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We are a lively evangelical Anglican Church in the heart of Buckhurst Hill.

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SUNDAY SERVICES

We hold three services every Sunday.

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HALL HIRE

Various time slots available throughout the week.

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LITTLE FISHES PLAY GROUP

10am on Thursdays, term-time only.

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SUNDAY SCHOOL

Every Sunday, starting at 10:45am.

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LATEST NEWS

Fundraising Weekend for Noah's Ark Community Hub

Morning Sermon: The Gospel: Who is righteous?

100 Boxes for Operation Christmas Child!

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Festive Family Carols
Sun, 15 Dec
Buckhurst Hill
15 Dec 2024, 16:30 – 17:30
Buckhurst Hill, High Rd, Buckhurst Hill IG9 5RX, UK
15 Dec 2024, 16:30 – 17:30
Buckhurst Hill, High Rd, Buckhurst Hill IG9 5RX, UK
Crack out the festive knitwear and join us for a family friendly carol service to celebrate the Christmas season. We will be serving hot chocolate, mulled wine and sausage rolls after the service.
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Traditional Readings and Carols
Sun, 22 Dec
St John's C of E Church Buckhurst hill
22 Dec 2024, 19:00 – 20:00
St John's C of E Church Buckhurst hill, High Rd, Buckhurst Hill IG9 5RX, UK
22 Dec 2024, 19:00 – 20:00
St John's C of E Church Buckhurst hill, High Rd, Buckhurst Hill IG9 5RX, UK
Do join us for this traditional service of Readings and Carols. There will be a series of Advent readings and our choir will lead the singing of Carols. Mulled wine and mince pies will be served.
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Christmas Eve Nativity Service
Tue, 24 Dec
St John's C of E Church Buckhurst Hill
24 Dec 2024, 16:30 – 17:30
St John's C of E Church Buckhurst Hill , High Rd, Buckhurst Hill IG9 5RX, UK
24 Dec 2024, 16:30 – 17:30
St John's C of E Church Buckhurst Hill , High Rd, Buckhurst Hill IG9 5RX, UK
Our annual Nativity service will be at 4.30pm in the church. We look forward to welcoming you for some joyful chaos and enthusiastic singing on this most momentous of nights. All welcome!
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Christmas Eve Communion
Tue, 24 Dec
St John's C of E Church Buckhurst Hill
24 Dec 2024, 23:30 – 25 Dec 2024, 00:10
St John's C of E Church Buckhurst Hill , High Rd, Buckhurst Hill IG9 5RX, UK
24 Dec 2024, 23:30 – 25 Dec 2024, 00:10
St John's C of E Church Buckhurst Hill , High Rd, Buckhurst Hill IG9 5RX, UK
A special communion service to welcome in Christmas Day.
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Christmas Day Family Communion
Wed, 25 Dec
St John's C of E Church Buckhurst Hill
25 Dec 2024, 10:45 – 11:30
St John's C of E Church Buckhurst Hill , High Rd, Buckhurst Hill IG9 5RX, UK
25 Dec 2024, 10:45 – 11:30
St John's C of E Church Buckhurst Hill , High Rd, Buckhurst Hill IG9 5RX, UK
Join us on this most marvellous of days for a service of communion and Christmas carols for the family as we celebrate the birth of Jesus!
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Thank you so much to our Little Fishes for Christmas partying with us. The Christmas outfits and sparkle were absolutely on point! We will see you back in the church hall on 16th January, have a wonderful Christmas 🎄✨.

Huge thanks to Leanne from Little City for a super fun morning. Hope you enjoyed that well deserved mince pie 😜

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Last week we were delighted to host a Dementia Friends session in the church with the aim of making us a more dementia friendly community.

These lively and interactive sessions last about an hour and are a wonderful source of information and practical help. We are planning to run more of these sessions in 2025, watch this space for more information!

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Spotted this beauty on a frosty walk in the churchyard this morning, how appropriate on this first weekend of Advent. Join us on Sunday as we light the first candle in our Advent wreath and start the Christmas countdown! We have services at 8.45am, 10.45am and 7pm.

If you are joining us at 10.45 bring your pennies for cake as there will be a bake sale in aid of @noahsarkcommunity. They would also be grateful for donations of pre-loved warm clothes in good condition and boxes of biscuits and chocolates so their clients can have a treat this Christmas!

Cake and some festive sparkle, what could be nicer on a Sunday morning! Do join us.

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It's time to dust off your sparkle and dig out the Christmas knitware!

This Christmas we have services for everyone. Our all-age services range from Family Carols followed by hot chocolate and mulled wine on Sunday 15th to the organised chaos of our Nativity on Christmas Eve.

If you prefer something a bit more traditional we have a service of Carols and Readings on Sunday 22nd and a Communion service on Christmas Eve at 11.30pm.

You are very welcome at St John's this Christmas, whichever service you choose!

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Just a reminder we are welcoming a guest speaker tomorrow. Open Doors is one of the charities St John's supports and Hannah will be talking to us about their work for those who share our faith but not our freedom.

This means there is no 8.45am service, but all welcome at 10.45am!

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What a weekend! Thank you for joining us for our trip to Ashburnham Place. Teaching, fellowship and fun...and the sun even shone ☀️😎.

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On Wednesday we were delighted to welcome back Darren and his wonderful colleagues from AIG.

They spent a backbreaking morning cutting back and tidying our vast amount of hedges, saving our volunteer gardeners literally weeks of work, whilst helping keep it a special place for all of our community to enjoy. All this in exchange for cake!

We are so grateful for all of their efforts and continued commitment to us. Thank you AIG!

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There can't be too many days like this left this year, we hope you are enjoying the beautiful weather ☀️.

