St John's Sunday Service - 12th February 2023
Please join us on Sunday 12th February for our morning service at 10am in St John's 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.
We are continuing with our series looking at the Old Testament book of Amos. This Sunday, Jon will be preaching on 'Stop Playing at Meetings' and the Bible passage is Amos 5:1-27. You can also read this in Traditional Chinese.
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.
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.
Listening to children read
Could you spare an hour a week to help out in our local schools with children learning to read? We currently have volunteers from our church going in to help at five of our local schools. Of these, four have asked for more readers. One school has asked for an extra 24 readers every week!
This is a really wonderful, highly practical way that we can serve our local community. It makes a significant difference to childrens' education and it also helps to foster stronger links between schools and the church. If you would like to find out more about this ministry, which comes under the banner of "Pray Bake Read", please follow this link or get in touch with This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Thank you.
Prayer Fellowship and Housegroups
The timetable for evening housegroups and prayer fellowship until the end of March is below (daytime housegroup meets on Thursday mornings, the same week as evening groups).
- 8 February - Prayer Fellowship
- 15 February - Housegroups
- 22 February - Prayer Fellowship
- 1 March - Housegroups
- 8 March - Prayer Fellowship
- 15 March - Housegroups
- 22 March - Prayer Fellowship
- 29 March - Housegroup Easter Socials
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.
