Forest Church is back in 2025!

All sessions are on Saturdays, 3pm-3.45pm in Caterham School's Pre-prep outdoor area (unless otherwise stated).

26 April: at St John's Church - hedgehog house building session 'Stewardship of creation'
24 May: Spring - prayer mandalas, leaf prayers, blossom painting 'Consider the lilies'
June: No Meeting
19 July: water play - building twig boats 'Calming the storm'
16 August: Harvest/ foraging - Blackberries, bird feeders with apples and picnic 'God's provision'
13 September: Spiders, bugs and tiny overlooked things 'God of the little things'

Timber!

Under the guidance of experts, our team of temporary lumberjacks/jills using serious bits of kit, tidied up some long standing tree management issues.

Wood chippings for you!

After the activities last Saturday (15 March), there is a pile of chippings by the church tower (west end), for you to take away.

Please come and fill yer boots! (a wheelbarrow, car or other similar receptacle may be more practical 😉)

If you like to make a donation for chippings removed, please go to Support our ministry and mission.

Thank you 🙂

Farewell lunch for John Woodhouse

Many thanks again John (and for doing your own camera work).

Bells to Caterham

The Sunday morning service (9 March 2025) at St John the Evangelist commemorated and celebrated the installation of the bells in St John's in 1975. The bells came from St Mary's Lambeth.

During the service:

• two of our ringers, Alan and Noel, read lessons
• there was a talk: Noel made a brief introduction, focusing mainly on our band of ringers and trailing Milica’s talk on the bells themselves; Milica, using extensive research, dove down into the history of St Mary's bells that later became St John's Bells
• there was ringing while communion was being taken
• the vicar, Jaimée, blessed / rededicated the bells and bell ringers from the ringing chamber
• after the service and during the refreshments we rang call changes

We are looking for a Director of Music!

More information upon request.

Robyn Jones, and Aida Rodriguez Ramos - Munch with Music - 5 March 2025

Powerful, evocative singing and deft, accomplished accompaniment with a wide range of performance pieces provided a rare treat at St John's last Wednesday.

Programme

Satie - La Diva de L'Empire
Nadia Boulanger - Cantique
Brahms - O kühler Wald
Florence Price - Night
De Falla - El paño moruno; Asturina; Nana; Cancion
Debussy - Pagodes (piano solo)
Madeleine Dring - A Bay in Anglesey
Schubert - Nachtstuck
Santoliquido -L'assiolo cantar
Coates - Bird Songs at Eventide
Zemlinsky - Empfängniss
Vaughan Williams - Silent Noon

The church was a little cool, so Robyn and Aida had to don coats, but hopefully the very warm applause was in some measure compensation.

Mindful crafting/art through Lent

50th Anniversary of the installation of the bells

This Sunday, 9th March, we'll be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the installations of our tower bells.

The 10am service will include:

- a talk about the bells by Milica
- rededication of the bells and a ‘blessing’ of the ringers
- ringing during the service and after the service
- refreshments after the service

From St Mary's, Lambeth to St John's, Caterham, the ringing rolls on.

Hear Here March 2025

Please do come along on 6th March between 9:30am and 11:30am, if you need advice, support, maintenance or batteries for your NHS hearing aids at:

St John's Church Hall
Clareville Rd
Caterham
CR3 6LA.

Contact us at hearherestjohnscaterham@gmail.com