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Everyone is welcome at St John’s, in fact, locally we’re renowned for our welcome and friendliness. The best way to get a feel for what it’s like to be a member of our church is to come along on a Sunday. You can take part in as much or as little as you like to start with. We’re used to having new people join us and we try to make it easy for everyone to know what is going on at each point of our services.

What happens on a Sunday

Sundays are really important for us as it’s when Christians gather together to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection. We do this by listening to his word (the Bible) and celebrating Holy Communion (the Lord’s Supper). By the bread and wine of Holy Communion, we are assured together of God’s promise of forgiveness and friendship because of Jesus’ death in our place.

We have different styles of service. Most people gather for our 10am service. Most weeks this is our Parish Communion Service, which is a perfect balance of traditional and contemporary with prayers and hymns, Bible readings and a sermon. The sermon explains one of the Bible readings in a way that is relevant to our lives here and now. Roughly one Sunday a month, the 10am service is Family Communion, where children and adults stay together for the whole service. This is a little more informal in style, with the St John’s band instead of the organ and an all-age talk in place of the usual sermon.

This Sunday you can come to

  • BCP Communion

    29th December 8:30 am – 9:15 am

    Holy Communion using traditional language.

  • Parish Communion

    29th December 10:00 am – 11:00 am

    Join us in the building or watch the live stream. We hear God's word and respond in prayer and praise.

More activities on our calendar

Take a look at our calendar if you want to see what else if on.