Living in Love and Faith

How do questions about identity, sexuality, relationships and marriage fit within the bigger picture of the good news of Jesus Christ? What does it mean to live in love and faith together as a Church?

This is a question that the Church of England is currently considering across the wide range of our church communities throughout the country.

Here at St John’s, we want to make spaces for member of our church family with diverse views on these questions to come together and listen and learn from one another. We hope that as we do this, we will be able to hear the Word of Jesus Christ more clearly, and then speak God’s love and truth more compassionately in the world.

There are a range of ways we can facilitate this listening and learning. Some of them are listed below:

In February 2021, our Vicar Revd Graham Hunter preached a sermon to help our congregation begin to explore the subject. You can access this by clicking HERE. He also shared some further reading ideas HERE.