About Us
Welcome to The Beane Valley Benefice
‘We are pilgrims on a journey,
fellow travellers on the road;
we are here to help each other
walk the mile and bear the load.’
The Beane Valley Benefice is a group of five village churches between Stevenage and Hertford: St Mary’s Aston, St Andrew’s Bramfield, St Mary’s Stapleford, St Michael and all Angels Waterford, St Andrew and St Mary’s Watton at Stone.
We are part of the Diocese of St Albans www.stalbans.anglican.org committed to ‘Living God’s Love’ in our communities.
SUNDAY SERVICES are listed in the monthly Parish News, weekly newsletter, and on each of the churches’ websites. Details of our Zoom evening services and weekly Tuesday bible study are also listed there.
To receive an email ‘Thought for the Day’ or the weekly newsletter email Revd Canon Jenny Gray [email protected]
Churches are OPEN as listed on each church website, along with contact details for the churchwardens.
Our beautiful historic churches are special places to mark the important events of our lives: for WEDDINGS and Banns enquiries please email Pauline: [email protected]
For Baptism (Christening), Funerals, Blessings, Confirmation, general Pastoral enquiries please contact Revd Canon Jenny: [email protected] 01920 830035 Mondays are my usual day off.
Children are welcome in all our churches. We have strong links with our village Church of England Schools who are involved in Church life through weekly collective worship, special services in church and visits. We have adopted the Diocese's Safeguarding policies and practice. Safeguarding contact: Tim Alexander [email protected] 01438 880519
To help with flower arranging, church cleaning, churchyard working parties and special events please contact the churchwardens
‘Friends’, Bellringers and Choirs are listed (where applicable) on each church website.
Food for local Food Banks can be brought to church or left at the Rectory, Church Lane, Watton at Stone SG14 3RD or at individual churches. Church and village events are reported in the monthly Parish News.