St John's Sunday Service - 17th March 2024
Please join us on Sunday 17th March for Holy Communion in the church. This week, there will be a full range of groups for children and young people, but everyone meets together in church for the first 10 minutes. Once the children have returned from their activities, we will share communion together.
This Sunday, Mike will be preaching on 2 Corinthians 8.1-15 | 哥林多後書 2 8.1-15
We would love to welcome you in the building but, if you can't make it, the service will be available online via our livestream on our YouTube channel. The livestream will start around 9.55am. It's lovely to know who's joining us, so please say hello using YouTube chat.
*James will be doing some filming this Sunday during coffee time for an upcoming video. If you would prefer not to be in the video, please speak to James who will happily keep you out of it*
Easter Services and events
- Sunday 24th March 7pm - Easter Music
- Wednesday 27th March 10am - Tots & Tinies Easter Service
- Wednesday 27th March 2pm - Bakes, Brews & Chat Special
- Good Friday 29th March 10am - All-Age Service
- Good Friday 29th March 6pm - An Hour at the Cross
- Easter Saturday 30th March - 11am - Cantonese Service
- Easter Saturday 30th March - 2pm - Easter Egg Workshop (Families) [Booking required, link below]
- Easter Saturday 30th March - 7pm - Easter Egg Workshop [Booking required, link below]
- Easter Sunday 31st - 8am - Holy Communion
- Easter Sunday 31st - 10am - All-Age Service
Easter Egg Workshop
You are invited to an Easter Egg Workshop, led by a professional chocolatier. You will decorate a chocolate Easter egg, which is yours to take away (or give as a gift).
There are two sessions, both on Saturday 30th March, in St John's Church Centre. Advance booking and pre-payment is essential.
- Family session - £9 per egg, 2pm Saturday 30th March. Click or tap to book and pay
- Evening session - £9 per person, 7pm Saturday 30th March. Click or tap to book and pay
Cost is £9 to cover the cost of the egg plus a gourmet hot chocolate. The event includes an interview with the chocolatier plus a short though about why Easter is so important to Christians.
Bookings close Monday 25th March.
Rooted - Sunday evenings at 7pm
We've re-launched our evening service. It's called Rooted, and we hope it will be very different to the pre-2020 version:
- Sunday evenings for just an hour, 7pm to 8pm
- School term-time only
- Topical teaching sessions, with Q&A. For example, Who are we, what do we believe, where do I fit, how can I serve?
- In St John's Church building
All welcome. Please come along to St John's Church at 7pm and try it out.
Bakes, Brews and Chat
We have a cafe called 'Bakes, Brews and Chat', from 2-4pm every Wednesday afternoon.
We would love anyone from our local community, of any age, to join us for a cup of tea, some homemade cake and to enjoy good company.
Just drop into the Church Centre on School Lane. You're welcome to stay for a short time or for the whole two hours.
Giving to St John's
We don't expect anyone to give money when coming to St John's. However, if you consider yourself a church member and are not currently giving to the Church but would like to, you might find it helpful to have information about the church bank account.
The details are:
- Sort code: 05-06-34
- Account number: 52275551
- Account name: The PCC of St John the Baptist
For more details about giving to St John's, please download our Giving Leaflet for 2022.
If you are able to Gift Aid your offering and haven't already completed a form, you can download one here. For a Bankers Order form, please click here. Both forms are in PDF format.