Weddings  |  Baptisms  |  Funerals  |  Visiting  |  Prayer

Weddings

If you're getting married, congratulations!  A wedding is one of life's great moments - yes it's a time of solemn commitment, but it's also a time of great celebration of love, a time of feasting and joy, and the Church is very pleased to celebrate with you.  Click here to see some frequently asked questions about getting married at St Johns, plus a downloadable Banns of Marriage Application Form - but for fuller answers, please get in touch with the Rector, Fr. Andrew via the Contact Us page.

Baptisms

In a Baptism the baptised person starts their journey in the Christian faith within the fellowship of the Church. In bringing your child for baptism you make certain promises to bring him or her up in the Christian faith. At St John’s we’d like to do everything we can to help you fulfil those promises, and as part of that we expect to see the children and parents in church on a regular basis.  Click here to see some the frequently asked questions about Baptism, plus a downloadable Baptism Application Form.  To arrange the event, please get in touch with the Rector, Fr. Andrew via the Contact Us page.

Funerals

This is always a sensitive issue if you have just been faced with the need to arrange one.  Please get in touch with the Rector, Fr. Andrew via the Contact Us page to discuss the arrangements.  For your information, we have prepared a number of frequently asked questions which you can read if you Click here .

Visiting

This is one of the traditional roles of the parish priest that is also shared by other members of St Johns, and is valued by those who are housebound or infirm; it is done on a request basis rather than mechanically working our way through the electoral roll ...in other words, if you would value a visit, feel free to get in touch with Fr. Andrew via the Contact Us page; he is always happy to sit with or visit or talk to or pray with people who ask or who have a specific thing they want to share.  Additionally, St Johns, on one Sunday each month, serves Communion to people in a number of care homes in St Leonards.

Prayer

Prayer is a vital foundation for the life of St Johns. It naturally forms part of our church services and at specific times (for example, after some of our evening services) we meet as a congregation to do nothing else but pray. You are of course welcome to be a part of that.

In addition, we run a number of Prayer Chains. These work on a simple principle. If a church member has something they would like us to pray about - family, work, illness, or whatever - We have organised this area of our work into the following areas.... they simply contact the leader of their Prayer Chain. He or she picks up the phone and contacts the first person on a list of about 10 people; the first person contacts the second, who contacts the third and so on. We also run a Prayer Diary, which is a methodical way of covering the parish with prayer every month, including every road, names on our Electoral Roll and other Hastings Churches.

If you are interested in joining one of our Prayer Chains, further information is available via the Contact Us page.