The next Munch with Music will be held in the church on 5th April 2023 featuring Double Duos.
You are invited to bring your own ‘Munch’.
Admission is free, donations are welcome.
Coffee, tea and biscuits from 12:15pm, with the performance starting at 12:45pm and lasting about 45 minutes.
The following Munch will be on 3rd May, INDIG-O.
The Fircroft Trust is a local charity in Kingston Upon Thames. The Fircroft Trust works to support adults who have mental health challenges or learning disabilities and who live in the local community to live well. The Trust works hard to break down stigma and misunderstanding surrounding mental health. It began in 1967 and became a registered charity in 1970. They are the only organisation in the Borough of Kingston which provides centre-based support for people with mental health and well-being problems.
The Fircroft Trust has established The Man Shed, a workshop style environment for 15 men either with mental health challenges or who are at risk of developing a mental health issue due to social isolation. It provides a safe environment where participants can make friends, feel valued and, most importantly, talk to each other!
The AT Beacon Project provides health and well-being services to underserved communities. By working with local faith and community leaders - underpinned by the support of our local public health and NHS colleagues - it runs well-being hubs, community events, church outreach programmes, mental health outreach and webinars.
If you'd like to learn more or how to support these projects, please go to Lent Call resources
The Reigate Archdeaconry is the most rural part of the Diocese, but it is not exempt from the difficulties that affect the other Archdeaconries. Once again, we can see that worries about people having enough to eat, being able to heat their homes and provide for their families is a cause of mental health struggles and a lack of well-being. This week we are supporting the Whyteleafe Community Hub. Their food bank feeds more than 350 people each month. Food is delivered to people’s homes locally and in the surrounding area.
The community hub works hard to collect food surplus from the local area in order to prevent waste and the food is reallocated to local families. They offer a befriending service for the elderly, vulnerable and lonely, and volunteers are given appropriate training to link with those who would value someone to spend time with. Everything the hub does is for the benefit of bringing back the heart of the community. We hope that the Bishop’s Lent Call can help to provide funds to help them to further their work.
If you'd like to learn more or how to support these projects, please go to Lent Call resources
The Diocese of Southwark has long links with the Diocese of Jerusalem and St George’s College, Jerusalem. On 20 January 2021 a formal partnership link, the Southwark - Jerusalem Covenant, was signed between the Diocese of Southwark and the Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East.
For so many in the Diocese of Jerusalem life is very hard and very complicated. Travel is restricted for many Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank and sometimes people cannot even travel in order to go to work. There is often not enough food and education and medical care can be difficult to access. Good mental health and well-being is very difficult to sustain in the Occupied Territories and elsewhere.
Travel restrictions are a daily reality for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank and for thousands of families across the region, the charitable hospitals and community clinics of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem are the only healthcare options close to their homes. Serving some of the most vulnerable people in the world, these institutions welcome all patients regardless of their religion, ethnicity, or ability to pay. Everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
To find out more please dowload the PDF about The Arab Episcopal Medical Centre,
St John's has an Easter Day service at 10am and a Maundy Thursday service at 8pm, but no services on Good Friday.
Why not see what our other Team Churches have to offer? Download Easter services information for:
To all our friends at St John's
We would like to say a very big thank you to you all for making our last Sunday at St John’s such a wonderful and memorable occasion. It’s hard to leave after so many years, though of course we are also looking forward very much to new things. On our final Sunday it was good to share with so many friends including those from other parishes in the Caterham Group and even old friends from previous parishes. We both felt very much embraced by your love and warmth.
We would also like to thank you for your amazing generosity - we were overwhelmed by your many gifts and cards. We particularly loved the card from Junior Church. When we are down in Shoreham our door will always be open. And it’s good to think that every morning when we have our first cup of coffee we shall be reminded of you all.
Thank you again
With all our love
Father Jerry and Mother Anne-Marie
It seemed like any other communion service, but this one was different. After over 2 decades service to the parish of Caterham, Father Jerry was taking his last service.
The differences started at the end of the service, with in church presentations from Junior Church and the Congregation.
Celebrations then switched to the church hall, with a magnificent cake, live bouzouki music, a very filling lunch, presents and much love and appreciation for Father Jerry and Mother Anne-Marie.
The year 2000 brought a new millennium and Father Jerry and Mother Anne-Marie to St John's, Caterham. On Sunday 12th February 2023, Father Jerry will take his final service before retirement.
To celebrate over two decades of service to the people of this parish, there will be a Bring & Share Lunch after the morning service. Details are:
Please join us for Father Jerry's final service and contact us to indicate what you are bringing to the B&S lunch. A Bring & Share Lunch poster is available to download.
Patience
Utopians Unlimited
present a fund-raising staged production
Friday 3rd March 2023
7:30pm
St John's Church
Clareville Road
Caterham Valley
Tickets can be booked in advance for £10 each.
A PDF of the Patience poster is available to download.
Please note that as the feast of Epiphany falls on Friday this week there will be no service on Thursday 5th but there will be a mass on Friday 6th at 10am.