Weekly News

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22
SERVICES THIS WEEKEND
 
SUNDAY 26 MARCH
10am Morning Service 
Live-streamed on our website and YouTube channel.
The Rock group have a special session with families meeting all together in the hall during the service.
Title: The Letter to Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13)
Speaker: Mark Francis

6pm Evening Service 
BOSS youth group meets during the service at 5.30pm for food and Bible study.
Title: The Letter to Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13)
Speaker: Mark Francis

MONDAY 27 MARCH
2pm Connections Easter Praise
A short, traditional and accessible service in church followed by tea and cakes.
Theme: Easter in the Garden of Gethsemane
Speaker: Mark Francis

8pm St John's Online
Join on zoom for the final week of Fruitfulness on the Frontline.
Click to join St John's online on zoom
A Letter to St John's
As we approach the end of our teaching series on the Letters to the Churches in Revelation, we are collating thoughts from the congregation on where God might be encouraging and challenging us at St John's. Please do share your insights with Mark and we will present them as "A Letter to the Church in Felbridge" in due course. Thank you. 
Church Walk at 2 pm THIS Sunday
Starting at The Forest Way off Herontye Drive (not Holtye Road). A 2-hour walk at a gentle pace walking along the Forest Way and back across some fields. Bring wellies as there is some quite muddy terrain. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for further info.
Easter Card deliveries
There are lots of cards still left to deliver. Please pick some up at church this Sunday so we can deliver them to every house in the parish before Easter. Thank you.
THIS SUNDAY at 10am families will all be in the hall for a special session of the Rock.
Why not invite a family you know to come and be part of this exciting session with children and parents worshipping and learning together in the hall?
And for parents who will miss the next instalment of the Letters to the Churches on Sunday morning, why not make time to come to the 6pm service so you don't miss out?
NEXT SUNDAY

10am Palm Sunday All Age Service
Why not invite friends and family to join us as we begin our preparations an celebrations for Easter?
6pm Service 
We are delighted that Paul Perkin, formerly vicar of St Mark's Battersea Rise and currently the vicar in Limpsfield Chart will be coming to St John's as our Guest Speaker to preach on Psalm 2.
CEEC Declaration
The Church of England Evangelical Council are reaching out to all those feeling dismayed about the direction of travel being proposed by the House of Bishops with regards services of prayers and blessing for same-sex relationships. If you would like to sign the declaration, which has already been signed by members of the leadership at St John's, you can find the details here. The purpose is to enable the CEEC to communicate the strength of feeling with the Church of England to the Bishops. 
EASTER HOLIDAY CLUB
HELPERS STILL NEEDED!
If you are free but still sitting on the fence then please consider coming! The more leaders we have, the more children get a chance to hear the gospel. It’s only a few hours a day so needn’t dominate your week. Kids work doesn’t have to be ‘your thing’ either - there’s plenty of chance to use all kinds of gifts and learn new things. We particularly need the below, and especially people who can commit to all four days.
  • Group leaders
  • Musical gifts
  • A drama character
Please speak to Luke (Pastor for Youth and Children).
BIBLE BY THE BEACH SUNDAY CELEBRATION & CONCERT

SUNDAY 30 APRIL
CONGRESS THEATRE, EASTBOURNE

FREE EVENING CELEBRATION with Paul Mallard at 7:15pm
£10 for the CONCERT with EMU at 9:15pm
TO BOOK: www.biblebythebeach.org
St John's usual evening service will be cancelled on this day to give people the opportunity to go to the Celebration and Concert in Eastbourne. We will be arranging car-sharing so please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.y in our church office if you are going and are planning to drive or if you would like to have a lift.
ST JOHN'S ONLINE
This Monday we are doing a wrap-up of the course, focusing on individuals and praying for our own frontlines. Then for the following weeks...
3rd April: Easter reflection led by Ian, reflecting on Jesus's time in the wilderness and his journey to Jerusalem. 
10th April: No St John's Online service
17th April: A new series: Be Still.  A five-week 24-7 Prayer study on developing an effective quiet time with God.
WEEKEND AT HOME
Save the date! We are really looking forward to having a Weekend-at-home together from the evening of Friday 23rd June until Sunday 25th June. All of our church family together to look at the Bible, pray and have fun. There will be kids work, youth work and adult teaching all weekend as well as lots of fun activities to do all together. Put the date in your diary and watch this space for more information! 
UGANDA UPDATE: Praise God for rain!
The rainy season has started in Fundo! On 22nd March a water tank was installed at the school which will reduce the pressure on the borehole in the village.
Donate your used ink cartridges by putting them in the box in the church office.  Arocha will receive between 10p-£1.00 for every cartridge donated (depends on the cartridge type). Find out more information here.   
PRAYER FOR THIS WEEKEND 
Dear Lord: May the message of the Bible be faithfully proclaimed at St John’s this weekend. May your people be encouraged as they sing and pray to you. May the Holy Spirit be at work in all ages who connect to groups and services. And may Jesus your Son be glorified in all we do. Stir up people’s hearts to put their faith in you and may the truths of your Word bring real joy and peace and hope to people’s lives. Amen