Sunday Services 10 am, 6 pm
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).)
Posterboard
Month 
Week 
Day 
Agenda 
Concert: Odinn Baldvinsson (flute) and Patricia Romero (piano)
Thu 4 February 2016 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Odinn Baldvinsson (flute) and Patricia Romero (piano)
Shrove Tuesday pancakes and coffee
Tue 9 February 2016 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Join us in Church on Shrove Tuesday (Pancake day). The tradition of pancakes arose out of the need to use up food which would not [...]
Concert: Samantha Ward (piano)
Thu 18 February 2016 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Samantha Ward (piano) D. Scarlatti: Sonatas K208 in A major and K213 in D minor Schubert: Impromptus in G flat major D899 and in A [...]
Concert: The Gilbert Trio (cello, flute, piano)
Thu 3 March 2016 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
The Gilbert Trio Thomas Bertolotti (cello), Ivan Alekhin (flute), Julia Mamet’eva (piano) Weber: Trio in G minor for Flute, Cello and Piano Goossens: Five Impressions [...]
Concert: Haruko Seki (piano)
Thu 17 March 2016 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Haruko Seki (piano) Schumann: Kinderscenen, Op. 15 Chopin: Raindrop Prelude (Prelude No. 15, Op. 28) Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 [...]
Maundy Thursday Communion
Thu 24 March 2016 @ 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 [...]
Good Friday walk of witness
Fri 25 March 2016 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 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 [...]
Good Friday meditation
Fri 25 March 2016 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Join us to pray about the events of Good Friday and what it means for us today.
Stainer’s Crucifixion
Fri 25 March 2016 @ 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, 25 March at 7 pm. Leaving [...]
Easter Vigil
Sat 26 March 2016 @ 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 [...]
Concert: Maciej Raginia (piano)
Thu 7 April 2016 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Schumann: Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 11 Chopin: Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise in E flat major, Op. 22
Concert: The Steinberg Piano Duo and friends
Thu 21 April 2016 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
The Steinberg Duo and friends Louisa Stonehill (violin), Nicholas Burns (piano), Sophie Renshaw (viola), Rebecca Knight (cello) Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478 [...]
Annual Parish Meeting
Sun 24 April 2016 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
The Annual Meeting of Parishioners to elect Churchwardens and the Annual Parochial Church Meeting will take place in Church (no 11 am worship today).
Concert: John MacDomnic (trumpets) and Adrian Boynton (organ/piano)
Thu 5 May 2016 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Programme to include: Corelli: Trumpet Sonata Morricone: Gabriel’s Oboe Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate Arutiunian: Trumpet Concerto Busser: Andante and Scherzo Robert Stroh: Fantasy Arban: Carnival of [...]
Ascension Day Sung Eucharist
Thu 5 May 2016 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Today we celebrate Jesus’s ascension into heaven.
Mini-fair
Sat 14 May 2016 @ 11:00 am – 1:30 pm
Come and see our selection of cakes, books, gifts and bric-a-brac. Outside the church, weather permitting (otherwise inside).
Concert: Phillip Dyson (piano)
Thu 19 May 2016 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Brahms: Rhapsody, Op. 79, No. 2 Debussy: Clair de Lune Chopin: Waltz in A flat major, Op. 69, No. 1 “L’adieu” Beethoven: “Moonlight” Sonata, Op. [...]
Concert: Nigel Blomiley (cello) and Tadashi Imai (piano)
Thu 2 June 2016 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Nigel Blomiley (cello) and Tadashi Imai (piano) François Francoeur: Sonata in E major Haydn: Tempo di Minuetto Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise Brillante, Op. 3 César [...]
Barbecue
Sat 11 June 2016 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Our annual parish barbecue at the Vicarage. Details and tickets from church.
Concert: Niel du Preez (piano)
Thu 16 June 2016 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Niel du Preez (piano) Beethoven: Sonata in D major, Op. 28 Ravel: Sonatine Chopin: Polonaise Fantasie, Op. 61
Patronal Festival brunch (no 11.15 worship today)
Sun 26 June 2016 @ 10:45 am – 11:45 am
Come to our Patronal Festival Eucharist at 9.30 am and stay to our brunch: coffee, tea, juices, croissants, pastries and muffins. Please note that there’s [...]
Summer Concert
Thu 30 June 2016 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
For full details of these summer lunch time concerts, please see: Harrow Summer Music 2016
Summer Concert
Thu 14 July 2016 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
For full details of these summer lunch time concerts, please see: Harrow Summer Music 2016
Welcome Centre
Wed 20 July 2016 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Drop in and join us for a free cup of tea or coffee (every Wednesday, 12-3).
Summer Concert
Thu 21 July 2016 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
For full details of these summer lunch time concerts, please see: Harrow Summer Music 2016