St John's is a Church of England parish church in the diocese of Southwark. Details of the music to be sung can be found on the church website.
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High Mass takes place at 10.30am each Sunday at the Nave Altar accompanied by music from the choir. On the first Sunday of the month the day ends with a sung Evensong and Benediction at 6pm. There will also be Morning Prayer at 9am on a Sunday. Monday to Saturday
9am Morning Prayer, 5pm Evening Prayer
Wednesday 10am Low Mass
Saturday 10am Low Mass
There will normally be a sung evening mass on
all of the major Festivals such as Ash Wednesday, Ascension, Corpus Christi, and All Souls Day. Easter and Christmas are similarly observed in keeping with our tradition. The building is usually open during the day except when it has been there is a recording or other booking that restricts access.
The Youth marked the end of 12 days of Christmas with a trip to see A Christmas Carol at The Old Vic ❤️
As Scrooge promises, “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year!” 🫏 🐑 🐫 👑 ⭐️
“God bless us, every one!” 🙏🏼
www.sjun.org.uk/youth-church
Epiphany Carol Service
Epiphany, on 6 January, marks the arrival of the Magi to visit the infant Christ. The feast of the Epiphany gives us the chance to reflect on the fact that the Magi were visitors from "other lands" - emblematic of the fact that Jesus came for all mankind.
With this in mind, we will be holding our Epiphany Carol Service at 6pm on Sunday 7 January. This will give us another chance to sing carols together and to listen to music from the choir, including pieces by Thomas Hewitt-Jones, Palestrina, Peter Cornelius and our own Ian Shaw who will be accompanying us on the organ.
We very much hope you will be able to join us for the formal closing of Christmas at St John's!
Father John says:
On 27 December, we remember John the Evangelist, beloved disciple of Christ and patron of this church and I would like to invite you to join us for a High Mass at 12 noon on Wednesday 27 December. After the Mass, you are invited to join me for a "bring and share" lunch at the vicarage.
John was one of the first to be called by Jesus and remained with him until the very end, subsequently taking on the care of Christ's mother, Mary. He is often depicted in art as the author of the Gospel with an eagle, symbolizing "the height he rose to in his gospel."
Merciful Lord, we beseech thee to cast thy bright beams of light upon thy Church,
that it being enlightened by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist Saint John
may so walk in the light of thy truth, that it may at length attain to the light of everlasting life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
And then it was Christmas! ❤️
“The light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome it.” (John 1:5).
A huge thank you to everyone who helped us journey to Bethlehem at our Nativity Services this afternoon ❤️
We believe in miracles. We believe in each other. We believe in Christmas 🫏 🐑 🐫 🌟 👑 🙏🏼
“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us…” (John 1:1).
www.sjun.org.uk/christmas
We’re so proud of Henry (aged 7) who designed the picture for the front of today's Christmas Eve Nativity booklet!
His picture is called 'Happy Birthday Jesus!'
Thank you Henry! ❤ May God bless you and help you to use your gifts to bring joy to everyone you meet, this Christmas and always 🙏
www.sjun.org.uk/nativity
Someone has kindly offered us a HelloFresh Box Christmas Meal for 4, complete with turkey, veg, pigs and blankets, milk and mince pies.
If that could help you and your family out this Christmas please message us directly: you can collect or we can drop off ❤️🙏🏼
Come and join us tomorrow as we celebrate together at our Christmas Eve Nativity!
Two repeat services at 3pm and 4:30pm ❤️
Carols, a real life donkey, a “come and play” orchestra, and the story of the first Christmas 🫏 🐑 🐫 👑 🌟
Why not come dressed up as your favourite nativity character or wearing something festive? We’ve got plenty of costumes for borrowing too 🙏🏼
Book your tickets at www.sjun.org.uk/nativity
We were delighted to welcome so many of you to our carol service on Wednesday. Visit sjun.org.uk/christmas for details of all our forthcoming Christmas services! We'd love to see you ❤️
Christmas Eve, 24th December
11:30pm: Sung Midnight Mass
Christmas Day, 25th December
10am: Sung High Mass for Christmas!
