This Sunday we celebrate many things at St John’s – baptism, confirmation. We also give thanks for the memories of Eric and Pamela Maurice, and Marshall Graham. Their families have given financial gifts which have contributed towards the restoration of the Crucifixion painting. This Sunday at the High Mass the painting will be unveiled and […]
In our Christian faith it’s good to find points which encourage our contemplation of the Faith and our devotion to God. The Rosary is the means by which we can do both. Contemplate the life of God revealed in Jesus and in our contemplations come to be ever more devoted to God as we understand […]
Last week, we had the great pleasure at St John’s Upper Norwood of delivering 80 hampers to Evolve Housing on Sylvan Hill, who we have had a relationship with for a number of years. Evolve Housing not only provides a home but also a range of support services to 80 homeless young people aged 16 […]
I’d like to introduce to you a short campaign that we are running in the parish over the next 6 to 7 weeks about BELIEVING WOMEN and how we value the voices and contribution of women within our church, within scripture, within our society and local community. Archdeacon Rosemarie Mallett when she was an academic […]
When Vanessa Potter woke up one day to find herself blind and paralyzed, she was stunned to discover that it was meditating, not drugs, that saved her mind. Convinced she had more to learn, she embarked on her own consciousness road-trip, exploring the major schools of meditation. It is thus that she found her way […]
Last week, the Prime Minister laid out the government’s timetable for the resumption of something approximating to “normal” life. In view of the continued fall in infections, both locally and nationally, the Churchwardens and I have decided that this is an appropriate time to begin a cautious re-opening of St John’s to public worship. Last […]
Photo by Andrew Prior The pipe organ at St John’s is a remarkable instrument which is reported to be one of the finest organs in any Parish Church in London. Now I suspect every parish priest says that about their pipe organ – but of the TC Lewis Organ at St John’s Upper Norwood it is […]
We believe in inclusive Church - a church which celebrates and affirms every person and does not discriminate. We will continue to challenge the church where it continues to discriminate against people on grounds of disability, economic power, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, learning disability, mental health, neurodiversity, or sexuality. We believe in a Church which welcomes and serves all people in the name of Jesus Christ; which is scripturally faithful; which seeks to proclaim the Gospel afresh for each generation; and which, in the power of the Holy Spirit, allows all people to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Jesus Christ.
