Friends of St Mary's Baldock

23/04/2026

LaLuke - Letchworth Ukulele Group - Saturday 25th April at 2pm. Free entry (donations for the church hall restoration fund). Refreshments provided.
Come and join us!

29/10/2025

We are delighted to announce that £3,000 has been donated to the Friends of St Mary's from the Balstock committee! The donation will go towards the restoration of our beloved church hall, following the vandalism last year. As you can see, work is already underway! Thank you to to the committee for choosing our church hall restoration project as one of the beneficiaries and to everyone who supported Balstock this year and made this donation possible.

18/07/2025

News from St Mary’s Church – the final push!

Our campaign to raise the funds required to repair the damage to the church hall following the mindless act of vandalism last July remains in full flow. We aim to begin the first phase of the work in September 2025.

How can you help?

With your help, we can raise the final £30,000 needed to start work on restoring our church hall. We have a generous offer to match fund any donations which will help us to reach our target – which means we only need to find another £15,000. If we achieve this by the end of July, we’ll be able to start the work in the autumn!

By match funding your donation, and with gift aid, we can make over double what you have given: this means that if you give £10, we can turn this into £22.50. If you give £500, this will become £1,125!

Donating is easy!

To donate, click on this link: https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/donation/project

If you have any queries or would like further information on the work of Friends of St Mary’s, please contact: [email protected]

04/05/2025

25/04/2025

We did it! All 24 miles of it!

Easter Monday Pilgrimage from Baldock to St Alban's Cathedral
Thank you to everyone who sponsored and / or supported us on our pilgrimage from St Mary’s Baldock to the Abbey on Monday. Thanks to your generosity, we raised over £1,400! Despite setting off in the rain at 5am, we completed the 24 miles with about 10 minutes to spare…

If you haven’t yet donated and would like to, there is still time. Any donations will help towards the work of the repairs and well as additional work to make the hall a welcoming, safe, accessible and sustainable space for everyone who uses it.

https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/easter-monday-pilgrimage

18/04/2025

Good luck to the team who are walking the 24-miles from St Mary the Virgin, Baldock to St Alban’s Cathedral on Easter Monday to raise funds for the church hall following the vandalism last year. You can sponsor them using the link in the article.

Four brave travellers from Baldock are embracing a 24-mile walk from their church, St Mary's, to St Albans Cathedral next Monday, 21 April as part of the Easter Monday Pilgrimage. Following severe damage caused by vandalism last summer to their church hall and grounds, the group are raising money to help with essential restorations. Read the full story and hear from those taking part here: https://www.stalbansdiocese.org/news/24-mile-walk-from-baldock-to-st-albans-as-part-of-the-easter-monday-pilgrimage/

🙌 Well done walkers from Baldock, wishing you and all the other pilgrims on Monday all the best and looking forward to seeing you at the cathedral!

👉 Not sure what the Easter Monday pilgrimage is all about? Find out through the link in the news story above, we'd love to see you there!

15/04/2025

Help us to raise funds to repair our church hall after vandalism last summer.

https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/easter-monday-pilgrimage

Easter Monday Pilgrimage from Baldock to St Alban’s Cathedral

On Easter Monday, four members of the congregation at St Mary's Church are walking from Baldock to St Alban’s Cathedral in time for the Easter Monday service at 3pm. The distance is approx 24 miles (just shy of a marathon) and will mean leaving Baldock at about 5am to complete the journey in time.

We are raising funds for the restoration of our church hall which was vandalised last summer. The hall is not only open to groups and individuals for bookings, it is also a place of great support to our local community as it opens its doors every week to both the Foodbank and Food Angels.

Your donations will help towards the work of the repairs and well as additional work on making the hall a welcoming and accessible and sustainable space for everyone who uses it.

Thank you!

24/03/2025

Join us for Messy Church - we have two in April!
11.30 Sun 6th April: Palm Sunday Preparation
In the church hall with hot meal provided
11.30 Fri 18th April: Making Easter Gardens
In the churchyard – BYO picnic
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
All welcome! Free entry. Book your place: [email protected]

20/02/2025

SOLD OUT! What a great response to our Quiz Night - we've sold out! Thank you to everyone who bought a ticket in support of the first of many events raising funds for our church hall renovation project, following the vandalism last summer. Let's make it a great night!

01/02/2025

Join us for Candlemas - 9.30am on Sunday 2nd February. During the service, the candles from our worship in church and in our homes are blessed.