We regret that we are currently not holding worship in church.
For details of our worship, including on-line services, please see our Worship Services page.
Welcome to our Events and Concerts area. Here, you can find out about what’s happening at St. John’s.
If you are looking for information on our worship, please visit our Worship Services area, where you can find our service times, styles, and locations. Any variations from the regular pattern appear on this page.
St John’s Church has held fortnightly lunch-time concerts since 1975. Concerts are held on alternate Thursdays throughout most of the year with breaks at Christmas, Easter and the summer. Please check this calendar for the next few dates (and programmes, when available).
Light refreshments are available from 11.45am and the concert begins at 12.30pm. There is usually an interval and the concert finishes at around 1.45pm.
Admission is free but there is a collection on the way out to cover expenses. Please come and join us!
Messy Church is church for all ages with a difference. Join us for crafts, songs, stories, food, and to explore the Christian faith together! Messy Church is a free event, but donations are welcome. We meet on the last Sunday of every month except August and December.
Drop in and join us for a free cup of tea or coffee (every Wednesday and Saturday, 12-3).
Join us for an hour of prayer on the last Thursday of every month.
Drop in and join us for a free cup of tea or coffee (every Wednesday and Saturday, 12-3).
Drop in and join us for a free cup of tea or coffee. Please note that today’s Welcome Centre finishes at 1.30 because there is a funeral at 2 pm.
Today we hold the Funeral Service for Elmars Kalnins, who died on 15 January at the age of 98.
Valentin Schiedermair (piano)
William Byrd: Coranto (from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book)
Anon: Muscadin; The Irish Ho-Hoane
Bach: Bist Du bei mir, BWV 508; Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book II
Valentin Schiedermair: Ocean Waves (2019)
Mozart: Sonata in D major KV 311
Clara Schumann: Romance in B minor
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Il Saltarello Romano Op. 6 No. 4:Allegro molto
Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Souvenirs d’Andalousie, Caprice de concert
Drop in and join us for a free cup of tea or coffee (every Wednesday and Saturday, 12-3).