NeighboursA directory of faith communities in Camden Contents
2 Introduction by Cllr Jane Roberts, 69 Local faith based Leader of Camden Council organisations in Camden 4 How to use this directory 73 Regional faith based 7 Acknowledgements organisations in Camden 9 Places of worship in Camden by ward 74 Judaism 10 Holborn and Covent Garden ward 78 National faith based 14 Bloomsbury ward organisations in Camden 17 King’s Cross ward 81 Sikhism 20 Bahá’í 84 Places of worship outside 22 St Pancras and Somers Town ward Camden by borough 24 Regent’s Park ward 84 City of London 27 Camden Town with Primrose Hill ward 84 Islington 32 Buddhism 86 Haringey 34 Cantelowes ward 88 Barnet 35 Kentish Town ward 88 Brent 37 Haverstock ward 89 Westminster 40 Christianity 92 Kensington and Chelsea 42 Belsize ward 93 Southwark 43 Swiss Cottage ward 93 Enfield 44 Hinduism 94 Local faith based 47 Kilburn ward organisations outside Camden 50 West Hampstead ward 98 Zoroastrianism 53 Fortune Green ward 100 Regional faith based 55 Islam organisations outside Camden 58 Frognal and Fitzjohns ward 102 National faith based 61 Hampstead Town ward organisations outside Camden 63 Gospel Oak ward 108 Other resources 64 Jainism 110 Index 67 Highgate ward 116 Calendar of religious festivals 2003
1 Introduction
elcome to Neighbours, a directory of faith communities in Camden. WThe directory demonstrates that Camden is host to many different faith groups. Almost the entire religious alphabet is present in Camden from the Bahá’í to the Zoroastrian community, via well established and new Christian denominations, Buddhist, Hindu, Cllr Jane Roberts and Mr Ranganathan, Jewish and Muslim communities, Highgate Hill Murugan Temple as well as groups that represent new religious movements. This diversity reflects the settlement of different communities in Camden at various points in history. New communities arrived bringing their religious needs as well as other aspirations. For example, the arrival of Irish immigrants in the 1840s led to the building of St. Dominic’s Priory in 1867. St. Dominic’s is now one of the largest Catholic churches in London, with a design based on the structure of the Rosary Prayer. Synagogues have also been long established in Camden; the Hampstead Synagogue was opened in 1892. More recent migration has seen the arrival of the largely Muslim Bangladeshi community. Currently
2 Camden’s mosques occupy shops, The diverse places of worship in converted houses and basements of Camden are the bricks and mortar that tower blocks, providing space for house a diverse tapestry of people of worship for the largest of Camden’s which Camden is so proud. minority faiths. As yet there is no The situation is far from static and as purpose built mosque in Camden. new communities settle, the religious Newer, black majority churches have map of Camden will continue to change. also chosen Camden as their home and In this directory we are providing a are at a similar stage of development in snapshot of faith communities in the pursuit of suitable premises. Camden at this period in time. There are many significant places of The theme of the directory is worship in Camden, for example the ‘Neighbours’ as I hope that individuals Quaker national office is on Euston Road and groups will make use of the and the Zoroastrian European information to better acquaint headquarters has been in Hampstead themselves with each other. The council since 1969. Camden is also home to a is certainly trying to find out more about Swiss, Italian and American church, the faith communities in Camden. I providing further evidence of the hope that this directory will play its part cosmopolitan nature of our borough. in building bridges between the council Camden’s streets are adorned with some and Camden’s faith communities and of the country’s most beautiful and between different faith communities. historic churches. Next to Sainsbury’s in Camden Town amongst the hustle and bustle, noise and traffic, is St. Michael’s. Cllr Jane Roberts We hope to draw attention to Leader of Camden Council St. Michael’s and other places of worship in Camden and hope it enables people to stop and appreciate what would otherwise be part of the hidden beauty of Camden.
3 How to use this directory
This directory demonstrates the that operate at a local, regional and enormous diversity of faith national level organisations and places of worship • places of worship in other areas of both within and outside Camden. The London principle theme of the directory is • faith organisations outside Camden ‘neighbours’ and this has guided the are listed according to whether they way that the directory is organised. operate locally, regionally or nationally The index is listed by faith group to Places of worship in Camden enable you to find organisations or In the first section, places of worship places of worship for particular faiths. in Camden have been grouped within All of the listings included in this ward boundaries and a journey weaving directory are available on Camden from the south of the borough Council’s CINDEX database of local northwards has been designed. organisations (see box to the right). We have listed places of worship in We contacted a large number of neighbourhoods so that: organisations to ask if they wanted to • inter-faith contact and activity is be included in the directory. increased as members of faith Consequently, although the directory’s communities become more aware coverage is comprehensive the of their closest neighbours organisations listed are, to some extent, • service providers engaged in working self-selecting. We will update the within neighbourhoods and localities directory in the future and welcome any are aware of the faith organisations amendments or additions. Please that exist in that area and work to contact Nigel Graves (contact details in ensure services are appropriate. the box to the right) to arrange this.
Faith based organisations and places of worship outside Camden The sections that follow are listed in alphabetical order. These include: • faith based organisations in Camden
4 Multi-Faith Centre at the University CINDEX Online is Camden of Derby in association with the Inter Council’s database of 6,000 Faith Network for the United Kingdom. local organisations and services, Feedback from a number of religious available via the internet organisations on these introductions (http://cindex.camden.gov.uk), in all was also sought and incorporated. Camden Libraries and other council These introductions are very brief and reception areas. It contains over serve only as an overview of each faith. 1,000 subjects including places of The University of Derby directory should worship and faith organisations. be referred to for further information. All records are fully updated It lists other publications on all annually. Specialist printouts can be nine faiths. Its website also provides produced from the database in more in depth information: response to requests from local http://www.multifaithnet.org groups. The database is also used by council officers, and other local For some religions, quotes from religious organisations, to compile mailing texts on the theme of ‘neighbours’ have lists for local consultation exercises. been included. All faith groups were 271,341 records were accessed on invited to take part in this, and we have CINDEX Online during 2001/02. included at least one extract from those that responded. Contact: Nigel Graves, Head of Camden Information Services The dates in the directory are followed Tel: 020 7974 4583 by the letters BCE (Before Common [email protected] Era) or CE (Common Era), instead of the Christian system, BC (Before Christ) Information about the world’s and AD (Anno Domini, In the year of our major religions Lord). The date numbers are the same in both systems. The listings of the faith organisations and places of worship are interspersed In the introduction to the religions, with short introductions about nine non-English words have been italicised major world religions. The information followed by the English translation has been taken from ‘Religions in the in brackets. UK, Directory 2001 - 03’ by the
5 The information is provided to encourage understanding of religious needs and practices, but it needs to be remembered that religious belief is still a very private and personal issue. Readers should also bear in mind that every individual’s adherence to his or her religion will vary. As yet, there is no firm data about the religious make up of Camden’s population. This information will be available once the results of the 2001 census are published early in 2003. This will add greatly to our knowledge and understanding of Camden’s faith communities. I hope that you find the directory interesting, useful and easy to use and I welcome any feedback you may have. Nina Rahel Senior Policy Officer Faith Communities Tel: 020 7974 2230 [email protected]
6 Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the following Highgate Hill Murugan Temple, Haringey individuals and organisations who Institute of The Blessed Virgin Mary contributed to the production of this directory by either giving feedback on International Jewish Vegetarian Society the text, providing quotes or Islamic Cultural Centre and London photographs, or in other ways without Central Mosque, Westminster which the directory would not have been produced. Jiwan Dhar Jain, Jain Association of U.K. All Saints (Greek Orthodox) Church, Joynal Uddin, Bengali Parents’ and Camden Town Tenants’ Association Anne Hosking, Friends House, Euston Road Kentish Town Evangelical Church Barney Leith, Secretary General, Bahá’í Khalida Khan, An-Nisa Society Community of the UK King’s Cross Methodist Church The Beacon (Christian Church) Malcolm M. Deboo, Zoroastrian Trust Bhupinder Singh, the Inter Faith Funds of Europe Network of the U.K. Marlena Schmool, Board of Deputies Bimal Krishna Das, International Society of British Jews for Krishna Consciousness Mike Berry, the SHAP Working Party Camden Design and Print on World Religions in Education Cara Trust Multi-faith Centre at the University of Derby The Reverend Jack P. F. Harris, The Bishop of Edmonton’s Inter-faith Adviser Paul Hawkins, Saint Pancras Parish Church Hampstead Parish Church, Frognal and Revd. Rob Harris, Kentish Town Fitzjohns Evangelical Church, Camden Town Heather Norman-Soderlind, the Rumman Ahmed, Royal Borough British Library of Kensington and Chelsea Heruka Buddhist Centre Saint Alban The Martyr, Holborn
7 Saint Dominic’s Priory, Haverstock Saint Peter’s Italian Church, Holborn Saint George Cathedral Church, Antiochian Greek-Orthodox Diocese for Western and Central Europe Saint Giles In The Fields Saint Martin’s Church (Church Of England) Shahjalal Jame Masjid, Regent’s Park Sidney Shipton, Three Faiths’ Forum Spiritual Assembly of The Bahá’ís in Camden Susannah Alexandra, Jewish Museum, Camden Swiss Church in London Zaki Cooper and Rabbi Michael Harris, Hampstead Synagogue
8 Places of worship in Camden by ward
Highgate
Hampstead Town
Frognal & Fitzjohns Fortune Green Gospel Oak Kentish Town West Hampstead
Haverstock
Belsize Cantelowes Swiss Cottage
Camden Town Kilburn with Primrose Hill
St Pancras & Somers Town
Regent's Park
King's Cross
Bloomsbury Holborn & Covent Garden
9 Ward Councillors (Labour): Julian Fulbrook, Sue Vincent, Brian Woodrow Holborn and Covent Garden ward
Saint Peter’s Italian Church Parent Body: Diocese of (Roman Catholic Church) Westminster 4 Back Hill, London, EC1R 5EN. The Church is at 136 Clerkenwell Road, EC1. Church Of Saint Alban The Martyr Tel: 020-7837 1528 (Church Of England) Fax: 020-7837 9071 Clergy House, 18 Brooke Street, Website: www.stpeters-italian- London, EC1N 7RD church.org.uk Tel: 020-7405 1831 Fax: 020-7430 2551 Contact: Father Carmelo Di Giovanni Email: [email protected] Mass is held on Sundays at 09.30 The church holds Mass Monday to (in English), 11.00, 12.30 and 19.00 Friday at 13.10; Wednesday and Friday (in Italian). at 18.30; Saturday at 10.00 and Sunday Parent Body: Roman Catholic Diocese of at 09.30 and 11.00. Westminster Church Of Saint George The Martyr Saint Etheldreda’s Church (Church Of England) (Roman Catholic Church) c/o The Rectory, 13 Doughty Street, Presbytery, 14 Ely Place, London, WC1N 2PL (The church is in London, EC1N 6RY Queen Square, London WC1) Tel: 020-7405 1061 Fax: 020-7405 7440 Tel: 020-7831 0588 Email: [email protected] Fax: 020-7831 0588 Contact: The Rector, Revd. Christopher Email: [email protected] Cunningham Website: www.stgeorgethemartyr.com The church holds the following Services: Contact: Canon Donald Werner Sunday Mass at 09.00 and 11.00 (sung The church provides all-age worship, in Latin); week day Mass at 08.00 and with a friendly international congregation 13.00 and Saturday at 09.30. and organises a number of musical and Benediction on Wednesday at 18.00. educational activities. The church office On Holy Days at 08.00, 12.10, 13.00 is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and and 18.00 (sung in Latin). Friday from 09.00 to 12.45.