A HUGE thank you to everyone who took the day off work or spent the first day of their holidays helping us with Messy Christmas today ❤️
And a special thank you to Afonso and everyone who helped to help cook us a delicious dinner!
We love this community AND we love Christmas! 🎄 🫏 🐑 🐫 👑 🌟 🙏🏼
www.sjun.org.uk/christmas
We’re been out delivering Christmas presents to our friends who are far from home this afternoon…but who is Fr Christmas?! 🎄 🎅 🎁
We’re getting ready for Christmas! Join us daily for Morning Prayer at 9am and Evening Prayer at 5pm or at one of the following:
Friday 22nd December, 3:30pm: Messy Christmas!
Saturday 23rd December, 10am: Low Mass
Sunday 24th December
10:30am: Sung High Mass
3pm and 4:30pm: Christmas Eve Nativity with our real live donkey, Aubrey 🫏
11:30pm: Midnight Mass
Monday 25th December, 10am: Sung High Mass for Christmas Day
All are welcome ❤️
"The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” (John 1:14).
www.sjun.org.uk/christmas
“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!”
Join us tonight at 7:30pm for Carols by Candelight, followed by mulled wine and mince pies 🌟
Everyone is welcome ❤️
www.sjun.org.uk/christmas
The Hive Choir sang beautifully last weekend at Katie Rose's Winter Sparkle concert! Thank you to all who rehearsed and sang, to Dave for playing the piano and to Danny for directing. The choir have also been on tour around the community singing to local residents.
This Wednesday is the last Hive lunch of the year. Join us for some festive food and to thank our volunteers who work so hard each week to prepare, serve and clear away the lunches! We'll be back on 10th January.
Don't forget to join us for our Christmas Carol Service: a candlelit service in our beautiful Victorian Church.
7:30pm on Wednesday 20th December.
Everyone is welcome ❤️
www.sjun.org.uk/christmas
There are just TEN places left for Messy Christmas this Friday 22nd December from 3:30 - 5:30pm! 🎄🐫 🐑 🎁
FREE Christmas crafts, activities, science experiments, baking, go-kart making, carol singing, a nativity play, a visit from Fr Christmas, and a yummy hot meal for the whole family. Most suitable for children aged 4 – 12.
Everyone is welcome ❤
www.sjun.org.uk/christmas
What a joy to welcome Tia, the youngest member of our church family, into the whole family of God on Gaudete Sunday! ❤️
May you shine as a light in the world to the glory of God, now and always 🎉 🙏🏼
Have you booked your tickets for our Christmas Eve Nativity? A FREE 50-minute re-telling of the Christmas Story complete with a real life donkey, all age band, carols, and chocolate! 🐴🌟👑❤️
Two identical time-slots: 3pm and 4:30pm
All ages are welcome...children are welcome to come dressed up and join in!
St John’s, Sylvan Road, SE19 2RX
Free tickets at www.sjun.org.uk/nativity
Join us for our 10:30am Sung Parish Mass for the third Sunday of Advent tomorrow as we celebrate the baptism of the tiniest member of our church family 🙏🏼 ❤️
Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these” (Matthew 19:14).
www.sjun.org.uk/regular-services
We had so much fun at our PlayTime! Christmas Party today 🎄🔔
“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing! Glory to the new-born King!” 👑 🐫 🌟 🫏
We love this community ❤️🙏🏼
www.sjun.org.uk/playtime
Do you play an instrument? Join our Christmas Eve band!
Children and adults, beginners, amateurs and professionals, all ages and stages, are welcome to join us and our donkey to play FIVE Christmas Carols in our beautiful Victorian Church 🎺
Just one rehearsal at 1:30pm on 24th December, with two repeat Nativity services at 3pm and 4:30pm. Together, we make a joyful noise! 🎉
More info at www.sjun.org.uk/nativity
Have you saved the date for our Christmas Carol Service? 🎄 🔔 🎄 👑
7:30pm on Wednesday 20th December.
