This Week's News: 5th April 2025

Lent Course at the Methodist Church

Our brothers and sisters at the Methodist Church are following a lent course at 12 noon on Thursdays. Please speak to Caroline Duke if you would like to join them.

Churches in Welwyn Garden City Pilgrimage to Winchester Cathedral - Cancelled

This year's pilgrimage will no longer be going ahead due to issues with travel timings. We look forward to a future pilgrimage in spring 2026.

Foodbank Donations

New Zion Christian Fellowship food bank is open every Wednesday 9-11am. You may drop items in from 8am on Wednesdays at 140 Cole Green Lane AL7 3JE. Please use the food bank based at the back of church if you wish to give items. Items that are particularly in need currently are long life milk, cereals, variety of tinned meat (meatballs, hotdogs, chicken curry or chicken in white sauce), cleaning products and toiletries including sanitary products.

For your prayers

• For peace in the Holy Land
• For Mary and Isabel's Compassionate Cafe, and Isabel Hospice as we work in partnership together.
• For all refugees and those fleeing their homes, especially those now living in our parish. For those persecuted for their faith. For refugees facing homelessness after receiving permission to reside in the UK.

Those who are unwell: Heather, Martin, Penny, Craig, Sue, Wendy, Maisie, Nicky, Angie, Pat, Louisa, Val, Mark, Naomi, Carol, Peter, Anna, Elsie, Tim, Roger.

Those who have died in recent weeks: (None listed this week)

For the growth of St Mary Magdalene Church:

God of Mission, Who alone brings growth to your Church of St Mary Magdalene, Send your Holy Spirit to give Vision to our planning, Wisdom to our actions, And power to our witness. Help our church to grow in numbers, In spiritual commitment to you, And in service to our local community, Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

If you would like to request that we pray as a church for someone known to you, please first make every attempt to ensure that they would like to be prayed for by those at St Mary Magdalene. We will be conducting a monthly review of our Prayer List. If there is anyone who should come off the list or go on the list, please notify the churchwardens, Janice and Godfrey.

Electoral Roll Revision

We shared all of the details of the electoral roll revision in This Week's News: 5th April 2025

A letter from Bishop Jane and Bishop Richard

Bishop Alan is retiring please see our update in This Week's News: 5th April 2025 for all of the latest details