We extend a warm welcome to all our visitors, especially to the Rev Mervyn Terrett who will be leading our worship this morning.

Today’s collect: O God the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: we beseech you, leave us not comfortless, but send your Holy Spirit to strengthen us and exalt us to the place where our Saviour Christ is gone before, who is alive and reigns with you,  in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen

The New Church Hall – will be open for tea and coffee on Mondays (but not this bank holiday Monday) from 2pm to 4pm and on Fridays from 9am to 10.30am. All are very welcome to come, rest, see the lovely new hall and enjoy the view and a chat. Volunteers to help please contact Alison Draper – 01438 816874.

Help needed – to provide a welcoming cup of coffee in the hall for wedding guests on Saturday June 12th (yes Datchworth Fete day!), 12 noon to 1pm as the guests arrive and then 1.30pm to 2pm after the service. This is in support of hiring the hall to wedding parties as a way of raising funds to cover building and running costs. Please try to fit this in before dashing to help / spend at the fete – see Alison or call her on 01438 816874.

The New Church Hall Curtains – Have you seen them yet? Aren’t they great. A really big thank you to Linda & Mike Hall who donated the lovely material and to Diana Glanville and her All Saints curtain hemmers that made them.

And Now to Celebrate -  Don’t forget to put 1^st July 2004 at 7.30pm in your diary. The Bishop of Hertford will lead a service of dedication and thanks giving for our new hall to where we will retire after the service for a well earned celebration. Please let Bob King – 01438814147 or Anne Charles – 01438 812098 - know for catering numbers.

Open Gardens – to raise funds towards covering the cost of the new Church Hall – please note the date in your diary – Saturday and Sunday 26th and 27th June 2004. Volunteers needed to help with the catering and to make sponges and fruit cakes – please contact Jean Austin 01438 813846, Chris Hills – 01438 811627 or Anne Charles – 01438 812098.

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All those who have died, or who are bereaved.

All those who are ill or in need, their families and their carers, especially -  Ann Betts, Lillian Goodfellow, Emily Green, Jonathan Hawes, Michael Hughes, Hannah Hunt, Bob King, Anna Kray, Frances Noble, Thomas Rousell, Hannah Sharp, Eve Simpson, Ken Stoneman, Andrée Wright, Sharon and Irene.