10 Holborn & Covent Garden ward
Church of Saints Anselm and Cecilia Covent Garden Christian Centre (Roman Catholic Church) 34 Neal Street, London, WC2H 9PS Parish Office, 70 Lincolns Inn Fields, Tel: 020-7240 1599 London, WC2A 3JA. The Church Contact: Minister Mr Derek Sewell. entrance is on Kingsway, about The centre has Christian worship on 100 yards from Holborn tube station. Sundays 11.00 to 12.30 and Thursdays Tel: 020-7405 0376 13.15 to 13.45. A Tiny Tots parent and Fax: 020-7405 6928 toddler group is held on Wednesdays Contact: The Revd. Charles Piccolomini. from 13.30 to 15.00 during term time. Alternative contact the Revd. Alfred The centre runs a Girls Club (ages 5-11) Xuereb. on Wednesdays 18.00 to 19.30, a Boys The church holds the following Services: Club (ages 5-11) on Fridays 18.00 to Monday to Saturday 12.30 and 18.00; 19.30 and a Youth Club (ages 11-16) on Sunday 08.30, 10.00, 12.00 and 18.00. Fridays 19.30 to 21.00. Confession times: Monday and Friday Parent Body: London City Mission 12.00-12.30, Saturday 17.15-17.45. Parent Body: Diocese of Westminster Covent Garden Buddhist Centre Neals Yard Meetings Rooms, 14 Neals Swiss Church In London Yard, London, WC2H 9DP 79 Endell Street, London, Tel: 0845 458 4716; 020-8981 1225 WC2H 9DY Fax: 020-8980 1960 Tel: 020-7836 1418 Email: [email protected] Fax: 020-7379 1096 Website: www.lbc.org.uk Email: Contact: David Waterston [email protected] The centre is open on Mondays 18.30 Website: www.swisschurch.org.uk to 21.00. It runs 6 weekly Buddhist Contact: The Minister, Revd. André Feuz Meditation Foundation courses (the first The church holds the following services: week of each course is free) and First Sunday of the month 11.00 in countryside retreats open to all. German and French, third Sunday of the Parent Body: London Buddhist Centre month 11.00 in English. The church also holds regular concerts, and occasional Shaftesbury Avenue Chapel exhibitions, discussion groups and 166a Shaftesbury Avenue, lectures. It incorporates the Swiss Youth London, WC2H 8JB Club for au pairs and students. Tel: 020-7419 1235 Fax: 020-7419 1235 An Independent and Reformed Baptist Church which holds Sunday services, a
12 Holborn & Covent Garden ward
Sunday school, Bible classes and prayer the Minister. Alternative contact the meetings. Revd. Hugh Doyle. The church holds services on Sundays Saint Giles In The Fields at 11.00 and 18.30, a Students’ Bible (Church Of England) Study session on Wednesdays at 19.30, 60 St Giles High Street, a Lunch Club on Tuesdays at 12.30 and London, WC2H 8LG a lunch-time recital on Wednesdays at Tel: 020-7240 2532 13.00. The weekly lunch club includes Fax: 020-7323 4102 a speaker on subjects of social or Email: [email protected] political interest. Website: www.giles-in-the-fields.org Contact: The Verger and Parish Clerk, Mr Saint Georges (Church Of England) Mark Hodgin. The Rector is the c/o St Georges Vestry, 7 Little Russell Venerable Dr. William Jacob, Street, London, WC1A 2HR. The church Archdeacon of Charing Cross, the is in Bloomsbury Way, WC1. Associate Rector is The Revd. Richard Tel: 020-7405 3044 Haggis. Fax: 020-7405 3044 The church holds the following services: Email: Sundays at 08.00, 11.00. 12.00 and [email protected] 18.30. Morning and evening prayer at The church is usually open Mondays to 08.30 and 17.00. Holy Communion Fridays 10.00 to17.00 and Sundays (Book of Common Prayer) on 09.30-12.30. The services are held on Wednesdays at 13.00. Lunchtime Sundays at 10.30; and on Wednesdays service on Thursdays at 13.25. The and Fridays at 13.10. church is open for visitors Monday to Friday 09.00-16.00.
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church 235 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8EP. The Church is situated at the New Oxford Street end of Shaftesbury Avenue. Tel: 020-7240 0544 Fax: 020-7836 6843 Email: [email protected] Website: www.bloomsbury.org.uk Contact: The Revd. Dr. Brian Haymes,
13 Ward Councillors (Labour): Penelope Abraham, Peter Brayshaw, Fazlul Chowdhury
Bloomsbury ward
Church Of Scientology 18.30 ‘Oasis’, a service of prayer, 68 Tottenham Court Road, praise and renewal. Varied activities London, W1T 2EZ are offered with crèches. The church Tel: 020-7580 3601 has active youth fellowship groups. The Fax: 020-7580 4001 Doorstep Ministry runs a soup kitchen Email: [email protected] Monday,Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Website: www.scientology.org.uk from 10.00 to 12.00. Contact: Paul Dolan A religious education centre based upon London Chinese Lutheran Church the scriptures written by L. Ron American Church in London, Hubbard, open Monday to Friday 09.00- 79a Tottenham Court Road, 22.00, Saturday and Sunday 09.00- London, W1T 4TB. 18.30. The Sunday service is at 10.00. Contact: The Pastor, The Rt. Revd. Parent Body: Church of Scientology Bishop W. Jacqucki. Religious Education College The services are on a Sunday at 14.00. Services are held in Cantonese, but American Church In London English and Mandarin interpreters can 79a Tottenham Court Road, be provided. London, W1T 4TB Parent Body: Lutheran Church in Great Tel: 020-7580 2791 Britain Fax: 020-7580 5013 Email: [email protected] West Central Liberal Synagogue Website: www.amchurchuk.com Montagu Centre, 21 Maple Street, Contact: The Church Secretary, London, W1T 4BE Ms Barbara Gardiner Tel: 020-7636 7627 An inter-denominational church which Fax: 020-7436 4184 welcomes people of all nationalities. The Email: [email protected] church holds a Sunday service at 11.00, Website: www.wcls.org.uk a Sunday school for all ages at 09.45. Contact: The Honorary Secretary, On the first Sunday of the month at Mr Henry Berman
14 Bloomsbury ward
Holds the Shabbat service on Saturdays Share International at 15.00. PO Box 3677, London, NW5 1RU. Lectures are held at Friends House, Greater World Spiritual Centre 173 Euston Road, NW1. 3-5 Conway Street, London, W1T 6BJ Tel: 020-7482 1113 Tel: 020-7436 7555 Fax: 020-7267 2881 Fax: 020-7323 1563 Website: www.share-international.org Email: [email protected] Benjamin Creme lectures monthly, Website: www.greaterworld.com 19.00-21.30, on the re-emergence of Contact: The General Manager, Revd. Maitreya - the World Teacher - and the Ray Robinson Masters of Wisdom. Publishes ‘Share The centre runs a drop-in: 13.00-16.00 International’ magazine monthly and a on the first Thursday of the month for range of books. advice and information on Christian Spiritualism. It also runs seminars, Druid Order workshops and lectures. Spiritual c/o 23 Thornsett Road, London, healing sittings by appointment. The SE20 7XB bookshop is open Monday to Friday, Tel: 020-8659 4879 between 9:00 and 16.30. A newsletter Meets fortnightly at Quaker International is produced and the centre welcomes Centre, 1 Byng Place, WC1E 7JH on individual or church membership. Thursdays at 19.15, but not during school holidays. Observes Spring Friends House Euston Road Equinox on Tower Hill and the Autumn Friends House, 173 Euston Road, Equinox on Primrose Hill. London, NW1 2BJ Tel: 020-8740 9512 Email: [email protected] Website: www.quaker.org.uk Contact: the Clerk, Mr Neil Johnson The local Quaker meeting for worship is on Sundays at 11.00.
15 Ward Councillors (Labour): Barbara Hughes, Geethika Jayatilaka, Nick Smith
King’s Cross ward
Regent Square United Reformed Church Email: (Presbyterian/ Congregational/Churches [email protected] Of Christ) Website: come.to/holycrosschurch c/o 86 Tavistock Place, London, Contact: The Parish Priest, The Revd. WC1H 9RT. The church is in Paul Lewis Regent Square, WC1. The church holds the following services: Tel: 020-7837 6523 Sunday Mass at 11.00, Monday to Contact: The administrator, Ms Lynnette Thursday at 18.00, Friday at 12.45, Hamilton. The Minister is Maggie Saturday at 10.30, and on Feast Days Hindley. at 19.00. The Sunday service is at 11.00. The café is open to all on Mondays King’s Cross Methodist Church 10.00-14.00. Crestfield Street, London, WC1H 8AT Tel: 020-7833 8820 Bengali Residents Association Contact: The Secretary, Miss J. Gaffin. Cromer Street (Corner of Loxham The Minister is Catherine Bird. Street), London, WC1H 8DU The Sunday service is at 11.00. The Tel: 020-7833 4232 church has rooms available for hire. Contacts: The Chair Mr A. Rahmen or the Vice-chair, Mr Abdul Gofur Chinese Congregation Methodist Church (Tel: 020 7837 4495) King’s Cross Methodist Church, A mosque and social activities are Crestfield Street, London, WC1H 8AT provided. The centre is open during Tel: 020-7833 1432 prayer times. Women’s sessions are Fax: 020-7833 1432 on Mondays at 09.00 to12.30 and Email: [email protected] Wednesdays 10.00 to 12.30. Contact: The Minister, Revd. David Foo The Sunday service is at 13.00. A Holy Cross Church (Church Of England) Chinese Advice Group is held Monday Cromer Street, London, WC1H 8JU and Tuesdays from 12.00 to 15.00. Tel: 020-7278 5776
17 King’s Cross ward
El-Shaddai Bible Church Tel: 020-7388 1630 (Vicarage). c/o El-Shaddai Life Ministries Inc., Flat Fax: 020-7388 1461 6, 24 Cubitt Street, London, WC1X 0LR. Email: [email protected] Services are held at the Camden Website: www.stpancraschurch.org Centre, Bidborough Street, WC1 9JE Contact: Prebendary Paul Hawkins. Tel: 020-7278 5371 The church holds the following services: Email: [email protected] Sundays at 08.00 Eucharist, 10.00 Contact: Pastor Yinka Adeniji or contact Parish Eucharist (with Sunday School), Pastor David Akparanta 18.00 Choral Evensong, Wednesdays Tel: 07950 826664. 13.15 Short Eucharist. The church holds A non-denominational Pentecostal lunchtime concerts on Thursdays at fellowship that holds Sunday services 13.15 and has a hall available for hire. at the Camden Centre, from 09.00 to 12.00. Prayer meetings are also held at Flat 6, 24 Cubitt Street, WC1 Monday to Friday 18.00-20.00.
Saint Mary’s With Saint Georges German Lutheran Church (also known as Deutsche Evang-Lutherische Saint Marien Mit Saint George) c/o 22 Downside Crescent, London, NW3 2AR. The Church is at 10 Sandwich Street, WC1H 9PL. Contact: The Pastor, Dr. Christoph Hellmich. Church services are the second and third Sunday of the month at 11.00, and the fourth Sunday of month at 16.00.
Saint Pancras Church (Church Of England) c/o Vicarage, 6 Sandwich Street, London, WC1H 9PL. The Church is in Euston Road, NW1 and the entrance is in Upper Woburn Place. Tel: 020-7388 1461(Church),
18 Community The Bahá’í (pronounced b’high) community in Britain consists largely of people of indigenous ethnic origin. Some Bahá’ís have Iranian origins. Most Bahá’ís read their scriptures in English; those of Iranian descent also use Persian and Arabic. In Camden there is a Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’í faith, which is responsible for all local Bahá’í community activities. Bahá’í Origins The Bahá’í faith began in 1844, in Persia (contemporary Iran), and as such is the youngest of the world’s independent religions. It was established as a new religion distinctive from the Shi’a Islam found in Persia at the time. Ali-Muhammad (1819-1850), who became known as the Báb (the Gate or Door), was the first central figure of the Bahá’í faith, and is believed by Bahá’ís to be the latest in the line of messengers of God that includes Abraham, Krishna, Buddha, Zoroaster, Christ and Muhammad. The other three key figures of the Bahá’í faith are Husayn Ali, known as Bahá’u’lláh (1817-1892), Abdu’l-Bahá (1844-1921) and Shoghi Effendi (1897-1957).
20 Scriptures The scriptures consist of the writings of the three central figures of the Bahá’í faith, the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Bahá’u’lláh’s Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book) is seen as the foundation of Bahá’í moral principles and institutions. Doctrinal beliefs are contained in The Kitáb-i-Iqán (The Book of Certitude), whilst Bahá’u’lláh’s Hidden Words is a collection of ethical sayings. Bahá’í Practice There are no specific dietary laws, although vegetarianism is commended as healthier. The consumption of alcohol is strictly forbidden, including in cooking. Smoking is discouraged. Bahá’í Worship Bahá’ís over the age of fifteen daily recite one of ‘It is not for him three prayers, known as the ‘obligatory’ prayers. to pride himself who loveth his When praying Bahá’ís turn in the direction of Bahji, own country, near Akka in Israel, which is the burial place of but rather for him Bahá’u’lláh. who loveth the The Bahá’í religion has no set worship services and whole world. The no ordained priesthood. earth is but one Most Bahá’í gatherings take place in people’s homes. country Small regular discussion meetings in and mankind homes are known as Firesides. its citizens.’ The Writings When visiting a Bahá’í place of of Bahá’u’lláh worship it is appropriate to dress tidily and modestly.
