Thanksgiving service for Ruth Port
The thanksgiving service for Ruth will be at St John's on Friday 2nd June at 2pm. Everyone is welcome and there will be a crèche in the Church Centre.
If you are coming to the service, please wear something other than black. Refreshments will be served in the Church Centre after the service.
The service will also be livestreamed on the St John's YouTube channel. The livestream can be accessed using stjohnshartford.org/ruthport. A recording will also be available afterwards using the same link.
St John's Sunday Service - 4th June 2023
Please join us on Sunday 4th June for our morning service at 10am in St John's Church. This week is an All Age Service, so everyone stays together in church.
We are having another in our series where we look at the Ten Commandments together. This Sunday, Nathan will be teaching us about the sixth one and the Bible passages are Exodus 20:1-13 and Matthew 5:21-24. You can also read these passages in Traditional Chinese: Exodus and Matthew.
There is a small area of seating in church where masks must be worn and seating is distanced. Of course, you are welcome to wear a mask anywhere in the building. If you have COVID, please don't come to church.
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.
New Roles at St John's
We are recruiting for three new roles at St John's:
- Youth Worker
- Church Administrator
- Cleaner
For more information, detailed role descriptions and how to apply, please click to visit the recruitment page.
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.
Prayer Fellowship and Housegroups
The timetable for evening housegroups and prayer fellowship until end of August is below (daytime housegroup meets on Thursday mornings, the same week as evening groups).
- 31 May - Prayer Fellowship
- 7 June - Housegroups
- 14 June - Prayer Fellowship
- 21 June - Housegroups
- 28 June - Prayer Fellowship
- 5 July - Housegroups
- 12 July - Prayer Fellowship
- 19 July - Housegroup Socials
- 26 July - Prayer Fellowship
- 2 August - Prayer Fellowship
- 9 August - Prayer Fellowship
- 16 August - Prayer Fellowship
- 23 August - Prayer Fellowship
- 30 August - Prayer Fellowship
There is also a Cantonese Bible Study on Thursday mornings. If you would like to join a housegroup, or to find out more, please contact the Church Office.
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.
