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 AGM has been set for Sunday 18th April 2021. At the time of going to press, it is still the plan for this to go ahead. The Vestry are considering whether this will be held over zoom or in the church building. Once a decision has been made we will communicate this on this website, through email and by telephone. If it is necessary to postpone the AGM, we will give you as much notice as possible.

UPDATE
Due to the Bishop being on retreat until 19th April the AGM has been postponed.
An alternative date will be confirmed by the end of April.

Church Re-opening

I contacted the Bishop to seek his permission to re-open St John's for communal worship from Easter Sunday. He has replied that he is happy for this to happen.

Rev Ellie is on compassionate leave until after Easter at the earliest. We will re-open with a Service of the Word led by Barrie Cran at 11.30 on Sunday 4th April. It will be necessary to keep going with the same arrangements as before, with places booked on a first come, first served basis, with a maximum of 17. Please remember to book your place each week (contact Jeanette via this website ), so we can ensure there are enough seats.

On arrival at church please:
Wear a mask, which must remain on for the duration of the service, unless you are reading or intercessing.
Sanitise your hands in the porch.
Keep a two metre distance from anyone else not in your household.
Provide your name and telephone number for track and trace purposes.
Sit where instructed.

Jeanette Harper
Vestry Secretary

This year's Easter brings drama to St. John's railings. The focus is on the extraordinary events in the last days for that remarkable man, Christ Jesus. We are familiar with the rapturous welcome Jesus received when he arrived in Jerusalem - on a small donkey, the people laying palm fronds and even their coats down in the road to reduce the dust created by the traffic. We see a Wick version where Jesus is represented by a golden circle thrice sliced above an ass with a background of Noble Fir.

Maundy Thursday brings an inclusive interpretation of the Last Supper where we see the golden symbol representing Jesus surrounded by 11 LGBTQ symbols in the colours of the rainbow which represents our forgiving God. Good Friday has three bleakly empty crosses on the corner of the street, the central one of which miraculously flowers on Easter Day. The flowers will come from the congregation who will place their blooms into the fishing net which represents the mission of Jesus.

Peter Darmady