Welcome to the Parish Church of All Saints, Chalgrave
Here you will be able to find information about the worship, activities, purpose, and the history of the Anglican Church in Chalgrave, which is part of the Diocese of St Albans within the Church of England.
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We are following the most recent advice from the Government and Church of England in connection with Coronavirus.
Please keep checking our website for up-to-date information.
We are following the most recent advice from the Government and Church of England in connection with Coronavirus.
Please keep checking our website for up-to-date information.
*Coronavirus Latest News - 24th March*
1. Our church buildings are closed for public worship and for private prayer.
2. Emergency baptisms can take place in hospital or at home, though subject to strict hygienic precautions and physical distancing as far as possible.
3. There can be no weddings in church buildings until further notice.
4. Funerals can only happen at the Crematorium or at the graveside. Only immediate family members can attend (if the crematorium allows) – that is, spouse or partner, parents and children, keeping their distance in the prescribed way.
5. All social/ fundraising events are cancelled for the time being.
1. Our church buildings are closed for public worship and for private prayer.
2. Emergency baptisms can take place in hospital or at home, though subject to strict hygienic precautions and physical distancing as far as possible.
3. There can be no weddings in church buildings until further notice.
4. Funerals can only happen at the Crematorium or at the graveside. Only immediate family members can attend (if the crematorium allows) – that is, spouse or partner, parents and children, keeping their distance in the prescribed way.
5. All social/ fundraising events are cancelled for the time being.
- “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength . . . Love your neighbour as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.”
- To protect the vulnerable amongst us, please do not leave your home except for essential trips.
- Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need help (see contact details below), or would like to request prayer or to chat to someone for support, especially if you are having to self isolate or observe social distancing.
Letter from Rev'ds Linda & Nigel Washington on 20th March 2020
Dear All,
We hope and pray that you are well in these challenging days and we send our love and prayers to you all.
In light of recent Government Corona Virus (Covid -19) guidance, and in line with advice from our Archbishops, it is with a heavy heart that we confirm that all services of public worship at Chalgrave Church are cancelled until further notice to protect the well-being and health of us all. There will be no Sunday service on Sunday 22 March and no Easter and Holy Week services, but we are called to come together as a church of prayer and action.
This dramatic announcement to cease public worship, includes Church midweek meetings, meetings in homes, and Sunday services. We are advised not to physically gather - but we can gather as part of community, in isolation, in our homes to pray each day when we all stop, pause, and pray: for those in the medical field, for those who are sick, for our Government, for our neighbourhood and for our neighbours and family. Shall we agree to stand together at 12 noon and 7pm each day to pray?
On any occasions when one or two of us meet, we are to adopt strict social distancing rules and to implement the hand-washing and no physical contact rules, and if we have any of the Corona Virus symptoms, to isolate immediately.
We will inform you as quickly as possible when the public worship situation changes and assure you of our deepest care and concern for you.
We have started planning how we might continue 'being church' during this crisis. Clergy are encouraged by the Church of England to include prayers for the church, and for the community, and beyond, during Morning Prayer each day. So, please, if you have any specific prayers you would like us to say to support you, do let us know via the contact numbers or emails below.
We are a caring church and keen to support those in need. Requests for help, support or prayer can be made to me or Nigel or via Sue, Margaret, Sandy or other church members (please see the contact numbers below). We are looking to ways to be involved with local community support groups. Dee Curtis, Church Warden at Toddington will be linking with Toddington village community groups like ‘Toddington Helping Hands’, so if you have time, resources or skill to offer, please let Dee know. We as church are keen to also support the local Tebworth council initiative as they reach out into the community.
For further information and updates about our response to the Corona Virus and for prayer and worship resources, please check online at: www.allsaintschalgrave.org.uk
There are further prayer resources and information at:
A Church Near You website www.achurchnearyou.com ,
The Church of England website https://www.churchofengland.org/ which has daily prayer and worship resources,
and the St Albans diocesan website www.stalbans.anglican.org
Information will be uploaded and updated over the coming days.
Ministers and pastorally trained members of Church are available to pray and chat with you by phone, and we are also looking to introduce other ways of 'social distance' communicating (Skype, What’s App and so on, depending on competence and facility). There are other options that we are also investigating as a means to make sure everyone is looked after and the Gospel continues to go out to the neighbourhood.
On Sunday at 7pm we are being asked by the Archbishops to show solidarity with others across the nation, by putting a lit candle in our windows to reflect the light of Jesus Christ, to shine out to all around, offering, as He does, love and an eternal hope. Please join us in doing this.
This is a defining moment for the Church of England. Are we truly a church for all, or just the church for ourselves? We encourage you to help us to be a special sort of church serving Chalgrave, Tebworth, Wingfield, Toddington and beyond, in these coming months: hopeful and rooted in Christ, shining forth to those around us in the offering of prayer and praise, and overflowing in generous service to the world.
Please, therefore, join us in this great challenge; and pray for our Government and nation, for each other, and especially for those who work in our health and emergency services.
