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...

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

“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...

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

By Daphne Manley Our link with St. John’s goes back a long time to 1970.  I worked for an attorney called Peter Cronwright who was also...

As people began to respond to the invitation to share stories of St John’s, it was noticeable how many people value the varied...

I’m Alison Fabé and St. John’s was the church I grew up in. There is a song by Tasha Cobbs Leonard called 'The church I grew up in' and...

The 8th March marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Selby Taylor Hall. This building begins with a story of young shoots being...