Wishing you a peaceful Christmas and every blessing for the new year from all at St John’s The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1.5  

Bishop Alan came to Sunnyside on Saturday to license Rachel Hamilton as a Lay Worker so she can serve as our curate. Rachel will be based at Sunnyside and St John’s and we are looking forward to getting to know her and Duncan. Rachel will be ordained later in the...

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby is to lead first national virtual Church of England service. Why not tune in at 8am before you join with St John’s to worship at 10.30am? The service, including prayers, hymns and a short sermon, will be broadcast online by the Church of England...

We have been working hard to devise a way so that we can continue worshipping together on Sundays and Wednesdays whilst public worship is suspended because of Coronavirus. We have tried to keep things relatively low tech so that as many people can take part as possible. For Sundays: we will...

Who am I? seems to be a more common and urgent question today than ever. Western culture bombards us with different ideas about our identity and what makes us of value. Our consumerist society tells us that our identity lies in what we buy and own. Our individualistic society tells...

This year’s Lent lunches begin on Wednesday 26th February (Ash Wednesday) and continue every Wednesday until Easter. Starting at 1pm, the Lent lunches are held in Bourne End Parish Room. Everyone is welcome to join us for bread and soup followed by a short reflection. Why not come along and...

Join us in the Village Hall in London Road for our annual Christmas Bazaar.

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 are now half way through Thy Kingdom Come so it is a good time to ask: how are you getting on with our 11 days of prayer? How are you finding it praying for your five people? Have you worked out what do to about your one person so...

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...