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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 10.00 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.

September letter from Rev’d Brenda Tipping

Half a century ago I was a very keen Girl Guide, I’d spend most of my summer holidays hiking or camping and even today there are some things that I do and I realise that I learned how to do them as a Guide, it was a good foundation for many aspects of life, including accepting discipline.  Something that seems to be engraved on my heart from those days is the Guide motto ‘Be Prepared’ for the most part that seems to be interpreted as always having a safety pin to hand, and I confess that a search of my handbag would reveal that I am prepared for most eventualities.  As well as the basic handbag essentials you’d find a torch, a Swiss Army knife and even the tiny clothes brush that I carried in the pocket of my Guide uniform all those years ago.

As I’ve gone through life though, I’ve learned that being prepared means much more than simply having the right equipment to hand. It’s more about a state of mind, a readiness to act in the best way that we can in the interests of those in need. It may mean supporting others and going to their help in a crisis, it may mean helping to deal with an emergency that we find ourselves confronted with.  Sometimes those emergencies are not close at hand and it may mean supporting, through giving and praying, people who are hundreds of miles away, and whom we will probably never meet, people suffering in floods, earthquakes and the failure of harvests.

Being prepared may also mean having an open mind and being prepared to consider the opinions of other people, taking on board their values, and possibly changing our own opinions.  Being prepared to be flexible is a sign of maturity, and changing our minds is not a sign of weakness.  Listening to the views of other people is one of the greatest gifts that we, as human beings have, may we always be ready to use it wisely.

Revd Brenda

 

Web site updated on 30th August, 2010