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  • The Annual Toy Service 2020

    Posted on 19 December, 2020

    The Annual Toy Service 2020: Helping to improve Christmas for the Needy in Watford Along With 'One Vision'   ‘Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents’. That oft-read introduction to ‘Litt...
  • LOCKDOWN NEWS 8

    Posted on 26 November, 2020

    Download Lockdown news #8 pdf version. In this issue: Your prayers are asked Myrtle Cooper's Memorial Service The Health Ministry: reaching out to help church members One Vision obtains char...
  • With a local veterans' group being associated with 'One Vision' it is hardly surprising that it was responsible for organising a special service commemorating the end of the First World War on Armi...
  • LOCKDOWN NEWS #7

    Posted on 15 November, 2020

    Welcome to issue 7 of Lockdown News. This issue contains: News in Brief Virtual Services to recommence Toy Service arrangements A Message to the Church Family from the Keshishians Four new church ...
  • WELCOMING FOUR NEW CHURCH MEMBERS

    Posted on 10 November, 2020

    WELCOMING FOUR NEW CHURCH MEMBERS On Sabbath 24th October four news members were added to church membership. Three of our young people - all of them from Adventist homes - Hannah Cudjoe, Isabella ...
  • What Has One Vision Been Doing in October?

    Posted on 05 November, 2020

    One Vision team members have been busy during October. The month began with the drive-through and drop harvest thanksgiving event and then Mental Health Awareness Day was commemorated with a video,...
  • Charlotte's Virtual Cradle Roll videos are becoming increasingly popular. Here she shares behind the scenes details about their production. Charlotte: sharing my experiences Why I love Crad...
  • HARVEST EVENTS

    Posted on 11 October, 2020

    One Vision's Community Harvest Event                       Given the fickle nature of the British climate holding an outdoor all-day ‘drive-through and drop harvest festival was always going to pr...
  • Church Opening announcement - UPDATED

    Posted on 07 October, 2020

    “As you are no doubt aware the government have announced certain lockdown measures to take effect from Thursday  5 November. One of the restrictions is the closure of places of worship for worship ...
  • ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE CHURCH'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL             According to Jef Nascimento he started the YouTube channel in March 2016. 'Back then, the church would have a podcast sharing th...
  • Did you know that according to The Children’s Society there are 4.2 million children and young people who live in poverty in the UK? This figure has escalated since the start of pandemic and with t...
  • Lockdown News #6

    Posted on 28 September, 2020

    IN THIS ISSUE: Harvest Festival arrangements Drive-through and Drop Harvest Event News of Pastor Patrick Boyle Roma Paley Ohman's bereavement Pastor Philip Anderson moves west One Visio...
  • Guidance required for Family Worship Services at Stanborough Park Church   Phase 1  In the first phase we propose to have the family service live streamed from the church on a Sabbath morning wit...
  • Lockdown News #5

    Posted on 13 August, 2020

    CONTENTS: All Change: much of church services returning to ‘live’ broadcasting Audrey’s Back Raising Funds For ADRA Hello and Sad Goodbyes One Vision's work features on US SDA and TED web sit...
  • "Each service is a team effort and the way in which everyone has worked together has been wonderful." (Audrey Balderstone, Worship Committee Coordinator)  To say that we live in strange times ...
  • Children’s Stories in Lockdown “Al, will you tell the children’s story?” “Um…” “It’s ok, you can record it and upload it”. “Oh, go on then – for you”. To self – how difficult can it be?   W...
  • Holding the Plank: Audrey's Challenge for ADRA Grandmother and flower-arranger extraordinaire Audrey Balderstone, one of the church's elders, has decided to defy the tyrannies of age by taking part...
  • "Each service is a team effort and the way in which everyone has worked together has been wonderful." (Audrey Balderstone, Worship Committee coordinator) To say that we live in strange times is ...
  • UPDATE As you are aware the government has allowed places of worship to re-open from July 4 with certain restrictions in place. These restrictions include no singing – whether congregational or so...
  • LOCKDOWN NEWS 4

    Posted on 25 June, 2020

    Contents: One Vision: working hard for the community during May One Vision features on Asian TV channels One Vision: visit from TED president One Vision receives a request to submit a video to the ...
  • A few weeks ago, Stanborough Park Church's talented flower arranger Audrey Balderstone spoke in an interview for BUC News of her love of flowers and how she progressed from being a self-taught flow...
  • The One Vision Project Hub based at Stanborough Park Church in Watford was formally opened on 30 April by Peter Taylor, the Elected Mayor of Watford and Watford’s MP, Dean Russell specifically to w...
  • Lockdown News #3 updated

    Posted on 05 June, 2020

    One Vision: working hard for the community during May Enoch Kanagaraj's 'One Vision' project has been kept busy during May with the Stanborough Centre acting as a hub for the distribution of prepar...
  • Lockdown News #2 - Updated version

    Posted on 14 May, 2020

    One Vision Young Adults Voluntary Work at the Stanborough HUB A great opportunity to gain experience working with charity workers and community leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic by serving our l...
  • One Vision commemorated the 75th Anniversary of VE Day with a flag raising ceremony outside the church. One of the group's members, Liz Burns, runs a Veterans'' Group of 300 local ex-servicemen and...
  • Lockdown News #1

    Posted on 30 April, 2020

    One Vision presses ahead with helping the vulnerable members of society during Lockdown During Lockdown the One Vision Project, under the leadership of Enoch Kanagaraj, has been actively distributi...
  • LIVING OUR VALUES IN LOCKDOWN

    Posted on 26 April, 2020

    LIVING OUR VALUES IN LOCKDOWN INTRODUCTION The church is called to be God’s city of refuge, a loving and compassionate family of God that strengthens its members and helps them bring life and hop...
  • "For I will restore health to you and heal you of your wounds, says the Lord." Jeremiah 30:17 NKJV What a beautiful promise God gives us, that for every sickness and wound, He is able to provi...
  • ADRA COVID-19 Emergency Appeal

    Posted on 09 April, 2020

    Each day, thousands of people expose themselves to the COVID-19 virus in order to save the lives of others. The message: ‘Stay Home, Stay Safe’, doesn’t apply to them. While the rest of us ‘button ...
  • Open letter to all members and friends of the Stanborough Park Church   The current pandemic is affecting us all in various ways. It is taking time to get used to things, and will have long term ef...