St Laud's Church
Rector:
Rev Mandy Marriott Sherington Rectory, School Lane, Tel: 610521
| Curate: | Rev Pamela Fielding | 4 Griggs Orchard, Tel: 616763 |
| Lay Reader: | Prof John Fielding | 4 Griggs Orchard, Tel: 616763 |
SCAN Churches Administrator:
| Jan Weatherley | Tel: 01234 391387 |
Churchwarden:
| Mr Emlyn Williams | 19 Filgrave, Tel: 01234 712343 |
| Organist: | Mr Robert Lawrence | |
Secretary of Church
Committee: | Vacancy | |
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Services in March/April 2012
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- Services at St Laud's in March and April 2012 are as follows:
- 11 March, 9.30am - SCAN Said Communion
- 17 March, 12.30pm - Lent Lunch - Village Hall
- 18 March, 9.30am - SCAN Service of Holy Communion
- 18 March, 6pm - SOUL SPACE
- 25 March, 9.30am - Parish Prayers
- 6 April, Good Friday, TBA am - CAFE CHURCH Easter Workshop
- 8 April, 9.30am - Easter Family Celebration with Holy Communion
- Services are also held at the other SCAN churches.
- Easter Lilies - If you would like a lily placed in the Church in memory of a loved one, please contact Jill Burgess (Tel: 611163) or Ella Field (Tel: 610560) by 28 March. Cost £3 per name.
- Afternoon Tea will be available on Fridays from 27 April 2012 in the Church, to raise funds for both Church and School. Further details
- Services at St Laud's in December 2011 and January 2012 are as follows:
- 4 December, 10am - 12 noon Advent Workshop
- 11 December, 9.30am SCAN Service of Holy Communion
- 11 December, 6pm SCAN Parish Carol Service
- 18 December, 9.30am SCAN Service of Holy Communion
- 24 December, 11.30pm SCAN Christmas Night Service of Holy Communion - Christmas Eve
- 25 December, 9.30am SCAN Family Service
- 8 January, 9.30am SCAN Service of Holy Communion
- 15 January, 9.30am SCAN Service of Holy Communion
- 15 January, 6pm SOUL SPACE - watch a DVD, discover St Mark's Gospel, plus coffee and cake
- 22 January, 9.30am Parish Prayers - in the meeting room
- 29 January, 11am SCAN Morning Service with guest speakers from Bridgebuilder Trust and a guest band
- Services are also held at the other SCAN churches.
- In December 2011, St Laud's District Church Council issued a letter appealing for funding. Read it here.
- Contact Ella Field (4 Park Road, Tel: 610560) if you would like to sponsor the floodlighting of St Lauds over Christmas and the New Year. Costs are estimated at about £3 per day. A list of sponsors will be displayed in church.
- Services at St Laud's in April to June 2011 are as follows:
- 3 April, 6pm SCAN Evensong
- 10 April, 11am SCAN Service of Holy Baptism
- 17 April, 9.30am SCAN Service of Holy Communion - Palm Sunday
- 24 April, 9.30am SCAN Service of Holy Communion - Easter Sunday
- 1 May, 6pm SCAN Evensong
- 8 May, 9.30am SCAN Service of Holy Communion
- 15 May, 9.30am SCAN Service of Holy Communion
- 5 June, 6pm SCAN Evensong
- 12 June, 9.30am SCAN Service of Holy Communion
- 19 June, 9.30am SCAN Service of Holy Communion
- Services are also held at the other SCAN churches.
- The church has a central tower, which has a height of 62ft. Parts of the church building date back to the 13th Century, eg: the north arcade and part of the inside of the tower.
Other sections are from the 'Decorated' and 'Perpendicular' periods, ie: 1290-1350 and 1350-1530. Parts of the nave and aisle roofs retain their late medieval timbering.
- The font is from the late 14th Century, whilst the pulpit is early 18th Century. The brass chandelier in the nave was donated in 1783 by George Rose.
There is a stained glass window in the south aisle by Hardman, 1885. The half-timbered Lychgate was built in 1870.
- The Sherington Historical Society has lots of information, photographs and tours of the inside and outside of the Church in the St Laud's section of its web site.
- There are 7 photographs of the church in the Sherington Photo Album.
- Dr Kevin Quick of the Open University has 2 photographs of St Laud's Church in his collection of Buckinghamshire church and village photographs:
http://www.countyviews.com/bucks/church3.htm#S.
