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!

November 2022 – February 2023

Sung Holy Communion service in Church
Sun 27 November 2022 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am
All are welcome to our main Sunday service. It is a full sung Holy Communion service (Order 1 of Common Worship), and we are also [...]
Messy Church
Sun 27 November 2022 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
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 [...]
Sunday Evensong
Sun 27 November 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Join us for Evensong – a service with hymns, readings, prayers and a sermon. We also sing some parts of the service.
Concert: The Nonesuch Orchestra
Thu 1 December 2022 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch time music with the Nonesuch Orchestra Janáček: Suite for String Orchestra Thea Musgrave: Aurora for string orchestra Britten: Simple Symphony, Op. 4
Sung Holy Communion service in Church
Sun 4 December 2022 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am
All are welcome to our main Sunday service. It is a full sung Holy Communion service (Order 1 of Common Worship), and we are also [...]
Sunday Evensong
Sun 4 December 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Join us for Evensong – a service with hymns, readings, prayers and a sermon. We also sing some parts of the service.
Sung Holy Communion service in Church
Sun 11 December 2022 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am
All are welcome to our main Sunday service. It is a full sung Holy Communion service (Order 1 of Common Worship), and we are also [...]
Sunday Evensong
Sun 11 December 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Join us for Evensong – a service with hymns, readings, prayers and a sermon. We also sing some parts of the service.
Concert: Christmas Music with Adrienne Walters (soprano)
Thu 15 December 2022 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Christmas Music with Adrienne Walters (soprano), including carols for the audience to sing
Harrow Philharmonic Choir: Family Carol Concert
Sat 17 December 2022 @ 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm
All welcome at Harrow Philharmonic Choir‘s Family Carol Concert. Adults £5 (on door); children free. Conductor: John Wyatt. Also featuring brass ensemble and handbell ringers. [...]
Sung Holy Communion service in Church
Sun 18 December 2022 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am
All are welcome to our main Sunday service. It is a full sung Holy Communion service (Order 1 of Common Worship), and we are also [...]
Carols by Candlelight
Sun 18 December 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
A traditional celebration with Bible readings and carols. All welcome.
Midnight Eucharist of Christmas
Sat 24 December 2022 @ 11:30 pm – Sun 25 December 2022 @ 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. [...]
Christmas morning Communion
Sun 25 December 2022 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Our sung Eucharist on Christmas morning.
Sung Holy Communion service in Church
Sun 1 January 2023 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am
All are welcome to our main Sunday service. It is a full sung Holy Communion service (Order 1 of Common Worship), and we are also [...]
Sunday Evensong
Sun 1 January 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Join us for Evensong – a service with hymns, readings, prayers and a sermon. We also sing some parts of the service.
Sung Holy Communion service in Church
Sun 8 January 2023 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am
All are welcome to our main Sunday service. It is a full sung Holy Communion service (Order 1 of Common Worship), and we are also [...]
Sunday Evensong
Sun 8 January 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Join us for Evensong – a service with hymns, readings, prayers and a sermon. We also sing some parts of the service.
Sung Holy Communion service in Church
Sun 15 January 2023 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am
All are welcome to our main Sunday service. It is a full sung Holy Communion service (Order 1 of Common Worship), and we are also [...]
Sunday Evensong
Sun 15 January 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Join us for Evensong – a service with hymns, readings, prayers and a sermon. We also sing some parts of the service.
Concert: Dominic John (piano)
Thu 19 January 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch time music with Dominic John (piano) Bach/Busoni: Chaconne, BWV1004 Haydn: Sonata in D, Hob. 37 Chopin: Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38 [...]
Sung Holy Communion service in Church
Sun 22 January 2023 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am
All are welcome to our main Sunday service. It is a full sung Holy Communion service (Order 1 of Common Worship), and we are also [...]
Sunday Evensong
Sun 22 January 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Join us for Evensong – a service with hymns, readings, prayers and a sermon. We also sing some parts of the service.
Sung Holy Communion service in Church
Sun 29 January 2023 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am
All are welcome to our main Sunday service. It is a full sung Holy Communion service (Order 1 of Common Worship), and we are also [...]
Messy Church
Sun 29 January 2023 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
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 [...]
Sunday Evensong
Sun 29 January 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Join us for Evensong – a service with hymns, readings, prayers and a sermon. We also sing some parts of the service.
Lunch time music with John MacDomnic (trumpet) and Adrian Boynton (piano/organ) Purcell: Sonata in D Alan Hovhaness: Prayer of St Gregory Henrick Andriessen: Themes and [...]
Sung Holy Communion service in Church
Sun 5 February 2023 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am
All are welcome to our main Sunday service. It is a full sung Holy Communion service (Order 1 of Common Worship), and we are also [...]
Sunday Evensong
Sun 5 February 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Join us for Evensong – a service with hymns, readings, prayers and a sermon. We also sing some parts of the service.
Sung Holy Communion service in Church
Sun 12 February 2023 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am
All are welcome to our main Sunday service. It is a full sung Holy Communion service (Order 1 of Common Worship), and we are also [...]