Safeguarding Sunday

17 November 2024 is Safeguarding Sunday and this year more than 5,000 churches will take part, including St John’s. It’s a chance to listen and to talk together about how we can create places that are safer for everyone. We believe that safeguarding is an outworking of our faith in a loving and just God – the God who calls us to speak up on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves and to Read more

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 Read more