Mayor of Bromley ‘enchanted’ by the children of St John’s
The Mayor of Bromley, Councillor Hannah Gray, was guest of honour at our 5pm Christingle service on Sunday 13th December. She listened with great delight as the band played and sang a selection of traditional Christmas carols, and joined in the fun by swaying to the music of ‘The Virgin Mary had a baby boy’. […]
Shiver me timbers! BOOKING OPEN for Children’s Holiday Club
Our Children’s Holiday Club for 2021 is called X Marks the Spot and the theme is pirates! Once again we are looking forward to sharing songs, sketches, games, craft activities and as many bad jokes as we can find, designed to appeal to all children of primary school age. For obvious reasons, this year’s holiday club format will be […]
Twelfth Night party via Zoom
Many thanks to the Events team and to everyone who joined us for our all-age Christmas Fireside get-together on Wednesday, including some great Christmas jumpers, funny poems and a virtual walking tour of Christmas-related London landmarks. This brings our 2020 social programme to a close and we are already planning events for 2021. The first […]
Donate to some good causes this Advent
Christmas is a great time to share the good things God gives us with those who are disadvantaged. This year we have special collections for the following charities: The Children’s Society (Christingle services 13th December) The Mayor of Bromley’s Charities: The Chartwell Cancer Trust & Cystic Fibrosis Supporters (Nine Lessons and Carols 20th December) Let […]
It’s a Nativity Play, Jim – but not as we know it!
How do you get 25 children to put on a Nativity Play in lockdown? Answer: do it on film! Part of our Christmas tradition at St John’s is that the Sunday School children perform a Nativity Play at our Christingle service. But with the November lockdown we were unable to rehearse, so instead we filmed […]
A Christmas message from Bromley Foodbank
Sue from Bromley Foodbank has written to thank the congregation of St John’s for giving so generously this year to help support those in crisis in our Borough. 1421 people (826 adults and 595 children) were fed during the months of September, October and November, with 18.6kg of food and toiletries being donated by St […]
Thanks for Craft and Cake!
A big thankyou to everyone who helped out with our craft event on Sunday 6th December! – a Christmas special to round off our 4 O’Clock Church programme. Liz and Jess provide a range of different seasonal craft activities while Grace kept everyone topped up with cake (and fruit!) Tables were set out in the […]
Remembering Hugh Broadbent, former Vicar of St John’s
Hugh’s family have expressed their profound thanks for all the messages of love and support they have received from members of St John’s during his final illness, and especially since his death on Sunday. The official announcement of Hugh’s death written by his wife Jane is as follows: Broadbent The Revd Hugh Patrick Colin died […]
Mini-Christmas Fair and Christmas Card noticeboard
We were very sorry to have to cancel this year’s Christmas Fair, which is normally held at the end of November. However Celia Tucker and her wonderful Christmas Fair team have arranged to set up a Mini-Christmas Fair on Sunday mornings from 6th to 20th December. Home-made goodies will be available for sale on some tables near […]
Christmas 2020
Due to social distancing requirements we are unable to use all the pews in our building so places are limited.We are therefore asking everybody to book in advance for all our special services this year. Services will be live-streamed (linked from our home page). Our most popular services will be run twice in order to […]