We welcome and encourage all people to join us. St John's is part of the Merton Priory Team Ministry. Whether or not you are new to the area, you are especially welcome to join us in our acts of worship and other activities and share in our Anglican tradition.

Safeguarding: The parish of St John the Divine, High Path, takes the safeguarding and care of children and vulnerable adults very seriously. Further information about this can be found on the Safeguarding page.

Contacts: For contact details, please go to our contacts page.

Hall hire: Contact 020 8544 0018 and leave a message.
Big hall: £25 per hour; small hall: £15 per hour.
Images of the hall interiors can be found here.

Church notice sheet: The latest church notice sheet can be read here. Week by week the notice sheet has more news items on pages 3 and 4 than we can give in full here. See the Notice sheet pointers panel at the right for more about things we couldn't include below.

Advent

We are now in Advent, which is a penitential season, just as Lent is. We are called to fast, to pray, and to perform good works to prepare ourselves for the great feast of Christmas. The liturgical colour of purple symbolizes humility and penitence. This is why the candles of the Advent wreath are purple, with the exception of the fourth candle, which is sometimes pink: on the Fourth Sunday of Advent, the 'mood' lifts as the Church begins to look forward to the coming of the Christ Child, and this joyful waiting is represented by the lighter colour of the candle.

Finding Sanctuary

Finding Sanctuary takes place at St John's every week on Mondays at 7.15 p.m. apart from bank holidays.

Messy Church every month

Join us at St John's on the second Saturday of every month for crafts, songs, food, stories and celebration for children and their parents or carers – all ages welcome! From 11.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. The next gathering will be on 14 December.

Fundraising made simple

Don't forget: you can help raise funds for St John's whenever you shop online! Use Easyfundraising to shop, with over 3300 big name retailers including Argos, John Lewis, ASOS and Booking.com – and when you shop, you'll raise a free donation for us every time. It's that easy! Help support us by clicking on the Easyfundraising panel on the right or by visiting bit.ly/stjohnmerton.

Merton Citizens

Merton Citizens (part of South London Citizens) is an alliance of organisations – churches, mosques, schools, and hospitals – working together to make a difference in our borough. Merton Citizens builds the capacity of people to participate in public life, to act together for the common good, to win change, and to strengthen civic institutions in the process. Our parish is one of 15 institutions involved in work around various areas – housing, mental health, litter, and welcoming refugees. We are excited to be involved in this inspiring project, which is part of a nationwide Citizens movement that has been organising communities for several years.

For latest updates see the Merton Citizens Twitter feed.

For baptisms, weddings and funerals, contact the Vicar, Revd Alison Judge – see the contacts page.

The ministry rota for services in the Merton Priory Team from 6 October to 29 December 2019 can be found here.