Meet the Team

at St John's Stoke Guildford

Revd Mark Woodward

Rector

Revd Nick Hill

Curate

Simon Loveless

Assistant Minister

William Lowries

Assistant Minister

Jo Lamberth

Ordinand

Carol Lowries

Director of Children & Youth

Lucy Thomas

Youth Worker

Martin Coe

Worship Leader
Worship Central Academy

Nadia Maclachlan

Welcome Pastors

Sue Turner

Pastoral Care Leader

Janet Durrant

Pastoral Assistants Leader

Chris Lee

Mission and Community Pastor

Jon Barnardo Life Group Leader and Discipleship Leader

Jon Barnardo

Life Groups Leader

Helen Barnardo

Office Manager

Louise Humphreys

Administrator

Carol Robson

Church and Centre Manager

Dave Robson

Churchwarden

Bev Colinese

Churchwarden

Sundays

We now livestream a service at 10am every Sunday

We usually have three worship times on a Sunday and all are welcome at SJS. If you are new to the church family, the Welcome Team will help you to feel at home. We look forward to seeing you in the church building as soon as we are open again.

Join us live or see previous services

9 am
Morning Worship
The 9am is an informal service of Holy Communion or Morning Prayer, with teaching, prayer and hymns on the organ. The service lasts for 1 hour, followed by coffee.

10:30 am
Informal Family Worship
The 10.30am is an informal service with community, teaching, vibrant children’s and youth groups, prayer and band led songs. There is Communion once a month. The service lasts for 1 hour 15 minutes, followed by coffee.

6 pm
The 6pm is a relaxed opportunity to go deeper in Spirit-led worship, prayer and teaching, with Communion once a month. The youth band leads the worship. The service lasts for 1 hour.

Listen to our Sunday Talks

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Safeguarding & Inclusion

Protection of all children, young people and those who are vulnerable is of paramount importance to us. We have adopted the Diocese of Guildford Safeguarding Policy.

Rachel Hill and Elodie Curran are our appointed Parish Safeguarding Officers, whose role is to ensure that everyone who works the Church in any capacity has undergone the necessary checks and training beforehand and, working with the PCC ensures our policy is implemented. Specifically, everyone who works with under 18’s and those who are vulnerable is taken through a recruitment process and is checked for Enhanced DBS clearance. For more information about our policy and the guidelines and training we give our volunteers and workers please contact us.

IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS AT ALL ABOUT THE SAFETY OF ANYONE,
Please contact our parish safeguarding officers Rachel Hill and Elodie Curran and both can be contacted on besafe@stjohnstoke.com

Our Safeguarding policy statement

As members of this PCC, we commit our parish to the nurturing, protection and safeguarding of all, especially the young and vulnerable.

  • We recognise that our work with children, young people and those who are vulnerable is the responsibility of the whole Church community.
  • We are committed to following the Home Office Code of Practice, Safe from Harm, the House of Bishops and Diocesan guidelines.
  • We undertake to select all our workers with care, to support them and to train them.
  • We are committed to supporting all who we have contact with.
  • We review this policy annually.

Resources

For more information regarding our Safeguarding and Inclusion policies please contact our Parish Safeguarding Officer.
For training in our Safeguarding policies and procedures please contact our Parish Safeguarding Officer, Rector or Churchwarden.

Website for Guildford Diocesan Safeguarding and Inclusion resources.