Today's Tiny Advent Poem and Prayer: youtu.be/HD7v03feQCs

Today's Tiny Advent Poem and Prayer: youtu.be/fbOPfSpTV6E

Today's Tiny Advent Poem and Prayer: youtu.be/h93yXcpMJDU

Tiny Advent Poem and Prayer for Christmas Eve: youtu.be/cyb4WbPYQko

At St John's: ​Under the present lockdown all in person services are currently suspended. The church will however remain open for private prayer on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons from 1.00pm to 3.00pm. Details of online services can be found in the weekly notice sheet.

Our guidance notes for wedding couples at www/stjohnsfrome.com/services have been updated in the light of changes due to the impact of Covid and of Brexit

Ash Wednesday 2021 - Zoom service (link available via email request to [email protected]) This year we will be using water, or olive oil, instead of ashes, reminding us of the anointing at our baptism.

The Powerpoint images for our Mothering Sunday service can be seen at youtu.be/KO7LDt20Z9c

Our new 360° Video giving a guided tour around St John's parish church can now be found on Youtube at youtu.be/OUQD80BGUKs A link is also available from our website.

Details of services, online and in person, for Holy Week and Easter are now online at stjohnsfrome.com/holy-week-and-…

One year since our first video on our Youtube channel 'FromeStJohnBaptist' and we've had 4194 views and 296 hours of viewing...

The Tenor Bell at St John's parish church will be tolled 99 times today at Noon as a mark of respect for HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, R.I.P.

From page 8 of today's 'Church Times':

This year's #welldressing at #Frome celebrates past well dressings and we hope to be able to have the usual ceremony again next year - thanks to our church school for providing the flowers!

We couldn't hold our usual service by the well this year but we did get a visit from The Mayor of Frome to look at the flowers by St Aldhelm's statue in church and the welldressing #Frome

As the worldwide church today remembers Thomas Ken buried here in Frome in 1771, a reminder of last year's virtual comemmoration: youtube.com/watch?v=8DYIRi…

On the shores of Haiti, By the river Indus in Kabul, On the island of Evia, In a park in Plymouth, We sat down and wept When we remembered… How shall we sing Magnificat in a strange land? #BVM #Magnificat as today we remember the Blessed Virgin Mary

Archaeological investigations in March and May 2021 at St John the Baptist, Frome, by Context One Heritage & Archaeology found remains of the ancient church on the site as described by William of Malmesbury in the 1120’s. Further details at stjohnsfrome.com/archaeology2021

Unfortunately because of the current covid situation and other factors the usual services at St John's on Christmas Eve (3.00pm Crib Service and 11.30pm Midnight Mass) will not be taking place this year.

Downing Street has announced today (10am, 28 April 2022) that the Rt Revd Michael Beasley will be the next Bishop of Bath and Wells. Read the full announcement. #NewBish bathandwells.org.uk/news/new-bisho…