Welcome to the St. John's Church website - especially if this is your first visit!
We see this website as an important extension of our community life, so we hope you find the information about who we are and what's going on helpful.
You are also very welcome to come and join our services on Sunday morning. At 9.00am every week we have a service of Holy Communion, followed by coffee between 10.00 and 10.30 in the Hall.
On 1st Sundays of each month at 10.30 we have our all-age family service - Brunch - bite-sized church for everyone.
At 10.30 on 4th Sundays children in Y1-6 gather for their own service 'Ignite' in the hall (the adults are banished to the church for their coffee!). The older/younger children meet in their groups during part of the service.
On all other Sundays the 10.30 service includes time in the Hall for all the children/youth groups. The service pattern is Morning Worship on 2nd and 4th Sundays and Communionan on 3rd and 5th Sundays.
If you have any questions that remain unanswered after browsing please give me a call on (01403) 265238 or
e-mail me at .
Ewen Souter, Vicar
News
Over the summer many of us enjoyed being at New Wine and Greenbelt (in the sunshine!) or simply having some time out with our families and friends (not necessarily in the sunshine!). But that autumnal nip is in the air; the new term begins and there's lots planned for the coming weeks at St John's.
The Early Bird Cafe re-opens on Tuesday 7th September from 8.45-9.45am. Free fairtrade coffee, tea and pastries and an opportunity to chat or browse through some newspapers and magazines in a relaxed atmosphere. All welcome - especially anyone dropping off children at the local school or playgroups. It's open every term-time Tuesday.
Our monthly evening service - Encounter - returns on Sunday 5th September at 8pm. 'An opportunity to meet with Jesus, to celebrate His resurrection, to allow the Holy Spirit to move in and among us and to encounter God'. Led by the Band. Other autumn dates for Encounter: 3rd October, 7th November and 5th December.
Also coming up: The Men are retreating to Micklepage from 10th-12th September ... Family Film Night 24th September 3.45pm ... Harvest Supper on 2nd October .... Church and Hall 'autumn clean' on Saturday 9th October ...Arts Festival 15th-17th October ... More details in due course.
Thank you for visiting our website. You are very welcome to come and find our church too ...
If you would like to hear some of the teaching at St John's you can download our 'Sermon Podcasts'.
Visit the sermon podcasts page to download and listen online.
And please do contact us at the e-mail link below or Ewen's e-mail link above if you have queries or questions.
For more events and dates see the Diary page.
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