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Welcome to the website for St Giles’ Church, South Mymms
and St Margaret’s Church, Ridge in the Diocese of St Albans
 and the Barnet Deanery (Click here for website)

Click on the relevant Church link at the left to go to its own Webpages

The Rev’d Brenda Tipping MA is Honorary Priest-in-Charge of both parishes
 The Vicarage, Hamilton Close, South Mymms, Herts EN6 3PG
Fax/minicom: 01707-643 142 E-mail: brendatipping@fsmail.net
Text Brenda on 07780-535 035,
 

Click here to read an overview of the two parishes of the Benefice

 Rev’d Brenda will be holding a weekly ‘Surgery’ at the Vicarage,Hamilton Close
South Mymms, on Saturdays from 10.00am – noon.
For anyone who wishes to speak to her. No appointment necessary
 

Brenda is always happy to receive requests for prayer, or for a listening ear, whether on an occasional or a regular basis. It would be helpful, where possible, if contacts about non-urgent matters could avoid Wednesdays and Thursdays - but of course contact her at any time when necessary.  And she would be grateful to be told about illnesses or other emergencies affecting people living in the parishes.

A July and August letter from Rev’d Brenda Tipping

It feels as if each time we go shopping the cost of the basic staple items, that we need to buy each week, has soared. Every time we go to fill up the car another penny has crept on to the price of a litre of fuel. As this time of year when people are thinking about relaxing and going away for a break it’s a very depressing thought that you may have to rein back the expenses.  Families with young children will be wondering how to cope with the long summer holiday on a shrinking budget.  I’m sure that older people on fixed incomes will be getting concerned too, about how to make ends meet.

There are no magic answers, I wish there were, but I think we have to remember that we’ve been here before, it’s not so very long since there was a severe shrinking of the economy and many of us were forced to manage with less than half of the income we’d been used to but we coped and were often very proud of our resourcefulness. You can get a real buzz of achievement from making something out of very little.

This morning the children from St Giles School came into church for their regular service. The theme was travelling; we talked about the journey of life. I asked what the children thought they needed to have within themselves for their journey; they gave me wonderful answers – love, respect, honesty, courage, care and faith. The fact that they know that they need those things, means that the seeds are already planted and growing within them.

While we have such values in our hearts, we will cope with shortages of material things even if it does get difficult at times. 

Revd Brenda

 

Website updated on 21st July, 2008