One of the best-known reggae songs in the world is ‘I can see clearly now the rain has gone’ by Johnny Nash. I can see clearly now, the rain is gone I can see all obstacles in my way Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind It's gonna be
The senior group headed off to the Lakes back in November, for their High Impact weekend, exploring the impact we can have in and around the world and that others have on us. Go Karting, Hiking, Running over hills, archery and Quad Biking made for an action packed weekend. Both
Following the very sad news of the death of Her Majesty the Queen St John the Baptist Church will joins with the nation to record our thanks for her amazing contribution to public life. Her duty, service and faithfulness are an inspiration to many people in the community of Burscough
Blimey! It has been an extraordinary privilege to be given the opportunity to take study leave. I am very grateful to Liverpool Diocese and the folk at St John’s and Crabtree for giving me the opportunity to have a sabbatical. During the three months I have pursued a course of
G'N'G is an after school club that meets every Tuesday, 3.20 to 5.30, during term time. Facilitated by a team of committed volunteers, under the leadership of St John’s Church Youth Team, we meet in the West End of Church. Our aim to reach out to those young people currently
We had a very special, open air Baptism on Palm Sunday with two of our youth, Ben and Obi. They celebrated back at church with family and friends and Burgers before the 7pm service I which they talked about what brought them to Baptism. Have a read of their testimonies
During this term the worship and prayer life of Lordsgate School has focused on world issues, particularly that of equality and diversity of people around the world. As part of our World Faith Week in school we organised a Prayer Spaces Event for both children and adults to take part
Kingdom Quests Over the last few weeks, Round the World in 80 Days has been on TV. There have been different versions of it over the years, but the basic story is that a gentleman named Phileas Fogg has the challenge of travelling around the world in 80 days. They
Back in November we had a sleepover in church with a gang of our young people. I’ll never quite understand why we call them sleepovers as very little sleep was had… but there was definitely loads of fun! Whilst we had to keep distances and use gallons of hand gel,
PRAYER GROUP Who are we and what do we do? We are a group from the St John’s congregation who like many others have a heart for prayer. Sue Hodgkins –Spiritual Director in 2014 after training with the Liverpool Diocese. That training changed my life and brought me into a
