PATHFINDERS AND YOUTH GROUP

Pathfinders is the group that takes place during the morning service for Secondary School aged children. We start with a hot chocolate, with whipped cream and marshmallows… We enjoy some biscuits together whilst we read and discuss the Bible passage. We then turn our thoughts into art. Youth Group and Pathfinders recently went bowling in Oxford. It was great fun and everyone is keen for more trips out! Youth Group consists of school years 8-13. Read more

REPORT OF THE ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING

The Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) was held on Saturday 16 June, beginning with refreshments and an opportunity to view reports from church groups and hall users. These reports are available online at https://www.groveparishchurch.org.uk/2026-apcm-documents. The meeting opened with the Annual Vestry Meeting. Minutes from 2025 were approved, and Colin Moulds and Sue Parnell were elected as churchwardens. Thanks were expressed to Nick Terrill, stepping down after six years, and to Colin for continuing in post. Read more

CHRISTIAN AID WEEK

Spring is now firmly upon us with the bluebells and the wisteria starting to bud. Like the seasons, the second week of May appears and with it, Christian Aid Week, with the flurry of red bunting and envelopes. In Grove, we will be celebrating Christian Aid Week on Sunday 10 May, if you like to note these things in your diary. This year, Christian Aid Week is celebrating an organisation called ‘Beacon of Hope’ in Read more

Ascensiontide and APCM

Dear friends at St John’s Over the past few months, the ministry team and PCC have been working on developing a renewed vision for St John’s.  As part of this process, we are inviting the whole church to join with us in prayer during the ten days of Ascensiontide.  From Ascension Day (Thursday 14th May) until Pentecost (Sunday 24th May), the church celebrates that Jesus is alive and reigns in heaven, and we wait in expectation for the promised Holy Read more