This Week's News: 15th February 2026
This week's church news from St Mary Magdalene: today's Pancake Race, Ash Wednesday this week, and a meal with our local Iranian community on the 26th.
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Tuesdays 11am – 1pm · Parish Centre, Hall Grove
Refreshments, friendly faces, and companionship. A warm welcome awaits everyone.
Gather, worship and pray with other Christians from churches in Welwyn Garden City as part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. It is powerful to meet with other Christians for this service, to reflect on our mission and ministry in the town and surrounding area, and to pray for God's love and presence to be made known. There will be refreshments following the service.
Focolare Centre for Unity, 69 Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6JG. Parking is available on Parkway, or the car park entrance is via "The Cloisters," a side road off Parkway.
Sadly there is an increase of email scams targeting members of church congregations. If you receive an email that appears to be from Ryan or anyone else in the church asking you to buy them a gift card, please don't do it because it will be a scam.
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:
Brian, June, Heather, Martin, Penny, Craig, Peter, Anna, Azizeh, Victoria, Naomi, and Lorna.
Mark and Pamela.
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, Nick and Godfrey.
This week's church news from St Mary Magdalene: today's Pancake Race, Ash Wednesday this week, and a meal with our local Iranian community on the 26th.
This week's church news from St Mary Magdalene: the Pancake Race comes next Sunday, plus a new Parish Lunch series begins on the last Sunday of February.
This week's church news from St Mary Magdalene: the new 8.30am Meditative Communion service launches, and details for our Lent Fellowship Groups.
This week's church news from St Mary Magdalene: new Lent home groups, an 8.30am Meditative Communion service from 1st February, today's Christian Unity service.
This week's church news from St Mary Magdalene: First Sunday of Epiphany, joint Covenant Service with Ludwick Way Methodist Church, Sunday School returns.
This week's church news from St Mary Magdalene, Welwyn Garden City! Epiphany Sunday and final reminders for the Parish Mission Morning next Saturday.
This week's church news from St Mary Magdalene, Welwyn Garden City! Christmas week is here – Nine Lessons & Carols, Midnight Mass and Christmas Day.