Christ the Servant Abbey Meads
Members of the church of Christ the Servant have worked hard to keep their doors open, but have been discussing their future with the local Joint Council. Theirs is a very attractive building and still serves the community. However, the… Read more
CPAS (our patrons) write to say…
Thank you so much for your latest quarterly donation of £334 to CPAS. This donation will help is to encourage and equip churches and church leaders to reach out to their local communities with the Good News of Jesus. Please… Read more
Electoral Roll 2023
It is that time of the year again. Sharon is working on the revision of the Electoral Roll, our list of church members. We do this on an annual basis and the revision will take place between the 12th March… Read more
Parish Giving Scheme
Today we are going to be focusing on something new. The Parish Giving Scheme has been embraced by many churches up and down the country as a way of reducing the workload of the Treasurer, spreading our gift aid income… Read more
Christians Under Pressure
After last week’s light-hearted comments about fingernails, here is another, less amusing, story. Dabrina, whilst wearing the mandatory hijab in Iran, was arrested this week by the morality police for wearing …. nail varnish. According to the Iranian regime, Muslims… Read more
Youth Alpha – Movie and Pizza Evening
Sunday March 5th How do you get three astronauts home after an on-board explosion pretty much wrecks their craft half-way to the moon? Even worse, it is 1970 and you don’t have anything we would call a computer.
A Great Way to Read the Bible
The titles in the “For Everyone” series look like this. Matthew for Everyone Hebrews for Everyone Revelation for Everyone They cover every single book in the Bible. They were originally designed as guides to the New Testament for people who… Read more
Bishop Lee Announces His Retirement
Bishop Lee has been a passionate and committed Bishop of Swindon for the last 18 years and has been a great support to our church during that period. We are sad to announce that his time as Bishop will come… Read more
The Filling Station
Next Collection Thursday, 23rd February between 5:15pm and 5:45pm. Mary will be in touch to let you know what to bring. New members are always welcome.
Meetings for Prayer and the Beginning of Lent
We have two more prayer meetings in the same week. They are: Monday, 20th February at 1:30pm — a half hour of prayer Ash Wednesday, 22nd February at 7:30pm — prayer with communion and the opportunity to fast and pray…. Read more
Safeguarding in St John’s
We are delighted to say that Brent has agreed to become our new Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO). We need one if we run children’s work. The diocese rang the other day and were delighted to hear about Brent taking up… Read more
PCC and the Future
This Tuesday our PCC will meet with Archdeacon Christopher Bryan and Mike Duff from Church Pastoral Aid Society. They will want to talk to us about how PCC can best go about the task of finding a new vicar. Our… Read more