St John The Evangelist, Upper Norwood

Happily ever after .... see all the photos from the St John’s Pantomime Cinderella on the web link below:
https://www.sjun.org.uk/happily-ever-afte r/
#cinderella #pantomime #stjohntheevangelistSE18

This Sunday 16th February 12 - 4pm please join us at St John’s to help plant fruit trees given by the London Orchard Project in the Community Garden - this habitat will provide habitat for nature and free fruit for all!
All tools provided but do come dressed appropriately as this is a very hands on day so do be prepared to get dirty.
www.sjun.org.uk... The Orchard Project
#londonorchardproject #fruittrees #orchard #community #nature #stjohntheevangelistSE19 #crystalpalace #uppernorwood #SE19 #gardening #planting #communitygarden
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Please do join us this Saturday, 8 February at 11am for 11.30am, for our monthly coffee concert. This month we host the River City Saxes, a saxophone quartet that plays music ranging from classical and contemporary works to light music and swing. The quartet comprises:
Chris Hooker - Soprano Saxophone The leader of the quartet, Chris's career has been in Music Education both as a teacher and a manager. He now plays, arranges, and conducts. He plays bass clarinet with the ...Barnes Concert Band, and sax with the Thames TV and Fulham Big Bands. Chris also plays music from the 20's to the 50's on sax and clarinet in ‘Saxswing’, and clarinet in the poetry and music duo ‘Wind and Words’
Hale Hambleton - Alto Saxophone After studying at Royal Academy of Music at 15, Hale was appointed principal Bass Clarinet in the London Symphony Orchestra. He was a founder member of the London Saxophone Quartet founded in 1969. In 1970 he joined the Sadlers Wells Opera Company, later to become English National Opera, as Principal Clarinet and remained with them for 40 years.
Martyn Thomas - Tenor Saxophone Plays flute & piccolo and clarinet, and is a member of Middlesex Yeomanry Concert Band.
Debbie King - Baritone Saxophone Debbie studied with Paul Harvey, founder of the London Saxophone Quartet, before continuing with her studies on clarinet, saxophone and flute at the London College of Music. She plays with the Central Band of the Royal British Legion, Paul Harvey's Clarinet Quartet and manages her own clarinet group ‘Kings Clarinets’.
Saturday's programme is called Baroque to the Blues and will take us on a trip from Tielman Susato to Paul Nagle, via Handel and Gershwin. We will kick off, as usual, with coffee and cakes at 11am and the concert will start at 11.30am. Hope to see you here on Saturday.
www.sjun.org.uk #riverscitysaxes #freemusic #freeconcert #coffee #stjohntheevangelistSE19
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Sunday 9th February 2020 The Third Sunday before Lent 9.15am Morning Prayer 10am High Mass 6pm Choral Evensong
... Dear friend
In our reading of Matthew's gospel on Sundays, we've reached the Sermon on the Mount. This very powerful teaching of Jesus is often used as a beacon of wisdom for both Christians and non-Christians and many Christian feel they are hearing the authentic voice of Jesus.
This Sunday, we see the first part of this teaching where Jesus uses those now well known metaphors to speak to his disciples describing them as the “salt of the earth” and the “light of the world”. These descriptions still apply to us today and remind us that our faith is not just about ourselves but about our participation in God’s work in the world.
See you soon Rob Barber, Lay Reader
NOTICES
Trevor Wheble RIP: Saturday 8th February, 10am. The Low Mass on Saturday will be a mass of requiem for Trevor Wheble, who died this week
Coffee Concert: 8th February, 11 for 11.30am. February's coffee concert features a saxophone quartet. Coffee and cake from 11am, and then music from 11.30am.
Mass of Requiem for Peter Evans: Tuesday 11th February, 7.30pm, at St Luke’s, Woodside
Church Cleaning: Saturday 15th February, 10.30–12 noon
Planting Day: Sunday 16th February, 12­–4pm. Come and help plant fruit trees on the Meadow, the garden on the south side of church.
