Dear wonderful folks of SJB, Over the last five years, you’ve taken part in my work with asylum seekers in a number of different ways. After noting down some of the things that came to mind, I thought I’d share it with you. I love that you’re continuing to support this work, and I’m hopeful that our partnership will continue to be a blessing to many people! In early 2021, I started supporting asylum seekers in hotels in Leicester (as part of the outreach of Roots church;

If you have been at church or a prayer event recently, you may have heard Enderby mentioned. If you missed why it is significant for us, here's an update for you: St John's is part of the Church of England, and a Resourcing Church within the Diocese of Leicester - that means we have been given a mandate by the Bishop to plant or help revitalise churches (that will hopefully plant other churches!) in order to see the growth of God's Kingdom. As a Resourcing Church, we are fo

Last Sunday, we had the pleasure of welcoming Kat Gibson to church to share about the work she does with refugees and asylum seekers in Leicester. Kat is supported financially by St John's as one of our mission partners, and it was a blessing to hear how God uses her work as part of organisation Thrive to bless so many families. Firstly, Kat extended a huge thank you for the financial contribution before Christmas which contributed to 150 gift bags for asylum seekers and ref

On Sunday (18 January), Scott reminded us of the vision for SJB and then along with Gordon Featherstone, the church Treasurer, gave a finance update. If you were not there, you can watch the video below to hear their message. The main takeaway from the update is that God has been incredibly generous and blessed us with a surplus in 2025, and we continue to praise Him for this. However, as we go into 2026, due to various factors we are projecting to face a gap between our inco

Earlier this month we gathered together for the Everybody conference and had a blessed time with those from St John's and other churches around the diocese. The focus for the day was the love of God - an endless topic that we could learn about and dwell in forever. It was so special to be together to give God time to let the truth of the enormity of His love settle in our hearts. With a mix of teaching, fellowship, sung worship, and time to reflect, there was also plenty of o

On Sunday, we heard Scott remind us that we are on God's mission - and that mission is to restore and redeem broken beings. The beautiful...