Everyone is welcome ❤️ 🙏🏼
www.sjun.org.uk/christmas
We are collecting:
- 2 litre plastic bottles
- toilet and kitchen roll tubes
- cardboard boxes (any size)
- egg boxes
For Messy Christmas! on Friday 22nd December 🎄 🫏 🐫 👑
Please save them for us and drop them at the back of church: we're open from 8:30am - 6pm, seven days a week. Thank you ❤️🙏🏼
There are just TWO places left at our FREE Christmas Party for 0-5s 🎄🌟 👑
9:30 - 11am THIS Friday 15th December.
Carols, crafts, activities, and a VERY special visitor…! 🎅
Everyone is welcome ❤️
www.sjun.org.uk/christmas
🌟 Big Sparkly Thankyou to everyone who made our Winter Sparkle Concert so magical yesterday - the singers who sang and sparkled so brilliantly, the organisations who make our choirs possible, all the helpers, the team at St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood for hosting us so generously, Purcell wonderful audience and my amazing partner-in-choir Sarah Fisher - photos and videos coming soon! 🎶🌹
We know it’s the second Sunday of the month but this month Messy Church is meeting for Messy Christmas on Friday 22nd from 3:30 - 5:30pm instead🎄❤️
FREE Christmas crafts, activities, science experiments, baking, go-kart making, carol singing, a nativity play, a visit from Fr Christmas, and a yummy hot meal for the whole family! Most suitable for children aged 4 – 12 (with younger siblings welcome!) 👑 🐫 🐑 🎁
Everything is free and everyone is welcome ❤
Tickets must be booked in advance: www.sjun.org.uk/messy-church/
We just want to say a very very big thank you to the whole team of people who helped out at our Christmas Market today. You’re all amazing ⭐️
Join us for our 10:30am Sung High Mass for the second Sunday of Advent tomorrow 🙏🏼
With groups for children aged 0-18. Everyone is welcome ❤️
www.sjun.org.uk/regular-services
Wonderful to have young musicians from playing at our Christmas Market today ❤️🎶🎄
Our Christmas Market is open! ❤️🎄👑🎄
Today's the today! See you at 2 pm for our Christmas Market.
Relationship Coaching with Rachel New and Christian Darkin: Act Normal will be selling their new anthology of speculative short stories today. They will also be reading from Christian's children's books that will be on sale.
Do you ever speculate about the future of relationships as technology becomes more advanced? Implants, robots, avatars, algorithms, AI ... Will it make emotional connections better or worse?
Christian Darkin: Act Normal and I are delighted to announce the publication of our new anthology of short stories, which you can order from the link in the comments or buy from us in person (and then we benefit more than Amazon!).
There are book club questions at the end too.
We will be selling it at the Christmas Market at St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood on Saturday 9th December, 2 - 6 pm, so come along and get a signed copy!
If you buy from Amazon, please do write us a nice review :)
What is your favourite thing about being in church at this time of year?🎄 ⭐ 👑 🫏
Join us this Advent and Christmas: www.sjun.org.uk/christmas
Sade Adeniran is an award-winning author and filmmaker. Her debut novel “Imagine This,” won the 2008 Commonwealth Writers Prize and is in development for the big screen as a animated feature film.
She will be selling her books at our Christmas Market this Saturday!
Have you booked for Messy Christmas on Friday 22nd December from 3:30 - 5:30pm? 🎄🐫 🐑 🎁
FREE Christmas crafts, activities, science experiments, baking, go-kart making, carol singin, a nativity play, a visit from Fr Christmas, and a hot meal for the whole family. Most suitable for children aged 4 – 12.
Everything is free and everyone is welcome ❤
Tickets must be booked in advance here: www.sjun.org.uk/christmas
We are looking forward to seeing these beautiful notebooks on Saturday at our Christmas Market!
