Annual Parish Church Meeting 2021
We will hold an Annual Parochial Church Meeting on Sunday 23rd May at 3pm during the 10.30am morning service at…
Sunday Lunches for Asylum Seekers
Since last summer, around 230 asylum seekers have been living in temporary accommodation in a local hotel. They’ve had to…
We Seek Your Kingdom
In February 2016 our Vicar, Revd Graham Hunter, along with Noel Robinson and Andy Flannagan spent an afternoon songwriting together…
Experience Exchange Pilot
Nearly 20 people attended the pilot of Experience Exchange, St John’s Hoxton’s exciting new employability and mentoring scheme on Saturday…
Caroline’s New Post!
We’re delighted to announce that Revd Caroline Taylor, Curate at St John’s Hoxton, has been appointed to be the next…
Good Friday Prayer & Worship
Order of service for our Fire Pit Prayer & Worship in the church gardens from 5.30-7pm on Good Friday 2021…
Holy Week & Easter 2021
In the Christian calendar, Holy Week describes the week from Palm Sunday until Easter Sunday. During this week, we especially…
Len & Eve Dye
On the night of Sunday 17th January, two dearly loved members of our church family passed away. Len & Evelyn…
Digital Inclusion – Devices & Data Distributed!
Members of St John’s Hoxton have been working with an alliance of local organisations to tackle the problem of digital…
All Things New: Society
Reading: 1 Corinthians 7:1-111 Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have…
All Things New: Society – Additional Resources
Official Church of England Reports On these pages you’ll find a selection of contemporary and historic reports from he Church…
COVID Vaccinations
Here at St John’s Hoxton we’re encouraging everyone to take up the COVID Vaccine when you’re offered it. We have…
Meet the Team…10 Things about Caleb Millar (Children’s Ministry Assistant)
We’re delighted to be welcoming Caleb Millar to join our team as Children’s Ministry Assistant. He started in January, and…
Desert Island Books
Revd Graham Hunter, Vicar of St John’s Hoxton, writes: I recently had a conversation with a friend who was looking…
Heritage Emergency Fund Support
We’re so delighted to have received a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Emergency Fund to support our work in…
Digital Inclusion Project
Working with other member organisations in Hackney & Islington Citizens, we have now secured over 140 laptops and other internet…
Small Group Leading Tips
Here are some tips on leading a small group session well. Some are less relevant if the session is online;…
Christingle 2020
Look out for some exciting post – you only need an orange!This year we are going to be sending out…
The Rose in the Concrete
On Place, People and Possibilities by Jessica Agboola – Local Community Organiser It has been 2 months since I’ve arrived…
#LoveHoxton – Pursuing Church Growth and the Common Good
#LoveHoxton Update In July 2020 we submitted updated proposals for our #LoveHoxton redevelopment to the Hackney Council planning department and…
Youth Ministry Work Experience Scheme
We are so excited to announce that we are recruiting for our next cohort of leaders on our Youth Ministry…
#LoveHoxton Development Proposals – A Call To Prayer!
On Friday 31st July, we submitted revised design proposals for our #LoveHoxton development project to the Hackney Planning Department for…
Organising for Growth – The First 6 Months!
Sara Hunter is a Licensed Lay Minister at St John’s Hoxton, Choir Director and Community Organiser. She is working as…
Pastoral Care Minister – Bosede Owa
We’re delighted to announce that Bosede Owa will be joining the staff team at St John’s Hoxton from Monday 13th…
Annual Church Meeting – Papers & Outcomes
Further to yesterday’s APCM, the minutes of the meeting are now published here: APCM Minutes 2020 The following appointments were…
Shared Lunch & Summer Fair ‘at Home’ – Sunday 5th July
We’re holding our annual summer fair and our July shared lunch – virtually! We’re inviting every member of the church…
We Listened! Congregation Audit 2020
Back in February, we undertook our annual congregation audit. There were 53 responses, which is around 20% of the adults…
COVID-19 Update: Re-Opening Our Church Building
Many of you will have seen the news announcement today that from 4th July, church buildings may re-open for small…
Organising for Growth – What Is A 121?
In this Vlog, Revd Graham Hunter gives a brief introduction to a ‘121’ conversation, and talks about how they can…
Statement on Racial Justice – Graham & Sara Hunter
Graham Hunter is the Vicar of St John’s Hoxton; his wife Sara is a a Licensed Lay Minister at St…
Organising for Growth – 2020-2022
I’m really delighted to be writing this blog to finally announce an exciting mission opportunity that our church will…
Eastertide Update: St John’s Hoxton & COVID-19
It’s been a while since our last update, and we wanted to summarise what’s going on in church life during…
Faith in Lockdown
By Stephen Curtis, Students and Young Adults Minister. Well the world has gone a bit mad! I’m sure I’m not…
‘Go To Galilee’ – Easter Sunday Sermon 2020
Below is the text of the Easter Sunday sermon preached by Revd Graham Hunter on Sunday 12th April 2020. Bible Reading:…
Good Friday Families
We’ve put together some resources for families with school-age children at home to use on Good Friday. We hope it’s…
Good Friday
For Good Friday 2020, we published a ‘Virtual Stations of the Cross’ to be used as a digital devotional. You…
St John’s Hoxton & COVID-19 – Updates
This page gives regular updates to how the church is responding to the coronavirus pandemic. Latest updates will always be…
St John’s Hoxton & COVID-19
The following article is our original response. Regular updates are posted here. We’re living in extraordinary times, and the situation…
Annual Parish Church Meeting Minutes & Electoral Roll 2019
APCM Minutes 2019 Electoral Roll 2019
2018 Annual Report & Accounts Available Now
We’re delighted to be publishing our 2018 Annual Report & Accounts. These will be presented and discussed at our Annual…
Bravery To Face Ourselves?
Revd Caroline Taylor preached at our Ash Wednesday services. Her sermon is below. Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent….
The Encounter
On Saturday 1st December, the Youth Minister at St John’s Hoxton hosted its first youth worship night, The Encounter, for…
Does The Spirit Need Liturgy?
Revd Graham Hunter spoke at the 2nd Festival of Theology in Nottingham on Wednesday 17th October 2018. The text of…
Vision Sunday 2018: What’s Your Gate?
Revd Graham Hunter preached a Vision Sunday sermon on Sunday 23rd September. The text of the sermon is below. William…
Meet The Team: 10 Things About… Stephen Curtis – Stepney Intern
We’re delighted that Stephen Curtis is joining the staff team at St John’s as Stepney Intern for the year 2018-19….
Meet The Team: 10 Things About… John Wyatt – Music & Worship Minister
We’re delighted to be welcoming John Wyatt to join our team as Music & Worship Minister from 1st September 2018….
On Becoming An Irresponsible Leader
Revd Graham Hunter writes: I’ve been working on a revised personal mission statement to help shape my leadership over the…
Annual Parish Church Meeting & Giving Sunday
Our Annual Parish Church Meeting takes place on Sunday 29th April 2018 at 11am. You can read the 2017 Annual…
St John’s Youth Triumph at Easter Football Tournament
“The boys were SUPERB!” (Tochukwu Okolo, Manager) On Friday 6th April, the St John’s youth football project, ‘Goalside’, took 2…
Maundy Thursday Passover Meal 2018
Around 50 members of St John’s gathered at church on Thursday evening to enjoy a passover meal together. The traditional…
Palm Sunday: The Politics & Power of the Kingdom
Josh Richards preached a sermon on Palm Sunday exploring politics, power and the role of community organising in our church…
#LoveHoxton – Planning for Autumn 2018
The Background Just over three years ago, members of St John’s Church planted ‘Sanctuary’ – a new congregation meeting on…
#LoveHoxton – Heritage Lottery Fund bid outcome
Dear friends, Thank you so much to everyone who has prayed and supported us with our bid to the Heritage…
Prayer Spaces in Schools
“Dear God, thank you for being the best father ever to me!” This prayer jumped out at me as I…
Tidings of Good (and Sad) News…
It’s with a mixture of sadness and joy that I write to inform our church that Julian Powell will be…
Advent: Watching & Waiting (Vicar’s Pastoral Letter)
Dear friends, As we begin the season of Advent, we remind ourselves of the kingdom coming for which we watch…
Church Work Day
Thank you to those who came to tidy and decorate our church ready for the Christmas season! Over 20 adults…
Children & Holy Communion at St John’s Hoxton
Over the past year, the leadership of St John’s Church, its Vicar, staff and PCC has had a series of…
Sing for a Change! sing for Living Wage Week
On Monday 6th November Sing for a Change! performed for the London launch of Living Wage Week where the Mayor…
Harvest All-Age Worship & Shared Lunch
It was wonderful to celebrate harvest at both our 9:30 & 11:30 services on Sunday 1st October. Youth minister Julian…
St John’s Youth at St Paul’s Cathedral
On Sunday, 24 September we took a group from of young people from our church to a special diocesan youth…
Caroline Taylor to join St John’s Hoxton as Curate in 2018
We’re delighted to announce that the Bishop of Stepney has invited Caroline Taylor to serve her Title Post as Curate…
Meet the Team: 10 Things About… Caroline Taylor – Curate (from 2018)
We’re delighted that Caroline Taylor will be joining our team from 1st July 2018 to serve for three years as…
Meet the Team: 10 Things About… Zoe Mathias – Stepney Intern
Zoe Mathias joins the staff and leadership team at St John’s Hoxton this September as part of the Stepney Intern…
Prayer at St John’s Hoxton
‘Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.’ (Romans 12:12) Guest Post by Tanya Whitfield: Whilst we…
Praying with the Archbishop!
It was wonderful to welcome the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, along with his wife Caroline, to pray with members…
Pentecost: Going for Growth
As part of our Repitching The Tent Mission Action Plan, we’re reorganising our Sunday morning worship services from Pentecost Sunday…
Lorraine Versus The Fruit Flies
For the last few summers, Lorraine’s kitchen has been full of fruit flies. She worked out that the flies were…
A Grateful Intern For A Month – Sivert Vatnedal
Thank you for my time here at St. John’s Hoxton. I have been here as an intern for the last…
Ash Wednesday, Lent And The Long Walk To Easter
Today is Ash Wednesday, and it marks the beginning of the 46 day journey to Easter. The season of Lent…
Hoxton Citizens Issues Workshop
On the morning of Saturday 28th January, as the world began to realise that one of the most awful promises…
Repitching The Tent: The Why What & How Of Hope
Over the past three weeks, we’ve had a series of talks at St John’s articulating the vision God has given…
Some Thoughts On Why & How We Give Financially
It’s often said that the last part of a person to be converted to Christ is their wallet! Money is…
Why Do We Protest?
On Monday night, a small number of us gathered in our church gardens to stand in solidarity with the tens…
Church Members Survey – January 2017
We’re really keen to find our a little more about who we are as a church! Please complete a church…
TELCO Delegates Assembly
On Thursday, 17th November, members of St John’s joined representatives of institutions across East London at the London Muslim Centre…
Streetlevel SMS – Creative Me Photography Workshop
by Moses Baako – Youth Work Apprentice Over the October half term in 2016, the Streetlevel youth project ran a…
Hello! My name is Freya…
Freya Bradley has joined our team, and introduces herself below: Hello! My name is Freya and I have been placed…
Healed: Tanya’s Testimony
Tanya, a member of our church experienced an extraordinary and miraculous healing this summer, and this is her account: HEALED…
Respect the Zebra!!
Tuesday 19th July 2016. 8:15 a.m. The junction of Crondall Street and Pitfield Street. A last minute check of leaflets…
Baptism & Confirmation Service – Sunday 27th November
Our next baptism and confirmation service will be on Sunday 27th November at 10.30am. You can download an application…
Welcome to Josh Richards – Buxton Leadership Intern
We’re really thrilled to be welcoming Josh Richard back to St John’s to join our team for the coming year….
Youth Work Apprentice Opportunity
NB: This is a post from 2016! We don’t currently have any apprentice opportunities. Sorry! There is an opportunity…
Speaking Up & Speaking Out
I was invited by the Bishop of London to preach at St Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday 31st July 2016 at…
Speaking Up & Speaking Out
I was invited by the Bishop of London to preach at St Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday 31st July 2016 at…
Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
Pastoral Letter – EU Referendum – Sunday 12th June 2016 Dear friends, On Thursday 23rd June 2016, we face a…
Summer Fair 2016
We’re so excited about our upcoming Summer Fair – held on Saturday 18th June from 11am-5pm. There’ll be food available…
168 – A Week of Prayer & Worship
In January 2016, at a PCC meeting, we did an exercise to consider how we would prioritise 9 of our…
Roof Repairs
We’re delighted to have received a grant from the Listed Places of Worship Roof repair fund last year. I’ve just…
No Place Like Home
This blog article was written for Christians on the Left and first published here
Organising for the Common Good
I preached the sermon at the Tolpuddle Methodist Chapel on Sunday 19th July 2015 as part of the 2015 Tolpuddle…
Start-Up Church (Or ‘Proclaiming Afresh’)
I had coffee yesterday with a friend who works in the tech world. He had come from an interview with…
Family Worship
One of my greatest joys in life is worshipping God with my wife and children – dancing around, singing, doing…
Mission or Community Ministry?
I spent the morning yesterday at a theological symposium organised by the Cinnamon Network – thinking about the theology that…
Ordinary Mission – Extraordinary People
I heard someone speaking recently of how their church was full of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. It reminded me…
Ambassadors for Christ
53 ‘Ambassadors for Christ’ Commissioned Yesterday was an amazing day at St John’s Church in Hoxton. In addition to celebrating…
Easter Reboot
My laptop computer is running slowly nowadays. It seems as though they’re not built to cope with more than about…
New Artwork Installed
NEW ARTWORK INSTALLED Thank you so much to local artist and congregation member Caroline Akhtar, who has kindly loaned us…
The Birthday Of The King
This article was published in the Hackney Gazette on 19/12/2013 Kings have been in the headlines during 2013. We celebrated…
To Each As They Have Need: Valuing Labour and the Living Wage
During November each year, the Living Wage Foundation holds its annual ‘Living Wage Week’. This year, Ed Miliband lent his…
Will You Cross The Road?
I gave a speech last night (12th September 2013) at the Hackney Citizens meeting at the Alevi Cultural Centre. The…
Undenied – A Good Friday Reflection
Bible Reading: John 18:15-27 The piece of music playing above is called ‘Undenied’ and is by the band Portishead, released…
Making Space / Reordered Organs
“Immensity cloistered in thy deare womb” This is one of my favourite lines from John Donne’s ‘La Corona’ poem. It…
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