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Services at St John’s
Sunday 7th June
Sung family Eucharist-10:30am
with Rev Stuart F Gray
Tuesday 9th June
Fellowship Group 1.30- 3.30pm
Said Eucharist 6pm
All are Welcome
Revd Stuart F Gray BD PGDE
Broad Street, Alloa, Clackmannanshire FK10 1AN
Tel No 01259 724550
Email office@sjea.org.uk
Website - www.stjohnschurchalloa.org.uk
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Readings for Sunday- Themes; Answering the call of God to Faith. The Healing love of God.
Garden tidy-There is another session this Saturday 6th June at 10.30 am. All help is greatly appreciated. Please bring your own lunch.
Fellowship Group The next meeting of the Fellowship Group will take place on Tuesday 9th June from 1.30-3.30pm and there is also a Summer Outing to Crieff on Tuesday 30th June.
“Tai Chi Café” Tai Chi Cafe takes a break on 11th June. Then we're back for the final two Thursdays in June, 18th and 25th at 2 until 3pm as usual before taking our summer break. We've been very popular this year with lots of new people coming along for gentle exercise and chat. We'll start up again on Thursday 3rd September and all fitness abilities are welcome. Get in touch with Laurene at taichicafe@warpmail.net for further information.
Next Vestry Meeting Tuesday 16th June at 7pm Please speak to Stuart or any member of the Vestry if there is anything you wish to place on the agenda. There is a list of Vestry members on the church notice board or on our website www.stjohnschurchalloa.org.uk
Safeguarding News We have a new Head of Safeguarding in the Scottish Episcopal Church. Christine Riddoch has recently taken up the role. Christine has lots of previous experience in Safeguarding and we wish her well in her new post. Please remember that if you have any concerns about children or vulnerable adults at St John’s, please speak to Stuart or our own safeguarding co-ordinators, Ailsa and Pam.
A good news story Hospital gardens have been around for some time, but they have rarely been able to treat the needs of critically ill patients - until now. A brand-new, innovative outdoor ward has opened on the roof of King’s College Hospital in south London, and is the first of its kind in the UK.
Church Times Articles of interest, with links. Keep discussion about Canterbury and Anglican Communion open, House of Bishops agrees https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2026/29-may/news/uk/keep-discussion-about-canterbury-and-anglican-communion-open-house-of-bishops-agrees
Regulate AI or you will have a Tower of Babel, Bishop of Rome warns in his first encyclical https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2026/29-may/news/world/regulate-ai-or-you-will-have-a-tower-of-babel-pope-warns-in-his-first-encyclical
Newsletter at St John’s From now on if you have anything that you would like to add to the weekly Newsletter at St John’s please send it to News@sjea.org.uk
Contacts For general or non-urgent matters please use the email office@sjea.org.uk . If you wish to contact Stuart urgently or in confidence, please email him at priest@sjea.org.uk