St John's Church, Leyland

27/03/2026

It would be great to see you at one of our Easter services over the next 10 days or so.

05/12/2025

Come and hear two of our bishops at services over the Christmas period - plus lots of other opportunities to sing carols and find out about the real meaning of the festive season.

15/10/2025

Could you be our next vicar?

The Diocese of Blackburn and CPAS together with the Vicar of St Andrew’s Leyland invite applications for the post of Vicar at St John’s, Leyland

St John’s is a welcoming and friendly evangelical church in the north of Leyland, a town with
excellent amenities and transport links in the heart of the Diocese of Blackburn, Lancashire. This is a full-time post for a single parish benefice, with a dedicated leadership team that includes licensed colleagues, lay and ordained. Prayer and biblical teaching are foundational to everything we do.

Our vision is to live:

Loving Jesus
Knowing Jesus
Sharing Jesus

As a single, mutually supportive church family, we worship as three distinctive congregations
(meeting at 10.30am and 4pm on a Sunday and 2pm on a Wednesday), which are united in purpose but serve the needs of people in different circumstances and age groups.

We are praying for a Vicar who is:

• Deeply prayerful and led by the Holy Spirit
• Faithful to Scripture and able to teach it clearly and engagingly
• Relational and pastoral, valuing all people equally
• Mission-focussed, with a heart for reaching the unreached
• Empowering in leadership style
In line with our diocesan year of prayer for growth and renewal, we are asking God to bring about
growth in spiritual depth, in numbers and in service to our local community in this mixed socioeconomic suburban setting.

Is God calling you to come and join us, to lead our willing team and congregations in pursuing this vision, as we discern together what God has for us in this next season?

For an application pack please contact Harnett Dias at [email protected]

For an informal conversation about the post, contact Revd Hannah Boyd (Area Dean of Leyland)
[email protected]

Closing date for applications: 12 noon Thursday 20th November 2025
Informal visit / interviews: 9/10 December 2025

As part of our commitment to safer recruitment, this post is subject to enhanced DBS disclosure.

30/06/2025

It was announced yesterday that our Vicar, Andy will be moving on.
He will be starting as Chaplain to the Bishop of Blackburn in the summer.

14/04/2025

We're looking forward to welcoming you to our holy week services beginning on Maundy Thursday.
If you can't make it in person, all our services this week will be live streamed on our YouTube page. https://youtube.com/St John's Church, Leyland

28/03/2025

Personal Assistant to the Area Dean of Leyland and Vicar of St John’s Church, Leyland

We are looking for an experienced and skilled administrator to come and join St John’s Leyland and Leyland Deanery on a flexible, part-time basis to support our ministry.

26/03/2025

25/03/2025

Don't forget- prayer meeting tonight at 7:30 where we will be praying for the Macnamara family and for growth and renewal in our community 🙏

28/12/2024

A reminder that our service will be a combined 2pm all-age service tomorrow.

18/12/2024

Don't miss Carols by Candlelight tomorrow night! All welcome.

15/11/2024

Join us this Sunday at 10:30am or 4pm as we reflect on being a safe church.