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Kintsugi Hope Wellbeing Group - Tuesday evenings from 13th January

Kintsugi Hope is a Christian charity and its vision is for: "A world where mental and emotional health is understood and accepted, with safe and supportive communities for everyone to grow and flourish."

How is your emotional wellbeing?

The Kintsugi Hope Wellbeing Group runs weekly, for a period of 12 weeks. Each week, in a small, safe, and supportive group, we will look at subjects rarely talked about in depth such as: Honesty, anxiety, depression, perfectionism, shame and anger.

Kintsugi Hope's aims for this shared journey are that:

· Those attending will gain support, understanding and tools that will enable them to become more resilient.
· There will be safe groups, where there is no shame and embarrassment in struggling.
· Those attending will experience an increase in self-worth, confidence, and wellbeing.
· Those attending will gain a deeper understanding of the reality of God's love for them.
· There will be clear pathways to receive additional support if needed – we are not experts and will not be providing counselling in the groups but will signpost people if this would be helpful for them.

Everyone is welcome to join, however, because we are not mental health experts, the groups would not be suitable for those with a more serious diagnosed mental illness.

The groups are free to attend and although we will talk about God and our Christian faith during the sessions, they will still be accessible to non-Christians.

If you feel this might be for you and you’d like to find out more then contact Gillian Mannouch email: gillian@stjohnswimborne.org.uk

For full details, click here.

To book, click here.

 

St John's this week

Sun 4 Jan 10:30am
Matt Lee is leading the service and Steven Lee is preaching
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Sun 4 Jan 6:30pm
Alan Fryer is leading the service and Matt Lee is preaching
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Tue 6 Jan 6:00pm
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Wed 7 Jan 8:00pm
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Volunteering at St John's
There are many opportunities to get involved as a volunteer. We are especially seeking willing volunteers to help out with our young disciples - speak to Matt or Jeremy for details. Open the article for full details and a link to all vacancies.
Vacancy: Pre-School Practitioner
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Pre-School Practitioner to join the dedicated team at St John’s Pre-School. Open the article for more details.
Compass - Thursday 15th January, 2.30-4pm
Winter in Art - An illustrated talk featuring many artists from Northern Europe. Speaker Jo Field. The Spring 2026 programme is now available from the welcome desk, please take a copy.
Saturday Sort It - Saturday 17th January, 9am
Please do come along, if you are able.
Interregnum: Update (and resources)
Our Patron, Church Society, who lead the recruitment process, have provided the following dates (open the article for details): Advertising this week, closing date 12th January, interviews 23rd February.
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Other News

StreetLight are recruiting!
StreetLight are currently recruiting for an Operations and Hospitality Assistant - This is a part-time weekday role with flexible hours, paid at £13.45 per hour, and involves supporting our team with daily operations, café service, and light admin.


Regular Reminders

Prayer Focus - 7th January 2026
We meet for Prayer Focus in the Youth Lounge at 8 pm, on the first Wednesday of the month. This month we will be especially praying for the recruitment of our new Vicar. We hope to see you there.
Help using the website
We can help you sign up as a member and get the very best out of the new website - please just contact the church office to arrange for someone to provide support. Click here to find out more about how use the website. There are links for how to register
Guided Christian Tours of the Minster for your friends
Steven Lee, who is part of the preaching and leading team at St John’s, is offering a new way to talk about the Christian faith with friends/family who are not Christians. Click for further details.
Pastoral Care
Our pastoral care team offer company and support to anyone in the church family who needs it. Please contact Gillian Mannouch on 01202 847911 or 07794 586608 or gillian@stjohnswimborne.org.uk
Midweek Service of Holy Communion
The midweek communion generally takes place every second and fourth Thursday of the month at 10.30am. Our next service will be on Thursday 8th January.
Streetlight Needs You!
We need your help! Please click the title link for further details.
Parish Profile
The Parish Profile has been created for those exploring the role of Vicar, but we hope it will be interesting for anyone who'd like to learn more about our church community. Hard copies in the foyer/from the office. Online via About Us/News Article.

Planning your Visit

Welcome to St John's Church!

We are so delighted that you have found our website. We are a Church family in Wimborne for anyone living, working or studying around this area. Whoever you are, whatever your age, whether you’re an experienced Christian or not, we would love you to join us.

From an intrigued onlooker to the committed follower we are keen that everyone should grow in relationship with God through knowing Jesus. To help us do that our emphasis is on hearing God speak to us by his Holy Spirit through his word, the Bible. Each of us knows that we only grow in a relationship with someone and get to know them when we spend time listening to them and responding and reacting to what they say. So the focus of St John’s is on listening to God’s word, talking to him in prayer and taking up all that he says.

The Church family here at St John’s longs to help anyone who wants to investigate the life of Jesus. On this site you will find people, meetings, talks and events shaped to help you take another step forward in finding out more about God and his love for us in Jesus, and to help you get linked into the church family life.

We hope to have the opportunity to meet you personally in the very near future and that you will quickly feel at home at St John’s.

Stuart Hull and Nigel Day (Churchwardens)
Please note that we are currently seeking a new Vicar, following the retirement of Revd Peter Breckwoldt in July 2025