St John's News - 15 January 2025

Dear friends,

Jesus said, 'If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.'
John 8:31-32
(St John's verse for 2025)

Happy New Year and welcome to our first news update of 2025. If you missed Sunday’s service, you can catch up on YouTube channel.

Next Sunday’s 10:30am service includes the baptism of baby Ezra and the reading is Mark 8:11-30. Sunday School will be looking at the parable of the lost coin.

Thank you to those who helped spread the wood chips across the car park areas in the church yard. A great job! This will be a great help to those who need to park inside the church grounds.



Two upcoming dates to mark in your diary:

Sat 15 Feb 8:30am - Men's Breakfast in the Church Room

Sun 23 Mar 3:15pm - "Retro-Praise and Poems" fundraiser for Mercy Ships .
An afternoon for the work of Mercy Ships at St John's Elmswell including retro praise (come & sing some great oldies). Poems, stories, and the church band. Refreshments provided. Entry free but appreciate donations to the work of Mercy Ships.

You are very welcome to join the online weekly church prayer meeting, which is on Zoom on Saturday at 9:00am for 40 minutes. You do not need to pray out loud – we’d love to see you. Join us by clicking here or, load Zoom and use Meeting ID: 685 295 1296 and Password: 816262.

In Christ,

Peter
Wed 15 Jan 2025