Dates for your Diary 2025 and 2026
2025
4th December - Deanery Synod (all welcome)
6th December St Nicholas Festive Fair 10.00am-3.00pm
7th December St Nicholas Patronal Festival
10th December - Anstey School Carols 4.30pm
11th December - Concert: Brent Pelham
14th December - Anstey Chapel Carol Service
17th December - Pub Carols Anstey
18th December - Hormead School Christingle Service
19th December - Brent Pelham Carol Service
20 December - Village Carols Meesden
21 December - Hormead Carol Service
23 December - Wyddial Carol Service
24th December - Crib Servoce Meesden
AND CHRISTMAS Midnight Mass Brent Pelham.
25th December - Hormead - Christmas Communion Service
AND Anstey = Christmas Family Service.
28th December - First Sunday of Christmas Family servce and walk.
2026
4th January - Epiphany Services
6th January Epiphany - Twelfth Night
11th January - Baptism of Christ services
18th January - Week for Christian Unity begins
25th January - Meesden - SONGS OF PRAISE (evening)
1st February - Candlemas (Christmas Decor down)
10 February - Deanery Synod
17th February HALO CLUB 2026 Launch.
18th Febriary ASH WEDNESDAY
22 February - DEANERY CHORAL EVENSONG
LENT COURSE DATES: LIKELY TO BE:
FEBRUARY: 26
MARCH 5, 12, 19, 26,
APRIL 2nd Maundy Thursday supper, Hormead)
1st March - St David's Day
15th March - MOTHERING SUNDAY
22nd March - BRENT PELHAM PATRONAL FESTIVAL (ahead of the annunciation on 25th March) also - Passiontide begins
29th March - PALM SUNDAY (Holy Week begins) - Procession in Wyddial with donkey. BST Begins!
30 March HOLY WEEK BEGINS
2 APRIL - Maundy Thursday (Cathedral Chrism Service, morning. Commemoration of the Last Supper, evening)
3 APRIL - GOOD FRIDAY - Devotions in ANSTEY
4 APRIL - Easter Vigil - Wyddial
5 APRIL - EASTER DAY
23 April - St George's Day
26th April St Georges Patronal Festival Anstey
7th MAY - ANNUAL PAROCIAL CHURCH MEETING, Elections to Deanery and Diocesan Synods
9th May ROGATION WALK
10th May - Rogation Sunday BRENT PELHAM
14th MAY (Thursday) ASCENSION DAY - Little Hormead
24th MAY - PENTECOST
31 May - Trinity Sunday
21st June - Father's Day
26th July - Patronal Festival Mary Magdelene at Meesden
6th September - Patronal Festival for St Giles at Wyddlial.
13th September - Harvest Anstey (possibly tbc)
20th September - HARVEST (Hormead and Meesden)
new pairing tbc
27th September - HARVEST (Brent Pelham and Wyddial)
new pairing tbc
4th October - HARVEST (Anstey) tbc
25th October - BST ends
1st November - All Saints Day (In Loving Memory Anstey 6pm)
8th November - Remembrance Sunday - Anstey
11th November - Armistice (Tuesday, Anstey remembers 398th)
29th November - Advent Sunday (Advent season begins, Carols Anstey)
5th December (SATURDAY) St Nicholas Festive Fair.
6th December - St Nicholas' Patronal Festival at Great Hormead.
24th December - Thursday - Christmas Eve
25th December - Friday - Christmas Day
27th December - Sunday - Parish Walk
Contact
The Vicarage
Great Hormead
Buntingford
Hertfordshire
SG9 0NT
01763 289258