IT'S MESSY TIME!
Our Christmas Messy Church, including Christingle making and a short Christingle celebration, will be held on Sunday 14th December, from 2.30pm until 4pm. There will be crafts, handbell ringing, songs and videos, refreshments and lots of fun. It’s all free, so come along and invite families to come with you (children to be accompanied by a responsible adult). Please note there is no JC Squad that morning.
THE ADVENT EVENT 2025
As our home groups take a short break for Christmas, an evening of Bible readings, prayer, singing and reflection will take place on Thursday 11th December, at 7.30pm for approximately an hour. This will be led by Reverends Debra and Rodney. Everyone is welcome.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
On Sunday 21st December, at 6.30pm, we have our joint Carol Service by Candlelight, with our sisters and brothers from Flixton Fellowship – please come and bring your friends and family.
On Christmas Eve at 3.30pm we remember The Night Before Christmas – the Christmas story will be narrated by Maurice the Church Mouse. Children can dress up as characters from the Nativity story and help build scene around the baby in the manger.
Family Communion is at 10.30am on Christmas Day. Start your Christmas by joining to celebrate the birth of our Saviour.
INTO THE NEW YEAR
We begin 2026 with some of our groups re-starting after the break:
The JC Squad (Junior Church) will meet for the final time on Sunday 21st December for their party, held during the main service. They re-start on Sunday 11th January.
We have three housegroups which meet on Thursdays: two in people's houses in the evenings, led by Rev. Rodney and Rev Graham Smallman, and one at the church at 2.30pm (for further details speak to Rev. Debra). They are open to everyone and will be meeting again on Thursday 15th January.
UNITED WORSHIP
On Sunday 18th January, at 6pm, there’s a time of united Mission Community worship with members of our neighbouring churches, here at St John’s. Our own Manchester Archdeacon, the Ven. Karen Best, will preach, and singers from our different churches will join together in praise. It is not a Communion service, but a time of prayer and sharing on the theme of God’s call to us all, and everyone is welcome.
TRY THE ALPHA COURSE
The Alpha Course is a chance to explore life and the Christian faith in a friendly, open and informal environment. Each weekly session starts with a shared meal, which is provided free. A course for Flixton is starting on 13th January, on Tuesdays from 6.45 to 9.15pm, running until 17th March (10 weeks), at The Ark, 26 Ambleside Road, Flixton, M41 6PH. Anyone, of any age (over 16), is welcome to go along and give it a try – or you could take a friend who’s not yet a Christian believer. For more information, call or text 07984 696 060.
PLEASE NOTE:
On Thursday Holy Communion services are to be held at St. John’s at 10.30am on 4th and 18th December and 15th and 29th January, and at St Michael’s Flixton at 10.15am on 11th December and 8th and 22nd January. There is no service on Thursday 1st January.
On Our Coffee, Tea and Chat social afternoons are on Tuesdays 2nd December and 6th January – from 2pm to 3.30pm in church. Come along, and if you have friends or family staying, bring them, too.
On Urmston Choral Society’s Christmas concert at St John’s is on Saturday 13th December, from 2.30pm. Tickets priced £10 (£2 for students or children) are available from Maxine Summers, text 07961 121 637 (or tel. 0161 748 0903). Please book in advance if possible, although you can also pay at the door.
FACEBOOK PAGE
St. John’s in Flixton has a Facebook page – search St. John’s Flixton for regular Facebook updates on events and activities taking place in church. Please “like” the page and encourage neighbours, family and friends to do the same to help us grow our followers.
Licensing of Rev Debra Blair as Incumbent of St John's
The Rev Debra Blair was licensed as the Incumbent of St John's Flixton on Sunday 23rd October 2022, in a service at St John's led by the Bishop of Middleton, the Rt. Rev. Mark Davies, and the Archdeacon of Manchester, the Ven. Karen Lund. Guests were welcomed from both our parish and the wider church in our area for this special celebration of a new phase of ministry.
Join the JC Squad!
'The J C Squad' is the new name for our Sunday School, and it runs at 10.30am during morning service. Children rejoin their parents in church at the end of the main service and often share with the whole congregation something of what they've been doing that day.