St Mark's Colney Heath

A wonderful time was had by all at The Gathering Summer Special in August!
The Gathering is our informal service for older members of the community and includes activities and tea! 🫖☕️🍰
Our next Gathering is 17th September 2pm-3:30pm please do join or share with anyone you think might be interested 😌

Some great times were had at this summer at our garden socials!
Thank you to all those who hosted and attended 💙🌟🩵 We look forward to running them again next summer ☀️

It was great to see so many young people having so much fun at The Big Lunch! 🎉😁🌟
Our next Big Lunch will be running on Tuesday 29th October 2024 - 12pm-2pm
*Save the date* 🗓️

Great to see our vicar Caroline getting so stuck into the activities 🎯🥎🎉
A big shout out and thank you to all the volunteers who made The Big Lunch possible! You are all fantastic 💙🌟🩵

We had a fantastic time running The Big Lunch last week! 🎉
There were loads of activities for children and families to get involved in and a lot of fun was had by all! 🎯🎨🏖️
Thank you to all those who came along and made the event such as success! 🌟 More photos to follow 📸

Zach P and some of his pals are washing cars on Monday to raise money for their Young Life Camp bursary 🚙🧽🪣
Bring your car along between 10am-2pm on Monday 29th July to St Marks Church carpark 🚙🚗🛻
Donation per vehicle 💵😌

We are delighted to invite you to our next Big Lunch taking place in August 🎉
Join us Tuesday 13th, Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th August 12-2.30pm 📲🗓️
You can enjoy lunch, games, craft and so much more!
Finishing with a puppet show, prizes and a thought for the day. 🎤🏆🥪

Join us to watch the final Euros match 🥅⚽️🎉
England to face Spain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸
8pm - Sunday 14th July - in the church building ⛪️

Some of our church members have had a fantastic day at Colney Heath Primary School for their Step Up Day! They worked with the Yr6 students to reflect on transition as they prepare to move to secondary school 🏫😌🎉

Had the best day with the most wonderful team of people! The final Step Up Day of the year was at Colney Heath primary school with a really lovely class of students 🌟🎉 Geoff started the day off with some very fun games 🎳 The rest of the day was a St Marks Church take over with everyone of the team being a member of the local church a complete Step win!

The students were fantastic as we thought through journeys, pondered friendship and explored their identity! The day finished with some brilliant questions in the Q&A and some thoughtful footprint reflections 👣

Helena :)

We had a brilliant time together as a church a couple of weeks ago!

We started our time together on the Friday evening at St Marks with dinner, a game, worship and our opening talk from Rev John Hookway 🍽️🧩🎵🗣️💙

Then on Saturday we were hosted by our friends at Christ Church Ware 🌟 We enjoyed breakfast together, followed by time in worship and a brilliant set of teachings to help us ponder and reflect on our faith 🙌🏼🙏🏼🙌🏼

We finished the day with a delicious bbq 🎉 Thank you to everyone at Christ Church Ware who gave up their day to serve us 🌟💙🩵

We have had a blessed week with Bishop Jane coming to visit is at St Marks which concluded with out 10:30 Morning Worship service today 🙏🏼🙌🏼🎉

Thank you to Bishop Jane for coming to visit us and for your kind words in this mornings service reminding us of the church family that we are, the warm welcome we offer to everyone who visits and all the work we do with young people 🌟💙🩵

If you missed the service, you can catch up by following the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/live/S3b2KU7Rb-4?si=gcRNlPW3NWdqH6xe

We had a brilliant evening with Bishop Jane last night 🌟🎉 She shared some wonderful and helpful insights about faith and faith in difficult times 🙏🏼✝️🙌🏼

You can catch up via the link: https://www.youtube.com/live/5Zvyxx16GzY?si=Lu5_shhHLnPe9HnV

We are very excited to have Bishop Jane visiting us this week 😌

There are a few events happening this week for Bishop Jane’s visit that you can come and get involved in 🎉

~ Meet Bishop Jane for tea/coffee and cake - 10-11am Thursday 18th April 🫖☕️🍰

~ An evening with Bishop Jane - 7:30pm Thursday 18th April 🌝🌟

~ Communion Service - 8:30am Sunday 21st April 🌻

~ Morning Worship Service - 10:30am Sunday 21st April 🌸

Everyone welcome, we would love to see you there 😌💙🎉

We had a brilliant time at The Big Lunch on Tuesday! It was amazing to see so many wonderful people at the event 🌟 There were some amazing crafts created, biscuits decorated, games played and much more! 🎨🍪🎯🧩🎭

Thank you to everyone who came along and to all the volunteers who helped make the event happen 🌟👏🏼🎉 Our additional thank you to our special guests for coming to visit us 🌟👏🏼🎉

We are passionate about investing in young people at St Marks! 🩵🌟💙
Our fantastic Youth Minister Shannon heads up a number of brilliant clubs/groups/activities during the week 🌟 None of which could run without all the super volunteers who give their time to help these happen 🌟👏🏼🎉
If you have a young person who is seeking a caring, fun and Christ centred church youth group to be part of then check out some of the different activities we have running during the week/month/year 😌 Everyone welcome 💙

We are delighted to invite you to our next Big Lunch event taking place on Tuesday 🎉🎉
Join us Tuesday 9th April 12pm-2:30pm 🗓️
You can enjoy lunch, games, crafts and so much more! Finishing with a short dive into the Easter story ✝️🐣🎉

Happy Easter from St Marks ✝️🐣🎉
We hope you have a blessed day 🙏🏼
Matthew‬ ‭28‬:‭2‬-‭6‬ ‭NIV
”There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men. The angel said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.“

British Summer Time -

British Summer Time Reminder A reminder that the clock 'spring' forward tonight at 2am. Join us for our 8.30am and 10.30am services (or just for coffee afterwards if you forget to adjust the clocks).

Easter week is coming up ✝️
You are so welcome to join us at St Marks for a number of Easter activities and services 🐣✝️🌷
Swipe across to see the different events and when they’re happening ➡️

St Mark’s Snowdrop Walk! The Conservation Group will be taking tours around the snowdrops in the Woodland Walk on Tuesdays 20th and 27th February and Thursday 7th March between 9.30am and 1pm. Refreshments available in the Church Centre.

Spring has sprung in our Woodland Walk!

St Mark's Newsweek -

St Mark's Newsweek All you need to know about what's going on this week, and beyond, in the life of St Mark's Church Colney Heath.