21 Ward Councillors (Labour): Roger Robinson, Sybil Shine, Anna Stewart St Pancras and Somers Town ward
Dar Al-Hekma Trust Contact: Father Tim Pike 45 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1HY The church holds services on Tel: 020-7383 2058 Sundays at 09.30, Mondays at Fax: 020-7387 2492 09.30, Tuesdays at 19.00 and Saturdays Contact: Mr Jaafar Al Hasabi at 10.00. The trust holds seminars on cultural and religious issues, has a research library, Al Rahman Mosque and and holds study circles on the Qur’an Multi-Cultural Islamic Centre and other topics. c/o 78 Godwin Court, Crowndale Road, London, NW1 1NW Somers Town Islamic Cultural and Tel: 020-7916 8260 Education Centre, formerly Somers Contact: Mr M.A. Salam Town Masjid Meets for prayers on Friday at c/o 29a Chamberlain House, 12.00-13.30 in the basement hall of Ossulston Street, London, NW1 1EE Godwin Court. Contact: Mr M. Salik A community centre for the Muslim Saint Mary The Virgin (Eversholt Street) community of Somers Town, including (Church Of England) an Islamic religious and learning centre. c/o St Mary the Virgin Church House, Eversholt Street, London, NW1 1BN. Saint Pancras Old Church The Church is in Eversholt Street, on (Church Of England) the corner of Aldenham Street. Saint Pancras Gardens, Pancras Road, Tel: 020-7424 0724, 020-7387 7301 London, NW1. The Church is in Saint Fax: 020-7387 7361 Pancras Gardens at the north end of Contact: The Revd. Rob Wickham. Pancras Road, NW1. The church holds Parish Mass on Tel: 020-7387 0840 Sundays at 11.00, mass on Tuesdays at Fax: 020-7424 0724 Email: 11.00 and Thursdays at 19.00. Day of [email protected] the Cross on Fridays at 18.30. The Website: www.stpancrasoldchurch.org.uk church runs three coffee
22 St Pancras and Somers Town ward mornings/evenings a week, mother and toddler groups, social evenings and outings for older people and four youth groups, including a craft and art club. It works with other local churches as part of the Old St. Pancras Team Ministry.
Saint Aloysius Church (Roman Catholic Church) Presbytery, 20 Phoenix Road, London, NW1 1TA. The Church is in Phoenix Road, NW1. Tel: 020-7387 1971 Fax: 020-7387 1971 Contact: Father James McNicholas Services are on Sundays at 08.30, 10.30, 12.15 and 18.00. Eucharistic service is on Mondays at 12.30. Mass is held Tuesdays to Saturdays 12.30-18.00. Parent Body: Diocese of Westminster
23 Ward Councillors (Labour): Nasim Ali, Theo Blackwell, Heather Johnson
Regent’s Park ward
Shahjalal Jame Masjid, also known as Church Of Saint Mary Magdalene the Euston Mosque (Church Of England) 204a North Gower Street, c/o 8 Laxton Place, London, NW1 3PT. London, NW1 2HR. The entrance is in The Church is in Munster Square, NW1. Starcross Street, NW1 Tel: 020-7388 3095 Tel: 020-7387 0046 Fax: 020-7383 4382 Contacts: The Chair, Mr Mohammed Contact: The Parish Priest, Kamal Uddin, or the Vice-chair, Mr Father Simon Grigg Mobashir Ali or the Secretary, The church holds Sunday Mass at Mr Nurul Huda. 11.00. The parish is merged with that The mosque holds prayers five times a of the former Christ Church in Albany day, night time prayers during Ramadan, Street, NW1. The church runs the Crypt Eid prayers, and regular activities for Centre, which is used by several groups children and elders. The mosque is a including the Third Age Project, registered charity. Brownies and Guides.
Saint Annes Church Korean Anglican Church Centre (Roman Catholic Church) The Crypt Centre, St Mary Magdalene Laxton Place, off Longford Street, Church, London, NW1 3PL London, NW1 3PT Tel: 020-7387 9922 Tel: 020-7387 3833 (Presbytery) Fax: 020-7387 9922 Fax: 020-7387 3833 Email: [email protected] Contact: The Parish Priest, The Revd. Website: www.kacc.org.uk Mark Coningsby Contact: Mr Paul Cho The church holds Mass Mondays to A Korean cultural centre with a Wednesdays and Fridays at 12.30, volunteer project, Anglican religious Saturdays at 18.30 and Sundays at services, youth work and a library. 09.30 and 11.00. Open Monday to Friday 09.00-17.00. Parent Body: Diocese of Westminster
24 Regent’s Park ward
Saint George Cathedral Church (Vicarage) 1a Redhill Street, London, NW1 4BG Fax: 020-7486 9737 Tel: 020-7383 0403 Fax: 020-7383 0403 Email: [email protected] Contact: Father Samir Gholam Website: www.dsfh.dk A London parish church of the Contact: The Reverend Thomas R. Bruun Antiochian Greek-Orthodox Diocese for The Vicarage address is: 4 St. Western and Central Europe. Christian Katharine’s Precinct, NW1 4HH. Orthodox worship for Arabic speaking Parent Body: The Danish Church in Christian Orthodox people from the London Middle East. An Arabic service is held on Sundays at 11.00. Times of services Camden Town Methodist Church in English vary. For details of services in 89 Plender Street, London, NW1 0JN English contact Father Michael Harper Tel: 020-7607 2155 Tel: 01223-872433, Contact: The Revd. Derek Stanworth Email: [email protected]. The church holds its Sunday service at Parent Body: Antiochian Greek-Orthodox 11.00 and a Bible class on Mondays at Patriacate 19.30.
Bengali Parent And Tenants Association Camden Kingdom Hall c/o 45 Langdale, Stanhope Street, (Jehovahs Witnesses) London, NW1 3RA. The group meets in c/o Watch Tower House, The Ridgeway, Silverdale Hall, Harrington Street, NW1 London, NW7 1RN. The Hall is at 7 Pratt Tel: 020-7383 4793, 07985 152 211 Mews, off Pratt Street, London NW1 Fax: 020-7387 7776 0AD Tel: 020-7383 2587. Contact: Mr Mohammed Joynal Uddin Tel: 020-8906 2211 The association runs Bengali mother Fax: 020-8371 0051 tongue and Qur’anic Arabic classes. It Services are held in Camden on celebrates religious festivals, and can Thursdays at 19.30, Sundays at 09.30; provide religious information and talks. in Hampstead on Tuesdays at 19.30, Membership is open to all Bengali Sundays at 12.30; in Holloway on tenants and Muslims within the Wednesdays at 19.30, Sundays at Regent’s Park ward. 15.30. Services for the Polish congregation are on Mondays at 19.30 Danish Church Of Saint Katharine and Saturdays at 17.00. St Katharine’s Precinct, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4HH Tel: 020-7935 7584, 020-7935 1723
26 Ward Councillors (Labour): Patricia Callaghan, Harriet Garland, Jake Sumner Camden Town with Primrose Hill ward
All Saints (Greek Orthodox) Church The church services are on Camden Street, (Corner of Pratt Street), Sundays at 08.00 and 10.30. London, NW1 0JA The Sunday school is at 10.30. Tel: 020-7485 2149 Contact: Father George. An alternative Chalk Farm Baptist Church contact is Reverend Nikiforos. Berkley Road, London, NW1 8YS The church’s main service is on Sundays Tel: 020-7722 7207 Fax: 020-7722 7207 09.30-13.00. Email: contact@[email protected] Website: www.chalkfarmbaptist.org.uk Church Of Our Lady Of Hal (Roman Contact: The Revd. David Shosanya Catholic Church) The Sunday service is at 11.00. 165 Arlington Road, London, NW1 7EX Contact the church for details of Tel: 020-7485 2727 Fax: 020-7485 1213 mid-week services. Email: [email protected] Parent Body: London Baptist Association Contact: Fr. Dominic McKenna The church services are on Sundays at Trinity Camden Town United 08.30, 10.00 (children’s), 12.00 and Reformed Church 19.30, Monday to Friday at 09.30 and Buck Street, London, NW1 8NJ 12.00. Saturdays at 12.00 and Vigil Tel: 020-7267 4796 Mass at 19.30. The church is the Email: [email protected] location of the English version of the Contact: The Minister, Revd. Maggie Belgian shrine to Our Lady of Hal. Hindley. Parent Body: Diocese of Westminster The church service is on Sundays at 10.45. The church has a hall and rooms Saint Mark’s Church Regent’s Park for hire, including counselling rooms: (Church Of England) contact Lesley Stewart Tel: 020-7267 St Mark’s Square, London, 2157. The building is in use seven days a NW1 7TN. The Church is in week as a community centre. It is a base Regent’s Park Road, NW1 for the Camden Chinese Community Tel: 020-7586 1694 Fax: 020-7284 3006 Centre Nursery, Camden Listening and
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Counselling Centre, Narcotics 01628-773163 (Admin) Anonymous, a Kumon Maths group and Fax: 01628-773155 the Metropolitan Community Church. Email: [email protected] Website: www.sgi-uk.org Metropolitan Community Contact: Lu Llewellyn Church Of North London The Camden branch of the national BM MCC, London, WC1N 3XX. Activities Buddhist organization Sokka Gakkai are held at Trinity Camden Town United International-United Kingdom (SGI-UK) Reformed Church, Buck Street, NW1 meets at 19.30 on the third Friday of the Tel: 020-8802 0962 Fax: 020-8802 0962 month at 273 Royal College Street, NW1 Email: [email protected] Website: www.MCCNorthLondon.com New Covenant Church Contact: The Pastor, Revd. P. Sutherland c/o Castlehaven Community Centre, A progressive church founded in the 33 Hawley Road, London, NW1 8RU gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Tel: 020-8881 2439 or 07956 803480 community, but open to all. Meets for Email: [email protected]; worship Sundays 14.00 and 19.00. [email protected] Parent Body: UFMCC, Los Angeles, USA Contact: The Revd. Peter Oluwajoye The church services are held at Saint Michael’s Camden Town Church Castlehaven Community Centre. (Church Of England) Morning service Sundays 09.30-12.00, c/o Vicarage, 191 St Pancras Way, service for youth Sundays 12.15-14.00. London, NW1 9NH. The Church is next to Sainsburys in Camden Road, NW1 9LQ. Redeemed Christian Church Of God Tel: 020-7424 0724 Fax: 020-7424 0724 (The Cornerstone) Email: [email protected] c/o Castlehaven Community Centre, Website: 33 Hawley Road, London, NW1 8RU www.saintmichaelcamden.250X.com Tel: 020-8316 0692, 07958 229364 Contact: The Revd. Nicholas Wheeler Fax: 020-8854 0939 The church parish Mass is on Sundays at Email: [email protected] 10.30. A Healing Prayer on Tuesdays at Contact: Pastor Richard Odejayi 13.00 and Mass on Wednesdays at 13.00. The church meets at Castlehaven Community Centre on Thursday SGI-UK Camden HQ 19.00-21.00 and Sunday 13.00-14.00. SGI-UK, Taplow Court, Taplow, The church is active within the Kentish Berks, SL6 0ER Town community. Tel: 020-7419 6770 (Lu Llewellyn);
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Holy Trinity Church (Hartland Road) (Church Of England) c/o The Presbytery, 11 Saint Silas Place, London, NW5 3QP. The Church is in Hartland Road, NW1. Tel: 020-7485 3727 Fax: 020-7485 3727 Contact: The Parish Priest, Father Graeme Rowlands. Or contact the Assistant Parish Priest, Father Nathan Davey, 30a Hadley Street, London, NW1 8SS, Tel: 020-7482 1170. The church holds a Children’s Club (ages 4-11) Monday to Friday 17.15- 18.00, a Homework Club on Saturdays 10.30-12.30. The church is united with the Church of Saint Silas the Martyr.
