UPDATED 18th April 2025
Welcome to the website of the Quintet Churches - the five churches found in the basin area of the River Quin in East Hertfordshire.
HOLY WEEK
Good Friday 18th April
10.00am Good Friday Devotions - Brent Pelham
Stations of the cross in and around the church.
Holy Saturday 19th April
7pm Sunset Vigil, Wyddial
Sunday 20th April
Easter Day
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5.50am |
Little Hormead |
Sunrise service | |
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8.00am |
Meesden |
BCP Easter Holy Communion (Said) |
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9.30am |
Great Hormead |
Easter Festival Holy Communion |
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10.00am |
Meesden |
Easter Family Service |
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11.15am |
Brent Pelham |
Easter Festival Holy Communion |
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4.30pm |
Wyddial |
Easter Festival Holy Communion |
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6.00pm |
Anstey |
Easter Festival Holy Communion |
EASTER CARD with all the Passiontide, Holy Week and Easter Services details is being distributed. Look out for your copy or pick up a spare in church.
NEW ELECTORAL ROLL for 2025
The Church Electoral Rolls are renewed from scratch every six years. Existing members and those wishing to be on the new roll MUST REAPPLY BY 4th MAY 2025.
Roll members must be baptised Christians and there is an expectation that members will attend church regularly.
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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 around the basin of the River Quin 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.
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.
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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.
Contact
The Vicarage
Great Hormead
Buntingford
Hertfordshire
SG9 0NT
01763 289258