Parish Prayers
Please contact us if you would like us to pray for you or someone you know.
Living God's Love - the Bishop of St Albans is encouraging us to:
- Go Deeper into God
- Transform Communities
- Make New Disciples
A prayer has been written for us to use in our homes and at meetings:
Living God,draw us deeper into your love;
Jesus our Lord,
send us to care and serve;
Holy Spirit,
make us heralds of good news.
Stir us, strengthen us,
teach and inspire us
to live your love
with generosity and joy,
imagination and courage;
for the sake of your world
and in the name of Jesus.
Amen.
There is plenty of opportunity to use St Lawrence for prayer during the week - the church is open between 9.30 am and 5.30 pm daily for you to find time quietly on your own, or you could join in the corporate prayer times, either formally or informally:
Morning Prayer is said each weekday at 9.30 am and Evening Prayer at 5.15 pm.
On Wednesday there is a time of Quiet Reflection at 11.15 am in the Corpus Christi Chapel in St Lawrence - an opportunity to sit and reflect on a few words of introduction by a team of leaders, both clerical and lay. This is followed by a service of Holy Communion at 12.00 noon, which in turn is followed by a light lunch in the Breakspear Room.
On Thursday between 8.15 and 8.45 am prayers are said specifically for the parish and community.
If you would like someone or a situation prayed for on a particular day then please make contact either via the contact us page or pop into the Church Office or come along to one of the prayer times.
There are candles in the church for you to light to remind you of a loved one as you pray for them - feel free to pop in any time the church is open; you can also leave a message so that others can pray with you, too.
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The coming week...
Weekly Leaflet
Monday 24th June
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
1.30 pm Burial of Ashes of Desmond & Joyce Dear in the Garden of Remembrance
2.15 pm Tiny Tots in the Breakspear Room
5.15 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
7.30 pm Ringers practice in St Lawrence tower
Tuesday 25th June
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
10.15 am Tuesday Coffee in the Breakspear Room, St Lawrence
12.30 pm Light lunch followed by Pilgrim Course on 'The Creeds' in the Breakspear Room
5.15 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
7.00 pm Youth Club meets in the church hall
7.00 for 7.30 pm MU Supper at Hunters
Wednesday 26th June
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
10.30 am Carers Network meets in the Methodist hall
11.15 am Quiet Reflection in St Lawrence
12.00 noon Holy Communion in St Lawrence followed by light lunch in the Breakspear Room
5.15 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
7.45 pm Choir practice in St Lawrence
Thursday 27th June
8.15 am Early Prayer in St Lawrence
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
5.15 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
Friday 28th June
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
10.00 am Craft Morning in the Tin Church
NO AHAL Coffee today
1.00 pm Ascension Acorns in the Tin Church
2.00 pm Craft & Conversation in the Breakspear Room, St Lawrence
6.15 pm Youth Choir practice in the Breakspear Room, St Lawrence
Saturday 29th June
4.00 pm Ordination of Priests (including the Revd Vanessa Kerswill) in St Albans Cathedral
Sunday 30th June - The Second Sunday after Trinity
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
11.15 am Ordination of Deacons (including Kate Carter) in St Albans Cathedral
12.45 pm Christening for Rachel Heard in St Lawrence
6.30 pm Taize Service in St Lawrence
7.30 pm Pilgrim Course on 'The Creeds' in the Tin Church
Monday 1st July
9.30 am Morning Prayer 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 2nd July
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
10.15 am Tuesday Coffee in the Breakspear Room, St Lawrence
12.30 pm Light lunch followed byPilgrim Course on 'The Creeds' in the Breakspear Room, St Lawrence
5.15 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
7.00 pm Youth Club meets in the church hall
Wednesday 3rd July
9.30 am Morning Prayer in St Lawrence
10.00 am Coffee Morning in the Tin Church
11.15 am Quiet Reflection in St Lawrence
12.00 noon Holy Communion in St Lawrence followed by light lunch in the Breakspear Room
5.15 pm Evening Prayer in St Lawrence
7.45 pm Choir practice in St Lawrence