House of Tula is the creation of London-based entrepreneur Priyanshu Nath. The product is a culmination of Priyanshu’s passion for beautiful sustainable designs and her personal journey of mental health wellbeing through the form of journalling.
Visit her website at https://houseoftula.com
Do you play an instrument? Children and adults, beginners, amateurs and professionals are invited to 'join the band' to play 5 Christmas Carols at our Christmas Eve Nativity! 🌟 👑 🌲
With sheet music for all abilities, join us in making memories together as we play our way to Christmas in our beautiful Victorian Church.
No rehearsals needed. Join us at 1:30pm on Christmas Eve with performances at 3pm and 4:30pm, together with our real life donkey Aubrey 🫏
Together we can make a joyful noise! ❤
www.sjun.org.uk/nativity
One of our fifty stall-holders for Saturday's Christmas Market is Gunpowder Studios, a local company that produce games for all ages!
Visit website at www.gunpowderstudios.co.uk
Another stall-holder for Saturday's Christmas Market!
You can find Sue on Instagram
Get all your Christmas decorations and presents in one place with our fifty stalls. Then enjoy live music, mulled wine, barbecue and more!
We’re so proud of our Youth Church who did an amazing job reading and serving at our Advent Carol Service last night ❤️🙏🏼
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There are just two weeks to go until we welcome Springs’ Dance Company for the Journey of the Magi! 👑 🐫 ⭐️ A FREE 90-minute performance for all ages, including a 15-minute interval 🍦 Sing and dance your way into the festive season: Friday 1st December, 6 - 7:30pm. There are a limited number of tickets left: www.sjun.org.uk/journey-of-the-magi
We had a wonderful celebration with our Kurdish refugee friends today. They generously provided stories, delicious food, music, and dance. Here is Ehsan singing. We were so honoured to share in their culture today and get a glimpse of their home. To donate to our work with refugees, please visit https://www.justgiving.com/stjohn-uppernorwood
Father John invites you to join us tonight to remember those we have lost. All welcome for our All Souls Mass at 7:30. The choir will sing Fauré's requiem.
Here are members of the Hive Choir singing Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head. We hope it cheers you up as it did us! Don't forget our concert on Sunday 10th July at 11:30 am.
There's a wonderful Mass at 10:00am on Christmas Day and we hope to see you all there.
Fr John invites you all to our Christmas services this year and lets you know what to expect.
Fr John speaks about the three revelations of Advent and why it is necessary to tend to ourselves during this time.
Don't forget to join us for Living in Love and Faith today at 6:30pm at the vicarage. Living in Love and Faith is the Church of England's initiative to allow people of faith to come to and understanding of what love and faith mean in the context of gender identity, sexuality, relationships and marriage. Fr John shares his thoughts about the initiative in the video.
St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood, is a church and parish in the north of the borough of Croydon that seeks to serve its community with inspiring worship and social outreach.
Our life together is centred on the High Mass, which takes place at 10am each Sunday. A sermon is preached in church while the children take part in their own worship and activities, and then we come together for Holy Communion. The choir accompanies our worship, and also sings Choral Evensong at 6pm most Sundays.
The church is open every day, and worship continues Monday to Saturday with Morning Prayer at 9am and Evening Prayer at 5pm. There are also additional services of Holy Communion on Wednesdays at 9.30am and Saturdays at 10am. There’s lots more besides worship going on at St John’s. Every Wednesday from 1pm to 3.30pm the Upper Norwood Hive welcomes all comers for lunch and socializing, and gardening takes place on the Meadow.
St John’s is a very musical parish, having special relationships with the London Mozart Players and the Central Band of the Royal British Legion. We have regular coffee concerts and organ recitals, as well as the regular round of sung services.
We regularly prepare people for baptism and confirmation, and run Lent and Advent courses to keep us refreshed in our faith. Get in touch if you want to learn more!
