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Holy Week and Easter 2024

Holy Week

Palm Sunday – 24 March

10am Sung Communion

Palm Crosses
Palm Crosses

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With the blessing and distribution of Palms and Palm Sunday Procession Recalling Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem

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Holy Monday – 25 March

7.30pm The Stations of the Cross, in church

This Service provides space for reflection on Christ’s final journey.

Holy Wednesday – 27 March

7.30pm Songs for the Journey, The Vicarage

Maundy Thursday – 28 March

7.30pm Liturgy of Maundy Thursday and ‘Watch of the Passion’

We recall the Last Supper and keep Watch – until 10.30pm.

Good Friday – 29 March

10am Ecumenical Walk of Witness

Christians from across the area give witness to this solemn day. Along the way we hear the events of the Good Friday, praying and singing as we walk. The Walk ends in prayer at the Methodist Church and refreshments are shared.

2pm Quiet Hour, Oxhey Chapel

With quiet music in church, take time to pause and pray in this Holy Day.

3pm Reflective Holy Communion, Oxhey Chapel

We share the bread and wine consecrated on Maundy Thursday evening – reminding us of Christ’s body and blood given for all.

Holy Saturday/Easter Eve – 30 March at 10am

Creating the Easter Garden Help to create the Garden at the front of the church and afterwards enjoy Hot Cross Buns!

Easter 2024

Easter Day – Sunday 31 March

The most important day of the Christian Year. We celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the gift of Eternal Life.

8am Easter Praise – Ecumenical Celebration

Gathered around a freshly lit bonfire, we hear the Resurrection Story, sing songs to celebrate the day and then enjoy hot cross buns together. This will be at All Saints’ with Christians from all the local churches.

10am Easter Day Holy Communion

The Great Feast of Easter is marked with the lighting of the new Easter Fire and the Paschal Candle, the Easter Garden is blessed and the new Easter Candle is welcomed into Church. During the Service all are invited to renew their Baptismal Vows and after the Service we’ll have an Easter Egg Hunt!

Easter Monday – 1 April

Easter Monday Pilgrimage to St Albans

9am – Meet at Carpenders Park Station to start walk
1pm – Picnic in the Abbey grounds
2.30pm – Parade into the Abbey
3pm – Service in the Abbey

Walkers leave from Carpenders Park to make their way to St Albans. Total walk is 11 miles, but there are a number of meeting places along the way, so if you want to meet us part way for a shorter walk, speak to Vik or Chris.

Others can catch a lift later in the day to share in the celebrations and Service at the Abbey in the afternoon. Please use the sign-up sheets at the back of church to indicate whether you plan to walk/cycle or would like a lift.

Lent Appeal 2024

This Lent, All Saints’ will be supporting Christian Aid’s (CA) Middle East Crisis Appeal to provide aid in Gaza and Israel.

In Gaza, 23,357 Palestinians have been killed. In Israel, 1,200 people have been killed and civilians have been forcibly taken. Some have been released in a deal brokered by Qatar.

CA partners in Gaza are responding as best they can: building mobile bathrooms, providing mattresses, medicines, emergency food, shelter. CA is also actively exploring ways in which it might also support Israeli civilians who’ve been directly impacted by the violence.

Each of our donations can make a difference to the lives of those affected. Donations can be made in church throughout Lent.

Lent 2024

Lent Appeal 2024

This Lent, All Saints’ will be supporting Christian Aid’s (CA) Middle East Crisis Appeal to provide aid in Gaza and Israel.

In Gaza, 23,357 Palestinians have been killed. In Israel, 1,200 people have been killed and civilians have been forcibly taken. Some have been released in a deal brokered by Qatar.

CA partners in Gaza are responding as best they can: building mobile bathrooms, providing mattresses, medicines, emergency food, shelter. CA is also actively exploring ways in which it might also support Israeli civilians who’ve been directly impacted by the violence.

Each of our donations can make a difference to the lives of those affected. Donations can be made in church throughout Lent.

Ash Wednesday – 14 February

10.00am Holy Communion with Imposition of Ashes
7.30pm Holy Communion with Imposition of Ashes

Beginning the journey
‘turn away from sin and be faithful to Christ’
Lent leads us towards the cross and as the Season begins we are marked with the cross with which we were signed at our baptism – a reminder of both death to life and life in death. The ash is made by burning the Palm Crosses which were blessed on Palm Sunday last year.

