What others say about St Johns...

We asked a few people why they like St Johns and keep on coming. This is what they said.

"The Eucharist, music and liturgy all help me spiritually to enter into a loving relationship with all those around me. I feel it is something like the love of eternity ...it's difficult to express, but there is something very loving about St Johns and I can only put it down to the presence of God in this place."

"St Johns Church is rather like an extended family...a clear example of this for me is the way members of the congregation give food, fun, freedom and support to local mothers and their children fro 2-3 hours every Tuesday afternoon."

Gwen Beecher

"My children and I have always felt welcome at St Johns - both when they were tiny and now that they are teenagers. Everyone here is friendly, supportive and accepting of who we are. The music is lovely and there is a sense of peace and the eternal during the services. There is also a sense of humour - no-one takes themselves too seriously, even though the worship is serious. A joy when life is going well, and a lifeline when it isn't"

Fiona Steele

"We like being able to go the the back of the Church to play or read in the children's corner"

India & Claudia Quarendon Green

"I tried many churches when I first moved to Hastings in 1994. They were all lovely buildings full of lovely, friendly people, but at St Johns it finally felt like home."

Julian Rumball

"St Johns is the place where I have truly found God, and where I am growing week by week in the faith of Christ crucified and risen. I was brought up in a Christian home but it is only here at St Johns where my faith has become real to me. Everyone is accepted. No-one is judged, condemned or refused....the fellowship and love are tangible."

Jude Harvey

"I like the wierd way in which St Johns maintains its catholic traditions, but doesn't leave you feeling alienated or overwhelmed with empty ritual. The people, the music and the spirituality all combine into one big welcome for me."

Colin Bewes

"Worshipping at St Johns is stimulating, encouraging, thought-provoking and, above all, a happy place to be. It's where God confirms to me what He wants from us all - to be more like Him and never give up believing. He is always there through the good and the bad times ...of that there should be no doubt."

Carol Blythe