You are warmly invited to join us as we commemorate Remembrance Sunday in our village: 10-10.40 ‘We will remember them’ in St John’ Church A short service for Remembrance Sunday which includes the reading of the Roll of Honour for Bourne End. This includes the names of those who died...

Do you like drawing, painting or taking photographs? Are you under 18 and have a connection with Bourne End? Each year, St John’s produces a Christmas card which we aim to deliver to every house in the village. This year we would love to be able to use a picture...

This autumn we will looking at the Sermon on the Mount in a new sermon series for Sunday mornings at St John’s and Sunnyside. The Sermon on the Mount is a powerful guide to how we are called to live as Christians. It begins with the Beatitudes, a beautiful vision...

We were delighted to welcome Bishop Alan who came to St John’s this morning. He led our service and got our summer sermon series on Stories Jesus Told off to a good start. Bishop Alan also blessed the communion table which has been restored recently and then joined us for...

We had a wonderful time at St John’s on Saturday celebrating weddings, baptisms and family with a display and cream teas. It was fun seeing people’s beautiful dresses and memorabilia; we are extremely grateful to all who lent their precious items to us for the day. The weather was largely...

All welcome to join us in the parish room!

  One of the privileges of being the local parish church is that we get to be part of significant events in the lives of people who live in Bourne End or have connections with the village. Some of these are sad, like funerals, but others are full of joy...

We all have people who have inspired us by their stories of God’s faithfulness to them and their stories of following Jesus in good times and hard times. Having thought about the story of God’s great restoration project and how we might tell our story to others, we are going...

Have you ever got to see something that you knew was there but hadn’t yet experienced for yourself? Perhaps it was going on one of the beautiful local walks or visiting a country on your bucket list. We have just had that experience at St John’s when we moved a...

We will be starting our Lent Lunches on Ash Wednesday (22nd February) in the Parish Room from 12.30pm. We will enjoy a simple bowl of soup together and then spend some time talking about our Lent book which is ‘Living His Story: revealing the extraordinary love of God in ordinary...