Opportunities to deepen your faith during Lent
Traditionally during Lent as well as giving something up we are encouraged to take something up or invest time in our faith. At St John’s we are offering two extra activities which we hope will help you to enrich and deepen your faith.
Building on the success of our Advent Bible Study, we will again meet after church at 11am on every Sunday in Lent to provide a time to deepen our faith and explore the Bible in a deeper way. This will last about 45 minutes.
We have decided to explore the fruits of the Spirit (Galatian 5:22-23) and explore how Jesus lives them out in Holy Week, how we live them out in the church, and how we can live them out in our lives. Each session will start in the committee room in the Church Hall.
| Date | Theme | Suggested reading |
| 22nd February | Love | John 13.1–15; John 19.16–30 |
| 1st March | Peace | John 14.27; Luke 23.32–38 |
| 8th March | Patience | Luke 22.39–46 |
| 15th March | Kindness | Luke 23.39–43 |
| 22nd March | Faithfulness | John 18.1–11 |
| 29th March | Self-control | Matthew 26.47–56 |
| and after Easter | ||
| 12th April | Joy | John 20.1–18 |
Our Lent Course will be "The Chosen" which portrays Jesus through the eyes of those who met him. Each session will take the form of watching an Episode together, followed by a chance to discuss further with others. This is available on Amazon Prime, so if you can’t make the session, or would like to watch it alone, then you can do so if you have an account.
The session will take place over 5 weeks, lasting about an hour and starting 26th February 2026. We will hold just one session a week this year: Thursdays, 3pm @ The Vicarage.
Space is limited so please sign up for these sessions either in Church on Sunday or via the Parish Office.