SERVICES THIS WEEK
SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER
10am Communion Service followed by monthly Prayer Meeting
Live-streamed on our website and YouTube channel.
The Rock children's group (for children aged 3-11) meets during the service
Bible Passage: Ruth 4
Preacher: Nick Wooldridge

6pm Carols By Candlelight 
Preacher: Nick Wooldridge
Mulled wine & mince pies will be served after the service

MONDAY 22 December
8pm St John's Online
 
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Church Prayer Meetings
Please join us at 11.30 after this Sunday morning service to pray for our Christmas services.
For those of you who are early risers, you are welcome to join us at 6.45am this Wednesday in the church hall to pray for our church family using the Daily Prayer App. There will be NO Wednesday prayer meeting on 31st December or 7th January. 
 
Connections Events
There will be no Connections events on Mondays 22nd or 29th December. There will be quiet prayer in the Church Office on 5th January at 2pm.
 
Christmas Services
Donations made at either of these service will be shared between Crawley Open House and East Grinstead Foodbank. The service on Christmas Day will be followed by a short communion service. There will be NO evening service on Christmas Day or on 28th December.
 
E-news
There will be no newsletter sent out on 26th December or 2nd January. The next newsletter will be sent out on Friday 9th January.
 
Church Christmas Card
There is a beautiful Church Christmas card, painted by a member of the Watercolour on Wednesday group, at the back of church for people to sign instead of buying lots of individual Christmas cards for our church family.  Donations this year will go towards St Catherine's Hospice and can be placed in an envelope in the offertory bowl marked 'Church Christmas card' or given via the card reader.
Click here to hear more about how St Catherine's helps people
 
Women's Breakfast 

The next St John's Church women's breakfast will take place on Saturday 31st Jan 9.30-11am. Frankie Knight will be our guest speaker, looking at the subject of how God doesn't change (and why that's a good thing) and how we do change (and why that's a good thing!).
Frankie has been involved in schools ministry and student ministry in the past, and is now a full-time mum to baby Jonah. Her husband Joel is the minister of a church in Wokingham.
Do come and join us as we spend time together over a delicious bacon breakfast, singing, praying and listening to a talk.
No need to book; entry free but small donations towards food costs welcome.
For further information or if you have any questions, please speak to Elizabeth Purdy, Mary Wooldridge (morning service) or Caroline Kettlewell (evening service), or email the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
 
 
Spring Term Teaching Series
 
 
 
What's happening at St John's in the New Year
Monday 5th January
2pm Quiet Prayer in the church office
Wednesday 7th January
9.30am -11am Women's Bible study group
Friday 9th January
7pm - 8.30pm Verve
 
 
SERVICES NEXT WEEKEND

SUNDAY 28 DECEMBER
10am Communion Service
Live-streamed on our website and YouTube channel.
Title: Mark 10:13-31
Preacher: Nick Wooldridge

No Evening Service
 
SERVICES ON THE WEEKEND AFTER NEXT

SUNDAY 4 JANUARY
10am All Age Service
Live-streamed on our website and YouTube channel.
Title: Mark 10:32-52
Preacher: Nick Wooldridge

6pm Communion Service
Title: Mark 10:32-52
Preacher: Nick Smith
 
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. So far your used ink cartridges have raised £34.55 for ARocha.
 
PRAYER FOR THIS WEEKEND

Dear Lord: You are the Light of the World. Thank you for your light shining in the darkness. Shine your light in our lives, whatever our circumstances, so that your light radiates out from us to others, enabling us to point others to you through our words and actions. Amen.