We are delighted to announce that – subject to some formal processes – Rachel Hamilton will be joining us as curate at Sunnyside and Bourne End next summer. Please do pray for Rachel and Duncan as they prepare to move to Berkhamsted. Here are a few lines from Rachel: ‘My...

We recently made an extremely exciting and totally unexpected discovery at St John’s. During some investigative work on the communion table and reredos (the carved screen behind the table) we unearthed what must be the church’s original communion table. It was shoved under the carved table and cannot have been...

Prayer is the one thing that the Gospels record the disciples asking Jesus to teach them: ‘One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” (Luke 11.1). His response...

Confirmation is a special church service where a person confirms the promises that were made when they were baptised. These are promises about turning away from all the sins that separate us from God and other people and turning to Christ as our Saviour and Lord. If you were baptised...

The events of Easter Sunday are the culmination of a long week for Jesus and his followers. The week began with Jesus riding into Jerusalem in triumph and ends with the empty tomb. It is known as Holy Week because of the world-changing significance of the events that happened that...