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 forming a...

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 refugees. 100 of...

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 income and our...