St John the Evangelist Church, Milborne Port

16/06/2026

Join us for our Mozartthon!

Stuart Thomas will play all 18 of Mozart's piano sonatas over two evenings later this week, all in aid of St John's Repair Appeal. Quite a feat!

You can sponsor Stuart per session, per piece, or per note!

📆Thursday 18 and Friday 19 June, 6pm - 9.30pm
📍12 Everlanes Close, Milborne Port DT9 5FT

🎹Anyone is welcome to attend for any or all of the performances, but please let Stuart know in advance, as space is limited in their house, and also so that there are enough tea and biscuits! [email protected]

🎹If you'd like to listen at home, there will be a Zoom link sent out for viewing online - again, please let Stuart know. [email protected]

🎹To make a donation direct to the appeal for Stuart's performances, go to our Just Giving site:
lovegiving.co.uk/stjohntheevangelist

There will also be sponsor sheets available on the night.

Thank you for your support

15/06/2026

A bear's eye view!

We had a great time on Saturday at the The Spirit Of Milborne Port fete @ the Port. Lots of bears and many more animals found new homes and raised money for St John's at the same time, thanks to all!

13/06/2026

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to our Repair Appeal!

So far our appeal has reached £43,000, an amazing result! To all those who have organised events, made donations and helped in any way, we are truly grateful.

The work on our roof is going well and we're relieved that there have been no 'nasty surprises' along the way requiring unexpected work. The work continues and the bill to date totals £41,000, so our fundraising continues. Once the roof is finished, major repairs are still needed to ceilings, walls and floors, stonework and our ancient windows.

St John's is a Grade I listed building, but we receive no external funding to keep it in shape. Our lovely church has been at the heart of village life for more than a thousand years. If you can support our repair appeal and help to ensure the church is there for the next generation, we'd be very grateful. Watch out for lots more fundraising events for everyone to join in! Or you can make a donation to the appeal.

To donate online, go to:
lovegiving.co.uk/stjohntheevangelist

Find out more about the repair work needed on our website at https://www.milborneportchurches.org.uk/news/767

12/06/2026

Still time for all our wonderful church bakers to get their cakes baked in time for tomorrow's fete competition 🧁🍰! The Spirit Of Milborne Port

🧁🧁Cake competition🧁🧁

You’ve still got time to get baking and enter our cake competition on Saturday.

🍏 Apple cake for adults

⚽️ Cupcakes decorated in a football theme for kids.

Thank you to our sponsors Whole Range for sponsoring and judging the competition 😊

11/06/2026

The Spirit Of Milborne Port Fete @ the Port is this Saturday, and the weather's looking good! 😎😎

1pm - 6pm, Milborne Port Recreational Ground. Music, stalls, classic cars, raffle, tombola, market stalls, ice cream, bar, bbq, cakes, family games, sausage eating competition, dog show, kids crafts, bouncy castle, face painting and more!

St John's will be there, hoping to give a home to many teddy bears and other soft toys, with our teddy bear tombola! Come and have a go - all proceeds in aid of the St John's Repair Appeal. 🧸🧸

10/06/2026

Yesterday evening we were delighted to host the Archdeacon's Visitation for our area at St John's. These are formal church services, during which Churchwardens across each Archdeaconry are admitted. They make a formal declaration and the Archdeacons offer prayer and encouragement.

The rain held off, the sun shone, and it was a lovely opportunity to meet people from other churches and share our worship. The refreshments were rather good too... 🥪🍰😋

Diocese of Bath & Wells All Saints Church Castle Cary & St Andrew's Church Ansford

05/06/2026

🌹🌺🌼Promenade and Prosecco! 🥂🥂

The weather's not looking too bad this Saturday, so why not enjoy an explore round a selection of Milborne Port's lovely gardens and reward yourself with a cream tea and glass of prosecco!

Saturday 6th June, 2:30pm – 5pm. Collect your Open Gardens Map from Church House, Bathwell Lane, Milborne Port.

🎟 Tickets £12, available from Wayne’s Butchers, including cream tea and a glass of fizz at Church House.

See https://www.milborneportchurches.org.uk/events for more detail

All proceeds in aid of St John's Church Repair Fund. Our lovely church has been at the heart of village life for more than a thousand years. If you can support our repair appeal and help to ensure the church is there for the next generation, we'd be very grateful.

To donate to our repair appeal direct, go to:
lovegiving.co.uk/stjohntheevangelist

02/06/2026

🌹🌺🌼Promenade and Prosecco! 🥂🥂

Enjoy an explore round a selection of Milborne Port's lovely gardens and reward yourself with a cream tea and glass of prosecco!

Saturday 6th June, 2:30pm – 5pm. Collect your Open Gardens Map from Church House, Bathwell Lane, Milborne Port.

🎟 Tickets £12, available from Wayne’s Butchers, including cream tea and a glass of fizz at Church House

See https://www.milborneportchurches.org.uk/events for more detail

All proceeds in aid of St John's Church Repair Fund. Our lovely church has been at the heart of village life for more than a thousand years. If you can support our repair appeal and help to ensure the church is there for the next generation, we'd be very grateful.

To donate to our repair appeal direct, go to:
lovegiving.co.uk/stjohntheevangelist

01/06/2026

Yesterday we gathered as a Benefice to mark Trinity Sunday.

Our little church at Stowell was packed! Thanks to the generosity of the wedding party from the previous day at Charlton Horethorne, we were treated to some lovely spring flower arrangements. Members of St John's Choir were there to lead the singing, and with a huge array of homemade cakes and biscuits afterwards, it was a really joyful occasion. Thank you to everyone for their hospitality.