An answer to a particular prayer at St John’s Church is at last on the horizon! Plans are well advanced for work to start on the ‘kitchen’ very soon. For years, people have battled to serve hot drinks and food without a proper kitchen facility in church and with the only running water in the building available in the washroom.

The new facilities will benefit churchgoers as well as many user groups including St John’s School, Kingston University, the Orpheus Choir and Musical Bumps. The project though is costly and the church is appealing for funds to help pay for the work.

You can help by buying a copy of a unique CD featuring 11 great songs from breakthrough artistes. The line-up includes the three acts who played at St John’s Christmas Unsigned Concert in December – Revere, Andrew Morris and Annie-Grace Smith. The album also features local teenage band, fish!, plus acoustic players Launderette Poets, Gabby Young and Kat Flint and some brand new talent! Surbiton based songwriter and producer, Mike Greenway, has contributed 2 songs, recorded by Aurelie Konter and Dave Moon from Kingston University.

We are asking for a donation of just £6 - or more if you wish – per CD. You can buy a copy at St John’s Church any Sunday or from Tony Hardy (14 Grove Lane, 07802 381130). All the artistes have donated their music free and production costs have been covered by a donation. Every penny from sales at St John’s will go to the Kitchen project*

Links to the artistes featured can be found here or by emailing

* As a separate exercise, copies of the CD are also being sold at a special needs school, St Philip’s in Chessington, in aid of their Minibus Appeal.