Welcome - The Quintet Churches

UPDATED 30 November 2024

Welcome to the website of the Quintet Churches - the five churches found in the basin area of the River Quin in East Hertfordshire.

Services on Sunday 1st December
ADVENT SUNDAY

The new Church Year begins with our celebration of Advent. We have the lighting of the first of the candles on our Advent wreath, and the switch to purple vestments to remind us we are entering a season of self-reflection. A season when Christians are asked to consider our worthiness and readiness to stand before Jesus, were he to return today, and prepare to celebrate that he did come and live among us.

On Sunday we have a special Advent Carols service with readings and beautiful seasonal songs that draw upon that theme of getting ready.

Please join us for our many services through the season of Advent.

Sunday 1st December	9.30am	Great Hormead	Festive Holy Communion
Advent 1	11.15am	Wyddial	Family Holy Communion Service
	5.00pm	Anstey	ADVENT CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

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The Quintet Churches are a group of five Anglican churches who work together and meet for worship in the beautiful Hertfordshire countryside in the Diocese of St Albans. We are located just east of the market town of Buntingford and are part of the Buntingford Deanery.

Together we seek to serve our communities, worship God and live His values of love, peace and justice.

Christian have worshiped and ministered in this area for over 1,000 years. So it is our privilege to be the latest generation to continue the story of the body of Christ in our villages.

We are delighted you have found our website, we hope you enjoy browsing these pages, and to meet you in person soon.

The Ministry Team

P.S. Our website name quintetchurches.com references both the river Quin which flows in our midst and the quintet or five churches in our benefice (group of parishes).

If you would like to speak to a member of the ministry team, please call or email us. You can contact the Rector, James Sawyer on 01763 289 258, or email him via this link EMAIL. Please note, James's day of is normally Friday. Calls may be montitored and/or recorded for training and security purposes.

You can also contact Mrs Patricia Hamilton on 01763 848536 for parish matters and pastoral care.

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All are welcome to attend our churches as and when you wish. But sometimes it's good to deepen our reltionship and say we belong. If you are baptised, a member of the Church of England or another Christian church in communion with it, and live locally, you may like to join the Electoral Roll of one of the five churches in the benefice.

Its a first step to getting involved and shaping the church to be relevant for generations to come. To join, complete this form and drop it off or post it to the Vicarage. See also our Electoral Roll privacy notice here.