St John the Baptist Patronal Festival

for 1 day, 6 hours, 30 mins
St John the Baptist
High Street Wellington Taunton, TA21 8QY, United Kingdom

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.

St John the Baptist

The church is open every day for  you to visit, or come to our communion services either at 10:00 a.m. on Thursdays or 9:30 a.m. on Sundays.  We also have a service of said Holy Communion (BCP) at 8am on the second Sunday of each month.  See the services page for more details.

Feel free to contact us
01823 665254 (leave a message on answerphone and we will get back to you)

or by email on [email protected]

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Get in touch

Mrs Sharon Chorley

The Parish Office,
St John the Baptist
Wellington
TA21 8QY

TA21 8QY
Rector's PA
01823 665254
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St John the Baptist Patronal Festival

for 1 day, 6 hours, 30 mins
St John the Baptist
High Street Wellington Taunton, TA21 8QY, United Kingdom

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.

Safeguarding

"Our parish of Wellington: St John the Baptist is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults from harm. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO). Our Diocese of Bath & Wells’ safeguarding pages contain vital links and information including contacts for the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor who advises our PSO. If you are concerned that a child or adult has been harmed or may be at risk of harm please contact the PSO, Sharon Chorley on 01823 665254 or [email protected] or the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor, Ben Goodhind on 01749 588917 or [email protected]. If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police and your local authority’s children or adult social care services."

Out of hours contact
'The Diocese of Bath & Wells partners with thirtyone:eight in relation to accessing the safeguarding Helpline during out of hours (which operates 5pm - midnight & 7am - 09am on Mon-Fri; 07am - midnight on Sat and Sun), on bank holidays and other absences.

During the above-mentioned instances, you are advised to contact thirtyone:eight's Safeguarding Helpline on 0303 003 1111 for emergency safeguarding queries. An Information Sharing Agreement between the two organisations will allow for the DSA to receive a copy of the advice thirtyone:eight may offer the parish church/caller, so that appropriate follow up and support can be offered to the caller/situation, on the DSA's return to the office.”

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