Halloween is a time when people focus on ghosts, ghouls and things that go bump in the night. At our “Under The Sea” Light Party, we prefer to focus on The Light and not on The Darkness. The Light Party… Read more

We hear that the Youth Weekend on the Lightship Trinity was a real success. This Sunday at 11am we will find out from the leaders and young people, with the aid of photos and videos, exactly what they got up… Read more

There has been some good news for churches. However, we will still need to keep a close eye on energy costs. Our last bill was £4,000 for a single quarter. That is totally unsustainable. We don’t want the church to… Read more

A number of people have asked Alison if there will be a Choir at the Christmas Carol Service this year. The answer is a definite “Yes” – especially after last year’s tremendous service. The date of the Carol Service is… Read more

No one needs to be told about the enormous pressure of increasing food prices. It hurts all of us but especially low-income families. We cannot fix the macro-problems but we can play our own small part. Many thousands of cans… Read more

The Bible, as we have it today, came into being over a period of time. First of all, the early church recognised that the writings of the apostles like Paul, Peter and John should be added to the books of… Read more

The answer to that is simple. About 30 people are on the Trinity lightship. Bishop Viv was very impressed by the numbers of children and young people worshipping with us. Pray for a great weekend. We want the young people… Read more

The Hong Kong video, which we will show this week at 9am, reveals the impact the Course had, not just on the Hong Kongers, but on the Swindonians who were helping to run it. Nothing makes us feel better than… Read more

Last year, we supported The Filling Station exclusively as Swindon Food Collective told us they were well supplied with food. That is not the case this year. The cost of living crisis has left the Food Collective more dependent on… Read more

We are suspending our sermon series for this week. Last week, we started by thinking about how to read Revelation, remembering that it is first and foremost a book of symbols. You can catch up with the sermon on our… Read more

Hong Kongers are passionate about technology. Gabriel, who spoke last Sunday, was in the photographic business in Hong Kong. He has put together a video about the welcome course which we shall show at the start of the service. It… Read more

On Sunday we welcome our diocesan bishop, Bishop Viv, to St Johns. Her visit comes the day before the funeral of the Queen so our service will reflect that. There are special prayers for this period of mourning, and we… Read more