Parish Events

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Here's some of the things we do regularly...

Lighting the Easter Fire at the dawn service on Easter Day...Keeping the flame alive!

Saint Nicholas Festive Fair
Sunday nearest 6th December

Fair interior Fair interior 2 Bishop St Nicholas

We've had Messy Church and celebrated 'Stir-up Sunday' and made Christmas Puddings.

Children, parents or carers enjoy a fun afternoon, finding clues about the ingredients, mixing puddings, having as service where we blessed the puddings and then having tea.

Anstey Remembers

As well as our regular Remembrance service we hold a service to remember all the American servicemen who died while stationed at Nuthampstead airbase. We have also held a special service for the crew of the B17 Flying Fortress, which crashed into Anstey Castle Moat on 15th October 1944. And with them the two other airmen who died on the same mission. We also gave thanks for the miraculous return of another plane from that same mission that had recieved a direct hit in the nose but, against all odds, made it home.

Here is an audio recording of the service

Anstey Remembers.MP3

Looking back to St Giles Day

We celebrated St Giles Day at Wyddial with a festival communion service.

Group standing outside Wyddial Church with St Giles Banner

Here's what we did in the lead-up to Easter Sunday

easter candle Dawn Service

Dawn on Easter Day at Little Hormead and the easter light carried to Meesden for the first of five Easter Communion Services throughout the Benefice.

Earlier in Holy week...

moonlight over the church

Moonlight over Brent Pelham church prior to our moving Maundy Thursday service where we remembered the last supper and Jesus washing the feet of his disciples.

The Cross - Good Friday at Meesden