The Church of Saint John

Church Concert 25th June 2026

Padre — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:11:00 +0000

The Augmented Choir of St Johns produced a Concert of Worship Songs on June 25th in St John's. The event was a success and entirely because of the heat at the time not as many ware able to attend as would be normal. https://youtu.be/rHJdqurW9bM?si=oObakmi_VUiux411

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Ladies Who Lunch Summer Special

Shirley Rowson — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:47:06 +0000

Each June we invite our friends, male and female, from the British Association of the Var local network to join us for lunch in the attractive setting of the terrace at the Hotel L'Arena in Frejus. This year, as a result of the heat, we were pleased to be led into the air-conditioned restaurant instead [...]

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Pewsheet 19 July 2026

Shirley Rowson — Mon, 18 May 2026 14:09:51 +0000

7 Sunday After Trinity

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Hilary Rost’s 90th birthday

Shirley Rowson — Sun, 03 May 2026 14:55:50 +0000

We were delighted to celebrate Hilary's 90th birthday in the usual way at St John's with a lovely home-made cake served with Prosecco and Nozecco (the non-alcoholic version), a recent find which enables the drivers to join in. We wish Hilary many more years of worshipping with us at St John's.

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PSHF – latest projects

Shirley Rowson — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:59:02 +0000

SARBIDA and MANATAD

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Ladies Who Lunch

Shirley Rowson — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:24:09 +0000

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

Shirley Rowson — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:10:36 +0000

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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Peter Rowson’s 80th birthday

Shirley Rowson — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 13:38:00 +0000

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

Padre — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:30:36 +0000

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

Shirley Rowson — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 14:49:27 +0000

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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