Past Events

  A day of prayer and fasting for the nation. Given the pandemic and its consequential impact the nation is being called to pray together on Friday 22nd January. The aim of the National Day of Prayer is to inspire churches across the nation to take some time on Friday the 22nd to pray for our nation as it faces one of the deepest crisis’ in recent history. We want to collectively, stand before God in prayer, cry out to Him, asking…

A Revolution in Nuclear Energy – Hope in the Climate Crisis Modern nuclear energy can help us fight climate change. Modern nuclear energy based on molten salt reactors: 100% safe Uses as fuel the existing long lasting nuclear waste reducing the storage time from 100,000 years to 300 years 400 years’ worth of fuel in UK at current demand levels As cheap as renewables No weapons grade by-products. Don’t believe it? Then come along to a presentation about the latest…

Churches Together in Marshalswick have a Sunday evening Lent series, with a range of speakers including the Very Revd Dr Jeffrey John who has just left St Albans for the Anglican Chaplaincy in Paris. Full details of the speakers are in the attached flyer. It will be by Zoom starting at 6:45pm on each Sunday in Lent. 21st February -The People 28th February -The Romans 7th March - The Thieves 14th March - His Followers 21st March - Ourselves Zoom…

The nation will join together on Tuesday, 23 March for a National Day of Reflection, organised by Marie Curie, and for Christians, this will be a day to both reflect and pray. Across the country, churches are invited to be prayerful one year on from the start of the first lockdown. There will be a minute’s silence at 12 noon followed by a ringing of church bells and later a doorstep vigil at 8pm. The National Day of Reflection looks…

Come Together Online To Pray Thy Kingdom Come – 19th May at 7.30pm   All are welcome to join in prayer online in an event facilitated by Rev. Dr David Chapman, Chair of the Methodist District there will be a short service of prayer led by Bishop Paul McAleenan of the Catholic Diocese of Westminster with the support by the Venerable Dave Middlebrook, Archdeacon of Bedford and Dr Lynn Bassett. Following the short service there will be a time of…

Save the dates: Sunday 23 May – Sunday 6 June 2021 All about living sustainably and protecting the environment – across St Albans, Harpenden and villages. Plans are now underway to make #SustFest21 #Covid-safe, flexible and community focused. It’s our district – we love it! And we want to make it sustainable for generations to come.

The social and political activity of the Russian Orthodox Church. Dr Ruth Deyermond, Senior Lecturer in Post-Soviet Security in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London,  will be speaking about the social and political activity of the Russian Orthodox Church, including its social doctrine, its relationship to the Russian government’s policies concerning values and national identity, and its role in creating and sustaining links to Russians outside Russia’s borders. The meeting will take place on line as a Zoom…