30 BUDDHISM Community The Buddhist community in Britain is made up of people from many countries including Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, India, Hong Kong, Tibet, Vietnam and indigenous British people who have adopted Buddhist teachings. Buddhists in Britain may speak English as well as the languages of their countries of origin. In Camden there are three Buddhist centres, one of which is part of the international Soka Gakkai movement.
Origins Buddhism is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama (in the Sanskrit language), or Siddhattha Gotama (in the Pali language) who is also known as Shakyamuni Buddha. He is believed by Buddhist tradition to have been born in the fifth century BCE in modern day Nepal. Siddhartha Gautama is commonly known as Buddha, the enlightened or awakened one.
‘If you wish to free The four main traditions of Buddhism are the Theravada yourself from the tradition followed in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, sufferings of birth Laos and Chittagong, the Mahayana tradition followed in China, and death ... you Korea, and Mongolia, the Vajrayana tradition followed in Tibet, must perceive the and Zen Buddhism followed in Japan. mystic truth that is Buddhism has grown in popularity in the originally inherent West in recent times. For example, in all living beings.’ Soka Gakkai came to Britain in the On Attaining 1980s from Japan. It is based on Buddhahood in this the study of Nichiren Daishonin’s Lifetime – The Writings Buddhism, and tends to have a lay of Nichiren Daishonin orientation and non-ascetic approach to Buddhist practice.
32 Scriptures The teachings of Siddhartha Gautama were committed to script (into several cannons) approximately 400 years after his death. In general, Buddhism does not believe in a creator God and hence does not claim to possess a divinely revealed book. However as Buddhism spread throughout Asia many regional religious rituals, beliefs and customs adapted Buddhism, so this generalisation is no longer true for all Buddhists. There are many branches of Buddhism, which while preserving the basic principles of the teaching, reflect the multi-national character of Buddhism today. Practice Vegetarianism is widespread amongst Buddhists because of the practice of not harming living beings, but it is not practised universally. For example many Tibetan Buddhists do eat meat, whereas Chinese Zen has become strictly vegetarian. The huge diversity in Buddhism is also reflected in customs with regards to food and drink. Worship There is no particular day of worship for Buddhists as regular meditation is practised, which is integral to the Buddhist way of life. Expressing devotion to the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama can take place individually or communally in a temple, vihara, or centre. Buddhist centres vary in scale and style. The practice of Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism is the twice daily recitation of the mantra Nam-myoho-renge-kyo in front of the Gohozon (a scroll on which the mantra is written). Clothing ought to be modest when visiting a Buddhist temple. Loose fitting clothing will help as the normal practice is to be seated on the floor. Shoes need to be removed so ensure that socks and hosiery are clean and presentable.
33 Ward Councillors (Labour): Dermot Greene, Gerry Harrison, Judith Pattison
Cantelowes ward
Rochester Square Spiritualist Centre 19.00. The church is one of the Rochester Square (off Camden Road), four Parishes of Old St. Pancras. London, NW1 9RZ Tel: 020-7435 7446 Saint Andrew’s Website: www.rochestersqtemple.co.uk (Greek Orthodox) Cathedral Contact: The President, Mrs Maureen Kentish Town Road, (Corner of Chapman Bartholomew Road), London, NW1 9PY Activities are held on Sundays at Tel: 020-7485 6385/0198 11.00, Tuesdays at 14.00, Wednesdays Contact: The Revd. C.A. Garibaldinos and Saturdays at 19.30. Healing is held The church holds services on Sundays on Tuesdays at 18.00 (use the garden from 09.30 to 13.00, starting with entrance). Additional meetings Matins. Services also held on (main) between May and September on Saints days. Contact Revd. C.A. Sundays at 18.30. The centre holds Garibaldinos Monday to Saturday from workshops on different spiritual 10.00 to17.00. aspects. Occasional private reading sessions. Parent Body: The Spiritualist National Union, Redwoods, Stansted Hall, Stansted, Essex, CM24 8UD
Saint Paul’s Church (Church Of England), formerly Saint Pauls Chapel c/o Vicarage, 191 St Pancras Way, London, NW1 9NH. The Church is in Camden Square, NW1. Tel: 020-7424 0724 Contact: The Revd. Nicholas Wheeler The church holds parish Mass on Sundays at 17.30 and Wednesdays at
34 Ward Councillors (Labour): Lucy Anderson, Dave Horan, Deirdre Krymer
Kentish Town ward
Kentish Town Congregational Church Bread, 18.30 for a Gospel Kelly Street, London, NW1 8PH meeting and on Wednesdays at Tel: 020-7267 2884 19.30 for Bible study and discussion. Email: [email protected] Website: easyweb.easynet.co.uk/ktcong/ Church Of Our Lady Help Of Christians Contact: The Revd. Chris Damp (Roman Catholic Church) also known as The church services are on Sundays at a Kentish Town Catholic Church 11.00 and 18.30. The Cubs and Beavers 4 Lady Margaret Road, London, NW5 2XT on Thursdays from 18.00 to19.30. Tel: 020-7485 4023 Scouts on Thursdays, 19.30-21.00. Fax: 020-7267 3118 Brownies on Fridays 19.00-20.00, Email: [email protected] Guides on Fridays 19.30-21.00. Friday Website: Guild (for over 60’s) on Fridays at www.kentishtownrc.btinternet.co.uk 14.00. The Wives’ Group meets on Contact: Father Stuart Wilson Wednesdays at 20.00. The church has The church holds Mass daily at 10.00 halls and meeting rooms for hire, and is and 19.30 on Sundays and on Saturdays developing a café open to the at 19.00 Vigil, 08.30, 10.00 (Solemn), community as a whole. 12.00 (Family), 13.15 (Spanish), 18.30 (Folk). The church is open seven days a Church Of Christ week 08.00-13.00, 17.00-20.00. The c/o 23 Mutton Place, Prince of Wales priests are Father Stuart Wilson and Road, London, NW1 8DF. The Church Father Michael O’Boy the Parish Sister meets at Hope Chapel, Prince of Wales is Revd. Sr Christina Flannery. Activities Road, NW5. include the Bluebells Nursery (daily in Tel: 020-7284 1284 term-time), Tai Chi on Mondays Contact: Mrs Peggy Kirkham. An between 18.30 and 21.30 and alternative contact is the Secretary, Mrs Wednesdays from 19.00 to 20.30 Dorothy Proud Tel: 01992-628142. (contact Matthew Tel: 020-7431 2789), The church meets Sundays at 10.00 for Parent and Toddler Group on Tuesdays Bible Study, 11.00 for the Breaking of 10.00-12.00, Alcoholics Anonymous on
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Tuesdays at 19.00 and Wednesdays NW5 2NH. The Church is at 2 Lupton at 18.30, Hatha yoga Tuesdays Street, NW5 19.30-21.00, keep fit Thursdays Tel: 020-7485 4231 between 18.45 and 19.45 (contact Fax: 020-7482 7222 Nikki Tel: 020-7482 6653), Email: [email protected] Irish dancing Saturdays from 09.00 Contact: The Parish Priest, Fr. Richard to12.00 and Bingo Saturdays at 19.45. Arnold, who is also the Area Dean of South Camden. The Assistant Priest Luther-Tyndale Memorial Church is Revd. Bob Hanson, who can be c/o 6 Dunollie Place, London, NW5 2XR contacted at Church House, Ospringe The Church is at 9-11 Leighton Road, NW5 2JB Tel: 020-7267 4720. Crescent, NW5 2QY. Parent Body: Diocese of London Tel: 020-7267 3994 (Church), 020-7485 9638 Christ Apostolic Church UK Email: [email protected] 23 Highgate Road, London, NW5 1JY The Sunday service is at 10.00, Sunday Tel: 020-7485 6899 school and Bible classes at 11.30. Fax: 020-7485 6883 Parent Body: Evangelical Lutheran Email: [email protected] Church of England Contact: The Vicar-in-Charge, Pastor M. O. Ogunsanu Calvary Church Of God In Christ A Pentecostal church which holds Meets at Luther-Tyndale Memorial services Mondays, Tuesdays, Church, 9-11 Leighton Crescent, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. NW5 2QY. Tel: 020-8550 9792 New Life Christian Fellowship Church Email: [email protected] PO Box 25324, London, NW5 4ZE. Contact: Revd. C. Fenty Meets at Acland Burghley School, The church holds a Sunday School from Burghley Road, NW5 12.00-13.00, services Sundays from Tel: 020-7482 4907 13.00-15.00 and 19.00-21.00. It runs Fax: 020-7482 4907 clubs for children on Thursdays (ages Email: [email protected] 5-14) 19.30-20.30, and Fridays (15 and Website: www.newlife-london.org.uk over) 20.15-21.45. Contact: Mr Paul Hickman. The Fellowship meets on Sundays at Church Of Saint Benet And All Saints 10.30. It is part of the Community (Church Of England) Church for North London and a member c/o 43 Lady Margaret Road, London, of the Evangelical Alliance.
36 Ward Councillors (Labour): John Dickie, Jane Roberts, Roy Shaw
Haverstock ward
Church Of Saint Silas The Martyr Baitul Aman Mosque And Islamic (Church Of England) Education Centre c/o St Silas Presbytery, 158 Weedington Road, 11 St Silas Place, London, NW5 3QP London, NW5 4NU Tel: 020-7485 3727 Tel: 020-7267 6803; 07870 729877 Fax: 020-7485 3727 (mobile) Contact: The Parish Priest, Father Contact: The Secretary Mr Moshaid Miah Graeme Rowlands. The Assistant The mosque holds daily prayers and Priest is Father Nathan Paine Davey studies of the Qur’an. Tel: 020-7482 1170 The church holds Parish Mass Sunday at Hindu Centre 11.00 which includes Sunday School. 39 Grafton Terrace, London, NW5 4JA The church is united with Holy Trinity on Tel: 020-7485 8200 Hartland Road. Contact: Shri B. Baburam A religious, cultural, social and Kentish Town Evangelical Church educational institute. The centre is hoping 21 Bassett Street, London, NW5 4PG to develop day centre services for Asian Tel: 020-7267 1181 elderly. Religious services are held on the Contact: The Revd. Rob Harris first Sunday of the month from 16.30. The church holds morning worship at 11.00 and evening worship at 18.30 Saint Dominic’s Priory (except the second Sunday of the Southampton Road, London, NW5 4LB month). It runs Tuesday Break which Tel: 020-7482 9210 (General enquiries), provides varied activities including board 020-7485 9224 (Parish Priest) games on Tuesdays at 14.00. Home Fax: 020-7482 9239 Group and Bible Study Group are also Website: www.op-london.org held on alternate Thursdays at 19.45. Contact: The Parish Priest, Father Parent Body: Fellowship of Independent Dermot Morrin Evangelical Churches A Roman Catholic church which holds services Monday to Saturday at 07.30,
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09.30 and 18.00 and on Sundays at Saint Saviour’s Church 08.30, 10.00, 11.15, 12.30 and 18.00 (Church Of England) (Vigil Saturday 18.00). c/o Vicarage, 30 Eton Villas, London, Parent Body: Diocese of Westminster NW3 4SQ. The Church is on Eton Road, NW3. Salvation Army Chalk Farm Corps Tel: 020-7722 4621 c/o 89 Parkhill Road, London, NW3 2XY. Fax: 020-7722 4621 Activities held at 16 Haverstock Hill, Contact: The Revd. Andrew Pavlibeyi NW3 2BL. The church holds its main Holy Tel: 020-7722 7064 Communion on Sundays at 10.30. Contact: The Commanding Officer, Morning prayer on Tuesdays at 09.30. Major Jim Williams. Evening prayer on Thursdays at 19.00, The corps holds Sunday services at and on the first Sunday of the month 10.30 and various activities are held at 17.00. during the afternoon; phone for details. Activities include Chalk Farm Oasis South Hampstead Synagogue (HIV/AIDS drop-in) Mondays from 16.00 21-22 Eton Villas, Eton Road, to 22.00, women’s meeting on Tuesdays London, NW3 4SP at 14.00, Over 60’s club on Thursdays at Tel: 020-7722 1807 14.00. Band practice is on Fridays at Fax: 020-7586 3459 20.00. The charity shop is open Tuesday Email: [email protected] to Thursday 10.00 to 13.00. Website: www.southhampstead.org Contact: The Secretary, Mrs M.A. Hampstead Seventh-Day Adventist Spector Church Central (Oxendon) The synagogue holds services on 66 Haverstock Hill, London, NW3 2BE Saturdays at 09.30 and Fridays Tel: 020-7482 5022 according to the commencement of Fax: 020-7482 5022 Shabatt (or Sabbath); and on weekdays Contact: Pastor David Burnett at 07.15 and 19.45. The church holds its religious service on Parent Body: United Synagogue Saturdays from 09.45-12.30 and prayer meetings on Wednesdays at 19.30. The church is a base for youth and pathfinder groups (Scouts and Guides), has a Christian lending library, carries out community services, courses, counselling and other activities.
