Dear HBC family, It is good to greet you again, and to attach a resource which will accompany our ‘Facebook Live Prayer’ on Sunday at 10.30am and 6.30pm at our Church Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/hertfordbaptistchurch/. This is also a resource for reading, reflection and prayer … [Read more...]
Devotional Resources
During this time when church ministries have been suspended, you may be interested in exploring some different resources to encourage your prayer and life of discipleship. Take a look at this video from Andrew where he recommends a few resources you might want to check … [Read more...]
HBC Update 18.03.20
18.03.20 Dear HBC family, I’m writing again today to share more news about how we plan to facilitate opportunities for worship, prayer and community online and in other ways during our temporary closure. This is a very interesting exercise in being church in a different way – an exercise many … [Read more...]
HBC Update 17.03.2020
Take a few moments to watch this video from our Pastor, Andrew, with the latest update from HBC.. When you're there, if you click on the subscribe button and ring the 'notifications' bell, you'll be updated each time we upload a video. Thank you! … [Read more...]
Mad Hatters!
On Saturday 7th March we held another family event for families with children of primary school age. As always, older and younger siblings were welcomed and together with parents and carers, fun, games and activities were enjoyed by all. This time, all the activities centred around ‘hats’! We played … [Read more...]
HBC Youth Walk
On Saturday 25 th January 2020 10 young people, 4 adults and 1 dog headed into the Hertfordshire countryside for their belated New Year’s Walk. Luke, our trusty leader, guided us along footpaths and through plenty of mud until we reached our destination in Bengeo. Here we stopped for a … [Read more...]
Hollybush School Christingle Service
We were delighted to host Hollybush Primary School for their Christingle service today, during the last week of the term. It was lovely to have the whole school, staff, parents and friends participating in joyful singing and excellent reading. Fourteen children from across the school carefully … [Read more...]
Carols by Candlelight 2019
This Sunday saw another of our favourite Christmas traditions, the Carols by Candlelight Services. These two services see the Church bathed in the soft glow of dozens of candles (and some atmospheric lighting), whilst we enjoy either a traditional carol service, or a more family friendly version. As … [Read more...]
All Age Christmas Celebration 2019
In what is fast becoming a much loved HBC tradition, we recently had our interactive nativity service. This gives everyone a chance to dress up as their favourite nativity characters to recreate the Christmas Story. The story included plenty of actions, noises, lots of moving about and of course, … [Read more...]
Winter Baptisms
We were delighted to be able to celebrate the Baptism of two amazing young women at our morning service recently. For us, Baptism is a major step of faith where the candidates stand up and publicly declare their commitment in front of a gathering of friends and family. They told us the stories of … [Read more...]