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The Benefice of Burton St Aidan and St Paul with Horninglow St John

Parish Church of St. John the Divine, Horninglow
Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire

Parish priest: Revd. Simon Archer,
Address: The Vicarage, Rangemore Street, Burton upon Trent, DE14 2ED
Telephone: 01283 902157 Rev. Simon
Email: revsimonarcher@gmail.com

Whether you are familiar with the church, or you want to learn more about the church and its parish, we hope you find our website helpful and informative. Enjoy your visit to this website and, even better, feel free to visit St. John’s and join us in a service.

Everyone is always welcome.

Fr. Simon writes:
I grew up when the world was living through what was known as the Cold War. The northern hemisphere was … Click to read more

Regular Services:

Sundays: 09.15 Sung Family Mass
Wednesdays: 09.30 Said Mass

You can follow the services with the sheets given out with the hymn books, or, for Sunday services, from the Order of service below.

Sunday:

CANDLEMAS
1 February 2026

9.15am Mass in church, also live streamed on our Facebook page and available later on our YouTube channel.

Click for service sheets (pdf format, will open in a new window):

Order of Service
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Prayer Lists

Readings and Prayers

Weekly Bulletin

Junior Church: in Red Lion House at 9.15am.

Click here for Live Streaming and YouTube Archive

Fr. Simon shares his thoughts about our Framework for Life.
Click here for more details…

Junior Church	Messy Church

Junior Church is on Sunday mornings for children aged 3 to 12 and meets in the Red Lion House Community Centre or in church from 9.15am to 10.15am. Click for Junior Church page.	Messy Church is an after-school club for all the family. It meets on the 3rd Friday of the month from 3.30pm to 4.45pm in Red Lion House for fun activities with refreshments. Click for Messy Church page

PRAYER OF THE MONTH

Almighty God, you have taught us through your Son that love is the fulfilling of the law:
grant that we may love you with our whole heart and our neighbours as ourselves;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
Post Communion Prayer for Trinity 16

LOCATION

Horninglow Road North, Burton-on-Trent DE13 0JT. Wheelchair access is via the Rolleston Road entrance; car parking is available either in Dover Road or in Rolleston Road.

See our Diary Page for the complete listing of all events this month.

Saturday 31 January
Coffee and Cake in Red Lion House from 10.30am to 12pm

Sunday 1 February
Candlemas at 9.15am

Wednesday 18 February
Ash Wednesday Mass with Ashing at 9.30am.

Friday 20 February
Messy Church in Red Lion House for children accompanied by adults, 3.30pm to 4.45pm.

Saturday 28 February
Coffee and Cake in Red Lion House from 10.30am to 12pm.

Sunday 15 March
Mothering Sunday Mass with presentation of flowers at 9.15am.

Friday 20 March
Messy Church in Red Lion House for children accompanied by adults, 3.30pm to 4.45pm.

Wednesday 25 March
Lent Lunch in Red Lion House from 12.30pm to 1.30pm.

Saturday 28 March
Coffee and Cake in Red Lion House from 10.30am to 12pm.

Sunday 29 March
Palm Sunday Mass. Meet at 9am at the vicarage drive on Rolleston Road to process into church.

Thursday 2 April
Maunday Thursday. Sung Mass at 7pm with foot washing and ceremonies of the day.

Friday 3 April
Good Friday Reflections from 10am till 11am.

Saturday 4 April
Messy Easter in Red Lion House for children accompanied by adults, 3pm to 5pm, including making the Easter Garden with short service in church.

Sunday 5 April
Easter Mass at 9.15am followed by coffee and Easter raffle in Red Lion House.

Friday 17 April
Messy Church in Red Lion House for children accompanied by adults, 3.30pm to 4.45pm.

Saturday 25 April
Coffee and Cake in Red Lion House from 10.30am to 12pm.