This Sunday we are continuing our series on 'The Glory of the Gospel, Paul's letter to the Romans.' Join us at 8.45 and 10.45. At 7pm Ian will be exploring Amos. Everyone welcome!

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Some of the things we get up to on Thursdays at Little Fishes! Can't wait to see you for a new term 🐠🐟🦑

10.00am -11.30am St John's Church Hall, all welcome!

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Its almost time Little Fishes!

Our pre-school stay and play group will be back at St John's Church Hall on Thursday 12th September from 10am to 11.30am. Toys, craft, coffee and cake!

For all our former Little Fishes starting to settle into big school this week we know you are going to smash it 👊. Your teachers are going to love having you in their class 😊!!

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Congratulations Mr & Mrs Wilson 🥂

What a special day for our church family, celebrating Abigail and Laurence 💍

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Looks like we are in for rain and sun this weekend. Stand for a Great British bank holiday! ☀️☔🇬🇧

Join us on Sunday morning at 8.45 and 10.45 as we look at Psalm 121, 'God looks after us'. On Sunday evening at 7pm we are continuing our series on Amos.

All welcome!

🚨Little Fishes🚨 We have completed our own pitch inspection this morning and can confirm we will be outside for our last session today! There even appears to be a shiny orb in the sky ☀️

See you at 10am in the Rectory Garden!!

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We had a wonderful final day of our patronal celebrations. Thank you for your company at our church family BBQ. Thanks to Shaw's for the delicious food. What a fabulous way to finish the weekend.

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First few from our day trip to gorgeous Leeds Castle. We loved the glamour of the house, got lost in the maze, watched the birds of prey, enjoyed the adventure playground. Oh and there was almost certainly ice cream.

Looking forward to seeing you at the second part of the patronal weekend tomorrow.

Just a reminder there is only one church service tomorrow at 10.45am. Join us for communion.

Thank you for the great photos @angus_fullerton
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Getting ready for a summer of sport with some Olympic craft at Little Fishes today and Freddie reminded us about another important sporting event tonight! Come on England 🙌⚽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Little Fishes stay and play baby and toddler group 10am-11.30am, Thursdays during term time in the church hall.

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After the rain....one of the annual highlights of the churchyard is in full fig at the moment, do come and enjoy the glorious colour!

This weekend is Ride London which does mean some local road closures. With that in mind there will be no 8.45am service this Sunday. Our 10.45 and 7.00pm services will be on as usual. Join us! 🚴🌺🚲

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Throw back to last weekend's spectacular light display which I slept through (anyone else?)! We were very grateful to have this picture shared with us by Charlotte HC.

Whilst I don't think anymore spectacular night time light displays are in the offing hopefully we may see a little more of the shiny orb we've been longing for 🌞🌤️.

Join us on Sunday at 8.45am and 10.45 am as we continue with our series on The Holy Spirit. This week in Ephesians 5:15-21, 'Filled with the Spirit'.

At 7pm Ian will continue our exploration of Acts.

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Little Fishes we are on this morning! Please be mindful it is polling day, so you will need to bring buggies and prams into the hall!

If you are voting, remember your ID!

See you at 10am!

I have been trying (and failing) all week to get a photo that sufficiently captures the beautiful colours of the churchyard this week. Please do come for a walk around and enjoy them for yourselves before they fade.

This Sunday morning Leo is continuing his Big God series with 'Big Judge' looking at Isaiah 2:6-22, join us at 8.45am or 10.45am.

Our APCM is on Sunday evening at 6pm. So there will be no 7pm teaching.

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Easter weekend has arrived!

We kicked off the weekend with an egg hunt in the Rectory garden for our Little Fishes just before the rain came.

The weekend services look like this:
Maundy Thursday 8.00pm
Good Friday 10.45am
Easter Sunday 8.45am, 10.45am and 7.00pm

You are most welcome to join us!

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This Palm Sunday join us at our 8.45am or 10.45am services.

Ian's sermon is 'Jesus: The King' and we are looking at Mark 11:1-11.

Our 7.00pm session will continue looking at Acts.

You are most welcome!

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Join us for an evening of critically acclaimed, live theatre!

This Saturday, 16th March, Artless Theatre Company are coming to St John’s to perform ‘If Prison Walls Could Speak’.

Doors open from 7pm, the performance will start at 7.30pm, and last about 90 mins, there will be a short intermission and the performance will be followed by drinks and nibbles.

Tickets for the evening are £7.50 per person including refreshments. You can buy tickets online, check our link in bio for details!

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Even changing the light bulbs is not straight forward when you are 187 years old! 😳

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Over the last week signs of Spring have started popping up all over the churchyard; snowdrops, crocuses, even some brave daffodils are showing. But this little piece of pure dopamine colour was a blessing on a very grey wet day!

Lent starts next week and Ian will be preaching a one-off sermon on fasting for Lent at our 7pm service. Our 8.45 and 10.45 will continue our series with 'Jesus: Miracle-worker'. Join us!

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📣 New class starting in the St John's Church Hall this Wednesday evening at 7.30pm!! Shake off the winter blues with some Yoga by Eloise.

Do contact @yogabyeloise for more information or to book.

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The most stunning February sunset above the spire.

Appropriately enough Ian will be talking about life and light this Sunday as part of our sermon series 'Its all about Jesus'. You can join us at 8.45am and 10.45am.

He also continues his series on Acts on Sunday evening at 7.00pm.

Photo credit: Lucy Goddard

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New toy next week Little Fishes! Thank you to Jamie and Phil for letting us ruthlessly exploit their free labour when they only came to make the coffee ☕ 😜

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A little rewind through 2023, and an opportunity to reflect before we embrace the year of our Lord 2024!

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