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 6th July
8.00am - Morning Prayer
Tuesday 7th July
5.30pm - Evening Prayer
7.00pm - Faith and a Pint (at the Estcourt Tavern)
Wednesday 8th July
10.00am - Said Mass with Lectio Divina
Thursday 9th July
7.00pm - Said Mass, Exposition and Benediction
Saturday 11th July
10.00am - Monthly Church Clean and Tidy-up
Sunday 12th July
The Sixth Sunday after Trinity
10.30am - Parish Mass with Hymns
3pm - Conversations in Jazz
We're welcoming back Ilario Ferrari with special guests, guitarist and composer Enrico Olivanti and singer Ella Hong!
Travelling from Germany and Beijing, this international edition of Conversations in Jazz will create an afternoon shaped by friendship, imagination and spontaneity - blending original compositions, jazz, songs in Italian, Chinese and English, improvisation and conversation. This is one you don;t want to miss!
Tickets available at www.tiny.cc/jazzconvo
Sunday 12 July
3pm-5pm