With love + thanks

Nicky,
​We want to express our heartfelt thanks to you as you retire from your role as our safeguarding officer. Your background as a nurse has shone through in every act of care, compassion, and diligence, and we’ve been truly blessed by your presence. Your gentle strength and unwavering commitment have made our church a safer and kinder place. For all the ways you’ve cared, supported, and protected us—thank you.

Ruth,
​We would like to offer our heartfelt thanks to Ruth as she steps down from her ex officio role on the PCC. Her faithful guidance, rooted in prayer and centered in Christ, has been a steadying and inspiring presence for us all. Over the decades, Ruth has served St John’s in many invaluable ways, and her commitment to our church community is a true blessing. We are deeply grateful for all she has given and continues to give.

Rosemary,
​As you retire after many years of faithful service as our Church Warden, we gather to thank you and celebrate your dedication. You have offered loving pastoral care to all, always ready with a kind word, and have carefully overseen countless baptisms, weddings, and funerals with compassion and grace. You have been a steady support to our clergy and have diligently handled the church’s administration, keeping our parish running smoothly for all these years. You have inspired and motivated volunteers with your warmth, gently resolved countless issues, and provided wise and calming leadership whenever challenges arose.


We have all cherished seeing you with your familiar cuppa in hand, usually devouring some time-sensitive paperwork, and your wonderful Peter faithfully not far away, usually amongst the churchyard. Thank you, Rosemary, for pouring your heart into this community and for your tireless, loving service all these years. We pray God’s richest blessings on you as you begin this new chapter of rest and joy in your retirement. In the words of our Lord from Matthew 25:21, “Well done, good and faithful servant” – a fitting tribute to your years of selfless dedication.