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 17th December
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
10.30 am Tannerswood School in St Lawrence
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 18th December
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 in the church hall
Wednesday 19th December
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
12.00 noon Home Communion at Abbeyfield
5.15 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
7.45 pm Choir practice in St Lawrence
Thursday 20th December
8.15 am Early Prayer in St Lawrence
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
5.15 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
6.00 pm Carols around the Christmas Tree at Bedmond
Friday 21st December
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
10.00 am Craft Morning in the Tin Church, Bedmond
10.00 am AHAL Coffee in the Henderson Hub, Abbots Langley High Street
2.00 pm Craft & Conversation in the Breakspear Room
5.15 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
6.15 pm Youth Choir in the Breakspear Room
Saturday 22nd December
8.00 pm Christmas Focus in St Lawrence
Sunday 23rd December - the Fourth Sunday of Advent
8.00 am Holy Communion in St Lawrence
9.30 am Parish Communion with Seekers and Creche in St Lawrence
11.15 am Holy Communion in the Tin Church, Bedmond
4.00 pm Nine Lessons & Carols in the Tin Church, Bedmond followed by mulled wine & mincepies
6.30 pm Nine Lessons & Carols in St Lawrence followed by mulled wiine & mincepies
Monday 24th December - Christmas Eve
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
1.30 pm Candlelight Service
2.30 pm Candlelight Service
3.30 pm Candlelight Service
4.30 pm Candlelight Service
6.00 pm Candlelight Service
11.30 pm Midnight Mass at the Tin Church, Bedmond
11.45 pm Midnight Mass at St Lawrence
Tuesday 25th December - Christmas Day
9.30 am Family Communion at St Lawrence
11.15 am Holy Communion at the Tin Church, Bedmond
Wednesday 26th December - Boxing Day (St Stephen)
No services today