The Codicote Vacancy ( 0.5 Welwyn Team Vicar with responsibility for Codicote) has now been advertised. We are looking for someone who:- can bring together and grow God’s Kingdom in Codicote- can bring returners and newcomers to St Giles’ church, through their welcome, friendship and teaching - can motivate others to lead, and encourage small groups of all ages to meet in friendship, bringing them into God’s house - can bring energy and enthusiasm to connect with, and get to know, all our parish community and new residents - will enable the parish to make the church-space a place for all, and inspire those who enter - will engage with the Diocesan vision, ‘Living God’s Love’ To read more about this post see the full advertisement : www.stalbansdiocese.org/vacancies/team-vicar-0-5-post-in-the-welwyn-team-with-responsibility-for-codicote/
Café Church meets at The Peace Memorial Hall, High Street, Codicote on the first Sunday of each month 10am – 11:30am. Hot drinks and freshly baked pastries are served with people sitting at café tables to eat, drink and talk with each other. All are welcome – there are activities for all ages and usually some craft for the young or young at heart to enjoy. It is a good chance to catch up with friends and also an opportunity to meet new people. It is still Church, but perhaps feels more relaxed in its coffee shop style setting. Each month has a theme planned by the Café Church Team. There is often a table challenge to try over breakfast – a topical quiz, word puzzle etc. We bring things together at around 10:30am with a short period of worship often including singing, short video clips, a mini talk and a time of prayer. Recently we asked people what they liked about Café Church. Alongside the very popular food and drink options, the strong sense of community, friendship, support, informal worship, craft activities and a chance to talk and think were all mentioned as being important to people. We are looking to build on this good foundation and will be using comments and suggestions to shape our future plans.During the next 6 months we will be digging deeper into the prayer of St Francis with a series of topics under the title THE POWER OF . . . . . . 4th February – LOVE see some photos here 3rd March – FORGIVENESS see photos here 7th April - FAITH see photos here 5th May – HOPE 2nd June – LIGHT 7th July - JOY Revisit this page to see what happens month by month.
The week before Christmas saw many people visiting St Giles. The Candlelit Carol Service had representatives from many village groups reading the lessons and an augmented choir of keen local voices leading the singing. Codicote Primary School Christmas Service filled the church twice in one day! See the report on facebook here Codicote Pre-School also came to celebrate Christmas in St Giles Church, bringing parents, grandparents and Father Christmas too! See the report on facebook here The church was beautifully decorated by our talented team of flower arrangers you can see photos of their creations here
Phase 1 of our church improvement project is almost complete. We now have a smaller more effective vestry, a full disabled toilet, chair storage, a kitchen and servery, and a larger circulation area.Now, of course, we turn our sights to phase 2, which is the sorely needed redecoration of the church.
