This Week
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Sponsored Walk in Aid of the Refugee Cafe
SPONSORED WALK TO SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL FROM ST JOHN’S – IN AID OF THE REFUGEE CAFÉ WHICH RUNS AT ST JOHN’S EACH FRIDAY Fr John has written about their journey, please follow this link: About the walk
High Mass on Monday 15 August for Assumption of BVM
High Mass for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Ecstatic Organ Recital by Christopher Herrick
What an ecstatic organ recital we heard performed by the renowned organist Christopher Herrick on the TC Lewis Organ of St John’s Upper Norwood last Thursday. To a 60+ strong audience Christopher played the familiar pieces of Amazing Grace by Iain Farrington the epic Sonata on the 94th Psalm by Julius Reubke (which I tried […]
St Johns Summer Fair 2022
What a joyous day we had in the tree lined shady meadow on a hot sunny day. It’s been a few years since St John’s had a Summer Fair, well before I joined the church, and it was lovely to see the community pull together to put together an event for all to enjoy. Old […]
St John’s Refugees Project
The foreigners residing among you must be treated as native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigner in Egypt. I am the Lord your God. Leviticus 19:34 Here at St. John’s we support a group of refugees who are guests at the Queen’s Hotel in Crystal Palace. The project started in March 2022 after […]
Fr Andrew Wilson his Golden Jubilee of priesting
On Saturday 2nd July the parish and wider community in Croydon and South London gathered at St John’s Church in Upper Norwood to celebrate with Fr Andrew Wilson his Golden Jubilee of priesting. Nearly 200 people attended to give thanks with Fr Andrew for the things he has been committed to in his ministry: the […]
Summer Fair – Sunday 17th July 1-4pm
Do join us for an afternoon of fun and refreshment, eat at the barbecue, quench your thirst with a Pimm’s or tea, satisfy your sweet tooth with cakes and strawberries, all whilst being entertained by live music. Take a chance on Father John’s tombola or bid for a lot on the promises auction. Games and […]
Organ Concert – 21 July 2022 – Christopher Herrick
Programme notes for St John’s Upper Norwood 21.07.22 Mons Leidvin Takle (b.1942) – Yes! Based near Kristiansand in Norway, Mons Leidvin Takle studied in Stockholm, Copenhagen, Chicago, New York and at Stavanger Conservatoire. Not only a church musician, he is also a well-travelled concert organist and prolific composer of vocal, instrumental and widely performed organ […]
Organ Concert – Thursday 23rd June 2022 – Norman Harper
St John Upper Norwood 23 June 2022 Cecilia McDowall b 1951 – Church bells beyond the stars Fantasia – attributed to William Smith 1603-1645 edited by Andrew Fowler Chorale preludes for the Eve of St John Baptist: Diderik Buxtehude 1637-1707 – Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam BuxWV 180 Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 – Christ […]
Guest preacher for Holy Week 2022, the Rt Rev Dr Peter Selby
We are delighted to welcome, as our guest preacher for Holy Week, the Rt Rev Dr Peter Selby, former Bishop of Worcester and now Assistant Bishop in our own Diocese of Southwark. Bishop Peter will take the theme A Terrible Forgetting as the focus for his preaching. Lent began with the reminder of our mortality and its challenge. In […]