39 ‘If you love your neighbour as much as you love yourself hristianity is the largest faith community in the you will not want C U.K. It has been established in the U.K. since to harm or cheat the early centuries of the Common Era. In 597 CE Augustine him, or kill him or arrived in Kent as an emissary of the Pope and later became steal from him. And the first Archbishop of Canterbury. you won’t sin with Christianity in the U.K. is ethnically and denominationally very his wife or want diverse. The Christian Research Association has recorded 250 what is his, or do different Christian denominations in the U.K. which anything else the are sorted into the following ten broad categories: Ten commandments Anglicans, Baptists, Independent, Methodists, New say is wrong. All Churches, Orthodox, Pentecostalists, Presbyterians, Roman ten are wrapped up Catholics, and Others, which include Christian Brethren, in this one, to love Congregationalists, Lutherans, Moravians, Salvationists, your neighbour as Quakers, Unitarian and Free Christians. you love yourself.’ Romans 13:9 CHRISTIANI Y As well as English being spoken by Christians in the U.K., ‘I was hungry and its international nature means that Christians in Britain may you gave me food, also speak other languages such as Spanish, French, Tamil, I was thirsty and Mandarin and Sinhalese to mention a few. you gave me something to drink, In Camden there are approximately 32 Anglican churches, I was a stranger 4 Baptist churches, 7 Independent churches, 5 Methodist and you welcomed churches, 4 Orthodox churches, 12 Pentecostal churches, me, I was naked 4 Presbyterian churches, 11 Roman Catholic churches, and and you gave me 16 which would come under the ‘others’ category. clothing, I was sick and you took care Origins of me, I was in Christianity began about two thousand years ago as a radical prison and movement within Judaism. It is rooted in the life and teaching you visited me.’ of Jesus of Nazareth. Matthew 25:35
40 As it developed and spread, it increasingly included those of a non-Jewish background and Christians suffered persecution under a number of Roman Emperors, until the conversion of Emperor Constantine in the early fourth century CE, after which it became adopted as the official religion of the Empire. From the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries onwards, Christianity developed missionary movements which, at their peak in the nineteenth century, led to the expansion of Western Christian traditions throughout the world. In many places, such as India, Armenia and Egypt, very ancient Christian traditions already existed. Scriptures The Christian scriptures, known collectively as the Bible, are central to Christian belief and practice. Some believe them to be the literal words of God whilst others see them as human writings informed by the Spirit of God. The creeds, the best known of which are probably the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed, include summaries of orthodox beliefs, which were formulated in the early years of Christianity. For Orthodox, Roman Catholic and some Anglican Christians, the teachings of the early Church Fathers are seen as another important source of authority. Practice Christians do not have any universally agreed dietary regulations, although some Christians abstain from certain foods during Lent. Some Christians, particularly from the Protestant traditions, refrain on principle from taking alcohol. Worship Sunday is generally considered as the day of assembly for Christian worship, although some such as the Seventh Day Churches observe Saturday as the holy day. Tidy and modest dress is appropriate for visiting a church.
41 Ward Councillors (Conservative): Jonny Bucknell, Sheila Gunn, Piers Wauchope
Belsize ward
Christian Community, also known as Parent Body: Diocese of London, The Church Of The Christian Community Edmonton Episcopal Area 34 Glenilla Road, London, NW3 4AN Tel: 020-7722 3587 Belsize Square Synagogue Fax: 020-7722 3587 51 Belsize Square, London, NW3 4HX Contact: The Revd. P.G. Button Tel: 020-7794 3949 A movement for the renewal of religious Fax: 020-7431 4559 life. Carries out an annual programme of Website: www.synagogue.org.uk cultural events and is home to the Contact: The Secretary, Ms Judith Glenilla Arts Foundation. The community Berman holds the Communion Service: The An independent progressive synagogue Act of Consecration of Man on Sundays which holds services on Fridays at at 10.30. 18.45 and Saturdays at 10.00.
Saint Peter’s Church (Church Of England) Belsize Square, London, NW3 4HY Tel: 020-7794 4020 Contact: The Revd. Jack Harris A parish church with a range of services and activities. The Vicar is a diocesan inter-faith adviser and the church is particularly interested in inter- faith activities. The church has a connection with the Central School of Speech and Drama and is interested in developing activities in the arts and culture locally. The church holds services on Sundays at 08.00 (the first Sunday of the month), 10.30 and 18.30, and on Thursdays at 10.30.
42 Ward Councillors (Conservative): Stephen Hocking, Andrew Marshall, Don Williams
Swiss Cottage ward
Saint Mary The Virgin (Primrose Hill) and a (religion) school which (Church Of England) celebrates the Shabbat and all Elsworthy Road, London, NW3 3DJ Jewish festivals. The services respect Tel: 020-7722 3238 both traditional and modern Jewish Fax: 020-7722 3238 forms. The community runs regular Email: [email protected] communal meals, a Literary Circle and Website: www.smvph.org.uk other social events. Services are on Contact: The Vicar, Revd. Robert Atwell Fridays at 18.15, Saturdays at 10.30 The church is on the corner of Elsworthy and the religion school on Sundays at Road and Primrose Hill Road, NW3. The 10.00-12.00. church is host to a large number of concerts each year. The church holds Saint Mary With All Souls Church the following services: Holy Communion (Church Of England) on Sundays at 08.00, Mondays at St Mary’s Vicarage, 134a Abbey Road, 18.30, Tuesdays at 09.30, Wednesdays London, NW6 4SN. The Church is on at 07.30, Thursdays at 12.00, Fridays at the corner of Priory Road and Abbey 08.00, Saturdays at 09.30, Parish Road, NW6. Eucharist on Sundays at 10.30, Morning Tel: 020-7624 5434 Prayer daily at 09.00 and Evening Prayer Fax: 020-7624 5434 daily at 18.00. Email: [email protected] Contact: Father Andrew Cain Shir Hayim Hampstead Reform This church has a hall for hire. In Jewish Community partnership with St. Mary’s Community 37a Broadhurst Gardens, Hall the church runs a parent and London, NW6 3BN toddler drop-in (on Monday mornings), Tel: 020-7794 8488 an after school club, a youth club, a Email: [email protected] pensioners’ club, and supports a range Website: www.shirhayim.org.uk of other social and voluntary Contact: Mr Michael Teper programmes. The main Sunday service This community comprises a synagogue is at 10.00.
43 HINDUISM Community Small numbers of Hindus have visited and worked in the U.K. for centuries. It was, however, with the post war immigration of the 1950s and 1960s that significant numbers of Hindus settled in the U.K. Most came from India but others, Indian descendants, arrived from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi, Fiji, Trinidad, Guyana and other parts of the Caribbean. Between 55% and 70% of Hindus in the U.K. are thought to be from Gujarat (a north western state of India) and between 15% and 20% Punjab (a north Indian state). The rest hail from other parts of India and Sri Lanka. Consequently Hindus in the U.K. are ethnically and linguistically incredibly diverse. The most common languages are Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali and Tamil. The ancient language Sanskrit is mostly used in worship and most of the sacred texts are written in Sanskrit. In Camden there is one Hindu centre. Origins The term ‘Hindu’ is related to the Sanskrit word Sindhu that is the name of the river, known in English as the Indus. The river, the country around it and its people were called ‘Hindu’ in the other regional ancient languages. Hence the major religion of India became known as Hinduism, a term brought into use in English in the nineteenth century.
44 The Hindu way of life is referred to as Dharma or sometimes as Sanatana Dharma (the eternal way of life), and many Hindus prefer this description to the word ‘Hinduism’. Sanatana Dharma has no precisely traceable beginning or a single founder. Some historians, including some Hindus, believe the Indus Valley civilisation, which flourished in north-west India in the third and second millennia BCE, saw the birth of Sanatana Dharma. Others do not accept this view and believe that key events such as the birth of Krishna which can be dated to a period around 3100BCE, heralds the beginnings of Sanatana Dharma. As an ancient tradition it has undergone many changes and embraces a range of beliefs and practices, with regional, linguistic and doctrinal variations. Within the diverse Hindu traditions the authority of the Vedas are generally accepted. Scriptures There are two broad groupings of scriptures. The first group of sacred writings is known as the shruti (that which is heard) and the second is the smriti (that which is remembered). The shruti include the four Vedas, which are the Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and the Atharva Veda. The smriti present Hindu teachings in widely accessible ways and have six parts, one of which is the Itihasa. The Itihasas, or stories, contain the two famous epics of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The Ramayana tells the story of King Rama, his wife Sita and Ravana. The Mahabharata incorporates the Bhagavad Gita, or Song of the Blessed Lord, which is the record of a discourse between Krishna and Prince Arjuna. Practice There are a variety of views in relation to the permissibility of a range of food and drinks. Many Hindus are vegetarians, and those who eat meat do not normally
45 Hinduism eat beef. Hindu vegetarianism generally means that meat, fish or eggs will not be eaten. Sometimes onions and garlic are not eaten. Many Hindus observe fasts or vrats (vows), which entails the avoidance of certain foods at certain times. Worship Generally Hindus worship privately in their own homes where it is common to find a shrine or a small area for worship. Communal worship takes place in mandirs (temples). There is no set day of the week designated for worship although the religious calendar can be busy with the celebration of the large number of different expressions of the divine, which the Vedas number symbolically at 330 million. This leads to the popular assumption that Hindus worship many Gods. In fact the Hindu tradition allows the use of a variety of symbols, names, terms and images, which enable people to discover the divine in ways which are most suitable to them. Hinduism includes monotheists, believers in one God, and monists, who consider that the divine can be simultaneously one and many. Clothing ought to be modest for men and women when visiting a Hindu temple. Clothing appropriate to being seated on the floor is also recommended. Shoes need to be removed so ensure that socks and hosiery are clean and presentable. Women may be required to cover their heads. ‘How To Win The Hearts Of Kinsmen, Friends And Foes?’ Narada said: ‘Use a weapon that is not made of steel, that is very mild, and yet capable of piercing all hearts. Sharpening and resharpening that weapon correct the tongues of your kinsmen. The giving of food to the best of your power, forgiveness, sincerity, mildness, and honour to whom honour is due, these constitute a weapon that is not made of steel. With soft words alone turn away the anger of kinsmen about to utter cruel speeches, and mollify their hearts and minds and slanderous tongues. Nothing but intelligence and forgiveness, restraint of the senses, and liberality are present in a person of wisdom.’ The Mahabharata, Santi Parva, Sec. LXXXI
46 Ward Councillors (Labour): Charlie Hedges, John Rolfe, Phil Turner
Kilburn ward
Beautiful Gate Parish 020-7624 3075 59 Casterbridge, Abbey Road, Contact: The Revd. Gordon Harrison London, NW6 4DP The church holds a Sunday service Tel: 07956 899706 (Mobile) at 11.00. Email: [email protected] Contact: Pastor Jimi Adedoyin Divine Healing Church Of Christ An African-led church which acts as a (Pentecostal) centre for women and children under c/o 51 Briarwood Drive, Northwood five. The church is part of Camden for Hills, Middlesex, HA6 1PN. Meets at Christ. The church meets on Quex Road Methodist Church, Wednesdays at 18.30-21.00. Kingsgate Road, NW6 4PR. Tel: 020-8868 0155, 07956 125106 Victory Christian Centre Contact: The Revd. Victor Anfu 234 Kilburn High Road, London, NW6 4JR A Pentecostal church which holds Tel: 020-7794 7494 Sunday worship at 14.00 and prayer Fax: 020-7624 5349 and Bible study meetings from Website: www.vcc.org.uk Wednesday to Friday at 20.00. Victory Christian Centre is a multi-racial, non-denominational Christian church. Full Gospel Church (Eritrean) It provides a church, bible school and c/o Quex Road Methodist Church, fellowship. Services are held on Kingsgate Road, London, NW6 4PR. Wednesdays at 18.00 and 20.00, and The entrance to the church is at the Sundays at 09.00, 11.00, 13.00, 15.00, Quex Road end of Kingsgate Road, NW6. 17.00 and 18.30. Tel: 020-7372 7213 (Church) The church holds a Sunday service at Quex Road Methodist Church 18.30 at Quex Road Methodist Church, Kingsgate Road, London, NW6 4PR. Kingsgate Road, NW6 4PR. The entrance is at the Quex Road end of Kingsgate Road, NW6. Tel: 020-7372 7213 (Church),
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Church Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus (Roman Catholic Church) New Priory, Quex Road, London, NW6 4PS Tel: 020-7624 1701 Fax: 020-7328 8176 Email: [email protected] Website: www.omiquex.freeserve.co.uk The church holds events at the Parish Centre at St Eugene de Mazenod Community Centre, Mazenod Avenue, NW6. Services are held Monday to Friday at 07.30, 10.00, 12.15 and 18.00, on Saturdays at 10.00 and 12.00, the Vigil of Sundays at 18.00, Sundays at 08.00, 09.30, 11.00, 12.30 and 19.00. Parent Body: Diocese of Westminster.
