St John's Church Watford
Music at St John's
St John’s no longer has a choir, but we are grateful to our former Director of Music, Richard Bond who most Sundays leads our sung worship on the piano. On other Sundays we welcome visiting organists.
We use a variety of congregational mass settings, including the Mass of St Thomas by David Thorne, The Addington Service by Richard Shephard and The New People's Mass by Dom Gregory Murray. We use the 2013 edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern, allowing us to sing a mix of different hymns and songs.
The pipe organ was built in 1911 by the renowned firm of J.W. Walker and Sons, Ltd, and essentially unchanged since then. It has a special status, having received a Historic Organ Certificate (Grade II*) from the British Institute of Organ Studies.
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Upcoming Services and Events
Monday 4th May
8.00am - Morning Prayer
Tuesday 5th May
5.30pm - Evening Prayer
7.00pm - Faith and a Pint (at the Estcourt Tavern)
Wednesday 6th May
10.00am - Said Mass with Lectio Divina
Friday 9th May
10.00am - Monthly Church Clean and Tidy-up
Sunday 10th May
The Sixth Sunday of Easter
10.30am - Parish Mass with Hymns
2.00pm - Conversations in Jazz / Watford Jazz Junction
Conversations in Jazz
Join us for a very special edition of Ilario Ferrari's 'Conversations in Jazz' providing a bumper afternoon of music and chat from a selection of Watford-based jazz artists with some very special guests.
The afternoon is hosted by Jazz FM presenter Ruth Fisher and Orphy Robinson MBE at St John's Church, presenting one-hour shows from David Gordon (piano) and Christian Garrick (violin) presented in association with 'Oxhey Sounds', Ilario Ferrari (piano/guitar/vocals) and Mari Songs (vocals) and Shri Sriram with his latest acclaimed solo project (electric-bass)
There will also be an opportunity to hear the emerging talent of local-pianist Micol Fusar and to hear a blended choir of children who have taken part in the Watford Jazz Junction's Jazz Train workshops across the last 18-months (including from Bushey Manor, Greenfields, Woodhall and St John's primary schools).