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A Local Ecumenical Partnership
Anglican, Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed
been locally developed with much care and subsequently approved for use by
each of the parent churches.
Welwyn Garden City has grown over the years and several new areas have been built and developed. Panshanger is one of the newer estates in Welwyn Garden City, the second New Town built by Ebenezer Howard after the First World War. The estate has a broad range of housing from one-bed flats to five bedroom, detached houses.
There are three primary schools and one secondary school, local shops, a doctors’ surgery, public house, golf course and
recreational areas. There are also sports centres, a ski slope, sailing club and swimming pool nearby.
The Church and Community Hall buildings, which together form the area for Sunday worship, are located strategically next to the shops in the centre of Panshanger.
Nowadays, Welwyn Garden City and the surrounding area has strong local businesses and provides a home for many people working in London.
Panshanger Church is a local ecumenical partnership (LEP) that has been operating as a single, united congregation for more than thirty years. We currently have a membership of about 130.
This is far more than a sharing of buildings. The Church has sought to recognise and tap into the strengths of each of the parent denominations and endeavoured to combine the best of the different traditions as it seeks to be Christ’s Church in this area.
In line with this approach the sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion are conducted following liturgies that have