Watch and Pray

This booklet from the Church of England gives daily prompts as we consider the theme of waiting. Sign up in church to order a copy (£2.20). You can sign up for daily emails and download an App. Find out more here.

Sign-up in church to join a group and order a copy of the book (£9.59).

Lent Groups

Tuesdays at 7:30pm (in the Vicarage) starting 20 February,
Thursdays at 11.30am (in church) starting 16 February, and
Fridays at 8pm starting 9 February (house group)

We’re using the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent Book: Tarry Awhile: Wisdom from Black Spirituality for People of Faith. From the cover we read, ‘Tarrying is a Black Christian spiritual practice in which believers actively wait to experience the manifestation of God’s presence. It answers yes to the question Jesus once asked his disciples: will you tarry here and watch with me? Tarry Awhile provides fresh reflections on familiar biblical passages, and draws on personal stories, theology and the spiritual wisdom of ancestors who have gone before us.’

Wednesday 28 February

7.30pm Songs for the Journey, The Vicarage

World Day of Prayer – Friday 1 March

7:30pm at Carpenders Park and South Oxhey Methodist Church

World Day of Prayer is a women led, global, ecumenical movement. This year’s service is titled I beg you, bear with one another in love and has been prepared by the Christian women of Palestine. This is a united service with the churches of South Oxhey and Carpenders Park and this year is hosted by the Methodist Church.

Mothering Sunday – 10 March

10.00am Holy Communion

Passion Sunday – 17 March 2024

10.00am Holy Communion

12 Noon Lent Lunch

Raising funds for our Lent Charity – Christian Aid – Middle East Crisis Fund. Sign up in church.

January and February 2024

Canary Wharf Lights

Monday 22 January – leaving church at 6pm

We’ve booked a minibus for those who would like to go to see the light installations in Canary Wharf, leaving from church at 6pm, arriving back at around 10.15pm.

Please speak to Deborah to sign up on the list.

Table Top Sale

Saturday 10 February 2024 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.

Quiz Night

Saturday 24 February 2024 at 6:30pm

Join us for a fun quiz night.

Prixe includes a Cornish Pasty and Salad Supper, with sweet treats to follow! Bring you own drinks.

Tickets £10 per person, up to 8 people per table.

All welcome!

Songs for the Journey:
Reflecting on Psalm and Song

Wednesday 24 January and Wednesday 28 February 2024 at 7:30pm
and continuing every fourth Wednesday throughout the year

Join us for our new monthly sessions with conversation and reflection together on a Psalm and a Hymn for the Season.

In person at the Vicarage or on Zoom. Contact Deborah for more details.

Advent and Christmas 2023

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.

November 2023 at All Saints

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.

Pop-up Childrens Choir 2023

Children’s Pop Up Choir

Mondays 4pm-5:15pm from 6 November to 18 December

  • Open to children aged 8 to 11
  • Practices will be led by The Rev’d Deborah Snowball – Vicar of South Oxhey and Carpenders Park – former Primary School Music Teacher
  • A biscuit and drink will be provided on arrival
  • Parents are welcome to stay and wait
  • Children will need to be collected promptly at 5.15pm
  • We’ll be taking part/performing on the following occasions
    Saturday 25 November, 1pm: Christmas Craft Fair, All Saints’ Church
    Saturday 2 December, 11am: Christmas Fair, South Oxhey Market Place
    Sunday 17 December, 4pm: Christmas Carol Service, All Saints’ Church
    Wednesday 20 December, 4pm: Carol Singing, Pinewood Care Home – TBC
    Saturday 24 December, 4pm: Crib Service, All Saints’ Church

To book a place: Tel: 07804 292 367 or email: vicar@allsaintschurch.uk

October 2023 at All Saints

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.

Coming up in September

Here is what is coming up at All Saints’ this September.

Table Top Sale

Saturday 16 September 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.

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

Oxhey Chapel will be open.

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Pudding Party

Saturday 30 September 2023 at 6pm

The second of our All Saints’ All2Gether Event. Come along to our Pudding Party. We’ll have three types of pudding with games and quizzes including “Build Your Own Trifle”.

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

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Check our Events and Special Services pages for other upcoming dates this Autumn.

What’s in a name?

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!