OS grid reference ST699575 Denomination Anglican Phone +44 7973 972018 Deanery Midsomer Norton | Country England Opened 1893 Diocese Diocese of Bath and Wells | |
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Location Peasedown St John, Somerset Website www.stjsgroup.org/st-johns-peasedown-2/ Founded 1874 by Order in Council Address Church Road, Peasedown St John, Somerset, BA2 8AA, United Kingdom BA2 8AA, United Kingdom Architects George Frederick Bodley, Thomas Garner Similar Church of Saint John the Baptis, St Bride's Church - Glasgow, All Saints' Church - Cambridge, St Mary's Church - Eccleston, Washington National Cathedral | ||
St John's Church, Peasedown St John (or more formally the Church of St John the Baptist, Peasedown) is the Anglican parish church for the village of Peasedown St John in North East Somerset. The Parish was founded in 1874 and the current building dates from 1893. It is home to a congregation drawn largely from the village of Peasedown St John and the surrounding area. The Church now forms part of the ‘St J’s’ Group of Churches, a single benefice also including the parishes of Wellow and Foxcote with Shoscombe.
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Sunday services and regular activities
Sunday Services show an emphasis on Bible teaching and on the work of the Holy Spirit. The morning service features organ and keyboard-led worship with Common Worship Liturgy, and the afternoon service features band-led worship. The current weekly pattern of worship consists of:
10.30 Morning Praise every Sunday (Holy Communion on 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month) with a more informal style worship on the 5th Sunday. In 2011 a Sunday School was started at this Service.
16.30 Soulfood Service held in Peasedown St John Youth Club every Sunday with a Children's Church known as 'Sundayz Cool' and a weekly family tea.
History
In 1959 the Patronage of the Church was transferred from the Executors of the late Sir Frank Beauchamp of Woodborough House to the Bishop of Bath and Wells.
The Church was refurbished during the winter of 1989-1990 during which time Services were held in the adjacent Church Hall. The Centenary of the current church building was marked in 1993 with visits from the Bishop of Bath and Wells (the Rt Revd Jim Thompson) and a Solemn Evensong at which the Archdeacon of Bath preached.
Vicars and Staff of the Parish of Peasedown St John
The PCC now also employs on a part-time basis a Children's Worker, a Worship Leader and a Church Administrator. The Revd Richard Fothergill is Licensed to the Benefice as Associate Priest.