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Eco-Church 

Eco Bronze Award


In 2022 St John’s was awarded a Bronze Eco-Church award.

The Eco-Church team is working on encouraging the changes in lifestyle and the practical improvements that will help us to earn a Silver Eco-Church award.

Email Roger Lilley to find out more about Eco-Church at St John's or if you'd like to join the Eco-Church team.

Here are some of the things we can do as individuals and as a congregation, to live out our commitment to eco-church:

Try measuring your Environmental Footprint on the calculator published by WWF:
https://footprint.wwf.org.uk/#/

You may also like to look at Cambridge Carbon Footprint for local advice:
www.cambridgecarbonfootprint.org 

Consider buying local or organic food where possible. Some local suppliers are listed below:

  • Cambridge Organic Food Company – fruit and vegetable boxes delivered, plus groceries and cleaning products
  • Cambridge Farmers’ Market (Sundays)
  • Full Circle – the Zero Waste Shop, 9 Norfolk Street
  • The Daily Bread Co-operative, Arbury
  • Darwin Farm Shop, Newmarket Road
  • Great Shelford Country Market
  • Great Wilbraham Market (monthly)
  • Arjuna Wholefoods, Mill Road
  • Fosters Mill/Prior’s Flour
  • Summer fruit stands on Hills Road
  • Seasonal berries in Milton, at Sunclose Farm
  • Community orchards
  • Organic Health, Hauxton
  • Fen End Farm, Cottenham
  • Prospects Trust at Snakehall Farm, Reach and Refill Greengrocery Café, Ely

Also, consider using refill shops to reduce single-use plastics:

  • Pure Brilliant Green, Bar Hill
  • Green Weigh, Sawston
  • Twelve, Fulbourn
  • Arjuna Wholefoods, Mill Road
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Planning your Visit

New to Church? 


If you are planning your first visit to St John’s, welcome! We hope the information below will help you.
 
Our Sunday morning services begin at 10.00am. When you arrive, you will be greeted by one of our welcoming team who will help you find somewhere to sit and will give you a service booklet and a hymn book. Please see our ‘Sunday services’ page for more details of services and times.
We serve tea, coffee and biscuits after the morning service and we hope very much that you will stay for a chat. All refreshments are free.
 
Accessibility: There is wheelchair access through powered double doors, and an accessible toilet. We have a small car park, and there is free parking on a Sunday in the surrounding streets. You may wish to arrive 10-15 minutes early if you need a parking space close to the church.
 
You can expect:
- A warm welcome, with everything you need to follow the service easily;
- Beautiful music in the English choral tradition at both Sunday services, led by the St John's choir and organist;
- A talk or sermon, usually focused on the readings we have heard;
- On Sunday and Wednesday mornings, tea or coffee afterwards and time to chat with others.
 
What about children?
We have a regular Children’s Church on Sunday mornings for 4-11 year-olds. The children learn about the same Bible readings we are hearing in church, with games, activities and prayers. We also have an All-Age service, where everybody worships together, on the first Sunday of each month. Find out more about Children's Ministry