St John the Evangelist, Waterbeach

St. John the Evangelist is the parish church of Waterbeach, which is situated about 7 miles north of Cambridge, east of the A10 to Ely. It is an ancient foundation, with records of incumbents back to the 12th century. Parts of the church are Norman, and the church is adjacent to the site of a Priory which was the home of nuns of the order of St. Clare.

Denny Abbey is within the parish, and is open to the public. Begun by an order of Benedictine monks in 1159, Denny Abbey was later taken over by the Knights Templars. After the suppression of the Templars, Denny Abbey was taken over by the nuns of Waterbeach, who were living there by 1324.

The Vicar of Waterbeach is also Rector of Landbeach, the adjoining parish to the west of the A10.

Mission statement

Our aim is to serve God in the community of Waterbeach. To achieve this, we must make the church available to all who need it, through worship reflecting the breadth of Christian experience, through service to all in need, through prayer and through teaching.

The Friends of St. Johns is a registered charity whose objects are to raise funds for the fabric and furnishings of the Parish Church

**Officers**
Vicar	Vacant
Curate (NSM)	Rev. Pam Thorn
Readers	Mr A. Paul R. Cooper
Readers	Mr Trevor Thorn
Churchwardens	Mrs Ros Wright
Churchwardens	Mrs Dorothy Druitt
Secretary	Dr Howard Jones
Treasurer	Dr Michael Williamson
Church Office	01223 440443

A schedule of services in St. John's

Publications

Most of these documents are in PDF form, and require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. Note that these documents are fairly large(the exact size is next to each download link), and may take a little while to load after Acrobat Reader has started. For example, on a standard 56k dial-up link, it may take 13 seconds to load a 500 kilobyte file even under good conditions.

St. John's publishes the following:

A weekly bulletin known as "The Fold" containing material and information for the Sunday services, news and prayer topics. Back issues are here
The "Big Fold" is publishd b-monthly and contains information about the pattern of services, and other material of interest primarily to those who attend St. John's. Back issues are here
Alive! - the magazine of the churches in Waterbeach. Alive! is the successor of the St. John's parish magazine, and is distributed free to every house in the parish. Alive! is jointly published with the Salvation Army and Baptist Church. Back issues are here
The text or notes for recent sermons can be found in PDF here or (when available) in RTF here.