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 18th March
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
11.30 am CTAL Lent group in the Tin Church, Bedmond
12.00 noon Funeral of Sheila Whitton in St Lawrence followed by cremation
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
8.00 pm MAP Steering group meets at 60 Abbots Road
Tuesday 19th March
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
7.30 pm CTAL Lent group in the Baptist Church
8.00 pm Parochial Church Council meets in the Breakspear Room, St Lawrence
Wednesday 20th March
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
10.30 am Home Communion at Abbeyfield
11.15 am Quiet Reflection in the Corpus Christi Chapel, St Lawrence
12.00 noon Holy Communion in the Corpus Christi Chapel, St Lawrence followed by soup in the Breakspear Room
2.00 pm CTAL Lent group in the Breakspear Room, St Lawrence
5.15 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
7.30 pm Choir practice in St Lawrence
Thursday 21st March
8.15 am Early Prayer in St Lawrence
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
5.15 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
7.30 pm CTAL Lent group in St Paul's Vicarage
7.30 pm CTAL Lent group in the Methodist hall
8.00 pm Mothers' Union meets in the Breakspear Room
Friday 22nd March
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
10.30 am CTAL Lent group in St Saviour's Rooms
12.00 noon Funeral of Winifred Shirran at the Crematorium
1.00 pm Ascension Acorns in the Tin Church
2.00 pm Craft & Conversation in the Breakspear Room
5.15 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
6.15 pm Youth Choir practice in the Breakspear Room
Sunday 24th March - The Third Sunday of Lent
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
12.45 Christening for Osian Shepherdson in St Lawrence
6.30 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
Monday 25th March
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
10.20 am Funeral of James Johnston at the Crematorium
11.30 am CTAL Lent Group in the Tin Church, Bedmond
2.15 pm Tiny Tots in the Breakspear Room, St Lawrence
2.30 pm Mothers' Union Lady Day Service in St Peter's, Bushey Mill Lane, Watford
5.15 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
7.30 pm Belling ringing practice in St Lawrence tower
Tuesday 26th March
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 Group in the church hall
7.30 pm CTAL Lent group in the Baptist Church
Wednesday 27th March
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
10.30 am Carers Network in the Methodist hall
11.15 am Quiet Reflection in the Corpus Christi Chapel, St Lawrence
12.00 noon Holy Communion in the Corpus Christi Chapel,St Lawrence
2.00 pm CTAL Lent group in the Breakspear Room, St Lawrence
5.15 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
7.45 pm Choir practice in St Lawrence