Beethoven 250: Friday 21st February, 12.30–1.30pm. A Beethoven violin sonata, Op.12 No. 2. Tickets £8/£10. Arrive at 12 noon for a light lunch snack.
Ash Wednesday: Wednesday 26th February. Masses with ashing and an address at 9.30am and 8pm.
Lent Course Film: Thursday 27th February, 7.30pm. Come to the vicarage to watch The Greatest Showman, the film used in our Lent course.
Lent Course: Sundays in March (1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th), 12­-1.30pm. We will be using Rachel Mann’s book From Now On, looking at hope and redemption in The Greatest Showman, watching portions of the film and studying relevant Bible passages. Includes lunch.
Walsingham Pilgrimage, 8-10 May 2020. If you would like to attend this year's Walsingham Pilgrimage, please speak to Michael Robertson.
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Please join us this Saturday for an amazing opportunity to come to see FREE LIVE MUSIC LOCALLY! We hold our free Coffee Concerts once a month at St John the Evangelist SE19. The event will kick off as usual, with coffee and cakes at 11am and the concert will start at 11.30am.
www.sjun.org.uk
... #stjohntheevangelistSE19 #freeconcert #musicforall #localmusic #livemusic #saxophone #free #crystalpalace #uppernorwood #SE19
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Thank you to everyone who came to the Death Cafe today.
We hope you found it interesting and look forward to seeing you at the next one in April. Promise to release the date ASAP.
www.deathcafe.com
... #sylvanroaddeathcafe #deathcafe #uppernorwood #stjohntheevangelistSE19
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This Sunday 2nd February we are very excited to welcome as our guest preacher the Revd Helen Harknett, Assistant Curate at St John the Divine, Kennington, whom you might have seen in the recent ‘Here I am’ exhibition. Come and see what she has to say.
You can read more about the exciting projects the Revd Helen is involved with in the link below which includes Citizens UK.
www.sjun.org.uk
... #helenharknett #citizenUK #stjohntheevangelistSE19
https://static1.squarespace.com/…/Helen +FINAL+RTP+May+11.pdf
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It is the St John’s Foodbank Collection day tomorrow so please help us help the local people less fortunate and donating what you can.
They are in need of the following:
- Pull up pants/ nappies for older children.... - Vegetarian UHT meals - Washing capsules (for clothes) - Small jars of coffee - Tinned fruit - UHT fruit juice - Cooking sauces (they have a lot of tomato)
They do not need pasta and please make sure everything is well within the use by date.
Donations can be left in the large marked box at the back of the church by the entrance anytime it is open. If you can’t donate by tomorrow you can still do so after as we collect every month.
Many thanks
https://norwoodbrixton.foodbank.org.uk
www. sjun.org.uk
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The Presentation of Christ ‪9.15am Morning Prayer‬ 10am High Mass‬ ‪6pm Choral Evensong & Benediction‬
Dear friends
... In Advent we looked forward to the coming of the kingdom of God, from Christmas Day to the Epiphany we marvelled at God becoming human, and in the Epiphany season we have been looking at the beginnings of Christ's ministry, the gradual revealing of who he is. ‪This Sunday‬ we end the part of the Christian year centred on Christmas, as we celebrate the Presentation of Christ at the Temple (Candlemas), forty days after his birth.
As old Simeon and Anna greet the young Jesus and recognize him as God's Messiah, we are reminded that God is faithful. As Simeon sings that Jesus is 'a light to lighten the nations', we remember that Christ shines as a light in the darkness. And as Simeon tells Jesus's parents that their son 'is destined for the falling and rising of many' we look forward to Lent and Easter, when Jesus's ministry is brought to its fulfilment.
We are delighted to welcome as our guest preacher the Revd Helen Harknett, Assistant Curate at St John the Divine, Kennington, whom you might have seen in the recent 'Here Am I' photographic exhibition. Do come and hear what she has to say.
See you soon, Fr Daniel
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