Ride and Stride
UPDATE: A big thank you to those who have signed up to sit in church for an hour for the Saturday of the Ride and Stride Appeal. It is a huge encouragement to walkers, cyclists and others if they turn up… Read more
Farewell to Janice
We are very sad to announce the news that Janice will cease to be our Parish Administrator from Friday September 9th. She will be moving to an administrative role in a HR department. We congratulate her on her appointment. We… Read more
Blood Donation Shortage in Swindon
It seems there is a real need for new blood donors in our area. The health service is currently running a campaign to recruit new donors in Swindon. You can register online at blood.co.uk or there is the opportunity to give… Read more
Farewell to Sally - For the time being at least
UPDATE: Sally says: “Thank you so much for the beautiful flowers and all the good wishes for my secondment at St Andrew’s. It’s been great being part of such a friendly and faithful church as St John’s and I look forward… Read more
Investigate Investigators
We are looking for someone who is able to lead our Investigator children’s group once a month. If you are interested, or would just like to find out more about this role, please contact the Parish Office.
Prayer Ministry
It’s several months since prayer ministry was re-introduced at the end of our services and the team is really pleased that from September, we will be offering prayer ministry every week at the 11am service. If you’d like someone to… Read more
Rock Café Meetings
UPDATE 2: The second of our two ROCK meetings will be held on Tuesday (see the diary) . Our aim is to be able not just to restart the ROCK Café, but to do so on a sustainable basis. We… Read more
Bishop Eridard Thinking Big
Ever since he became a bishop, Eridard has been planning to provide pensions for the clergy in his diocese. The result is a plan to build a large scale Business Centre, which will be let to businesses to generate income to… Read more
Restore Quiz Night
Restore (the sister group to Swindon Foodbank) are having a quiz night on Friday 26 Aug 7:30pm and a Karaoke on 30th September. See www.swindonfoodbank.co.uk for more details or call Sam c/o the Parish Office.
Message from Russell and Swindon Foodbank
A big thank you to all that faithfully contribute either with food or donations which are a great encouragement. From time to time there are gaps on the warehouse shelves and at the moment Foodbank is short of Long Life… Read more