About Us
We have two church buildings - St Lawrence Church in Abbots Langley and the Church of the Ascension ('The Tin Church') in Bedmond, and we are part of the Deanery of Watford, within the Diocese of St Albans. We are also members of Churches Together in Abbots Langley, along with the Baptist Church, the Methodist Church, the Roman Catholic Church (St Saviour's) and another Anglican Church (St Paul's, Langleybury). We work well together, including worshipping together, especially at Festival times, and we organise various social events together.
There has been a church in Abbots Langley for over 850 years and in Bedmond for 130 years. We try to combine a sense of tradition with witnessing to the dynamic presence of God in his world today, and serving the communities of which we are a part. We are an inclusive church and are pleased to offer hospitality to everyone.
The two separate communities of Abbots Langley and Bedmond both have a good feel about them. The total population of the parish is about 14,000: at one end it merges into Watford and at the other into open farmland. You don't have to be in the area long to realise that it is the goodwill and community spirit which makes both villages good places in which to live, work and worship.
We are a Fairtrade parish and try to buy and to use fairly-traded goods whenever we can, and to encourage parishioners to do the same.
Stay and browse this website and get the feel of the life of our churches, what we do and why we do it - and we hope that one day we shall find you here with us to share our worship and our life.
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The coming week...
Weekly Leaflet
Monday 15th October
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
2.15 pm Tiny Tots in the Breakspear Room, St Lawrence
7.30 pm Ringing practice in St Lawrence tower
Tuesday 16th October
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
10.15 am Tuesday Coffee in the Breakspear Room, St Lawrence
5.15 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
7.00 pm Youth Club meets in the church hall
8.00 pm Mothers' Union meets in the Breakspear Room, St Lawrence
Wednesday 17th October
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
10.15 am Holy Communion in St Lawrence
11.00 am Quiet Reflection in St Lawrence
12.00 noon Bell Toll for WW1 soldiers: Leonard Dickinson, Albert Lee, Frank Morton
12.00 noon Home Communion at Abbeyfield
5.15 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
7.45 pm Choir practice in St Lawrence
Thursday 18th October
8.15 am Early Prayer in St Lawrence
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
12.00 noon Bell Toll for WW1 soldier Charles Bonner
5.15 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
Friday 19th October
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
10.00 am Craft Morning in the Tin Church
10.00 am AHAL Coffee in the Henderson Hub, Abbots Langley High Street
2.00 pm Craft & Conversation in the Breakspear Room, St Lawrence
5.15 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
No Youth Choir practice
7.30 pm 'Bedmond Past & Present' with refreshments in Bedmond Village Hall
Saturday 20th October
12.00 noon Bell Toll for WW1 soldier David Brown
2.00 pm Confirmation Preparation in the Breakspear Room
4.00 pm Burial of Ashes of Sarah O'Reilly in the Garden of Remembrance
6.30 pm Confirmation in St Albans Cathedral
Sunday 21st October - the Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity
8.00 am Holy Communion in St Lawrence
9.30 am Prish Communion with Creche and Seekers in St Lawrence
11.15 am Holy Communion in the Tin Church
12.30 pm Christening for Elsa and Heidi Moffatt in St Lawrence
12.30 pm Sunday Lunch Club in the church hall
4.00 pm Malawi Meetin in the Breakspear Room, St Lawrence
6.30 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
Monday 22nd October
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
12.00 noon Bell toll for WW1 soldier Hazeley George
2.15 pm Tiny Tots in the Breakspear Room, St Lawrence
5.15 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
7.30 pm Ringing practice in St Lawrence tower
Tuesday 23rd October
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
10.15 am Tuesday Coffee in the Breakspear Room, St Lawrence
1.00 pm Funeral of Jean Harris in St Lawrence followed by cremation
5.15 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
7.00 pm Youth Club meets in the church hall
8.00 pm Finance & Fundraising Committee meets in the Breakspear Room, St Lawrence
Wednesday 24th October
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
10.15 am Holy Communion in St Lawrence
11.00 am Quiet Reflection in the Corpus Christi Chapel, St Lawrence
5.15 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
7.45 pm Choir practive in St Lawrence
8.00 pm Bereavement Visitors meet in St Saviour's