This Week's News: 1st February 2026
This week's church news from St Mary Magdalene: the new 8.30am Meditative Communion service launches, and details for our Lent Fellowship Groups.
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Tuesdays 11am – 1pm · Parish Centre, Hall Grove
Refreshments, friendly faces, and companionship. A warm welcome awaits everyone.
To help us grow our congregation and its mission and ministry in Welwyn Garden City, Kate Lomax (Diocesan Church Growth Officer) will lead us in a mission morning. We will gather to discern our vision for what we would love our church to be like in the future. These reflections will help Ryan and the PCC work out what the worship, mission and ministry of the church should look like in its next chapter.
Everyone in the congregation is warmly invited. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. To register, please sign up on the sheet at the back of church.
As part of our ongoing partnership, Ludwick Way Methodist Church have invited our congregation to join them at their annual Covenant Service on 11th January at 9.45am (149 Ludwick Way, Welwyn Garden City AL7 3PN). A number of our congregation will attend that service instead of St Mary Magdalene that morning. You are most welcome.
This year we will also have a 10am service of Holy Communion at St Mary Magdalene Church, if you would prefer to attend that.
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.
David, Mark, and Pamila.
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: 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: Second Sunday of Epiphany, Week of Prayer for Christian Unity service at the Focolare Centre coming Sunday.
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! Christmas week is here – Nine Lessons & Carols, Midnight Mass and Christmas Day.
Advent 3 at St Mary Magdalene WGC – mince pie donations welcomed for next Sunday's Nine Lessons & Carols service.
Advent 2 at St Mary Magdalene WGC: All-Age Communion this Sunday and the WGC Town Council consultation closing 14th December.