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Announcement of the appointment of Rev Dr Miriam Jones to the post of Associate Vicar in the Vale Benefice:

Sunday 18th May 2025 Following the interviews conducted on the 9th May, we are very pleased to confirm the appointment of Rev Dr Miriam Jones to the post of Associate Vicar for the Vale Benefice, she is currently the Curate at All Saints Gosforth and St Hugh’s Gosforth near Newcastle. The appointment is subject to the usual legal checks required before anyone can be confirmed in post. Assuming all progresses as expected, Miriam and her...

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Vicar Ramblings – a new route through a familiar landscape

The interview went well: I got the job! From January, I will become the Vicar for the Vale Benefice, continuing to live and work here, but taking on the senior vicar role, with a new responsibility for leadership and oversight. This will be a gradual transition, as one of the first things that I will need to do is work toward appointing a new Associate Vicar so that we can go back up to having...

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GENEROSITY WEEK 28th September – 5th October

This autumn we will be celebrating God’s generosity to us, considering more fully his generosity and our response to it. The Church does not have outside funding. Everything we do is funded solely by church members. Currently, we are spending more than we receive in income. Everyone is in a different position, but we all need to consider what we can do to help. If you are a member of St Johns and are not Read more

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24/7 Global Week of Prayer 2025

St Johns Church Grove & Wantage Community Church organised 48 hours of non-stop prayer to join in the Global Week of Prayer from the 1st -7th September 2025 (24-7prayer.com). Over those 48 hours we had over 100 people from at least 3 or 4 different churches coming in to pray for an hour using the creative prayer stations or just sitting in the prayerful atmosphere. We were part of over 1000 prayer rooms in over Read more

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ST JOHN’S CHURCH FETE

Saturday 21st June (2-4pm) Please come, bring your friends & neighbours for a lovely afternoon out. If possible, please bring donations for raffle, tombola, lucky dip, books, toys, nearly new & “prize every time” by Wednesday so that we can sort them out in plenty of time. If you would like to help at the fete in any way, please let Nicky know asap.

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