John Bank’s encouraging and joyful spirit blessed us especially during our Zoom worship services, joining in from Somerset. Please continue to hold Melanie and their family in prayer.
SMC registers for same-sex weddings
‘God is love’ — 1 John 4.8 While our application to register our sanctuary for same-sex weddings is caught up in URC beauracracy, we celebrate with Salisbury United Methodist Church which has received its Certificate of Registration for same-sex weddings. Revd Anna Bishop writes, ”This is a very exciting day! We got our certificate of […]
13 March – Blessing of Gardeners service
We Remember Peter Pay
We remember with thanksgiving the life of Peter Pay, a member of Salisbury United Reformed Church and one of the Moderators of The United Reformed Church General Assembly, 2020-2022. Please continue to hold Jo and the family in prayer.
Harvest in Zambia
Enjoy these photos of the Harvest Season in Zambia.
New Year with Christ – Zambia prayers
Give thanks that the churches in Zambia have dedicated themselves with worship on the theme “New Year with Christ”. Give thanks also for rain during this season. Pray for the vaccination programme as Zambia continues to have thousands of new COVID cases each day. Pray for the Boys’ Brigade at St John’s – for officers […]
Worship Planning resources for Elders & Jr Church
Worship planning resources to help our church leaders engage with worship and spirituality in meaningful and relevant ways. Here you will find prepared material ready-to-use in gathered worship and personal devotion. These sources are many, representing the variety of worship experiences in the United Reformed Church and its ecumenical partners. Sunday worship planning resources Worship […]
Prayers for Zambia Partners
We are asked to pray this week for Rev Godfrey Gama in his work as chair of Chelston Consistory of the United Church of Zambia. St John’s is part of this Consistory, which covers the east of Lusaka and includes 26 congregations and 15,650 members. At St John’s, please pray for the finance committee in […]
Bookstall Saturdays
Our monthly Saturday bookstall takes place on the first Saturday of each month, from 9.30am-12.30pm. We will be outside our church on Fisherton Street unless weather is wet, when we will be inside. Come along and browse our great selection of second-hand books all priced at 50p & £1. We have a large range of […]
Traidcraft Advent Calendar
If you’d like to open an Advent Calendar that isn’t filled with chocolates, try Traidcraft Exchange’s Injustice Advent Calendar https://traidcraftexchange.org/injustice-advent-calendar Here’s what Traidcraft Exchange says about it: This is the advent calendar that matters. For Christmas 2021 we’re partnering with a hand-picked selection of world changing organisations to provide you with 24 simple ways to […]