A welcoming Anglo-Catholic Church of England Christian community within the
Catford (Southend) & Downham Team Ministry.
A welcoming Anglo-Catholic Church of England Christian community within the
Catford (Southend) & Downham Team Ministry.
Following a meeting of the DCC, we'd like to inform you that, despite the government relaxation in Covid restrictions, for the time being, we feel it is right to continue with the safety measures we have in place. This includes the distanced seating and adjusted Eucharist provision.
Congregational singing recommenced on Sunday 1st August.
We are suggesting mask wearing whilst moving around, entering and exiting, but of course, this is now optional so we ask you to choose what feels right for you whilst respecting the needs/wishes of those around you.
Thank you for understanding and for your patience and care to each other throughout this time of transition.
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The Bishop of Southwark is pleased to announce that The Reverend Peter Organ,
Vicar of St Michael’s East Wickham and Area Dean of Plumstead, is to be the new Team Rector of the Catford and Downham Team Ministry with particular oversight of St John the Baptist, Catford.
Peter and his family are looking forward to taking up this new appointment, and subject to satisfactory completion of the necessary procedures, he is to be Collated and Inducted at
St John’s in early November.
Welcome to the church of St John the Baptist!
We are a loving, welcoming community of Christians here to serve both God and our local community. We hope you will join us so that we can continue to grow in faith and holiness together.
We are delighted to be open again for public worship. For those of you who do not feel ready to return in person yet, our services also continue to be streamed on our Facebook page.
Our regular Masses are at 10.30 a.m. on Sundays (and usually at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays and 7.30 p.m. on Thursdays, although weekday services are currently suspended until further notice). We stream most services - please see our Worship page for details.
You can join us for Children's Church (Primary School Age) at 5pm every Sunday and Storytime (for Pre-Schoolers) at 10am every Tuesday. We have suspended the St John’s @4 Sunday service until further notice and will advise when it restarts.
We also share coffee together on Zoom at 12.30 p.m. on Sundays for half an hour, so please do join us then for some social time together – get in touch for the log in details.
Stay safe and well.
God bless you, and we hope to see you soon.
Sonia and Sandy
Churchwardens
For baptisms / weddings please email St John's at:
If you need to contact a priest urgently:
Revd Stuart Leck (St Barnabas Church) :
Tel: 020 8698 0283
E: revdstuartleck@btinternet.com
Rev Nick Walsh (St Luke's Church):
Tel: 07774 516204
We like most Churches are missing much of the normal income, which comes through weekly church collections and fees for weddings, baptisms and funerals. At the moment such income is severely depleted by the Covid-19 restrictions.
This giving page gives everyone a chance to support the work of our church, which has been continuing throughout the lock-down period.
Please give generously so that this important work can continue.
St John's (in the Catford (Southend) & Downham Team Ministry) takes the safeguarding and care of children and vulnerable adults very seriously. Further information about this can be found at Safeguarding:
A Safe Church.
Please visit our building for private prayer or one of our many services when it is safe to do so. Or drop us a line at the link below and someone will be in touch with you.
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Church of St John the Baptist
353 Bromley Rd, London SE6 2RP
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There are currently no weekday services at St John's church although there are Prayers in church every Thursday evening at 7.30pm.
Sunday morning Mass continues as usual.