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A new season for Hannes & Christine
Today, Hannes and Christine Fehrsen shared words of farewell to St John’s. They had previously written some of their treasured memories...


The Chinese connection
By Sidney Chong It took me a long time to understand When my cousin Daphne was getting married, she and Frank asked me to go with them to...


The Open Door
By Kathy de Smidt The other evening, we attended an open community meeting (advertised on our Church whats’app group) concerning U-turn...


Life that flourishes and grows
By Alastair Buchanan Down through the years, whenever I have been asked to share my testimony, I have always, (as far as I can remember),...


Greetings from Brian Hill
Listen here to Revd. Brian Hill's 2024 video greeting to St John's in our 190th year. Brian came to St John's Church for a year as a new...


Her hands were always busy
Anne Lawton speaks very warmly of her friend, Gwen Mulligan. “She was a most special person. She was married to Alex (a church warden)...


Learning to be a family of families
“The church must be a place to feel at home; but if only we feel at home in our particular church, and all others are either excluded or...


A greater picture of God and his kingdom
By Mary Holgate A big step Easter 1981 was a memorable though difficult weekend for Peter and myself. We had been through some...


Spearhead
Miriam Butcher (née van Reenen) shares her Spearhead experience. “1967 was a very special year for me. It was the year in which churches...


The Human connection
by Wendy Bates My late husband, Malcolm Bates and I married in June 1974. We rented a house in Waterloo Road, close to St John’s Church,...


Restore order and glory
Rev Graham Fenton was the Associate Rector of St John’s from 1977 to 1984. He passed away on July 17 2023 in Minnesota, USA. You can read...


Stanley Wakeling as remembered by sons Hugh and Rob
By way of introduction, Revd Ernest Lasbrey and his wife had served as Rector of the Parish since 1915. In 1947, they went to England for...
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