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...

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 opportunity to...

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...