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All Saints' Parish Church, Hertford

Welcome to the All Saints', Hertford website.

We hope you enjoy your visit and look forward to seeing you in person at one of our regular or special services or at one of our many concerts. We are known for the quality of our music, the preaching and the friendly welcome! All Saints' is usually open on Wednesdays between 12:00 and 2.30 pm (Concert 1.00-1.45) and Saturdays between 10:00 am and 2.00 pm if you would like to drop in.

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Service Pattern

	1st Sunday	2nd Sunday	3rd Sunday	4th Sunday	5th Sunday
8.00 a.m.	Holy Communion	Holy Communion	Holy Communion	Holy Communion	Holy Communion
10.00 a.m.	Morning Prayer	Parish Eucharist	All-age Communion	Parish Eucharist	Parish Eucharist
11.30 a.m.	Family Service
6.30 p.m.	Choral Communion	Choral Evensong	Choral Evensong	Evensong	Choral Evensong

This pattern changes slightly at special times of the year, such as Christmas and Easter. Full details are in the service lists

Junior Church meets in St John's Hall on the second and third Sundays. We leave Church after the opening hymn and go to St John's Hall, returning in time for a blessing during the Communion. There is a crèche in the meeting room at the back of church, along with (supervised) activities for younger children. On the first Sunday we all come to the Family Service at 11.30 a.m. which is a short service with special activities for children.

Members of our adult choir sing evening services by candlelight each Wednesday at 7:30 pm. during term-time. (Choral Evensong on first, and third , and Compline on the second, fourth and fifth.). These services have now finished for this term and will restart on Wednesday 10th September (Compline).

Holy Communion is also celebrated on Thursdays at 11:00 am.

Holy Baptism is held as required, usually twice a month, either within the Family Service or separately.

Current events

As well as our regular concerts, we have a number of special events over the coming weeks including:

A special service to mark the centenery of the founding of the Territorial Army will be held on Sunday 27th July at 10.15 a.m. The Parish Communion service will be held at 6.30 pm that day.
Our Family Service on August 3rd at 11:30 will explore Peter the Fisherman.
Our choir will sing Communion and Choral Evensong on Sunday August 3rd and then travel to Well Cathedral on Monday 4th to sing the daily services until Sunday 10th. Choral Services at All Saints will recommence on Sunday 7th September.
This year's Garden Evensong will be on Sunday 31st August at 6:30.
Our Family Service on September 7th at 11:30 will be A New Start.

Our Art Group meets on Thursday evenings 7:30-9:30 p.m - outside as the weather allows. More information here.
The regular series of meetings of the Mothers' Union and Women's Fellowship continue throughout the year.

And we are planning ahead too. A Christmas Tree Festival will be held over the weekend of 5th/6th/7th December at All Saints Church. We are planning to install 100 Christmas trees in the Church which will be sponsored and decorated by local businesses and organisations, or by individuals in memory of a loved one. The trees will be lit and the Church will be open over the three day period, with musical interludes, refreshments, craft fair etc. Money raised will go to the Isabel Hospice and All Saints Church. For further details, if you can help in any way or to sponsor a Christmas tree, please contact: Denise Dilley - 01992 587113.

About us

All Saints' ministers to the people living in the south side of Hertford and to a fair number from wider afield who choose to worship with us. In total we have some 300 active members. We encourage a thoughful approach to the Christian faith based on a sound knowledge of the Bible. We are a friendly church where all are welcome and Holy Communion is celebrated each Sunday.

All Saints' is also the civic church of the Town and County and hosts a number of special services for them each year. The church itself was built in 1895 replacing an earlier building destroyed by fire in 1892. We have a number of regular groups which meet throughout the month. More information about us can be found in the specific pages in this website.

Music and concerts

We are fortunate in having a strong and long established musical tradition. Our choir is one of the finest in the home counties and we have recently restored our 'Father' Willis organ. We enjoy a regular series of Wednesday lunchtime and Saturday concerts given by local and internationally known musicians. We are also fortunate to have been able to establish Choral Scholarships in conjunction with the University of Hertfordshire

How to find us

Like most churches we don't have a postal address. The nearest postcode is our vicarage which is SG13 8AE, this is on Churchfields just east of the churchyard. The church itself is situated alongside Gascoyne Way with road access off Queen Street. It can be found on Google maps here. St John's Hall is just to the East (left) of the church and we are in the process of getting a separate Google maps entry

Gascoyne Way is the A414, running from the A10 in the East to the M1 in the West via the A1(M) at Hatfield. All Saints' Church is a large red sandstone building, with a large tower, just south of Gascoyne Way (marked with a + on the map linked below). Turn off the A414 at the roundabout to the west of the church, turn left immediately into Hale Road, left again into Queens Road, turn right at the end and pass though the gates into the church car park. Alternative parking is available in the multi-storey car-park directly opposite the church - accessed via a slip road off the eastbound carriageway of the A414. Pedestrian access to the church is via Fore Street, Church Street (alongside the Salisbury Arms) and then via an underpass directly to the gates of the churchyard.

Click here for a map.