Civic Service

Sunday 17th April at 2pm

This year Three Rivers District Council civic service is to be held here at All Saints’ Church. This annual service brings together the Councillors, Mayors and Chairs from all over Hertfordshire.

The Chair of Three Rivers District Council, Eric Bishop, has asked that the service this year should be a celebration of the rich diversity in our district and it will include a huge variety of people from many different cultures and faiths. There will be a song of atonement from a Jewish representative, a Sikh will talk to us about his faith, a hymn will be sung by the Romanian choir (the church that uses our building), the South Oxhey Children’s Choir will sing and there may also be contributions from a member of the Krishna Temple and a mosque. It will be a great joy to worship together with people from so many different backgrounds.

You are invited to join us at this service – please come along and share in the rich diversity we have in our local communities.

Holy Week and Easter 2016

Palm Sunday – Holy Communion

Palm Crosses

Sunday 20th March – 10.00am

Our traditional Palm Sunday Service where we celebrate Christ’s entry into Jerusalem before starting his final week of ministry. Service starts with a palm cross parade and includes a dramatic reading of the Passion.

Maundy Thursday – Holy Communion

Thursday 24th March – 7.30pm

Maundy Thursday is one of the most holy days of the Christian year. It is when we remember Christ’s promise to us, it is the moment when Jesus gave us the Eucharist as our main act of worship and it is the service when he washed the feet of his disciples and set us the example of how to live as Christians.

Good Friday Services

Friday 25th March – 11am (United Service in South Oxhey Precinct)

Friday 25th March – 2.30pm (Service at All Saints’ Church)

Please join us as we remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us as he suffered on the cross to save our sins. Good Friday is also one of the holiest days in our calendar and it is important that as Christians we all observe it seriously.

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There is no Easter without Maundy Thursday or Good Friday.

Easter Day – Holy Communion

Sunday 27th March – 10.00am

Pascal Candle

Come and join the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection . The service will start outside – beside Oxhey Chapel – with the lighting of the Pascal Candle from a fire. The lit candle will then be carried into the church symbolising the light of Christ coming into the world.

This will be an All Age service.

Our Easter Service will be followed by:

Decorated Egg Competition: Once again we will be holding a decorated egg competition so get those creative juices flowing. Decorate a hard-boiled egg and bring it along on Easter Day and you could win an Easter egg.

Easter Scavanger Hunt: After the service, the children can let off some energy and join the hunt for some sweet treats.

Easter Eggs

Easter Monday Pilgrimage to St. Albans Abbey

Monday 28th March

Walk – Depart All Saints’ at 9am

Picnic – Meet in the Abbey Gardens from 1pm

Service – St Albans Abbey at 3pm (parade into Abbey from 2pm)

Each year a group of us have joined in the Easter Monday Pilgrimage to St. Albans →. We have always had a wonderful time! We go into the Abbey and join over a thousand other people for a tremendous service. Come along and share in the joy of the risen Lord!

Some of us will walk to the Abbey (an 11 mile walk). We are planning to leave All Saints’ at 9am, getting to St Albans for around 1pm. If the full 11 miles is too much, you can meet us at Bricket Wood Station (parking available) at around 11:30 for the final 4 miles or just meet us outside the Abbey for a picnic before the service (picnic may be moved inside the Abbey depending on the weather).

Ash Wednesday Service

Wednesday 10^th February 2016 at 7:30pm

Lent is a very important time in the Christian calendar as we journey towards the Cross and Resurrection. It is also a time of penitence and our Lenten journey begins on 10th February at the Ash Wednesday Service of Holy Communion.

It is important that we observe Lent and the Ash Wednesday service is the best way to start.  It is a beautiful service – please make every effort to be there.

Lent Course

Lent is a time of study, prayer and reflection. If you would like to join in some form of study and discussion during Lent then join us for one of our Lent Groups.

This year, the course will be based on the musical movie ‘Les Miserables’ and our courses will meet weekly between Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday. We are joining together with all the other churches in South Oxhey and there are a variety of daytime and evening courses as you prefer. A sign up list with the available times will be in our foyer after our Sunday morning service.

Everyone is welcome. We all need to learn more about our faith and to grow together in Christ – please consider joining us for this Lent course.

In September, we began our investigations on whether to admit children to communion before confirmation and held a Breakfast Service on the topic of baptism in December. For the next two Sundays we will be holding services devoted to looking in depth at the subject of Holy Communion and children.

Sunday 10th January at 10am

Guest speakers from St. Matthew’s Church, Oxhey.

St. Matthew’s admitted children to communion several years ago and adults and children from the congregation will tell us of their experiences of the process and what it has meant to them. They will also answer any questions you may have on the subject. Please think carefully about any questions you may like to ask them.

Sunday 17th January at 9:30am

Breakfast service: Looking together at Holy Communion

There will be plenty of opportunity for everyone to discuss the subject of children and communion and to put forward their views. Hopefully there will be a PCC member on each table who will record those views which can be reported back at the next PCC meeting.

In February the PCC will be discussing and voting on whether we go ahead with admitting our children to Holy Communion. This is a very important decision for all of us. Please make both these services a priority. Whatever your thoughts and feelings you need to be heard!

