We are having a Bring and Share picnic at St John's on Sunday 7th May commencing around 12.30pm, and we are being joined by our sisters and brothers from St Michael’s Church and Flixton Fellowship. Radio Wishing Well will provide music, and we have some activities for our younger folk, including a Create a Crown craft. Then Monday May 8th is “Help Out for Britain” day, so we are holding our spring work morning to do important practical jobs on the church, the hall and the grounds. Please gather around 10am, and if the weather is kind we will be able to do gardening, a bit of painting and some DIY repairs – but there are also important things to do indoors, so come even if it’s raining! Thursday Holy Communion services are to be held at St. John’s at 10.30am on 4th and 18th May and 1st June, and at St Michael’s Flixton at 10.15am on 11th and 25th May. Ascension Day is on Thursday 18th May and as well as our Communion Service at 10.30am at St John’s, there is an evening Eucharist celebration at 7.30pm at St Mary’s Davyhulme
'The J C Squad' is the new name for our Sunday School, and it's running again this term at 10.30am, on a similar basis to the sessions we've had before, with the children and their leaders in the main church hall and Covid precautions in place.Children can rejoin their parents in church at the end of the main service and often share with the whole congregation something of what they've been doing that day.
Here's what to expect when you come to services at St John's:1. Our Sunday morning services are open to all, but we don't pass collection plates - instead there are bowls for those who wish to make their financial contribution by cash or in envelopes (but please remember there are alternative ways of giving, too).2. We are sharing Holy Communion together, receiving a wafer with the option of receiving it after it's dipped in the wine by a minister, or of receiving a wafer and then sharing the chalice in the traditional way. You don't have to receive anything if you don't want to.3. Please remember that anyone with any sign of Covid symptoms, who is waiting for a Covid test result or has tested positive, or who lives or 'bubbles' with someone in those categories, should be self-isolating.4. There are two small tables at the back, with chairs, for families who want to let smaller children do colouring or anything else that they can bring with them to occupy them during the service (but no food, please!). 5. There are after-church refreshments in the church hall for those who wish to go there.
