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Starting on 12th September we will be looking together in Sunday services & Junior Church and at housegroups the J John series at 'The 10 Commandments' for 10 weeks. Follow this link if you would like to find out more and watch a short video about the series:
Churches Together
Come and hear John Gaughan at St Mary's Church at 7pm - FREE OF CHARGE
Sixties pop star John Gaughan saw his life rescued from acute alcoholism and a failed suicide bid when he let God into his life.
John was a singer and guitarist with top rock group Herman's Hermits, who dominated the UK music scene in the mid 1960s along with The Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
By the time he was just 19, John had achieved his goal of getting right to the top of the pop music world as a singer and songwriter.
His big break came when he took the place of Keith Hockwood in the legendary group Herman's Hermits, touring with the band alongside front man Peter Noone. John sang all of their chart hits which included 
"Something's Happening", "No Milk Today", "There's a Kind of Hush" and "I'm into Something Good."
John was rubbing shoulders with the most successful writers and publishers of the day. On the face of it he had everything, but there was one problem, emptiness inside that was increasingly being satisfied by alcohol.
Eventually John's dependence on alcohol took over and within a few years he was a man broken in body, soul and spirit. "I know what it is to be at the top and everyone wants to know you, and I know what it is to be at the bottom in the gutter as an alcoholic and no-one wants to know you," said John.
He reached a point of total desperation and tried unsuccessfully to end his life by throwing himself from an attic window.
During this time of despair many people called to see John, but the only person he could remember was a man from a local church who spoke to him about Jesus.
A week after one of these visits, John accepted Jesus as his Lord and so began the miraculous rebuilding of his life. Broken bones were literally healed and he was completely set free from his acute alcoholism.
