Events & Concerts

General Information

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.

Other activities include our Welcome Centre on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 12 noon to 3 pm (run jointly with Our Lady & St Thomas RC Church), and on Fridays from 12 noon to 2 pm the church is open for private prayer.

Concerts

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!

(Please note that the Summer Concerts between Thursday 13 July and Thursday 14 September have been organised separately: (details here).)

December 2021 – October 2023

Dec

Sun

Carols by Candlelight

Sun 19 December 2021 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

A traditional celebration with Bible readings and carols. All welcome.

Dec

Fri

Midnight Eucharist of Christmas

Fri 24 December 2021 @ 11:30 pm – Sat 25 December 2021 @ 12:30 am

The birth of Jesus was announced to nearby shepherds by angels in the middle of the night. Join us for our First Eucharist of Christmas. [...]

Dec

Sat

Christmas morning Communion

Sat 25 December 2021 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Our sung Eucharist on Christmas morning.

Mar

Wed

Ash Wednesday sung Communion

Wed 2 March 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 8:45 pm

All are welcome to our Sung Eucharist at 8 pm for Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. (There will also be the usual on-line [...]

Mar

Fri

World Day of Prayer service

Fri 4 March 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 7:45 pm

All are welcome to this annual event: this year the service in central Harrow is at St John’s, and will be on the theme “I [...]

Apr

Thu

Maundy Thursday Communion

Thu 14 April 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

“Maundy” comes from the Latin for “commandment” (like “mandate”). At the Last Supper (on the night before his crucifixion on Good Friday) Jesus told his [...]

Apr

Fri

Good Friday walk of witness

Fri 15 April 2022 @ 10:30 am – 11:45 am

Central Harrow church members walk with a large wooden cross from Harrow Baptist Church in College Road through the streets to St John’s, where we [...]

Apr

Fri

Good Friday meditation

Fri 15 April 2022 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Join us to pray about the events of Good Friday and what it means for us today.

Apr

Fri

Stainer’s Crucifixion

Fri 15 April 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

The Choir of St John’s, with other local singers, will perform The Crucifixion, by John Stainer, on Good Friday, 15 April, at 7 pm. Leaving [...]

Apr

Sat

Easter Vigil

Sat 16 April 2022 @ 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Jesus died on Good Friday. On Saturday his body lay in a tomb. We do not know the exact time that he rose from the [...]

Sep

Thu

Alpha Course (on-line)

Thu 15 September 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm