Dear friends,
Whilst in lockdown we are still 'church', and, as church is us, the people, so we worship at home knowing we are worshipping together, separate but united.
Please see here for latest updates on our church re-opening, and here for a personal message from our Vicar, Jane.
For the time being our Sunday services will continue to be shown on line, please see below for dates and timings:
Sunday 5th July - Churches Together in Ainsdale (available from 8.00am)
Ecumenical Service - Click here to view
Click here for the children's craft activities - Growing up in God's Garden
Meet with us for coffee and a chat at 11.30am on Sundays in our zoom room. Please click here and follow the instructions. If it prompts you for a password use 3fRP3a
During these difficult times, if you would like to support us financially, please follow this link
Past services have now been archived and moved to our Church service page
Our midweek events have been moved to our Archive page
Ministers and members of Churches Together in Ainsdale (CTIA), "take the knee" on the village green as they want everyone to know that Black Lives Matter. We stand in solidarity with our sisters and brothers.
Revd Jane Morgan (St John's CofE church), Revd Patrick Evens (Ainsdale Methodist Church), Fr Tony Slingo (Heartstone Catholic churches), Dave Cliff (Woodvale Chapel), Joan Green (Ainsdale Village Church) Pete Morgan St John's CofE church) Eirlys Jessop, Lindsay Jessop (St John's CofE church) and Monica Gannon ( Heartstone Catholic churches)
Black Lives Matter reflection Click here to view
Please tell your friends and share the links - which will be available each week until further notice. We hope you enjoy
A big Thank You to all those who spend several hours recording these productions, and a special Thank You to Giles for pulling it all together.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has also announced - "Daily Hope "
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ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WHILST WE ARE CLOSED - Join our Buddy Scheme
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Whilst our church is closed you can still give food to the food bank by taking it to Ainsdale Methodist church. Donations can be left in the main foyer area, access via the door opposite the car park.
Opening times: Tuesday and Thursday from 12.30 to 3.00pm. Thank you, and stay safe
COVID-19
The Church continues to be alive and active, but now our buildings must close. Please see here for further details.
Please see our diary section on this website or our Facebook page for future events and dates.
Thank you for your understanding.
Our church
Welcome to the Website of St John’s Anglican Church, Ainsdale.
St John’s is situated in Ainsdale village a few miles south of Southport and is part of the Church of England, belonging to the Diocese of Liverpool.
Our Church is one which aims to nurture people in the Christian faith and to bring the love of Christ to those in our Community. This is shown both by the variety of Church worship styles that we offer to people each week and also in the many social events, community services and various activities for all ages that our members are involved in. There really is something for everyone at St. John’s!
We moved back into our Church in November 2017, having completed a 6-year building redevelopment scheme for both the Church building the Church Hall. As a result of this, we now have a wonderful worship space as well as wonderful modern facilities which enable us to hold many other social events as well. Our Church building is now open every day of the week for all sorts of activities and is a Church which is truly at the heart of our community. The congregation have worked tirelessly to raise the incredible amount of over £600,000 to enable this development scheme to be competed (that’s why it took us 6 years to complete!) and everyone agrees that it has been well worth the effort!
Our team at St. John’s have felt wonderfully privileged to see the dedication and commitment of the congregation at our church to this redevelopment scheme, as the easy option of just doing the necessary repairs and replacing the old roof would have cost us less than half of what we ended up spending. To us this shows not only their dedication to the fundraising effort, but also their commitment to the community we are called to serve. This continuing commitment also means that you can be assured of a very warm welcome here - whenever you join us for worship or for a social gathering - and we're not talking about the underfloor heating!
We hope that you will enjoy exploring our website to find out a little bit more about us and that you will feel that you’d like to come along and meet us at some time in the near future.
Gallery
We now have a Gallery page where you can see pictures of the church and from recent events.
We have signed up to, and support the ideals of the Church or England digital charter https://www.churchofengland.org/terms-and-conditions/our-digital-charter and the 'Contract for the Web' https://contractfortheweb.org/ from the World Wide Web Foundation.
July 12, 2020 - 10:30 am
Sunday service - available online from 8.00am
July 19, 2020 - 10:30 am
Sunday service - available online from 8.00am
July 26, 2020 - 10:30 am
Sunday service - available online from 8.00am
August 2, 2020 - 10:30 am
Sunday service - available online from 8.00am
August 9, 2020 - 10:30 am
Sunday service - available online from 8.00am
St John's Ainsdale News Page
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