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English Conversation Cafe (ECC)

Tuesdays 10 - 11:30am (during term time)

We run a weekly conversation cafe here in our building, to provide a space for those who do not speak English as a first language, and would like to practice in a fun, friendly and informal environment!

Come anytime from 9:45 for refreshments, with a 10am start.

We normally start with an icebreaker game, before diving into our topic of the week and having discussions on our tables, and sometimes as a big group.

There is an optional 15-minute Bible study afterwards for those would like to stay

We look forward to having you join us - contact us at office@stjohnschelsea.org if you have any questions about our conversation cafe! 



Testimonials:
Oscar, ECC attendee from Colombia

"I had the pleasure of participating in the English Conversation Cafe and attending the ESOL Lessons. The atmosphere was incredibly welcoming, and the staff were exceptional. Their expertise, kindness, and willingness to help others made my experience truly enjoyable. Murielle was an outstanding teacher for the ESOL Lessons. Rhoda, Darren, Barbara, and Abel, who facilitated the English Conversation Cafe, were equally impressive. Their charisma and organisational skills created an inclusive environment where everyone felt comfortable practicing their English."

 
Glenys
Hello and welcome to our church. If you are a new visitor, we have a page for you to get to know us and learn more about planning a visit.
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Planning your Visit

Welcome!


We are a church made up lots of different kinds of people from different backgrounds. We gather together on Sundays and during the week and treat each other as a big family. 

You are very welcome to one of our services, whatever your background or beliefs. We all come with all kinds of problems, struggles and doubts. None of us are sorted people, and so we like to call church a hospital for the sick, and not a waiting room for a job interview! 

So, we’re just very ordinary people who have been deeply changed by coming to know the God who’s described in the Bible. That God no longer seems unreal nor remote to us, but real and powerful and life-changing. It feels like we’ve been given a dramatic new start through getting to know him. We firmly believe that this is good news for the whole of London and would love people to experience it themselves.

In terms of practicalities, we meet 11am on a Sunday morning.

Finding St John’s can be a little tricky for some as it doesn’t look much like a church building from the outside, and is located on the first floor above a police station (!). You basically go up some steps up from the World’s End Piazza and enter the building through the white doors at the top.
We have a lift available by the stairs for accessibility purposes (we also have disabled toilet).

The service is informal and we sit on chairs around coffee tables in the main church hall. The service includes some singing, prayers and teaching from the front. We also have a short break in the middle. It is normally finished by around 12.30. No one has to participate in anything they don’t want to and everything comes up on a big projector screen at the front. Bibles are supplied.
If you want to, and have time, you can also stay after and eat lunch with everyone. We have food every week.

There is a separate group for kids aged 3-11 so they can go out for some of the service and have fun and child-friendly teaching during the service. Teenagers sit in for the whole service.

We’d love to meet you and are happy to talk through any questions or doubts you have. Come and get some hope in a very troubled world.

 
Get in touch with us to plan your visit
If you would like to come and visit the church beforehand you are more than welcome! Get in touch and we can arrange a time that suits you.
 
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Next, we will contact you by email to say hello and help arrange anything necessary for your visit.
 

Leadership 

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Andy Mason   Darren Nardoni
Vicar   Assistant Minister
 
Whatever your questions, whatever your burdens, whatever your struggles, you are very welcome here at St John's. We look forward to getting to know you!

Blessings,
Andy and Darren