Songs of Praise

Your chance to choose your favourite hymn.

You are welcome to speak about your choice or write a short item to be read out at the service. Please fill in the form by 1st July 2023.

The 'Songs of Praise' service is:

Sunday July 9th at 10 a.m. at

St John the Evangelist
Clareville Road,
Caterham Valley

We will do our best to include your choice on July 9th or on a later occasion.

Service of Loss and Hope

For All Soul's, we are holding an informal, prayerful service with music and candle-lighting for those who have experienced grief or loss.

It will be 5 November at 3pm.

If you would like the name of a loved one read aloud at the service please contact us or write down the name on the sheet at the back of St John's church.

If you know someone who might benefit from coming along, do invite them!

BARN DANCE with the Odd Sock Do Dum Band

The Barn Dance is in aid of Caterham Overseas Aid Trust (Registered Charity No. 283579).

Saturday 25th November 2023
7.30 -10.30pm.
Centenary Hall, Essendene Road, Caterham CR3 5PA
(Church of the Sacred Heart)

Cost £15
To include sausage (or vegetarian alternative) and chip supper and desserts.

Bar and raffle available.

For tickets and to confirm food order please contact CaterhamOverseasAidTrust@outlook.com

Munch with Music October 2023 John Woodhouse

John demonstrated the width of his repertoire, with pieces reflecting the RAF, the Proms and the sacred. We have excerpts in the video of some of these.

John has been the resident organist at St John's for six years.

Come along to Green Club!

Come along to Green Club, St John's Youth group for fun, green activities and community projects. Open to 11 to 15 year olds, we meet once a month.

For October's meeting (Sunday 8th October) we will meet at 11.15am outside St John's to walk up to the woods, throw a frisbee around and chat. Our new Vicar Jaimee is able to join us to get to know our young people a bit. No previous frisbee skills necessary!

Hear Here Clinic on Thursday 5th October

There will be a Hear Here Clinic on Thursday 5th October from 9:30 - 11:30 at the Westway Centre. Please do come along if you need advice, support, maintenance or batteries for your NHS hearing aid.

Munch with Music - October 2023

The next Munch with Music will be held in the church on 4th October 2023 featuring John Woodhouse on the church organ.

You are invited to bring your own ‘Munch’.

Admission is free, donations are welcome.

Coffee, tea and biscuits from 12:15pm, with the performance starting at 12:45pm and lasting about 45 minutes.

The following Munch will be on 1st November, with musicians from Trinity Laban.

The Collation and Induction of Revd. Jaimée Summers

Jaimée is led to the church door by Moira.

A view of the inside of the church from the ringing chamber during the induction service.

Twenty three years since the last collation and induction service at St John the Evangelist and on 25 September 2023 it was Jaimée's time to take up the benefice.

Bishop Rosemarie led the service in which many assents, oaths and reaffirmations were made. However, while embedded in the past, the service pointed to a joyful future, centered on the Good Shepard, a parish led and served by our new priest.

Welcome Jaimée

Harvest lunch

The Harvest Lunch on 24 September was an enjoyable get together to celebrate God's bounty given to us, and by donation pass some of that on to Caterham Foodbank and Welcare.

There were new faces, including the soon to be vicar, and some familiar faces. My face was fairly slack jawed as I'd returned from holiday in the wee small hours of the morning :)

Harvest Festival

We will be supporting the Caterham Foodbank and Welcare at our service on 24 September.

If this can be in monetary form, that would be ideal, with cheques or money in a sealed envelope showing which charity it is to go to. Non-
perishable foods will still be accepted as these can be taken to the Foodbank on the Thursday when they are open.

There will be a Harvest Lunch to follow in the Church Hall. No information yet.

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