Advent and Christmas Services 2015

Breakfast Service

Sunday 20th December: 9:30am

Our next Breakfast Service will be on Sunday 20th December. Take it easy and let us supply your breakfast.

As part of our process of exploration prior to making a decision about whether we would like to admit children to receive Communion before confirmation, this Breakfast Service will be an opportunity to discuss together and think in some depth about Baptism and Confirmation.  Please come along to this service because it is important that we are all involved in the final decision.

As usual we will all share breakfast together at 9:30am followed by Holy Communion with activities for all the family.

Lessons and Carols in Oxhey Chapel

Sunday 20th December at 4pm

This Service will be held in in Oxhey Chapel (may be transferred to main church in the event of very cold weather).

Traditional Bible readings interspersed with your favourite carols. This service is followed with mince pies, tea and coffee in the main church. Wrap up warm as there is no heating!

This service is particularly suitable for families.

Carol Service

Oxhey Chapel

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Christingle Service

Thursday 24th December at 4 pm

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This beautiful service is especially for the little ones – it is their opportunity to learn about the real meaning of Christmas. They will sing sing traditional carols to the light of their candles and be able to take part in a nativity play. We especially welcome children but all ages can really enjoy this lovely moment before Christmas. Come along and bring a neighbour!

This service is particularly suitable for families and young children.

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Candle Lit Midnight Mass

(with Holy Communion)

Thursday 24th December at 11:30pm

Come and celebrate at this traditional service as we wait by the manger for the birth of Jesus on Christmas morning.

A candle lit service of Holy Communion with traditional carols.

Christmas Day Family Communion

Friday 25th December at 10am

Come and welcome the birth of Jesus at our Christmas morning family service with traditional carols. Please bring along and show us one of the presents you have received.

This service is particularly suitable for families.

We’ve had a great weekend celebrating our Curate Ricky Turner on his ordination as a priest.

On Saturday we had a sunny and warm (maybe a bit too hot!) afternoon at St Alban’s Abbey for the ordination service.

Then on Sunday morning Ricky lead our Holy Communion Service for the first time and we had a great sermon from our guest preacher Sue Allen, a good friend of Ricky. At the end of the service we had the customary present opening.

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And finally we ended with a wonderful Bring and Share lunch to wrap up a wonderful weekend.

Easter Egg Competition

We had some fantastic decorated eggs in our Easter Egg competition. Minions appeared to be a theme, but all were very creative.

Easter Egg Hunt

Following our Easter Sunday service, the children burnt off some energy in the Easter Egg Hunt (or should that be stampede!)

Easter Monday Pilgrimage to St Albans

And on Easter Monday a group of us walked the 11 miles to St Alban’s Abbey for the Pilgrimage service. We had beautiful weather for the walk and then had a relaxing picnic outside the Abbey before a wonderful service celebrating the risen Lord.

Palm Sunday – Holy Communion

Sunday 29th March – 10.00am

Our traditional Palm Sunday Service where we celebrate Christ’s entry into Jerusalem before starting his final week of ministry. Service starts with a palm cross parade and includes a dramatic reading of the Passion.

Maundy Thursday – Holy Communion

Thursday 2nd April – 7.30pm

Maundy Thursday is one of the most holy days of the Christian year. It is when we remember Christ’s promise to us, it is the moment when Jesus gave us the Eucharist as our main act of worship and it is the service when he washed the feet of his disciples and set us the example of how to live as Christians.

Good Friday Services

Friday 3rd April – 11am (United Service in South Oxhey Precinct)

Friday 3rd April – 2.30pm (Service at All Saints’ Church)

Please join us as we remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us as he suffered on the cross to save our sins. Good Friday is also one of the holiest days in our calendar and it is important that as Christians we all observe it seriously.

There is no Easter without Maundy Thursday or Good Friday.

Easter Day – Holy Communion

Sunday 5th April -10.00am

Come and join the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection . The service will start outside – beside Oxhey Chapel – with the lighting of the Pascal Candle from a fire. The lit candle will then be carried into the church symbolising the light of Christ coming into the world.

This will be an All Age service.

Our Easter Service will be followed by our Decorated Egg Competition and Egg Rolling Competition.

Easter Monday Pilgrimage to St. Albans Abbey

Monday 6th April

Walk to the Abbey, or meet us there for a picnic before the service of thanksgiving. Check out our Events page for more details.

Please join us at All Saint’s this Christmas and celebrate the birth of Jesus.

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All are welcome to join us at the following services:

Sunday 21st December at 5pm: Lessons and Carols in Oxhey Chapel

Christmas Eve at 4pm: Christingle Service with nativity play featuring puppets

Christmas Eve at 11:30pm: Midnight Mass

Christmas Day at 10am: Family Communion

Full details are on our Special Services page

It was really fantastic to meet Kristina and Pether this weekend who came over from our link church of S:t Olofs församling in Norrköping, Sweden. They visited ASCEND and explored our parish and the surrounding area and then joined us at our Breakfast Service on Sunday morning. These photos were taken by Kristina.

We’ve got lots of ideas on how to build our link and what we can learn from each other. Watch this space for further exciting news. In the meantime, why not visit their Facebook page and website to find out about all that goes on in their parish in Sweden.