New Possibilities with Schools
Primary Schools This afternoon at 4pm there will be a special service at St Francis School. It will be the last one that Sally and her team leads there. The service and its future will officially be in the hands… Read more
New Possibilities with Uganda
St. John’s congregation has provided the funding for a school at Bwaziba which was built in 2000 and has been extended by local contractors and parents. Many members of our congregation have visited both Bwaziba and other schools over the… Read more
Hotmail/Yahoo Email Addresses
If you have a Hotmail or Yahoo email address we are continuing to try to resolve the issue of our Parish Office emails not getting through to you. In the meantime, if you have an alternative email address you’d like… Read more
Prayer Meeting
The next monthly prayer meeting will be held in church from 2pm to 3pm on Monday, 4th December and will be led by the Monday homegroup. This is a great opportunity for all who are free during the day to… Read more
Christmas Card Exchange Boxes
These will be out from next Sunday. Please make sure that the recipients of your cards are still attending St. John’s. We cannot be responsible for delivering any cards that are left after Christmas.
The Filling Station
Remember that if you volunteer for filling station, please pick up your envelop on the table in the foyer and then bring your food items in on Thursday, 30th November. Thanks.
Handover Service
Next Sunday at 4pm, the service that currently takes place in St Francis school will be officially handed over to St John’s. Sally will be running a new afternoon service at Tadpole Farm school from next month, and much of… Read more
Big Thanks to Craft Club
Our Craft Club members deserve a mention in dispatches. This year they have kindly offered to wrap up the presents for Santa to take to the Seniors’ Christmas Lunch. In addition, they plan to assemble the Christingles for the service… Read more
Results of Operation Christmas Child
Our human chain of adults and children last Sunday transported no less than 104 shoeboxes from the church to the car. After so many years of being involved in this enterprise, we have not flagged. This is an encouraging number,… Read more
Paul Kakooza from Luweero
Paul Kakooza from Luweero who preached in 2014, has just been appointed Chief Director of Education Services for the Church of Uganda. He will be moving from Luweero to Kampala. I have sent him our warmest congratulations and assured him… Read more
What Will the New Boundary Changes Involve?
I want to give next Sunday’s service over to this issue. We expect the boundary changes come into effect the end of this month. This means that all the homes on this side of Thamesdown Drive, the four schools and… Read more
Whatever Happened to the FOTB (Fixed Odds Betting Terminals) Review?
In previous bulletins we have been keeping an eye on this issue. Britain has nearly 450,000 problem gamblers. Fixed odds betting terminals are largely based in poorer areas. £1.8 billion was lost playing on these machines last year. A gambler… Read more