48 Ward Councillors (Liberal Democrat): John Bryant, Keith Moffitt, Heather Thompson
West Hampstead ward
Zoroastrian Trust Funds Of Europe (Inc.) The church is linked with the Zoroastrian House, 88 Compayne parishes of St Mary with All Souls, Gardens, London, NW6 3RU Kilburn and St James, West Tel: 020-7328 6018 Hampstead Fax: 020-7625 1685 Email: [email protected] Brondesbury Christian Centre Website: www.ztfe.com 9 Iverson Road, London, NW6 2QT The trust’s members are followers of Tel: 020-7625 7043 the teachings of the ancient Iranian Contact: The Minister, Revd. Colin Jones (Persian) prophet Zarathushtra. The The centre holds Christian worship on ZTFE holds religious classes, lectures, Sundays at 11.00. ceremonies, social, cultural and multi- faith activities. It is open Monday to Hampstead Synagogue Friday 10.30 to 16.00. Dennington Park Road, London, NW6 1AX Saint James Church (Church Of England) Tel: 020-7435 1518, 020-7794 5344 1 St James House, 2 Sherriff Road, Fax: 020-7431 8369 London, NW6 2AP. The Church is in Contact: Rabbi Michael Harris. Sherriff Road, NW6 (on corner of Hampstead Synagogue is an West End Lane). Orthodox Synagogue which is Tel: 020-7372 6441 affiliated to the United Synagogue. Fax: 020-7372 6441 Besides being a place of worship, Email: [email protected] it is also the focus of a number of Contact: The Assistant Priest, social and educational activities, Fr. David Allen including discussion groups and The church holds Mass on Tuesdays and activities for young people. The Saturdays at 10.00, Thursdays at 12.00 Sabbath morning service is at 09.15. and on Sundays at 08.30 and 11.00 Ring for times of other services. The (sung Mass). office is open Sundays 09.30-12.00, Parent Body: Diocese of London, and Monday to Friday 09.30 to 12.30.
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Redeemed Christian Church Of God (O2 Centre) Meets at O2 Community Venue, 255 Finchley Road, NW3 6LU. c/o 101 Broomgrove Gardens, Edgware, HA8 5RJ Tel: 020-8952 7738 Fax: 020-7628 4402 Email: [email protected] Contact: Pastor Sam Omale The church meets on Sundays at 14.00 (Sunday school from 14.00 to 14.30, service from 14.30 to 16.00).
52 Ward Councillors (Liberal Democrat): Flick Rea, Jane Schopflin, Jonathan Simpson
Fortune Green ward
Emmanuel Church (Church Of England) Saint Cuthberts Church c/o Vicarage, Emmanuel Church, (Church Of England) Lyncroft Gardens, London, NW6 1JU. Vicarage, 13 Kingscroft Road, London, The Church is in Lyncroft Gardens, NW2 3QE. The Church is in Fordwych NW6. Road, NW2. Tel: 020-7435 1911 Tel: 020-8452 1913 Contact: The Revd. Dr. P.J. Galloway Contact: The Minister, Revd. David Hubbard Praise Chapel The church services are on Sundays at Argo House, Kilburn Park Road, London, 10.30 and 18.30. The Women’s NW6 5LS. Services and activities are Fellowship is on Mondays at 14.30 and held at Sidings Community Centre, table tennis on Mondays at 19.30. The 150 Brassey Road, (off Maygrove Road) church also has mid-week house groups NW6. and a Sunday School. Tel: 0870 240 4148 Fax: 020-7644 0646 Shomrei Hadath Synagogue Email: [email protected] 64 Burrard Road, London, NW6 1DD Website: www.praisechapel.org.uk Tel: 020-7435 6906 Contact: The Senior Pastor, Kofi Banful Contact: The Secretary, Mrs Pat Shotton Praise Chapel is an Independent Full Parent Body: Federation of Synagogues Gospel church. It holds services on Sundays at 09.00 and 11.00 and on Thursday at 19.30. The Children and Youth Ministry operates during Sunday services and the Adventure Club for children aged 3-10 operates during the Thursday service.
53 Community There has been a significant Muslim community in the U.K. since the early nineteenth century when Muslim seamen and traders from the Middle East and South Asia settled around Britain’s major ports such as South Shields, Liverpool and Cardiff. It was, however, with the post war immigration of the 1950s and 1960s that significant numbers of Muslims settled in the U.K. largely from India and Pakistan, including the country now known as Bangladesh. Muslim Indian descendants arrived from Kenya and Uganda in the 1970s, as did Arabs. More recently Muslims from Bosnia and Somalia have come to the U.K. ISLAM Roughly two thirds of the Muslims in the U.K. have Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi origins. The remaining third originate from countries such as Cyprus, Turkey, Nigeria, Malaysia, Iran and other parts of the Middle-East and Africa. There are also indigenous Britons who have embraced Islam. Approximately 50% of these converts to Islam are of African- Caribbean origin. So Muslims in the U.K. are ethnically and linguistically very diverse. In addition to English the most common languages are Arabic, Bengali, Farsi, Gujarati, Hausa, Malay, Punjabi, Pushto, Tamil, Turkish and Urdu. Sylheti, a Bengali dialect, is widely spoken by Bangladeshis in Camden. The Qur’an is written in Arabic, so a reading knowledge of Arabic is considered very important.
54 The two principle traditions within Islam are the Sunni and Shi`a tradition. 90% of the world’s Muslims are Sunnis. There is also an aspect of Islam known as Sufism, which either Sunni or Shi`a Muslims might accept. Sufism (also known as Tasawwuf) is the mystical strand of Islam. In Camden there are 7 Islamic places of worship. Origins Over a period of twenty three years, the Prophet Muhammad (570- 632CE) is believed by Muslims to have received a series of revelations from Allah (God) through the Angel Jibreel (Gabriel). The founding event of the Muslim community (or ‘Ummah) was Muhammad’s five hundred kilometre migration, or Hijra, from Makka in Arabia to Madina in 622CE. This marks the beginning of the Muslim dating system, “A.H.” (after Hijra). From Arabia, Islam spread into the Indian sub-continent, Africa and Europe. In Europe Islam’s establishment was particularly strong in the Balkans, Sicily and Spain. Islam grew very strong in India during the Moghul empire (1516-1707CE). From India, Islam spread to Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and beyond. Scriptures The Qur’an is the fundamental source of guidance for Muslims. It is considered a miracle and sign of God, containing the actual words of God. It is considered very important to understand the Qur’an’s real meaning in Arabic, the language in which it was revealed. The Qur’an is divided into surahs (chapters). The Hadith are accounts of the words and actions of the Prophet Muhammad and his companions.
55 Islam Practice The Qur’an does not allow the consumption of the meat of pigs and carnivorous animals. This includes all pork products and foods which contain the by-products of pigs or carnivorous animals. Other animals needs to slaughtered according to Islamic ritual, which involves the saying of prayers during slaughter and a method of slaughter that allows the blood to flow from the animal’s body. The meat is then halal, which simply means permitted. Fish is permitted. Any foods that contain the by-product of non halal meat are also forbidden, for example cheese, which contains the animal product rennet. Alcohol is prohibited under Islamic law, as are any drinks or food that contain alcohol. Worship The essentials of Muslim practice are set out in what are known as the ‘Five Pillars of Islam’. One of these is Salat, which is prescribed prayer conducted five times daily. It is called namaz in Urdu and Bengali. Prayer times vary but generally prayer takes place around the following times of day: Fajr, at dawn, Zuhr, at midday, Asr, in the afternoon, Maghrib, after sunset and Isha, in the night. Ramadan, is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar. It is another of the ‘Five Pillars’ and is a month of spiritual dedication embodied in abstaining from food, drink and sexual intercourse from dawn until dusk. At the end of Ramadan is the festival of Eid al-Fitr, a key occasion in the Muslim calendar. Friday is the day for congregational prayers, which are also known as Salat al- Jum’ah or Jum’ah prayers. Women are not obliged to participate in congregational prayers, except at Eid.
56 During prayer, worshippers face Makka. “Do you know what the rights of neighbours are?” A Muslim can pray in any clean place with the asked the noble Prophet use of a prayer mat when a mosque cannot (peace be upon him). And be attended. he went on to give a list. Fasting during Ramadan and Salat “Help him if he asks your help. Give (saying the obligatory him relief if he seeks your relief. prayers) are Lend him if he needs a loan. compulsory from Show him concern if he is puberty onwards. distressed. There are exceptions to this on health Nurse him when he is ill. grounds. Attend his funeral when he dies. Clothing ought to be modest for men and Congratulate him if he meets women when visiting a mosque. Clothing any good. appropriate to being seated on the floor is also Sympathise with him if any recommended. calamity befalls him. Shoes need to be Do not block his air by raising removed so your building high without his ensure that socks permission. and hosiery are Harass him not. clean and Give him a share when you buy presentable. fruits, and if you do not give him, Women will be bring what you buy quietly and let required to cover not your children take them out to their heads with a excite the jealousy of his scarf. There are children. usually separate ” entrances Hadith for men and women, and Muslim men and women perform wudu (ablutions) “And among God’s signs are the before entering the prayer room. creation of the heavens and the earth, and the variations in your languages and your colours; truly in that are signs for all living beings.” The Qur’an, Surah 30:22
57 Ward Councillors (Conservative): Martin Davies, Andrew Mennear, Dawn Somper
Frognal and Fitzjohns ward
Saint Lukes Church (Church Of England) Fax: 020-7794 2975 c/o Church Office, 12 Kidderpore Contact: The Revd. Mark Young Avenue, London, NW3 7SU The church is opposite Finchley Road Tel: 020-7631 6317, 020-7794 2634 Underground Station. The church has (Vicarage) Bible Study sessions, a House Group and Fax: 020-7431 6317 a World Prayer Group. Services on Email: [email protected] Sunday are at 10.30 and 18.00. Contact: The Church Administrator, Mrs Caroline Newton London Serene Reflection Meditation The main Sunday services are at 11.00 Group (Soto Zen Buddhist Group) and 19.00. The church has halls for hire Meets at Holy Trinity Church, Finchley for community groups, children’s Road, NW3 (opposite Finchley Road parties, etc. Underground station). Tel: 020-7585 1901 Saint Andrews United Reformed Church Contact: Mr James Donegan. c/o 33 Crediton Hill, London, NW6 1HS. Alternative contact Basia Janowska. The Church is on the corner of Finchley A group which follows the Serene Road and Frognal Lane, NW3 7DY. Reflection Meditation tradition (Soto Tel: 020-7435 7920 Zen). Offers meditation instruction to Contact: The Minister, Revd. Jonathan newcomers and an opportunity for Dean questions on Buddhist teaching and Worship is on Sundays 11.00 and practice. Meets Thursdays at 19.00. there is a Prayer Meeting on Thursdays Affiliated to the Order of Buddhist at 10.00. Contemplatives.
