You may have noticed that Simon hasn’t been in St John’s recently. He is currently doing a 6 week placement at St Bartholomew’s in Wootton Bassett. Simon is exploring whether to go forward for ordination and, as part of this,… Read more

Due to a technical problem we had to have “My Lighthouse“ at Orchid this week instead of the final hymn. It went down a storm with residents and a member of staff who goes to The Well. We just need… Read more

Google “The Bible Project.” It covers a huge range of biblical books and themes. Every lesson is visual and easy to watch. They last less than 10 minutes. Pour yourself a cup of coffee and pick a subject. It’s a… Read more

At least 360 million Christians are facing persecution and discrimination – that’s one in every seven Christians on the planet. Across Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America, millions of Christians risk everything, simply because they choose to believe…. Read more

CLERGY will be able to offer services of prayer and thanksgiving for samesex couples and bless same-sex civil marriages in church for the first time under proposals due to be presented to the General Synod next month. However, the House… Read more

The easiest way is simply to google Open Doors. The website is brilliant. It is very easy to navigate and you will find a host of resources for prayer and information. It is not always easy to talk about the… Read more

Our Hong Kong members remind us that the Chinese New Year began on January 22nd 2023 and will end on February 9th 2024. It known as the year of the rabbit. Luck and horoscopes seem to play a big part… Read more

Christ Church Swindon are planning to employ a part-time member of staff to assist with their social media, marketing, communications, fundraising, grant applications and event planning. If this sounds of interest to you, please let Raymond know and he will… Read more

Just after I was ordained, my old RE teacher at school, Dr Caswall, took the trouble to write to me. He was a very committed Christian and there was a piece of advice he wanted to give. He advised me… Read more

1. We are delighted to announce that the Revd. Patrick Webb has been appointed to the parish of Parks and Walcot. He and his wife Verity-Rose are coming to Swindon with their three young children. They have a heart to… Read more

We are currently offering people the choice of receiving the wine directly from the chalice at communion services. We also offered the 9:00 o’clock members last week the opportunity to kneel down as we used to do pre-Covid. Normally these… Read more

The PCC was due to meet on Wednesday with Archdeacon Christopher Bryan and Mike Duff, Patronage Secretary from CPAS (Church Pastoral Aid Society). Unfortunately, Covid 19 got in the way and we are going to need to rearrange that meeting…. Read more