Dates for your Diary:

All events discontinued until further notice.

Other events for 2021

Book Sales:
None planned

Coffee Mornings:
None planned

For sale in aid of church funds

Our fundraising Tea Towel makes an ideal gift for many occasions. Priced £6.50 it is excellent value for such a quality item. So any time you need a gift please think 'Church Tea Towel'. Tea Towels can be gift wrapped & posted direct, saving you any hassle. Purchasing our tea towel contributes towards the running cost of St John's, particularly at this time of reduced income.

To place your order please phone Lyn on 07890 902816 or 01955 611339 or contact Brenda via email. Delivery or collection will be arranged.

Lyn Ball

Church News:

Vestry Secretary's Report

Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday 21st November 2021, to follow the morning service. It will be a "double" AGM to cover the past two financial years. The meeting will be held in the church hall.

Toilet Project

We are delighted that we have been awarded a grant of £10,000 from the National Churches Trust. Pat Stanley has stepped in to generously donate the remaining shortfall, so the project is fully funded. Discussions are taking place between the architect, Neil McDonald and the contractor, Norbloc, to see when work can begin. This will depend on the availability of materials and other work that the contractor is currently undertaking. We will then have a better idea of how the work will progress, and what this means for our use of the church during construction. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to getting to this stage. Now the hard work begins!

Wick Choral Society

The Wick Choral Society have begun rehearsing in the church building on Monday evenings. They have been long-standing users of the church hall, but needed to move into the church for social distancing. The rehearsals are uploaded to Facebook. This means that people who are not confident in attending rehearsals can join in from home at a time of their choice. Rehearsals begin at 7.15 and last for one hour.

Refreshments in Church

We were unable to have coffee after church services due to the social distancing rules. Refreshments after church will restart on Sunday 3rd October. Thank you to Brenda for organising the weekly booking of Mackay's Hotel in the interim.

Jeanette Harper
Vestry Secretary

Toilet Project in the News

Broadcaster Huw Edwards delighted at funding for St John's church in Wick

See also final paragraph here THE VICAR KNOWS BEST - HUW BACKS WICK