Advent Study Groups

Thursdays at 11:15am and Fridays at 8pm

Using the book Humbug and Happiness by Sheila Jacobs, the film Scrooge (1951) will be our guide as we explore Advent themes together: The chains of life, In the past, Living now, Future perfect. If you aren’t already in a group, you are invited to join one even if only for Advent.

Thursday Group meets in Church, starting 30 November.

Friday Group meets in different homes, starting 24 November (not meeting 15 December) – email Chris Thomas for venue details.

Advent and Christmas Crafts Making

Saturday 2 December 2023 at 10:30am

Our third All Saints’ All2Gether event. We’ll be creating decorations for homes (and maybe the church). A time to enjoy each other’s company – with lunch included. All materials provided. Come along and get creative – whether or not it’s “your thing”.

Tickets £7.50 for adults and £5 for children under 16.

Look up and look out – from Sunday 3 December

Members of all the local churches are being invited to put star/s in their windows during Advent and Christmas. How many will you see around the Parish of South Oxhey and Carpenders Park?

Reading Mark’s Gospel

Sunday 3 December at 4pm

Mark is the Gospel for the coming Church Year and to mark this, we’ll read through the gospel together – with tea and refreshments in the mix. Hearing/reading the whole gospel in one session brings it to life in a whole new way. Come along and read, or listen.

Christmas Carol Service

Sunday 17 December 2023 at 4pm

Readings to tell the Christmas Story, favourite Carols, music by the Watford Accordion Band, Dr Taichi on the Marimba and other surprises around the corners.

The service concludes in Oxhey Chapel and is followed by seasonal refreshments.

Carol Singing

Thursday 21 December at 4pm

Join us at Carpenders Park Station as we join with local Christians to sing Christmas Carols and encourage locals to join in with us.

Community Carol Singing

Saturday 23 December at 5pm

We’ll be ‘down the pub’ for this Carol Singing … possibly with a drink in our hands! Come along to the Dick Whittington as we join with people of all ages to sing Carols and tell the Christmas Story together.

Crib and Christingle Service

Christmas Eve – Sunday 24 December at 4pm

Popular with all ages, with children as our focus, we tell the Christmas Story (with costumes for all ages), sing Carols and raise much needed funds for The Children’s Society.

Midnight Christmas Holy Communion

Christmas Eve – Sunday 24 December at 11:15pm

As the clock turns and we welcome the start of Christmas Day, we hear of the Saviour’s birth. This service gives space for a bit of calm and reflection before the busy day ahead.

Christmas Day Holy Communion

Monday 25 December 2023 at 10am

With a sense of fund around the edges, we celebrate what used to be known as The Saviour’s Day. With carols a-plenty amidst the celebration of Holy Communion, join us as we give thanks on this most holy of days

Christmas Jumper Sunday – Holy Communion

Sunday 31 December at 10am

You may have been given one from Christmas, so come and wear it with pride at our 10am service on the Sunday after Christmas. It is still the Christmas Season in the Church’s year, which gives the perfect excuse to save your Christmas jumper from the moth balls for a while! There will be a prize for the best!

New Year’s Day BBQ and Film

Monday 1 January 2024 at 12pm

Whatever the weather, we’ll be out barbecuing sausages and burgers. Come and join us as we celebrate the New Year together.

From 2pm, we will be showing the film we’ve been looking at during our Advent Study Groups, Scrooge from 1951.

Mince Pies and Mulled Wine

Saturday 6 January from 4 to 6pm

As we mark the close of Christmas and the arrival of Epiphany, you are invited to The Vicarage for festive hospitality. Just turn up, there will be mince pies and a cup of something warm waiting for you.

Epiphany Sunday – Holy Communion

Sunday 7 January 2024 at 10am

Join us for the celebration of the arrival of the wise men and the witness of Jesus as our Saviour to the wider World.

Table Top Sale

Saturday 11 November 2023 at 10:30am to 12:30pm

Our Table Top Sales raise funds for our Missions.

Admission is free and there will be plenty of items for sale to suit everyone including gifts, cards, plants, toys, books, DVDs etc. Start your Christmas shopping with us.

Table-hire is only £6 (table provided). Speak to Jo or contact the events@allsaintschurch.uk for details.

Oxhey Chapel will be open.

Remembrance Sunday Service

Sunday 12 November 2023 at 10am

Our 10am service will conclude with an act of remembrance as we mark those who have given their lives in conflicts across the world. As part of this service, we also pray for peace.

To find out about our recent special services, check out our services archive.…

Christmas Craft Fair

Saturday 25 November 2023 at 10:30am-3pm

With stalls featuring craftspeople from across the local area – and beyond. A chance to start (or top-up) your Christmas gift shopping. Including a Christmas Raffle. The Hatch will be open for seasonal soup, treats and drinks.

Harvest Festival

Sunday 1 October 2023 at 10am

Practical gifts will be donated to the Foodbank hosted at South Oxhey Baptist Church. Especially welcomed are:
Tinned meats/meals/pies; Tins of sweetcorn, Big Soup, tuna, rice pudding; microwave rice; long-life milk; packets of smash; pot noodles; porridge sachets; kid’s lunchbox snacks; squash; angel delight; cake making kits.

Financial gifts will go to the Bishop of St Alban’s Harvest Appeal to support Mission Direct’s work in Kumi, Uganda as they seek to crack food poverty by providing needy families with chickens so they can sell the eggs to buy food. More details can be found here.

If you would like to make a donation, we will still be collecting cash or card donations at the next two Sunday services, or you can make an online donation clicking here and selecting ‘One-off Gift’. If you choose to make an online donation, please also email treasurer@allsaintschurch.uk with the amount donated and confirm that you’d like this to go to the Harvest Appeal.

Book Sale and Coffee Morning

Saturday 14 October 2023 at 10:30am-12:30pm

A wide range of books for all ages and interests. Come along to restock your bookshelves and enjoy cakes and refreshments.

In Loving Memory Service

Sunday 29 October 2023 at 3:30pm

A service of remembering and thanksgiving to remember those loved and lost. We will invite the families of those for whom we have conducted fiuneral services in the past year, but all are welcome as we offer comfort and ongoing prayer as the journey of bereavement continues.

Service is followed by refreshments.

Today we celebrated a change of name for our parish. The official name for our parish from 1 September 2023 is, The Parish of South Oxhey and Carpenders Park. The name of the church will still be All Saints’ and all posters etc will still have All Saints’ on them. We agreed earlier in the year we would like the name of the parish to include all of the parish.

To mark this change, our website and emails are changing (but don’t worry if you use the old ones, these will continue to work and still reach us). Our new website address is www.allsaintschurch.uk and all our email addresses will end with @allsaintschurch.uk.

On Sunday 3 September we held a celebratory Songs of Praise with Holy Communion, as well as refreshments to mark the change. Hoorah!