Throughout Lent we are raising money for the much-needed repair and redecoration of our church porch. A huge thank you to those of you who have so generously pledged gifts over the past two weeks: so far we have had 46 donors promising a total of just over £12,000 including GiftAid, and in addition have secured matched funding of a further £10,000 towards our total target of £30,000. We need your help, please, to push towards our target over the next few weeks, and we are confident that we can get there! (this update: 5 March 2026).
You can read more about the background to our Lent Challenge here.
If you want to make a pledge now and make your payment later, please edit this email template and send it back - or if you prefer, you can download a PDF form, fill it in and either return it to the Parish Office or email it to us.
To make a payment of a pledge, or to pay and pledge together, the choices are:
- Bank Transfer
- Account name: St Johns Parochial Church Council
Sort code: 20 74 09
Account number: 90791938
Reference: LENT26 - If you can gift aid your donation, please complete and return our fillable Gift Aid form.
- Account name: St Johns Parochial Church Council
- Debit / Credit card – there are 2 options:
- Parish Giving - you can make a one off donation via www.parishgiving.org.uk/donors/find-your-parish/harpenden-st-john-the-baptist-harpenden (a 1.5% fee will be deducted from the donation, which includes Gift Aid processing and collection)
- Give a Little - the page for our Challenge is givealittle.co/c/lent26 (a 1.58% fee will be deducted from the donation, which includes collecting Gift Aid data for us to process and collect)
- If these options don't work for you, there are other options - please speak to, or email, Alison our Treasurer.
Thank you!