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Evensong at St. Johns

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From the 9th June we will be holding a monthly Evensong at 5pm.
Taking place as the day begins to end, this service is a wonderful opportunity to pause and reflect. You are welcome to join in or just sit back and let the words and music draw you towards God and help you to prepare for the week ahead. The service lasts about 45 minutes.

Inclusive church

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I realise the website tends to have lots of information about what happening at our church, events, services etc. This post is a little different

At our recent APCM our vicar (Lu Gale) asked us to think about joining the inclusive church so I’ve been doing a little reading in preparation for an upcoming PCC meeting.

There is a lot of information on there and I hate to take a snippet out of context but I saw this and thought I should share it. It was a briefing paper on the House of Bishops’ Pastoral Guidance on using the Affirmation of Baptismal Faith with transgender people. In that paper there are some questions and answers, the last one struck a chord, here it is

Q. What might transgender people be looking for from their church?

A. For the Church to

  • signal that trans people are welcome
  • be a safe space for them, and for family and friends journeying with them
  • listen and learn from their experience
  • be a place where they are not required to hide who they are
  • recognise the honesty and integrity of their particular journey within the love of Christ
  • understand that their experience is about being true to their own sense of self
  • have their loved ones supported and their relationships affirmed
  • be open to their requests for prayer & offer resources to mark significant life events
  • treat them equally with everyone else in the ministry and mission of the church
  • not presume that they have automatically fallen from grace just for being who they are

I read the above thinking that sounds pretty much the same list that anyone would have.

The whole article can be found here.

Please continue to pray and think about what your response will be when asked about this topic.

Marsden March

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We have turned the website Orange to support the team taking part in the Marsden march

Here is another opportunity to support the Marsden via Helen’s Link, The team consists of

The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity raises money solely to support The Royal Marsden, a world-leading cancer centre. We ensure our nurses, doctors and research teams can provide the very best care and develop life-saving treatments, which are used across the UK and around the world. From funding state-of-the-art equipment and groundbreaking research, to creating the very best patient environments, we will never stop looking for ways to improve the lives of people affected by cancer.
The Royal Marsden cared for Steve for almost 9 years after he was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. They were always seeking out the best treatments for him, but more research and funding is needed to continue their great work. 

Helen, Nicky, Suzanne, Jane, Kate, Angelene, Sarah, Karen, Dee, Heather and Brenda

Many thanks for your support

The team are now half way and still smiling 😀

And they are done.

Its cleaning time – 18th May

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Next Saturday (18th May) the church will be opened from 9:00 – 11:00am to allow us all to pitch in and clean it up.

Many hands make light work, so lets see as many people as possible there to help/.

Tuckers Tomatoes

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Helen will be selling her Tomato plants after the 10am service tomorrow.

Please come and provide your support

All proceeds to the Spire fund.

Spire Fundraising

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The Spire at St Johns is in urgent need of major repair. The “estimate” is currently around £85,000. We are kicking off some fund raising events and here are the first few.

We have the fantastic Utopians Unlimited Coming back on the 22nd June to perform Trial by Jury, if thats not your bag then we have Graham and Jamie performing a plethora of music from the 20’s to the current day. Graham is very much part of our church and Jamie is a fantastic professional pianist and vocalist who also appears in an Elton john cover band “Jamie and the jets”

Please add these two dates to your Diary; 22nd June for the Utopians, 6th July for Graham and Jamie.

All tickets available in advance from 07712 006 218 or on the door

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