This document provides the schedule of services and events for the Parish of St John's for the month of October. It lists the daily prayer services, Sunday worship services including sermon topics, baptisms, weddings, and special events. Regular activities such as choir practice and confirmation classes are also included. The parish encourages people to join them in daily prayer and welcomes inquiries about baptisms and weddings. Services will continue to be recorded online for those who cannot attend in person.

1. PARISH DIARY FOR OCTOBER 2023
Enquiries regarding baptisms weddings or marriage blessings
are always welcome.
Please contact the Vicar.
Morning Prayer is said Daily at St John’s at 9.00am.
You are most welcome to join the clergy in prayer.
Evening Prayer is said privately for the life of the Parish unless details are below.
St John’s is open daily 9.30am-5.00pm for private prayer
(10.30am-5.00pm on Saturdays)
The Parish Eucharist and worship resources will continue to be recorded and made available at
www.stjohnsboxmoor.org.uk/suspended-services-resources
Sun 1 Harvest Festival - Seventeenth Sunday of Trinity
8.00am BCP Holy Communion St John’s
10.00am All-Age Parade Eucharist sung by the Junior Choir St John’s
10.00am Sung Mass St Francis'
11.30am Morning Worship St Stephen's
12noon Holy Baptism St John’s
Mon 2 7.45pm Together on Monday Club St John’s Hall
“Sinking beneath the Waves” Speaker: Noel James
8.00pm Confirmation Class The Vicarage
Tues 3 9.30am Tiny Tots: Stay & Play and Service St John’s Hall
Wed 4 St Francis of Assisi
10.00am Holy Communion followed by coffee St John’s
2.00pm Wedding Rehearsal St John’s
5.00pm Evening Prayer St Francis’
Thur 5 10.30am Mountbatten Lodge Communion Mountbatten
Lodge
2.00pm Harvest Thanksgiving: South Hill School St John’s
Fri 6 12.30pm Wedding: Kennedy Morgan & Samuel Taylor St John’s
7.00pm Choir Rehearsal St John’s
Sun 8 Eighteenth Sunday of Trinity Mission and Evangelism Sermon Series
8.00am BCP Holy Communion St John’s
10.00am Parish Eucharist St John’s
10.00am Sung Mass St Francis'
11.00am St Francis’ Open Day - Stalls and Refreshments
11.30am Morning Worship St Stephen's
2.00pm Just A Capella concert St Francis’
4.00pm Festival High Mass & Benediction St Francis’
Mon 9 2.00pm Poetry Group 53 Beechfield
Road
8.00pm Confirmation Class The Vicarage
Tues 10 9.30am Tiny Tots: Stay & Play and Service St John’s Hall
8.00pm PCC Standing Committee Meeting Zoom
Wed 11 10.00am Holy Communion followed by coffee St John’s
5.00pm Evening Prayer St Francis’

2. Fri 13 12.30pm MaSJ Lunchtime Concert - Pupils of the Purcell School St John’s
7.00pm Choir Rehearsal St John’s
Sat 14 6.30pm Joyful Noise Choir Concert St John’s
Sun 15 Nineteenth Sunday of Trinity Mission and Evangelism Sermon Series
8.00am BCP Holy Communion St John’s
10.00am Parish Eucharist St John’s
10.00am Sung Mass St Francis'
11.30am Morning Worship St Stephen's
12noon Holy Baptism St John’s
6.30pm Choral Evensong: St John’s
Preacher: The Venerable Charles Hudson, Archdeacon
of St Albans
Mon 16 7.45pm Together on Monday Club St John’s Hall
“A talk about my mother Jennifer Worth, in conversation
with Suzannah Worth & Carole Lewis”
8.00pm Confirmation Class The Vicarage
Tues 17 9.30am Tiny Tots: Stay & Play and Service St John’s Hall
Wed 18 St Luke the Evangelist
10.00am Holy Communion followed by coffee St John’s
12noon Burial of Ashes St John’s
3.00pm Friendship Teas St John’s Hall
5.00pm Evening Prayer St Francis’
8.00pm Baptism Preparation St John’s
Thur 19 8.30am Unisound Recorder Day St John’s
11.00am Mountbatten Lodge Communion Mountbatten
Lodge
Fri 20 12.30pm MaSJ Lunchtime Concert St John’s
Alice Bishop soprano with David Elwin piano
Followed by MaSJ AGM
5.45pm Junior Choir Rehearsal St John’s Hall
7.00pm Choir Rehearsal St John’s
Sun 22 Twentieth Sunday of Trinity Mission and Evangelism Sermon Series
8.00am BCP Holy Communion St John’s
10.00am Parish Eucharist St John’s
10.00am Sung Mass St Francis'
11.30am Holy Communion St Stephen's
3.00pm Messy Church St John’s
Tues 24 No Tiny Tots this week - Half Term
Wed 25 10.00am Holy Communion followed by coffee St John’s
5.00pm Evening Prayer St Francis’
Fri 27 12.30pm MaSJ Lunchtime Concert St John’s
Charles Sewart violin and Debbie Shah piano
7.00pm Choir Rehearsal St John’s
Sat 28 Ss Simon and Jude, Apostles

3. Sun 29 Last Sunday of Trinity
8.00am BCP Holy Communion St John’s
10.00am Parish Eucharist St John’s
10.00am Sung Mass St Francis'
11.30am Morning Worship St Stephen's
Mon 30 8.00pm Confirmation Class The Vicarage
Tues 31 9.30am Tiny Tots: Stay & Play and Service St John’s Hall