News & Events

WiLos Diary Date:  The next WiLos lunch is today, 11 January - please let either Angela or Frieda know after church if you are going to be on your own and you would like to join us.

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 8-25 January.  There is ONE BODY and ONE SPIRIT, just as you are called to the ONE HOPE.  Churches Together in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire have organised two Zoom prayer meetings for Christian Unity on 19 and 21 January at 8.00pm - join using the following link:  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84436613127?pwd=KSPFWaQDBMKaQlnlMcC0N3JUHo5KNn.1. 

OPALS (Older Persons Activity Learning and Safety) event on Tuesday 3 February at 10.00am, finishing at 2.00pm, at South Mills Arts Centre, 1-3 South Road, Bishops Stortford, CM23 3JG.  The aim of the OPALS event is to provide quality information about advice and help which is available within the local community on a wide range of services that aim to reduce the vulnerability of our senior citizens, to provide reassurance, safety and wellbeing support, and to reduce loneliness.  All guests will be seated and served refreshments and a FREE hot meal, and representatives from a variety of agencies will give advice and details of the services they offer.  It is a sociable event, and a great opportunity to meet other residents in the local area.  Agencies not giving talks will have stalls that you can visit, to get advice and collect some safety related information and freebies.  The event lasts around 4 hours; please arrive on time to ensure you do not miss out on the speakers or freebies on offer. The gift bags of “Act of Kindness” will be handed out at the end of the event.  All are welcome to attend, although the event is particularly targeted at our elderly citizens.  If you would like to attend, please contact Terry Morris, on 07740 670 642 or email: terry.morris@hertfordshire.gov.uk with names and contact information - spaces are limited so if you don’t want to miss out then please reserve a space quickly.

Help Needed 1-14 November!  Our next Jigsaw Festival will be on 14 November and the main organisers are Renee (from Isabel Hospice), Jane (who volunteers with the Food Bank) and myself (Frieda).  However, I am now unlikely to be available from 1-12 November, which is somewhat inconvenient!  Could you join our organising group and be the church contact for those two weeks leading up to the Jigsaw Festival, please? Do speak to me if you would like more details of what would be involved.  Many thanks.  Frieda

Stort Valley Schools Trust wish you a very happy New Year - may you find grace and peace as you step forward into 2026.  When we published our Christmas letter, there was so much we wanted to include that we thought it best to hold back a part of it until after the busy excitement of Christmas week.  So in the New Year newsletter sent last week there is news of a local project run by the Salvation Army in which we were privileged to take a small part, sharing love and hope at Christmas time.