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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 (
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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

CONGRATULATIONS
to Mother Brenda, who has been invited by the Bishop of St. Albans to become an Honorary Canon of the Cathedral and Abbey of St. Albans. She will be officially installed in her seat in the Abbey  during Evensong on May 26th,
She will then be officially known as, The Rev’d. Canon Brenda Tipping, or informally, Canon Brenda.

 Canon Brenda will be holding a weekly ‘Surgery’ at the Vicarage, Hamilton Close
South Mymms, on Saturdays from 10.00 am – 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.


May’s letter from Canon Brenda Tipping

In common with most organisations each parish in the Church of England is required to have an Annual Meeting. In this case called an Annual Parochial Church Meeting, which as well as being the gathering to elect committees and officers, is an opportunity to review the previous year.

The meetings for both parishes were held in April. Looking back, 2011 was a very busy year.  The year had barely begun when we discovered a major leak in the under floor pipes feeding the heating system at St. Margaret’s.  For quite a while we shivered our way through services with a few electric heaters: too many and the electric went off!  It was eventually mended, with the result that we have a nice warm church, attractive grids in the floor and a few other repairs and improvements too.  The wardens worked very hard to achieve this and the annual meeting gave us the opportunity to thank them.

At St Giles Church the long awaited kitchen and toilet and more accessible entrance were finally achieved, despite a few setbacks along the way. We’re all pleased with the final outcome. The back of the church looks lighter and more modern and yet fits perfectly into the ancient building.  Again we owe the wardens, and a small group of people who worked very hard throughout, a great deal of gratitude.

When I sat down before each meeting to think about the year, I was really quite surprised at how much had happened. Many people say you should never look back, but I think it’s important that we all do sometimes, to review what has happened, to take stock, learn from our mistakes and reconsider our goals. The season of Easter, which this year continues until Ascension Tide, is a good time, particularly for Christians, to look back on the past, but also to look forward with hope as celebrate the resurrection and ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Canon Brenda

Web site has been updated

 15th May, 2012