Cassiobury and nearby Community Choir (CanCC) performed their Summer Concert at St Luke’s Church on 19th July. This year the concert comprised songs on a weather theme and included classics like ‘Bring me sunshine’ and ‘Raindrops keep falling on my
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Young People’s Takeover Service
On Sunday 12th July the Young People’s Takeover Service was on the theme of ‘God never takes a holiday’. The children and young people led the entire service: music and worship, quiz, prayers, Bible readings and short presentations. We heard
Father’s Day Service
The Uniformed Organisations joined the St Luke’s congregation for the Father’s Day Service on 21st June. Youth Director, Neil Brookes, used clips from the film Despicable Me to illustrate the power that love has to change people for the better.
Celebrating 20 Years of God’s Goodness at St Luke’s
Through the weekend of Friday 8th May to Sunday 10th May, St Luke’s celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the ‘new’ St Luke’s church building. Friday: A cream tea to remember Visitors were welcomed to beautifully laid tables with floral arrangements, china
80th Easter Monday Pilgrimage to St Albans Cathedral – HOPE!
This year’s pilgrimage can be summed up in four words: sunshine, bluebells, eggs and of course HOPE. On 6th April six St Luke’s pilgrims and ‘Chester’ the spaniel set out from St Luke’s on a new route of approximately 8 miles
Mothering Sunday Takeover Service
Our St Lukes Watford children and young people, along with Guides and Scouts led a great Takeover Service for Mothering Sunday – featuring talks from young people, leading worship, dramas, daffodils for all the women in the service – and
Amazing Miracles!
In January and February six plays on miraculous events in the New Testament book of Acts were performed in the morning services. The plays involved 45 actors, a Costume team, Props team, AV team and the Cassiobury and nearby (Can)
Cleo and Melody’s Charity Badge Cake Sale
On Sunday 15th February, Melody and I had a cake sale at church as part of our charity badge for Brownies. The charities we decided to raise money for were Mencap and Macmillan Cancer Support. We advertised the cake sale
New Wine Women’s Day: Reset 2026
Ten ladies from St Luke’s attended Reset 2026 at Christ Church Barnet on Saturday 7th February, while three more went to St Paul’s Ealing. The day at Christ Church Barnet began with worship led by an amazingly talented worship band who were
Young People Take Over Morning Service
On Sunday 14th December, the young people of St Luke’s ambushed the Vicar as he was introducing the morning service and led him away to return at the end of the service. Thus began the Young People’s Takeover Service, entitled
New Banner
A stunning new banner adorns the Gathering Area at St Luke’s. Creative Space members have made leaves, animals, birds and fish to adorn a ‘Tree of life’ banner. The banner depicts the tree of life from the New Testament book
Christmas Pudding Evening 2025
St Luke’s annual Christmas Pudding making event took place on Friday 14th November, with about 60 puddings being made during the evening. It turns out that we have delivered a recipe, not only for a delicious pudding (thank you to
Remembrance Sunday
On Sunday 9th November, the uniformed organisations joined the congregation for a parade service. During his talk, Neil Brookes, Youth Director, played a moving short soundtrack of the moment the guns fell silent when the First World War ended. The
Open Doors Advocacy
Open Doors Advocacy Rep for Watford constituency and member of St Luke’s, Michelle Ephraimson, met Watford’s MP, Matt Turmaine, on 24th October. They talked about Open Doors advocacy work on behalf of persecuted Christians around the world. Michelle said after
St Luke’s has a new Reader
On 28th September at the Readers’ Annual Celebration Service at St Albans Cathedral, with Bishop Jane of Hertford officiating, Simon Trundle was admitted and licensed as a Church of England Reader (or ‘licensed lay minister’). Simon said after his licensing,
Single Friendly Church
St Luke’s has completed the single friendly church audit compiled by the Single Friendly Church Network (SFCN) which means we can register as a single friendly church. At the beginning of 2025, St Luke’s began the journey towards becoming a
Deep Sea Divers Summer Holiday Club
St Luke’s had the privilege of running a four-day summer holiday club, 5th–8th August, with the highest ever attendance of 75 children. This year’s theme was ‘Deep Sea Divers’ based on material produced by Scripture Union. It focused on Matthew’s
Community Choir Summer Concert
Cassiobury and nearby Community Choir (CanCC) gave their summer concert on Saturday 19th July in St Luke’s Church. Titled, ‘America – Songs from across the Pond’, the choir performed 16 great American songs, including classics such as Moon River, the
40 Not Out!
On Sunday 6th July St Luke’s celebrated cricket enthusiast Revd Michael Norman’s 40 years of ordained ministry with a presentation of gifts and a church family lunch which included a big cake. Church Warden Susan Miller said how grateful St
The Sound of Musings
Revd Bryony Wood visited St Luke’s over the weekend of 14th–15th June to share some reflections from her book, The Sound of Musings. Published in 2024, The Sound of Musings was aptly timed to tie in with the 60th anniversary
Pastel and Painting Workshop at Creative Space
In May, around 40 ladies met for a morning workshop of watercolour painting and oil pastel artwork Following what was described as a ‘yummy’ breakfast and a five-minute reflection on the hymn ‘What a friend we have in Jesus’, everyone
VE Day 80 Lunch
On Sunday 4th May, St Luke’s Church family joined together for a special lunch to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day The Church Hall was decorated with bunting and the tables were decked out in red, white and blue, and
Joy at the Easter Monday Pilgrimage 2025
“Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son, endless is the victory thou o’er death hast won.” This is such a rousing hymn, and none more so than when sung in St Albans Cathedral on Easter Monday, with dogs joining in, and
Bring & Share Lunch and Afternoon Recital
Developing our life as a church family with Bring & Share Lunches The first Bring & Share Lunch of 2025 was on Sunday 9th March. About 60 people attended, including a few children, and we helped ourselves to quiche, cold
World Day of Prayer 2025
A service for everyone If you are familiar with Circle Time, you will understand how good it is to have the opportunity to talk with others about our experiences, without fear of interruption, but in small bursts. Clutching a conch