Welcome to St John the Evangelist, Old Trafford--a worshipping, learning community in urban, diverse Manchester. Through church and St John's Centre: stjohnscentre.org , we look to grow with, nurture and serve our wider community. To find out more about the Centre, contact the Reverend Christine Aspinall, who as well as being the Centre Manager is also the Parish Safeguarding Officer: 0161 872 7795 / christine.aspinall@stjohnscentre.org . The Reverend John Hughes is Rector and can be contacted on 0161 872 0500 / john_dhughes@yahoo.co.uk
'Get thee behind me Satan' ain't no way to talk about your friend is it? We explore friendship in Christ this Sunday in church at 10 and on Zoom at 11.30, and later in the week through our Lent course (6pm Thursday 4th) with the help of Henry Martin's book 'Alongside'. Church open, zoom invite yours, if you let me know you'd like to join us: john_dhughes@yahoo.co.uk
2021 LENT COURSE
St John’s Church Lent Course : Alongside by Henry Martin reflections on Jesus’ Struggles and how he meets us in Our Struggles.
We are studying this book together online this year, each Thursday 6-7 : 25th February, 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th March
If you ‘d like join us on Zoom, let John know 0161 872 0500 / john_dhughes@yahoo.co.uk or Christine 876 7795 / christine.aspinall@stjohnscentre.org
February 25th Introduction + Part One Jesus struggled with his family
March 4th Part Two: Jesus struggled with his friends
March 11th Part Three: Jesus struggled with religious people and structures.
March 18th Part Four + Part Five: Jesus struggled with the crowds as the Kingdom dawned + Jesus was NOT troubled by many of the things that stress us
March 25th: Part Six Jesus struggled with his destiny
Further information from John Hughes
image by Stanley Chow
The church will be open for public worship on Sundays, at 10am.. We will also continue with our Zoom services, though times may change. Please see details of our Christmas services below and check our Facebook page too for more regular updates.