Come along to enjoy a sociable time of knitting and chat. All welcome.
We welcome families with pre-school age children for a morning of fun and refreshment in St John the Baptist Church, Royston, every Thursday during term time.
During School Term Times
Join us for a cup of coffee and social time in our beautifully refurbished church café area.
A said service of holy communion at 9am in church. The usual form of service is from Common Worship but every fourth Sunday we use the traditional words from the Book of Common Prayer (BCP).
Join us for our main Sunday service with choir from 10:30am in church
This course offers learning about climate change, carbon footprints and how we can all do our bit to reduce our emissions of the greenhouse gases that lead to global warming.
The course is accredited by the Carbon Literacy Project who, to date, have certified over 134,000 participants in 45 countries and from various organisations (businesses, councils, hospitals, etc). Our course has been specially designed with church congregations in mind. At the end of the course, it is hoped that all participants will make two pledges for relevant actions they will take to help make the world a better place.
The course will cost £15 to cover refreshments, all course materials and the cost of applying to receive a certificate. To book your place, go to https://bit.ly/4kY7noa
N.B. If you cannot make all of the dates, the course materials can be made available for weeks that you miss.
Join us for a quiet service of Morning Prayer in the chapel in the South Aisle of the church.
Join us for a quiet midweek Said Eucharist followed by coffee each Wednesday
Following the success of last year’s organ recital, the Revd Dr Steven Sivyer returns to provide another evening of varied music, which will include some well-known and popular pieces such as Widor's Toccata. Marking the anniversary of the death of King James, Steven will include a piece that may well have been known by King James, as well as the more contemporary composition for royal occasions, Walton’s Crown Imperial.
Tickets are £10 for adults and £3 for under 18s.
Tickets can be bought on the door or online at https://tickets.myiknowchurch.co.uk/gb/NzcwMi0yMQ/t
Our Men's group meets monthly on the first Wednesday month at Wetherspoons pub (The Manor House). Note that in March it will be on the revised date of the 2nd Wednesday in the month, 12th March (to avoid the clash with the Ash Wednesday service).
A monthly social meet-up and occasional outings to gardens and other places of interest.
All welcome.
Note: We are now meeting up in church again, in our new coffee area.
From time to time we have invited speakers and also visits to places of interest.
Join us for a short, contemplative service of Celtic Morning Prayer!
Once a month there is an opportunity to join together for the quiet service o fmorning prayer on the 1st Wednesday of each month. There is opportunity for praying to together using the Northumbrian Community Morning Prayer including responsive prayers, scripture readings, meditation, silence and praying together. It will be about 20 minutes of prayer followed by an opportunity for coffee together if you wish to stay a little longer
Join us for this friendly and informal all age / family friendly service with stories, singing, worship band and TEA! Our theme for September is "New Beginnings": As we go into a new school year and think about new beginnings, bring your school bag and tie a blessing tag onto it.
All welcome