Holy Trinity Church (Finchley Road) Church Of Saint Thomas More (Church Of England) (Roman Catholic Church) Finchley Road, London, NW3 5HT Maresfield Gardens, London, NW3 5SU. Tel: 020-7435 0083 (Church), The Church is situated at the southern 020-7794 2975 (Vicarage) end of Maresfield Gardens opposite
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South Hampstead High School. Associate Minister, Revd. E.H. Tel: 020-7435 1388 (Presbytery) Robertson, 33 Briardale Gardens, NW3 Contact: The Parish Priest, Father 7PN Tel: 020-7435 2355; the Secretary, Ian Dickie Mrs M.E. Smith, 1 Gayton Road, NW3 Sunday Mass is at 10.00, 12.00 1TX Tel: 020-7794 4898; or the and 18.30. Treasurer Vernon Kirk, 35 Devon Close, Parent Body: Diocese of Westminster Perivale, Middlesex, UB6 7DN, Tel: 020-8997 8901. Hampstead Parish Church Sunday service is at 11.00. The church (Church Of England) is open on Sundays at 20.00 to provide Church Row, London, NW3 6UU food and friendship to homeless people Tel: 020-7794 5808 in Hampstead. Fax: 020-7794 5979 Parent Bodies: The Baptist Union and Email: the London Baptist Association [email protected] Website: hampsteadparishchurch.org.uk Contact: The Parish Clerk, Mrs Judy East
Saint Mary’s Church (Roman Catholic Church) Holly Place, Holly Walk, off Church Row, London, NW3 6RA Tel: 020-7435 6678 Contact: The Revd. Canon Daniel Cronin The church holds services on Saturdays at 19.00, Sundays at 08.30, 10.00, 11.30 and 18.30. Parent Body: Diocese of Westminster
Heath Street Baptist Church c/o 44b Great Percy Street, London, WC1X 9QR. The Church is at 84 Heath Street, NW3. Tel: 020-7278 8809 Email: [email protected] Contact: The Minister, Revd. Dr. M.E. Isaacs. Alternative contacts: The
59 Ward Councillors: Brian Cattell (Con), Mike Greene (Con), Margaret Little (Lib Dem)
Hampstead Town ward
Friends Meeting House Hampstead gatherings including prayer Friends Meeting House, 120 Heath meetings, talks and discussion Street, London, NW3 1DR evenings which are open to the Tel: 020-7435 9473 public. Telephone for times of meetings. Contact: The Resident Friend, Parent Body: Spiritual Assembly of the Mr John Joshua Bahá’ís of UK The Friends meet for worship on Sundays from 11.00 to 12.00. A crèche Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel is available during meetings. c/o Chapel Office, 3 Pilgrims Place, London, NW3 1NG. The Chapel on Christ Church (Church Of England) Rosslyn Hill, NW3. Hampstead Square, London, NW3 1AB Tel: 020-7433 3267 Tel: 020-7435 6784, 020-7435 6784 Fax: 020-7435 7457 (Church Office) Email: rosslyn.hill.unitarian.chapel@ukg Fax: 020-7435 6784 ateway.net Contact: The Vicar, Revd. Paul Conrad Website: www.rosslynhillchapel.com The church holds Sunday Eucharist at Contact: The Administrator, 11.00, Sunday Evening Prayer at 18.30 Mr Kate Bruntnell and Sunday School at 11.00. A Services are on Sundays at 11.00 and professional choir sings a wide range of 19.00. music on Sundays and gives concerts. Saint John’s Church (Downshire Hill) Spiritual Assembly Of The (Church Of England) Bahá’ís In Camden Downshire Hill, London, NW3 1NU c/o Flat 1, 19 Gardnor Road, Tel: 020-7794 8946 (Office) London, NW3 1HA Fax: 020-7794 8946 Tel: 020-7431 5167 Email: [email protected] Website: www.bahai.org.uk The Sunday services are at 10.30 Contact: Mr Ali Noroozi (family service) and 18.30 (informal The assembly organises community service). The church runs a children’s
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club for ages 2-12 Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 19.30 (home groups at various houses in the area), a Romans study group on Wednesdays at 19.30, and English classes Thursdays at 19.30.
62 Ward Councillors (Labour): Raj Chada, Janet Guthrie, John Mills
Gospel Oak ward
All Hallows Church (Church Of England) Beacon (Christian Church) c/o All Hallows Church Office, 52 17 Fleet Road, London, NW3 2QR Courthope Road, London, NW3 2LD. Tel: 020-7267 1041, 020-7267 1347 The Church entrance is in Savernake Email: [email protected] Road, NW3 and the Church Hall is in Website: www.grassroots.org.uk Courthope Road. Contact: Mr Andy Myall Tel: 020-7267 6317 (Church Office), The church holds a service on 020-7267 7833 (Vicarage) Sundays at 10.30. The Sunday service Fax: 020-7267 6317 includes family worship and two Contact: The Parish Priest, Father David children’s groups. Houlding. Father David Houlding is also Parent Body: Grassroots Trust the Church of England’s Area Dean of North Camden. Saint Martin’s Church The church holds Mass on Sundays (Church Of England) at 10.00. c/o Vicarage, 26 Vicars Road, London, NW5 4NL The church Gospel Oak Methodist Church is in Vicars Road, NW5. Agincourt Road, London, NW3 2NY Tel: 020-7485 3807 Tel: 020-7267 2181 (Church), Fax: 020-7485 3807 020-8459 2241 (Minister) Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected] Contact: The Minister, Revd. Bernardino Contact: The Revd. John A. Hayward Mandlate Services are held Sundays at 10.30 and Sunday services are held at 11.00 and Wednesdays at 19.00. Other activities 18.30 (first Sunday of the month, all include concerts, drama, a lace craft ages worship; second and third Sunday group and bell ringing. The church has of the month is Holy Communion). space for community meetings.
63 JAINISM Community Most Jains living in the U.K. are of Indian origin, mainly from the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan. Some migrated directly from India in the 1950s. Others, descendents of Indians who had earlier moved to East Africa, arrived from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda in the 1960s and 1970s. Two traditions of Jainism emerged in the third and fifth centuries BCE, the Shvetambara(white-robed) and the Digambara (sky-clad). The majority of Jains in the U.K. and globally are Shvetambara. The most common languages spoken are Gujarati, Hindi and English. In Camden there are no Jain places of worship. Origins Jainism originated in India, although its time of origin cannot be determined. Jainism believes in a cyclical nature of the universe. Jains believe in a universe without beginning, end or creator, hence Jains will refer to the present cycle of the cosmos. The word Jain means a follower of the Jinas (spiritual victors). This title, or that of Tirthankara, was given to a succession of teachers who, through their own spiritual struggle, are believed to have attained kevalajnana (infinite knowledge). Jains believe that there have been twenty-four Tirthankaras. In the present cycle of the cosmos the last of these 24 Tirthankaras, Vardhamana, usually called Mahavira (Great Victor) is believed to have been born in 599BCE in contemporary Bihar, India. At the age of thirty Mahavira began a twelve year spiritual quest, which resulted in his attainment of kevalajnana and the founding of the fourfold order of sadhus (monks) and sadhvis (nuns),shravakas (laymen) and shravikas (laywomen). Jainism does not believe in God as the creator of universe but as a liberated soul (Siddha) who has attained Moksha (liberation from the unending cycles of birth,
64 JAINISM Courtesy of The British Library death and re-birth). Every human being and every living being for that matter has the potential to attain Moksha and thus become God. One who is liberated is called Siddha. Scriptures Jain scriptures are composed of around sixty texts, known as the Shruta, Agamas or Siddhanta (doctrine) which incorporate the teachings of Mahavira and other Tirthankaras, with the majority of the texts being written in the ancient language of Ardhamagadhi. This literature is divided into the following three main groups of writings: the Purvas (Older Texts), The Angas (Limbs) and The Angabahya (Subsidiary Canon). There are also other texts, such as the Tattvartha Sutra, which is seen by contemporary Jains as summarising the key features of Jain teaching and as
65 Jainism providing the basis for contemporary Jain education. It was written in the second century BCE and was the first significant Jain text to be written in Sanskrit. Practice The cardinal principle of Jainism is Ahimsa. It means avoiding all harm, including mental harm, to even the smallest being whether they are animals, plants, insects or microbes. This is expressed in a strictly vegetarian diet. Dairy products are allowed but meat, eggs and honey are not. Certain vegetables that grow underground and produce numerous sprouts, like potatoes, or fruits with many seeds, such as figs, and fermented products such as alcohol, are prohibited. Some Jains, and all monks and nuns, do not eat after sunset or before sunrise. Worship Jains offer puja (worship) at their home three times daily, before dawn, at sunset and, at night. Jains also worship at Shevetambara or Digambara mandirs (temples). These mandirs contain images of one or more Tirthankaras in meditation, either standing or seated in the lotus position. Jains consider that the true path of emancipation does not begin until one renounces the household altogether to lead the life of a sadhu (male) or sadhvi (female). Sadhus and Sadhuis lead a life of complete celibacy, renounce all possessions and rely on the voluntary support of lay Jains. Meditation and yoga are inherent to Jain beliefs and teachings. Clothing ought to be modest for men and women when visiting a Jain temple. Clothing appropriate to being seated on the floor is also recommended. When sitting on the floor legs should be crossed, feet must not be pointing in the direction of the sacred area at the front of the temple, nor should one stand or sit with one’s back to this area, as this is considered disrespectful. Shoes need to be removed so ensure that socks and hosiery are clean and presentable. All leather objects should be left outside.
66 Ward Councillors (Labour): Maggie Cosin, Abdul Quadir, John Thane
Highgate ward
Church Of Saint Anargyre 09.30, Fridays at 07.30 and (Cosmas And Damianos) Saturdays at 10.30. 1 Gordon House Road, London, NW5 1LN Tel: 020-7485 5524 (Church) Church Of Saint Anne Highgate Contact: The Priest, Father Anastasis (Church Of England) A Greek Orthodox church which holds c/o 106 Highgate West Hill, its main services on Sundays at 10.00, London, N6 6AP. The Church is on Saturdays at 17.00 and on major Highgate West Hill, N6. Saints days. Tel: 020-8340 5190 Fax: 020-8340 5190 Highgate Road Chapel Contact: The Vicar, Father Andrew Corner of Chetwynd Road, Highgate Meldrum Road, London, NW5 1BS The church holds the following services: Tel: 020-7419 0709 Sundays at 08.00 (Said Eucharist), Contact: Mr Tim Collier 10.30 (Parish Eucharist), 18.00 (Evening Services are held on Sundays at 11.00 Prayer) Tuesdays at 19.30, Thursdays at and 18.30. A playgroup is run. 11.30 (Said Eucharist), Saturdays at Parent Body: The Fellowship of 17.00 (Holy Hour). Morning prayer is Independent Evangelical Churches held Monday to Thursday at 08.00. Evening prayer is held Mondays, Church Of Saint Mary Brookfield Wednesdays and Thursdays at 18.00. (Church Of England) A Sunday school for children takes place c/o 85 Dartmouth Park Road, London, on Sundays at 10.30. NW5 1SL. The Church is in Dartmouth Park Road, NW5. Saint Michael’s Church Highgate Tel: 020-7267 5941 (Church Of England) Fax: 020-7482 2136 South Grove, London, N6 6BJ Contact: The Revd. Guy Pope Tel: 020-8340 7279 Services are held on Sundays at 11.00, Contact: Mrs M. Holtby Tuesdays at 19.30, Wednesdays at The Parish Church of Highgate holds
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services on Sundays at 08.00, 09.45, 11.15 and 18.30.
Highgate United Reformed Church Pond Square, South Grove, London, N6 6BA Tel: 020-8341 5463, 020-8444 5076 (Minister) Contact: The Administrator, Mr Kenneth Smith. The Minister is Reverend Julian Templeton The service is held on Sundays at 10.30.
