This Week's News: 12th October 2025
Our new priest, Reverend Ryan Gilfeather, begins his ministry today at St Mary Magdalene Welwyn Garden City.
This website uses required cookies to perform essential website functions and to provide the services. For example, cookies are used to improve performance, route traffic between web servers, detect the size of your screen, determine page load times, improve user experience, and for audience measurement. These cookies are necessary for our websites to work.
Help us maintain this wonderful community church — £263 a day keeps the doors open. Find out more about giving.
Tuesdays 11am – 1pm · Parish Centre, Hall Grove
Refreshments, friendly faces, and companionship. A warm welcome awaits everyone.
Revd Nicky Jackson will be presiding at the service this Sunday.
On the 28th Sept we will be joined by the Bishop of Hertford to take our service.
Save the Date! On the 5th Oct we have our Harvest Share Lunch, details including times will be shared next week.
The Diocese is currently advertising a couple of new roles in our Property Team, if you are interested please visit the link for more information.
We have published an article on the website about a revamp to the Childrens area in Church, thanks to Kate for organising, follow the link to read all about it.
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:
Heather, Martin, Penny, Craig, Mark, Peter, Anna, Azizeh, Victoria, Naomi, Alistair, Lorna.
Val Sparks, Ted Glock.
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.
Our new priest, Reverend Ryan Gilfeather, begins his ministry today at St Mary Magdalene Welwyn Garden City.
We welcome Sarah Mullally as the new Archbishop of Canterbury – the first woman to hold the office in its 1,400-year history.
Harvest Festival at St Mary Magdalene Welwyn Garden City: join us for the service and a Bring & Share Lunch this Sunday.
Bishop Jane of Hertford joins us at St Mary Magdalene WGC this Sunday, with plans for our upcoming Harvest Festival.
Bishop Jane of Hertford presides at St Mary Magdalene WGC this Sunday, with thanks for everyone who took part in the Bike and Hike.
This week at St Mary Magdalene WGC: our new Priest in Charge announced, and the diocesan Bike and Hike fundraiser this Saturday.
St Mary Magdalene WGC has refurbished its children's area – a warm and engaging space for the youngest members of our church family.
St Mary Magdalene Welwyn Garden City: news of our new Priest in Charge, plus details of next month's Bike and Hike fundraiser.
Highlights from our Patronal Festival at St Mary Magdalene WGC: Revd Emma's farewell and the unveiling of Ghazal's painting of Jesus & Mary Magdalene.
St Mary Magdalene WGC this week: news of our new Priest in Charge and the Festival of Bartholomew in Welwyn Garden City.
Bishop Rob Gillion joins us this Sunday at St Mary Magdalene WGC, with continuing news of our new Priest in Charge.