St John’s Choir
Our thanks to Director of Music Nick Miller, our volunteer choir members, our choral scholars and visiting musicians for providing us with such excellent music for Easter and throughout Lent. Nick and the choir deserve a well earned rest and are away this morning, so we are using our Folk T unes mass setting. The choir return on Sunday, 4th May.
A Big Thank You
Thank you to those that have helped to make the church look so festive last Sunday through donations to the Easter flowers and helping to clean and prepare the church. Thank you also to Ian Smith and Chris Searle for providing breakfast sustaining the hardy who came to the Dawn Vigil, to those who contributed to the Easter reception and to those who helped with the children’s activities on Easter morning and on Good Friday.
80th Anniversary of V-E Day, 11th May 2025
We are celebrating the 80th anniversary of V-E Day, 8th May 1945, on Sunday 11th May at the 10am service. Afterwards there will be a special 1940’s style reception to mark the occasion!
Sunday Lunch Club
The next lunch club will be on 18th May at The Kendal Street Kitchen. Final details are being confirmed but note the date now!
Truth, Faith and Politics in a Post-Truth World:
exploring Bonhoeffer today with Rowan Williams
St Paul's Cathedral, Tuesday 20th May, 6.30-8pm
In the final months of his imprisonment in Flossenbürg concentration camp in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer looked beyond the walls of his cell—and beyond the walls of the Church itself—considering a way to speak of God that was not confined to religious insider language. What does that vision mean for us today?
Join us as Rowan Williams reflects upon how the Church can remain truthful in a post-truth world: how it can resist the urge to defend itself at every turn and instead become a community that welcomes the unexpected. In a time of uncertainty, what does it mean to live with courage, integrity and radical hospitality? Dr Williams is a poet and theologian and was the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury. Please contact Alex if you would like to reserve a free seat at this event. He will be meeting outside the front of the cathedral at 6.15pm.
Safeguarding and Photography at St John’s
Safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults is a priority at St John’s. A copy of the PCC’s Safeguarding Policy is available in the porch and on the parish website. Photographs of the church may be taken outside of services but please do not take any pictures during the service. When photographing the church, should you happen to capture people in your photographs, please delete them. Safeguarding concerns can be raised in the first instance with the church’s Safeguarding Officer, Mary Langford.
COMMUNITY NOTICES
Refugee Drop-in Volunteers
Since May St John’s has been hosting a monthly Sunday drop-in centre for refugees run by the West London Synagogue. This provides families with a hot meal, a shopping voucher and a contribution towards their transport, as well as signposting for other practical help. The drop-in centre normally takes place on the third Sunday of the month and they are always open to volunteers to assist them. If you would like to join the volunteer crew, please speak to the Vicar. Due to Easter falling on the third Sunday of April, the next drop-in centre is on 27th April (the fourth Sunday of the month).
Book Club
Book Club next meets on 12th May and the book choice is Prophet Song by Paul Lynch – winner of the Booker Prize in 2023 – which imagines Ireland slipping into totalitarianism after the rise of the right-wing National Alliance Party. Civil liberties erode and civil war breaks out. For further information about the book club, please speak to Irwin Nazareth.
