A very warm welcome to St John’s Meads!
Our mission as a church community is Loving God, Building His Church, Serving Others.
We believe that every person counts and that each of us has a unique gift and calling. Nurturing faith and helping each other to discover and fan into flame the gift God has given is central to our life in community.
From the very youngest to the oldest, each of us is called to be a lifelong learner. To help us learn and grow together we have a range of services, midweek groups and other activities. Our church services incorporate different styles and expressions of worship. Our discipleship groups and other gatherings aim to build God’s church as we seek to become and make disciples – or learners – of Jesus. Other activities involve serving others as part of our call to love God’s world.
We believe church is best when laughter and loss have equal opportunity to be expressed; when young and old are equally valued and where we all have the freedom to be vulnerable with God and with each other.
As an Anglican church and part of the Church of England we are here to serve the entire local community. As you browse the website we hope you will get a sense of the kind of church we seek to be, but better still come and see for yourself. We look forward to welcoming you soon on a Sunday or at one of our weekday activities.
St John’s is currently in an interregnum, which means that as churchwardens we have responsibility for managing this period of vacancy until a new vicar has been appointed. We will be working closely with the Chichester Diocese and with our Patron to find the right person to lead us in a new season and above all we trust in God in this process. We are blessed with a strong team of retired clergy and readers who make up our preaching and leading team and it is very much business as usual while we seek out our new vicar. So please come and pay us a visit or follow one of our services online.
With blessings
David Scott-Ralphs and Tony Mottram
Churchwardens