At the Church Times Green Awards at Lambeth Palace on 2nd October, St John’s Meadow Garden received the Growing Calm Award from the Mind and Soul Foundation. Robin Buck, Mark Richardson, Jenny Smith, and Fr Daniel attended the conference Green Health Live, during which the award was presented. We were praised for our community involvement, our […]
Two members of the Hive gave Danny Simpson a break last Wednesday when they volunteered to cook lunch for about 25 people. Craig and Kelly cooked up some delicious Jamaican chicken and a vegetarian option, but this time they went easy on the chilli for the sake of those of a more delicate constitution. Kelly […]
On Sunday 2nd September we welcomed our new Director of Music, Max Smith. Max graduated from the University of Huddersfield in 2015 with a degree in music. He has been an organ scholar at Wakefield Cathedral under Thomas Moore, at Carlisle Cathedral under Jeremy Suter, and at Peel Cathedral (Isle of Man) under Peter Litman. At Peel […]
After fifty years of faithful service at St John’s, Adrian Adams has retired. Adrian became Master of Music at St John’s in 1972, succeeding Michael Spencer, with whom he had been working as Assistant Master of Music. In his time the choir has continued to sing a varied repertoire at services, and regular organ concerts […]
Twice in the past weeks, pupils from Cypress Primary School have been at St John’s entertaining the people of Upper Norwood with their musical talents. First, on 16th June thirteen talented violinists from Cypress Primary School were joined by a group of pupils from Rockmount Primary to play alongside the London Mozart Players at the […]
Do you have experience of accessing mental health services? Are you willing to share your experiences to promote change? The National Survivor User Network (NSUN) is working in partnership with APCMH to ensure the voice of women with lived experience of mental health difficulties shapes the outputs of the Women’s Mental Health Taskforce (WMHTF) to […]
On Sunday 8th July from 3pm to 4.30pm we will hold a Death Café at St John’s. Death is generally considered a taboo subject in Western culture. Our objective is to increase awareness of death and explore how this may enhance our everyday well-being. Although the Sylvan Road Death Café is kindly hosted at St […]
Because of new legislation (the General Data Protection Regulation) St John’s has updated its privacy policy. Please read the new policy.
Ahead of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting after Mass on Sunday 15th April, the annual reports have been released: Reports of Parish Activities and Events Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements
Lent is almost upon us, which means it’s only a few months until Holy Week and Easter! To find out what we’re doing at St John’s this Lent, Holy Week, and Easter, take a look at our Easter booklet, which explains everything that’s going on: Easter 2018
We believe in inclusive Church - church which does not discriminate, on any level, on grounds of economic power, gender, mental health, physical ability, race or sexuality. We believe in 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.
