Regular Services

Mornings (10.30am):

1^st, 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th Sundays of the month – Morning Worship,
(All-age services in school holidays)

2^nd Sunday – Holy Communion

Tea & Coffee in the lounge after the Service

Evenings (6.30pm)

1^st& 5^th - Evening Worship

2^nd - Café style 'Time to Talk'

3^rd- Conference style

4^th- Holy Communion

January to March 2020 Sermon Series

Spring Term 2020 Morning Services: Ephesians – The Life of the Church

The good news of Jesus Christ is not simply a matter of what it means for me and my life, but what it means for all of creation. The implications of the resurrection are both deeply personal and magnificently cosmic, all of which comes together in the life of the church. It is God's new society; a community renewed by the Holy Spirit, where we each have our unique place and yet are built together to give glory to God by bringing hope to a broken world. I hope we will be inspired by Paul's wonderful vision for the church as we seek to understand what it means for us today.

Children and Young People at St John's

Our children and their leaders have suggested that they will be involved in morning All-Age services on special occasions such as Harvest and the Scratch Nativity. On 1^st September and at the start of half term on 27^th October and on 29^th December we may have some activities and participation for all, but they will not necessarily be a full All-Age service, so they are called holiday services (outside term time). On 15^th December (scratch nativity) we may have a coffee/tea break in the middle of the service.

On the morning of the second Sunday of each month, when we have Holy Communion, the children and young people will start in their relevant age groups at 10.30am and join the rest of the congregation later for the Communion circle and the last part of the service. There may be an opportunity for the children and young people to share what they have done in their groups during this time.

Spring Term 2020 Evening Services: Encounters with Jesus

Scripture as a whole tells us the story of God's ongoing encounter with his people, all the way from his walking with Adam and Eve in the garden in Genesis, to his welcoming his bride, the church, home to the heavenly city in Revelation. These encounters become up close and personal in the gospels, where we have the privilege of listening in on Jesus' conversations with people from all walks of life: rich and poor, faithful and sceptical, those with power and those on the margins – which is a particular focus of Luke's gospel.

Each encounter is life-changing; most are stories of new life and transformation, although notably the rich ruler becomes sad – reminding us that we always have a choice in how we respond to Jesus. We trust that as explore these familiar passages again, we will encounter Jesus afresh ourselves, and will in turn be encouraged to take a message of hope to those around us, inviting them to encounter Jesus themselves.

Café Style Church

On the second Sunday of the month we have Café Style services, which are interactive evenings with an opportunity to talk amongst ourselves as well as a question and answer time with the visiting speaker for the evening.

Week-by-week details are in the Preaching Programme

Children join the beginning of the 10.30 Service and then meet in their Group

God Squad, Reception to Year 3
Trailblazers, Years 4 and 5
Pathfinders, Years 6 to 9.

Children's join the main congregation for communion after their groups each second Sunday. Groups do not meet on All-age service Sundays.

Each week there is a Creche room for children up to school age.

CYFA (14 to 18 year olds) meet in the CYFA room upstairs in the Church Centre after the evening service (usually from around 8.00pm until 9.30pm).