St Johns, Crowthorne

Our Vicar, Revd Laura Wheatley Downs, shares with us the story of Jesus being presented to the Lord in the temple.

Sunday 21st Jan 2024 - The Childrens Society

Revd Laura Wheatley Downs tells us how Hannah remained faithful when Israel was in chaos, by dedicating her son to the Lord. In our present world there are many crises. Where is God to be found? The story suggests that there is a way. Elderly Eli encouraged the young boy Samuel to listen to God. Whoever we are, and whatever our situation there is a space and role for us to encourage others to list...

What will you do with your wild and precious life? Revd Laura Wheatley Downs

Sunday 31st Dec 2023

Revd Canon John Edwards leads our thinking at the All Together Eucharist on Christmas Day.

Revd Canon John Edwards shares with us some thoughts on Mary and John the Baptist

John Edwards preaches on Isaiah 61.1-4, 8-9 and John 1.6-8, 19-28.

Laura explores 2 Peter through the lens of Greek Mythology and prompts us to think about how our view of God and Salvation impacts our discipleship as we wait for Jesus' return.

Laura speaks to us about advent as a season for leaning into our friends' hopes and dreams. Isaiah 64:1-9 and Luke 12 It is not thou that shapest God it is God that shapest thee. If thou art the work of God await the hand of the artist who does all things in due season. Offer Him thy heart, soft and tractable, and keep the form in which the artist has fashioned thee. Let thy clay be moist, les...

Anita from Alexander Devine came to speak to us about the amazing work which has taken place within Alexander Devine over the last 16 years. Alexander Devine is one of the missions which St Johns support.

Our vicar, Revd Laura Wheatley Downs leads us in thinking seriously about Safeguarding and how we can work together to ensure that all are loved and nurtured. Reading: Matthew 25. 14-30 The parable of the talents

Sunday Nov 12th 2023 - Remembrance Service. This is the recording of the first part of the 2023 Remembrance Service which took place within the church. The second half of the service was taken outside where the wreaths were laid. That part of the service was not recorded.

Sermon from Sunday Nov 5th 2023. You're on the right road, keep going, you're nearly there. Bible readings: Revelation 7, 1 John 3 and Matthew 5

Rev Canon John Edwards uses todays readings (Colossians 3.12-17 and Matthew 24.30-35) to help us to read the Bible.

Miriam Kennedy joins us as a guest speaker this week from Church Army to talk about the Marylebone Project and how they are empowering homeless women into independent living.

Julia Norton talks to us about the valuable work of Christians Against Poverty (CAP).

Laura discusses the Parable of the Tenants in Matthew 21.33-46. We are faced with a choice - to accept the stone and the son, or to join those who rejected Jesus.

Harvest: What's love got to do with it? Laura explores the relationship between love and anxiety through her experiences in Calais and Dunkirk as we reflect upon the season of Harvest, and our response to God's generosity and abundance.

It's not fair! Revd Canon John Edwards discusses Jonah 3 and Matthew 20 and our unfair world.

What's Lamech got to do with it? Laura unpacks the parable of the unforgiving servant and discovers that the God who loves us doesn't stop at forgiving us 77 times, but always responds with abundance, mercy and welcome. (Matthew 18.21-35 and Genesis 50)

WWJD? Laura asks the question: What does it mean to pick up our crosses and follow Jesus in a world already full of so much suffering? It is to join in with God's movement of grace and transformation in the world.(Matthew 18.21-35)