St George of England Parish Church, TODDINGTON, Bedfordshire

Please join us in worship any Sunday Morning at 8am and 11am. A warm welcome awaits you.

L A T E S T     N E W S  -  Last Update On 25th January 2015 @ 08:00

Church Cleaning

Your help is very much needed this coming Saturday 31st January from 10am to clean and polish church. 
Lots of polishing, washing, brass cleaning (a nice sit down job!), sweeping, hoovering and dusting required, so please come along and donate some elbow grease to  banish the cobwebs and create a clean and welcoming worship space.  Please feel free to bring along rubber gloves, dusters, brushes, beeswax polish and any other magical ingredient from home.  Coffee, tea and pastries provided throughout the morning.  If you can stay into the afternoon then please bring a packed lunch too.   Thank you.   

Alban Pilgrimage

The Archbishop of Canterbury will lead our diocesan pilgrimage this year. A rare opportunity to hear him preach and meet him in person as we celebrate the life and witness of Britain's first Christian martyr St Alban! Saturday 20th June 2015

Dance Night

Our very own Strictly Come Dancing night was enjoyed by all with fantastic music, brilliant dancing, a great atmosphere and one or two naughty drinks!! If you would like to see some video clips of the event and even get a glimpse of our dear Rector dancing then click on this link to my YouTube Channel.

Thank you to everyone who attended and special thanks to Glenis Turner and Patricia Keymer for helping to set up and keeping us all refreshed with food and drinks and thanks also to Paul Horsler, Josh Halsey and TADS for the loan of the lighting and sound equipment.

We are planning another similar event in the new year so watch this space.
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Model of St George's finds its way home to Toddington from Stratford-upon-Avon
This stunning model of St George of England Church, Toddington was created by artist Ray Phillips in 1997.

It shows beautifully the church in its glory standing proud as it has done for many centuries. It took Ray 250 hours to create the model and has been made entirely out of used wood. 

Further pictures of the model are available by clicking here

ANNUAL REPORT 2014

Please click here to view St George's Annual Report 2014

BAPTISING NEW DISCIPLES

St George's welcomed three new disciples to the family of God on Saturday 17th May.

Niamh, Amy and Arran joined a packed church of family, friends and witnesses to see them baptised followed by a baptism party in the Wilkinson Hall.

We all welcome them to our church and to the family of God.

MAKING NEW DISCIPLES

This year's baptism and confirmation preparation sessions for adults will begin on Wednesday 14th May 7:45pm at the Rectory, 41 Leighton Road. If you would like to join the group or would simply like to know more about the Christian faith, then please give your name and contact details to Anne.
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CONGRATULATIONS

to Toddington St George Church of England School on gaining a Silver RE Quality Mark award.

Schools achieving the SILVER award are those where:

  • there is high quality learning in RE which is recognised across the school
  • learners speak very highly of their experiences in the subject
  • the department shares its high quality strategies for learning with other colleagues in the school
  • the subject contributes to whole school improvement.
www.reqm.org
Sunday Evensong
Would you like to see the re-introduction of a monthly Sunday Evensong service at St George's? Why not cast your vote by clicking here.

Choir Auditions
Would you like to join the new Choir at St George's?
Don't worry you don't need to be a Robbie Williams or Leona Lewis... but you
never know, you could end up being a pop star one day!! Click here to find out
more.
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St George of England Parish Church of Toddington, Bedfordshire
DID YOU KNOW...

St George's Church was dedicate to St George in the year 1222.

There used to be a Motte and Bailey Castle at Toddington (Congar Hill) and Chalgrave.

St George is not just the patron saint of England, of course – notably, he’s also
the patron saint of Georgia, Germany, Portugal, Palestine and lepers, among
many others. 

He was probably a soldier and died in Palestine for his faith c303AD and the
Church remembers him every year on 23rd April.
St George of England Parish Church, Church Square, Toddington, Bedfordshire, LU5 6BP.
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