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We invite you to join us, together with the wider Wellington community, as we celebrate St John’s Patronal Festival weekend.

On Saturday, 27th June at 1.30 p.m., we are bringing back the historic Clipping the Tower tradition. After more than 150 years, it’s a wonderful chance for us to gather, reconnect, and celebrate the place that brings so many of us together week by week. The heart of the event is simple: we join hands, circle the Church with a human chain, Clip the Tower, and return through the human arch, sharing a moment of unity and community spirit. The celebration continues with a performance by Bootstrap Border Morris at 2.00 p.m.

On Sunday, 28th June at 9.30 a.m., we will hold a special Eucharistic service for St John’s birthday, with music from St John’s Singers, followed by tea and cake. Later, at 5.30 p.m., we welcome you to our Festival Choral Evensong, sung by AD HOC Voices, featuring uplifting music including Herbert Howells’ Collegium Regale and Cecilia McDowall’s A Prayer for St John the Baptist.

With music, bell ringing, stalls, refreshments, and plenty of familiar faces, it’s a lovely weekend to support your church, enjoy time together, and help revive a tradition that belongs to all of us. We’d be delighted to see you there.

A simple service to start the day