This Week's News: 1st June 2025
This Sunday at St Mary Magdalene WGC: Caroline Duke is commissioned, plus we look ahead to the Patronal Festival and Revd Emma's farewell.
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Tuesdays 11am – 1pm · Parish Centre, Hall Grove
Refreshments, friendly faces, and companionship. A warm welcome awaits everyone.
Following the main Sunday service, we will meet for our Annual Meeting of Parishioners and Annual Parochial Church Meeting on 18th May. Grab a drink and then pull up a seat. This is a great opportunity to celebrate all the blessings and joys that St Mary Magdalene Church saw in 2024 - lots of this happens outside of a Sunday, so you might even learn something new!
All parishioners (those who live within the parish boundaries) and those who are on the electoral roll are eligible to vote for churchwardens, and those who are on the electoral roll are eligible to vote at the APCM for our new PCC members and on other matters.
Bishop Alan is retiring please see our update in This Week's News: 5th April 2025 for all of the latest details
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.
Those who are unwell:
Those who have died in recent weeks:
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.
This Sunday at St Mary Magdalene WGC: Caroline Duke is commissioned, plus we look ahead to the Patronal Festival and Revd Emma's farewell.
Parish Eucharist at St Mary Magdalene WGC this Sunday, plus our weekly Compassionate Cafe and a special Ascension Taizé service.
Safeguarding Sunday at St Mary Magdalene Welwyn Garden City: 10am Eucharist followed by our APCM, and Bishop Alan's diocesan farewell service.
Good Shepherd Sunday Eucharist at St Mary Magdalene WGC, with our Annual Parochial Church Meeting and Bishop Alan's farewell on 18 May.
Today is the final day of Electoral Roll revision at St Mary Magdalene WGC, with news of a PA vacancy and Bishop Alan's retirement.
A guide to Church of England primary and secondary schools in and around Welwyn Garden City, supporting faith-based education in our community.
Easter Day at St Mary Magdalene Welwyn Garden City: candle lighting, garden blessing, vow renewal and our Easter Egg Hunt for all the family.
After many years at St Mary Magdalene, the Revd Emma Hopegood Jones has been appointed Vicar of St Andrew's Headington.
Passion Sunday at St Mary Magdalene WGC, with our Holy Week services, Easter celebrations and news from the Diocese.
Easter is coming – the full schedule for Holy Week and Easter Day, plus the deadline for Electoral Roll revision at St Mary Magdalene, WGC.