St John's Parish mailing

St John's Parish mailing - Trinity 1

Diary

6th June to 12th June

Saturday-
Sunday -
Monday - Julian Meeting 7.30pm
Tuesday- Toddler Group 9-12pm, Mothers Union 2pm
Wednesday- Eucharist 11am,
Thursday- Toddler Group 9-12pm,
Friday -

Worship Services

Trinity 1

@ 8am & 9.45am
Please click here for the pew leaflet

The next meeting is on Monday June 8th
Start time is 7.30pm

The Julian Meeting is held once a month in the Lady Chapel for half an hour’s contemplative prayer on the second Monday of each month. If you would like to come, or find out more, please contact Chris Benson either by phone (020 8224 3985) or by email ( c.benson87@outlook.com ).
For more information about the Julian Meetings organisation see https://thejulianmeetings.wildapricot.org/.

The Restore Project: St. John the Baptist, Old Malden, awarded a grant by The
National Lottery Heritage Fund to save our 400-year-old Church Tower, thereby
keeping our building open and accessible. This is thanks to the National Lottery
Players.
Today, St. John the Baptist, Old Malden, is announcing a £250,000 grant from The
National Lottery Heritage Fund that will allow us to make urgent repairs to our
historic building. This will enable us to preserve our heritage resources and share
them more widely with the community. The Project will provide for the digitisation of
our historic records to make them freely available to all. We will also launch the Old
Malden Nature Hub utilising the ecological resources of our churchyard and the
adjacent Hogsmill River, an endangered chalk stream. This will facilitate educational
projects with schools, community groups, and provide a base for volunteering groups
working to preserve the river and its habitats for nature. As part of the London Loop
and the rewilding initiatives of Kingston Borough Council, this grant allows St. John’s
to do its part in protecting and conserving both heritage and natural resources
sustainably for the enjoyment of future generations.
St. John’s was founded before the Norman Conquest by monks from Merton Priory,
being rebuilt over the centuries. The present Jacobean building (one of only a dozen
in England) sits on mediaeval foundations, with a large Victorian extension built to
accommodate the population expansion at that time in this corner of southwest
London.
Our building is a much-loved and well used community facility. This grant is key to
funding the works needed to preserve our building for the future, keeping it as an
amenity open to all. Without this funding the building would have to close due to
safety concerns over access (falling masonry and water ingress).
The educational opportunities are across the generations, sharing the importance of
local history and sharing best practice for ecological conservation and minimising our
impact on fragile nature. The Nature Hub, heritage resources, and community
engagement (Bat Walks, Hedge Hog Watch, Heritage Week) serves the whole
community irrespective of faith background, in an increasingly diverse community. It
enables a sustainable future through this engagement and our social care initiatives
(Bereavement Café, Dementia Carers Support group, mental health outreach). It will
increase the use of our premises through the week, meeting local needs, and giving
focus to our outreach.
Fr. Michael Roper, Vicar of St. John’s, said, “The National Lottery Heritage Fund
grant has made all the difference to our Restore Project, without it we would not
have been able to make the Project happen. Thanks to the National Lottery we can
restore our Church Tower and keep St. John’s open, while serving our community in
new and exciting ways, making the most of our unique heritage and the natural
resources on our doorstep. This is truly an exciting time for us, our congregation and
the wider community.”

About St. John’s
St. John the Baptist is the ancient Church of England parish church of Old Malden in
the Borough of Kingston upon Thames, part of the Diocese of Southwark on the
edge of Greater London. We are a diverse and inclusive Christian community
serving the wider community for over a thousand years.

About The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Our vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now
and in the future. That’s why as the largest funder for the UK’s heritage we are
dedicated to supporting projects that connect people and communities to heritage,
as set out in our strategic plan, Heritage 2033. Heritage can be anything from the
past that people value and want to pass on to future generations. We believe in the
power of heritage to ignite the imagination, offer joy and inspiration, and to build
pride in place and connection to the past.
Over the next 10 years, we aim to invest £3.6 billion raised for good causes by
National Lottery players to make a decisive difference for people, places and
communities.
heritagefund.org.uk
Follow @HeritageFundUK on Twitter/X, Facebook and Instagram and use
#NationalLottery #HeritageFund

Further information
For further information, images and interviews please contact Fr. Michael Roper at
St. John the Baptist, Old Malden on 020 8337 2817 or via email at
administrator@stjohnsoldmalden.org.uk

Events

The Men's Thing
A programme of talks held on the 2nd Saturday of each month in the church extension. Tea, coffee biscuits etc. available from 10am for a 10.30am start. Men and women are all welcome.

June 13 ^th - TBC

July 11 ^th Ben Jackson - Valves, Vinyl & The Old Groaner: Sound Recording Goes Electric 1925-1950

August 8 ^th Summer Break

Sept 5 ^th Peter Lutton - A talk on Church Organs

St. John's weekly get together for all those who would enjoy a cup of tea, piece of cake, and meeting new people! Run by St. John's volunteers every week on Thursdays from 2:00-4:00pm
at the Church Hall 411 Malden Road

St John’s Knitting & Crochet Group

Thursday 25th June from 2.00pm in the Coffee Lounge at St. John's. Would you like to brush up on your knitting skills – or learn to crochet? New members and beginners always welcome. Tea, cake and biscuits together with a friendly ambience. Do join us! Marilyn

Fair Trade Stall

Thank you for your ongoing support for producers in the
developing countries, the environment and our little girl in Nepal , Amrisha.
Get your basics here or anywhere you see goods with Fairtrade mark.
The stall aims to be plastic free, Palm Oil free and ethical.

Anne Beales 07816221076
anne.beales8@gmail.com