Home Communions: Robin takes communion with each of the housebound once a month. If you are housebound through accident or illness, even if only temporarily, and would like to take communion at home, please ring Robin, Dorothy Forster or Tom Morris or have a message left at the church.

Baptisms, Weddings , Funerals: Please ring Robin, Dorothy Forster or Tom Morris or have a message left at church.

St. John's 3c - the club which meets monthly, 3rd thursday, 3.30-4.30pm at St. John's Church, is open to any primary school age child who lives in, or comes to school in, Maesbury and costs 20p per child per meeting. If your child would like to join or just come along once to see what happens, please bring him or her to church on the day. If that is not convenient the children are of course collected from school at 3.15pm with your permission, and may be collected from church at 4.30pm.

Times of Worship normally at 11.15am:
1st Sunday - Holy Communion
2nd Sunday - Morning Prayer and Holy Communion (during the first part of the service there is a Sunday School for younger children)
3rd Sunday - Holy Communion
4th Sunday - Family Service
5th Sunday - Holy Communion

Vicar: The Revd. Robin Martin can be contacted at church each Sunday after the morning service, by a message left at the church, or by telephone on 657090. Please contact him, or any church member, if you would like him to call on you.

(The Priest who has charge of the Parish of Maesbury is really Licensed as Priest-in-Charge but Robin will also answer to the familiar title of Vicar)

Churchwardens: Mrs D. Forster, Tel: 653025
Mr. T. Morris, Tel: 653676

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The centenary celebrations are under way at the Church of St John the Baptist in Maesbury.

A packed day of celebration took place on June 4, when an exhibition was launched, depicting the history of the church and the people who have made up its congregation in the last 100 years. This exhibition will remain at the church until August 31.

The village was also alive with entertainment and celebration throughout the day, with Open Gardens between 2pm and 5pm, as well as tea and childens games at The Fields.

The afternoon ended with Songs of Praise in church at 5.15pm, and suggestions were welcomed for favourite hymns to be sung at the service - for more info please contact the vicar, Rev Robin Martin on 01691 657090 or leave a message at the church. (text adapted from the Oswestry Advertiser)

• Church's birthday bash - Preparations are under way for the centenary celebrations at the Church of St John the Baptist in Maesbury. Oswestry Advertizer, May 2006
• History of Maesbury Churches
• More Tin Tabernacles

From the Shropshire Star, February 14, 2006

From the Shropshire Star, February 18, 2006