Finally, put your hope in God, love one another deeply from the heart, look out for one another, as we become Christ's example in the community and in our homes.
with love in Christ and with our prayers
Linda and Nigel
Revd Linda Washington, Priest in Charge: 01525 714442 or 07715 603557 or email: revdchalgrave@gmail.com
Revd Nigel Washington, Associate Minister: 07722 297299 or email: nwashy2@gmail.com
Sue, Churchwarden at All Saints, Chalgrave: 07796 666174
Margaret, Churchwarden at All Saints, Chalgrave
Sandy, All Saints, Chalgrave PCC member: 01525 874748
Dee, Church Warden at Toddington: 01525 872649
Dear All,
We hope and pray that you are well in these challenging days and we send our love and prayers to you all.
In light of recent Government Corona Virus (Covid -19) guidance, and in line with advice from our Archbishops, it is with a heavy heart that we confirm that all services of public worship at Chalgrave Church are cancelled until further notice to protect the well-being and health of us all. There will be no Sunday service on Sunday 22 March and no Easter and Holy Week services, but we are called to come together as a church of prayer and action.
This dramatic announcement to cease public worship, includes Church midweek meetings, meetings in homes, and Sunday services. We are advised not to physically gather - but we can gather as part of community, in isolation, in our homes to pray each day when we all stop, pause, and pray: for those in the medical field, for those who are sick, for our Government, for our neighbourhood and for our neighbours and family. Shall we agree to stand together at 12 noon and 7pm each day to pray?
On any occasions when one or two of us meet, we are to adopt strict social distancing rules and to implement the hand-washing and no physical contact rules, and if we have any of the Corona Virus symptoms, to isolate immediately.
We will inform you as quickly as possible when the public worship situation changes and assure you of our deepest care and concern for you.
We have started planning how we might continue 'being church' during this crisis. Clergy are encouraged by the Church of England to include prayers for the church, and for the community, and beyond, during Morning Prayer each day. So, please, if you have any specific prayers you would like us to say to support you, do let us know via the contact numbers or emails below.
We are a caring church and keen to support those in need. Requests for help, support or prayer can be made to me or Nigel or via Sue, Margaret, Sandy or other church members (please see the contact numbers below). We are looking to ways to be involved with local community support groups. Dee Curtis, Church Warden at Toddington will be linking with Toddington village community groups like ‘Toddington Helping Hands’, so if you have time, resources or skill to offer, please let Dee know. We as church are keen to also support the local Tebworth council initiative as they reach out into the community.
For further information and updates about our response to the Corona Virus and for prayer and worship resources, please check online at: www.allsaintschalgrave.org.uk
There are further prayer resources and information at:
A Church Near You website www.achurchnearyou.com ,
The Church of England website https://www.churchofengland.org/ which has daily prayer and worship resources,
and the St Albans diocesan website www.stalbans.anglican.org
Information will be uploaded and updated over the coming days.
Ministers and pastorally trained members of Church are available to pray and chat with you by phone, and we are also looking to introduce other ways of 'social distance' communicating (Skype, What’s App and so on, depending on competence and facility). There are other options that we are also investigating as a means to make sure everyone is looked after and the Gospel continues to go out to the neighbourhood.
On Sunday at 7pm we are being asked by the Archbishops to show solidarity with others across the nation, by putting a lit candle in our windows to reflect the light of Jesus Christ, to shine out to all around, offering, as He does, love and an eternal hope. Please join us in doing this.
This is a defining moment for the Church of England. Are we truly a church for all, or just the church for ourselves? We encourage you to help us to be a special sort of church serving Chalgrave, Tebworth, Wingfield, Toddington and beyond, in these coming months: hopeful and rooted in Christ, shining forth to those around us in the offering of prayer and praise, and overflowing in generous service to the world.
Please, therefore, join us in this great challenge; and pray for our Government and nation, for each other, and especially for those who work in our health and emergency services.
Finally, put your hope in God, love one another deeply from the heart, look out for one another, as we become Christ's example in the community and in our homes.
with love in Christ and with our prayers
Linda and Nigel
Revd Linda Washington, Priest in Charge: 01525 714442 or 07715 603557 or email: revdchalgrave@gmail.com
Revd Nigel Washington, Associate Minister: 07722 297299 or email: nwashy2@gmail.com
Sue, Churchwarden at All Saints, Chalgrave: 07796 666174
Margaret, Churchwarden at All Saints, Chalgrave
Sandy, All Saints, Chalgrave PCC member: 01525 874748
Dee, Church Warden at Toddington: 01525 872649
Actions we can all take to continue Living God’s Love during the COVID-19 outbreak
Although we have had to suspend public worship for a time, we can still find new ways to pray, to worship and to serve with ‘generosity and joy, imagination and courage’.
Across our diocese, we can pray for our families, our neighbours, our local health workers and for all those charged with making difficult decisions at this challenging time. The Lord’s Prayer asks God to meet our daily needs and to protect us from evil. Why not pray it every time we wash our hands?
We are humbled by the extraordinary response of so many people and churches to love their neighbours at this time. Church members, along with people across the community, are contacting the isolated, picking up shopping and calming fears.
Meanwhile please join us in praying regularly:
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.
Church of England Prayer Resources
https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer
National Day of Prayer and Action - Mothering Sunday 22nd March
This coming Sunday, churches of all denominations across the country will be joining remotely in a national day of prayer and action. Everyone is encouraged to light a candle and place it in the front window of their house at 7.00pm this Sunday.
https://www.cte.org.uk/Articles/569010/Home/News/Latest_news/Light_a_candle.aspx?redirected=1
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