The Church of Saint John https://sjevar.com/ An English Church in the Var Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:47:24 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://sjevar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/diocese-270-66x66.jpg The Church of Saint John https://sjevar.com/ 32 32 PSHF – latest projects https://sjevar.com/pshf-latest-projects/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:59:02 +0000 https://sjevar.com/?p=2008 SARBIDA and MANATAD

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]]> Ladies Who Lunch https://sjevar.com/ladies-who-lunch-2/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:24:09 +0000 https://sjevar.com/?p=2001 After a small but regular attendance though the winter, we sprung into spring with 15 people lunching on 20 March at Roma, in St Raphael. It was good to see people from St John's and the British Association and their friends getting together. It was also Marion Siggemann's birthday so she received the customary firework [...]

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]]> Easter services https://sjevar.com/easter-services/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:10:36 +0000 https://sjevar.com/?p=1990 We started with a meditative service on Good Friday based on "The Seven Words on the Cross", using hymns, readings and prayers. This was very moving and we were pleased to welcome 27 people in the congregation. On Easter Sunday we had the largest congregation for many years, with a full church and small overspill [...]

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]]> Pewsheet 19 April 2026 https://sjevar.com/pewsheet-12-april-2026/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:30:15 +0000 https://sjevar.com/?p=1988 Easter 3 Pewsheet

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]]> Peter Rowson’s 80th birthday https://sjevar.com/peter-rowsons-80th-birthday/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 13:38:00 +0000 https://sjevar.com/?p=1944 Peter started attending St John's as a holidaymaker in 1985, with 2/3 visits per year. With his wife, he then moved to France in 2000 and became a full-time member of St John's, where he served as Treasurer for 20 years, with 6 years off to be Churchwarden. We were delighted to celebrate his 80th [...]

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]]> Chaplain Advert https://sjevar.com/chaplain_advert/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:30:36 +0000 https://sjevar.com/?p=1873 House for Duty Priest - 2 Days per week We are looking for a suitably experienced Priest capable of leading this single, active, worshipping community located on the Cote d ’Azur, South East of France. Supporting and leading this well-established community, the role is about encouragement and strong pastoral support to an Anglophone community [...]

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]]> Carol Service at St John’s https://sjevar.com/carol-service-at-st-johns/ Sat, 27 Dec 2025 14:49:27 +0000 https://sjevar.com/?p=1836 On 21 December we held our traditional Lessons and Carols in Engish and French and were delighted to welcome British and French visitors to fill the church. The choir sang two anthems and many from our regular congregation read the lessons. As we are still in an interregnum, we were pleased that our current locum, [...]

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]]> Carol Service at Grimaud 19 December https://sjevar.com/carol-service-at-grimaud-19-december/ Sat, 27 Dec 2025 14:37:04 +0000 https://sjevar.com/?p=1834 Following a successful visit last year, we were once again invited to present our traditional Lessons and Carols in the beautiful parish church of Grimaud, mainly for the anglophones in that area, but also for the local French people who do not have an equivalent service at Christmas. The church was full, and the story [...]

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]]> Christmas Day Lunch https://sjevar.com/christmas-day-lunch-2/ Sat, 27 Dec 2025 14:28:27 +0000 https://sjevar.com/?p=1820 After the service on Christmas Day 20 of us went to a local hotel where we enjoyed a delightful 3-course meal served by friendly staff. It is always a happy occasion to get together as a church family on this special day, when we are far from our own families.  

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]]> Piano recital https://sjevar.com/piano-recital/ Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:33:24 +0000 https://sjevar.com/?p=1719 Sunday 26 October - our current locum, Revd David Jacks, is also an accomplished musician and we were delighted to benefit from a piano recital after the service this Sunday. He played a variety of well-known classics, including "The Golliwogs Cakewalk" by Debussy which seemed to be played almost entirely on the black keys! Althought [...]

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