Please come to the Churches Together in Hemel Hempstead
FORUM
on
Monday 26th November
at 8.00pm
at Carey Baptist Church
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| Summer Canal Trip |
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| The CTHH Boat trip on the Grand Union canal on 25th June brought together 20 members of different churches. We travelled on the narrowboats "Narrow Escape" and "Steelaway" |
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News
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Clergy
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There have been several comings and
goings among the clergy of Hemel
Hempstead recently and there are more
still to come. |
| Farewell |
John Bryn-Thomas, Team Vicar of St Benedict's in the Anglican Chambersbury Team retired at the end of May.
Gordon Kegg, Team Vicar of St Barnabas (Anglican) left in mid-June to become the priest-in-charge of a group of parishes in the diocese of Norwich.
He was followed soon after by Ronni Lamont, Anglican Team Vicar of St Alban's and St Peter's, who has moved to a parish in Bexley.
Janet Flawn, the URC Minister in the Grovehill and Woodhall Farm Local Ecumenical Partnership. Janet has moved north and is now minister in the North Tyne Pastorate.
Christopher Tuckwell has been posted from Our Lady Queen of All Creation to a Roman Catholic parish in the area where he served in his days as an Anglican Curate.
Richard Hall, the Assistant Curate of St John's, Boxmoor, left in mid-September to become an Army Chaplain - with the Scots Guards. |
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We have now set up a website which gives information about all 34 churches in Hemel Hempstead.
The address is:
www.hemelchurches.org.uk
Please visit our site and send us your comments and suggestions.
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| Dacorum Emergency Night Shelter (DENS) |
Once more, DENS will be providing a place for the homeless to spend the night, using half a dozen town centre churches, during the coldest months of the year from 1st December to the end of February. As many volunteers as possible will be needed either to set up and serve the evening meal, or to supervise the shelter during the night or to cook breakfast. The rota is very flexible and you need not commit yourself to doing a shift every week. Please think about whether you could offer your services to take part in the DENS initiative this year.
Volunteers please contact:
Bryan Nicholls on 253935 |
| Eco-congregation |
How green is your church?
Eco-congregation is a programme for Churches to help them take spiritual and practical steps to care for God's creation. It has developed from a partnership between the environmental awareness charity 'Going for Green' and the Environmental Issues Network of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. The Eco-congregation programme, which is available free of charge to all Churches, has three core elements:
- A set of inspiring resource modules.
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A process to help support the activities of local churches.
- An award scheme to act as a target for churches and to affirm their positive environmental achievements.
This programme will enable you to conduct an ecological audit of your church, examining such issues as energy conservation, paper recycling, community involvement and environmental projects. It will give you a clear theological understanding of sustainable living.
For more details about
Christian Ecology Link,
please write to:
CEL, 20 Carlton Road, Harrogate, HG2 8DD
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| Welcome |
Sue Allen who arrived in early July from the Anglican diocese of Guildford to be the Vicar in Grovehill. David Collinson in his new role as Superintendent Minister of the Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted Methodist Circuit.
Anthony Cotterill in his new rank with the Salvation Army, having been promoted from Captain to Major.
Diana Spink, already based at St Mary's in the Old Town, who was ordained priest at Michaelmas.
Laura Burgess who arrives in October as the new Assistant Curate at St John's, Boxmoor.
Richard Bittlestone who will shortly be starting as non-stipendiary URC minister in Woodhall Farm.
Raymond Legge, the new Roman Catholic priest in the parish of Our Lady Queen of All Creation.
Jan Neale, moving from Grimsby, who is to be licensed at St Benedict's on 19th November.
Dave Middlebrook, who is coming from Chorleywood to Adeyfield. He will be licensed at St Barnabas on 4th February.
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Churches Together in Hemel Hempstead
Taking churches from co-operation to commitment
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Chairperson: The Revd Peter Cotton
Vice Chairperson: Graham Warner
Secretary: Mrs Lesley Pratt
Treasurer: Mr Christopher Jones
Press and Information Officer: Barbara Newton
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