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Tel: 020-7722 2965 Christian Email: [email protected] Contact: Ms Marion Hill Christians 4 Camden Activities: Informal network and c/o PO Box 25324, London, NW5 4ZE information exchange for Christians Tel: 020-7482 4907 from local churches encouraging and Fax: 020-7482 4907 promoting inter-church activities, Email: [email protected] prayer and social action. Occasional Contact: Mr Paul Hickman newsletters sent to all churches in Activities: Works to aid church unity, Camden, and news is also circulated prays for the borough and those holding by Email and a web page on the responsibility in it (social services, police community website etc). Seeks to work together with the www.cityneighbours.com (groups and above to influence and help on a clubs). Holds information about a range practical basis. of styles of prayer and activity, including ecumenical services, Prayer with Songs Christian People’s Alliance: from Taize, Julian Meetings, study Hampstead and Highgate (CPA) groups, organ recitals and other music c/o 155 Wendling, Malden Road, in Camden’s churches. London, NW5 4QY Tel: 020-7482 1232 Footsteps Email: [email protected] Baptist Chaplaincy Office, Bloomsbury Website: www.cpalliance.net Central Baptist Church, 235 Shaftesbury Contact: The Borough Organiser, Mr Avenue, London, WC2H 8EP Humberto Heliotrope Tel: 020-7240 0544 Parent Body: Christian People’s Alliance Fax: 020-7836 6843 Email: [email protected] Christians Together In Camden Contact: Hugh Doyle c/o Saint Dominic’s Priory, Southampton Activities: Meets Wednesdays 19.30 at Road, London, NW5 4LB the Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church,
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235 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2. Bible Contact: Chair, Ms Rachael Walton based group for students and other Activities: Meets at the Friends Meeting young adults. Organises theatre trips, House, 120, Heath Street, NW3 on days out and occasional retreats. Tuesdays from 19.00 to 20.30. Holds open sessions for healing, no Hampstead Christian Forum appointment necessary. c/o 3 Holly Mount, London, NW3 6SG Contact: The Secretary, J.C. Hellings Activities: The Forum holds meetings Jewish three times a year at various locations. Ecumenical services and discussion Belsize Under Threes Parent groups are held. And Toddler Group Parent Body: Churches Together in Belsize Square Synagogue, North London 51 Belsize Square, London, NW3 4HX Tel: 020-7794 3949 Hampstead Christian Study Centre Fax: 020-7431 4559 c/o Flat 6, 53 Camden Park Road, Email: [email protected] London, NW1 9BH. Meet at the Crypt Website: www.synagogue.org.uk Room, Hampstead Parish Church, Contact: Mrs Henny Levin Church Row, NW3. Activities: Walk-in sessions Mondays, Tel: 020-7485 2074 Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays Contact: The Secretary, Miss D.I. Asher 09.30 to 11.30 for up to 30 children Activities: An ecumenical centre offering accompanied by a parent. Indoor and courses and lectures on different outdoor games, songs and movement. aspects of the Christian faith. A Friday morning Kiddush. different theme is dealt with each term, Parent Body: Belsize Square Synagogue notification of which is sent to local churches and the Ham and High. A Friends Of The Jewish Museum lecture is held on Wednesdays at 20.00. c/o Jewish Museum Camden, Raymond Burton House, 129-131 Albert Street, London, NW1 7NB Healing Tel: 020-7284 1997 Fax: 020-7267 9008 National Federation Of Spiritual Healers Email: [email protected] Hampstead Centre Website: www.jewishmuseum.org.uk Tel: 020-8952 3448 Activities: Friends group organising Email: [email protected] support and publicity for the museum
70 Local faith based organisations in Camden which has a programme of events, for disabled and ill Jewish people in newsletter and free admission to both their own homes. Open Monday to Camden and Finchley museums for Thursdays 110.00 to 16.30, Fridays members. 10.00 to 13.00.
Jewish Museum Camden Paul Balint AJR Day Centre Raymond Burton House, 129-131 15 Cleve Road, London, NW6 3RL Albert Street, London, NW1 7NB Tel: 020-7328 0208 Tel: 020-7284 1997 Fax: 020-7328 1482 Fax: 020-7267 9008 Website: www.ajr.org.uk Email: [email protected] Activities: A day centre for former Website: www.jewmusm.ort.org victims of Nazi persecution. Varied Activities: The museum has galleries range of activities with a programme with displays on Jewish religious life of entertainment on most days. Offers and Jewish history in Britain, including frozen kosher meals on wheels service Jewish ceremonial art. It has changing Tuesdays and Fridays, and takeaway exhibitions, educational programmes, frozen meals Monday to Thursday audio-visual programmes, a collection of for members only. Ring for details, Jewish ceremonial art and cultural Monday to Thursday 09.30 to 15.45; events. It also arranges travelling Sunday 14.00 to17.30. displays and guided walks. Social Parent Body: Association of Jewish history displays and Holocaust Refugees education is also available at the Museum’s location in Finchley Tel: 020-8349 1143. The two sites are Meditation to become one at the Camden Town address. The museum is open Monday- Life Eternal Trust Thursday 10.00-16.00, Sunday 10.00- c/o 4 Crossfield Road, London, 17.00 but closed on Jewish festivals NW3 4NJ and public holidays. Tel: 020-7722 0165 Contact: Mr C. Heinsen Friends Of The Sick Activities: Meets at Hampstead (Chevrat Bikkur Cholim) Community Centre, 78 High Street, 463a Finchley Road, London, NW3 6HN NW3 on Thursdays at 19.30. Tel: 020-7435 0836 Meditation with Sahaja Yoga takes Contact: Mrs E. Weitzman place at no charge. Activities: Provides nursing help
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World Assembly Of Muslim Youth Muslim 46 Goodge Street, London, W1T 4LX Tel: 020-7636 7010 Muslim World League Fax: 020-7636 7080 46 Goodge Street, London, W1T 4LU Email: [email protected] Tel: 020-7636 7568 Website: www.wamy.co.uk Fax: 020-7637 5034 Contact: Mr Nourredine Miladi Contact: Mr G. Rahman Activities: Organises student camps, Activities: Offers prayer, advice, study circles, conferences, training and counselling, information and education. open days about Islam to non-Muslim Open Monday-Friday 10.00-16.30. organisations and communities. Publishes books and pamphlets and UK Islamic Mission distributes materials. Provides exhibition 202 North Gower Street, London, materials about Islam to schools and NW1 2LY colleges. Offers sports activities. Open Tel: 020-7387 2157 Monday-Friday 09.30-17.30. Fax: 020-7383 0867 Website: www.ukim.org Contact: Mr Nisar Mir Activities: A charity preaching Islam, providing welfare work, including a marriage bureau for Muslims, and Arabic classes (for adults). Open Monday-Friday 10.00-18.00.
Union Of Muslim Families (UK) also known as Muslim Advice Centre 46 Goodge Street, London, W1T 4LU Tel: 020-7637 1971 Contact: Mrs Qamar Syed Activities: Counselling and advice for Muslim families living in Britain by appointment on Tuesdays and Fridays 11.00-15.00.
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Institute Of The Blessed Virgin Mary London Jewish Cultural Centre 49 Fitzjohns Avenue, London, NW3 6PG Incorporating the work of the Tel: 020-7794 4972 Spiro Institute Fax: 020-7431 6118 c/o Kings College London, Kidderpore Email: [email protected] Avenue, London, NW3 7SZ Contact: Sister Ann Stafford Tel: 020-7431 0345 Activities: House of residence for Roman Fax: 020-7431 0361 Catholic sisters engaged in a variety of Email: [email protected] spiritual and social projects in the Website: www.ljcc.org.uk London area. Contact: Georgina Irving Parent Body: The Bar Convent, 17 Activities: Teaches Jewish history and Blossom Street, York YO24 1AQ culture including art, music, film, literature and modern Hebrew as well London Baptist Association as offering tours of Jewish interest and 235 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, providing Holocaust education in WC2H 8EP schools. Works in close co-operation Tel: 020-7692 5592 with other Jewish organisations. Fax: 020-7692 5593 Email: [email protected] Website: www.londonbaptist.org.uk Activities: Engaged in the advancement of the Christian faith (Baptist denomination) in London.
73 Community The first Jewish settlers in the U.K. arrived after 1066CE. Their descendants were expelled in 1290CE. Jewish migrants were then allowed to stay in the U.K. after the English Civil War (1642CE-1646CE). The Jewish community in the U.K. consists of both Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jews. Sephardi is the name given to Jews who came originally from Spain, Portugal and the Middle East. Sephardi Jews have the longest communal history in the U.K. settling in the mid-seventeenth century, but the majority of Jews in the U.K. today are descendants of two periods of immigration by Ashkenazi Jews. Ashkenazi is the name given to Jews of Central and East European origin. JUDAISM Ashkenazi Jews migrated from 1881 and 1914 to the U.K. for asylum or economic reasons. There was further immigration after 1933 following the Nazi persecution of Jews in Germany and other parts of Europe. Since 1956 small numbers of Jewish immigrants have arrived from Arab and East European countries, and there is also an Israeli Jewish Community in the U.K. 70% of Jews are affiliated to a synagogue. Of these about 60% belong to Orthodox synagogues, 27% to Reform and Liberal synagogues and 1.5% to Masorti (Conservative Judaism) synagogues. English is normally used among U.K. Jews, as it is largely a community that has been established in the U.K. for up to four generations, but Hebrew and Yiddish are also spoken.
74 Hebrew is the language of the Bible, of prayer and of modern Israel. The Jewish Diaspora (the dispersion of people and the collective name for Jewish communities outside of Israel) is world-wide, so Jewish people will also speak the language of the countries in which they have settled. The main national representative organisation for British Jews is the Board of Deputies of British Jews, founded in 1760, and now based in Camden. In Camden there are 6 synagogues. Origins It is believed that God entered into a Brit (a covenant through which God is believed to have formed a permanent relationship) with the Jewish community. This was firstly through Abraham, around 2000BCE, who is seen as the patriarch of the Jewish people. Moses led the Exodus of the Hebrew people from slavery in Egypt around 1300BCE. During this Exodus Jewish people believe that God made fundamental revelations (the Torah) to them through Moses on Mount Sinai. Canaan (modern day Israel), which the Jewish believed was a land promised to them by God, was conquered, a Jewish kingdom established and a Temple built as a focus of worship in Jerusalem around 970 - 930BCE. The Temple was destroyed in 586BCE by the Babylonians, rebuilt around 520-515BCE and then destroyed again by the Romans in 70CE, this led to a further Diaspora. In 1948, following the Holocaust of European Jewry, the modern State of Israel was founded and once more became a central focus of Jewish life. Scriptures Judaism is derived from the Jewish scriptures, referred to by Christians as the Old Testament, known amongst Jews as the Tenakh. This is an acronym of the names of the three constituent sections: the Torah, the Nevi’im and the Ketuvim.
75 JUDAISM TheTorah (teaching) consists of the five books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The Nevi’im (prophets) contains the books of the prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and 12 others. It also includes historical books, which cover the period up to the Babylonian exile (586BCE). TheKetuvim (writings) contains the major sources of Jewish liturgy and spiritual expression. Practice Judaism has a series of important food regulations known as kashrut, meaning ‘fitness’. Animals, birds and fish might be either kosher (permitted) or trief (forbidden). Animals that can be eaten are all those with split hooves and which chew the cud, such as sheep, cows and deer. Pigs, rabbits, horses and birds of prey are unacceptable. Other birds are allowed provided that there is a tradition that the bird is kosher and eggs are only considered kosher if they are from kosher fowl. Fish, which have fins and scales, are permitted, so cod is acceptable but prawns are not. Food, which contains or has been cooked in products from unacceptable sources, is not kosher. Kosher meat is slaughtered by a shochet (a qualified slaughterer) under the supervision of the Beth Din (religious court). Shechitah (slaughter according to Jewish law) involves draining of blood from the animal by slitting its throat. The meat is then soaked and salted (or broiled) to remove excess blood (kashered) . Provided that they are clear of all insects, fruit and vegetables are all acceptable and considered parve, which means that they are neither milk nor meat products and can be eaten with both.
76 Jewish law prevents the mixing of milk foods with meat foods. Separate sets of kitchen utensils are used for the two types of food and a time lapse is observed between eating one type of food and the other. Glass (but not Pyrex) can be used for both types of food. Fish may be served with milk, but then it would not be served at the same meal as meat. Observance to these rules varies amongst Jews, but it is always wise to check what dietary requirements are necessary when providing food for Jewish people. Jewish law states that a male baby is circumcised on the eighth day of his life. At the age of thirteen there is the Barmitzvah (son of commandment) ceremony in which a young male becomes a fully responsible member of the community. This has been paralleled by the introduction of Batmitzvah (daughter of commandment ceremony) for females, which began in Progressive Judaism, but has spread to Orthodox circles. Worship ‘He in whom the The Shabbat (or Sabbath) is central to Jewish life. It is spirit of his observed as a day of worship, rest and peace. Shabbat fellow-creatures begins about half an hour before sunset on a Friday evening takes delight, in and ends at nightfall on the Saturday night. During Shabbat him the spirit of it is forbidden for Jews to engage in any activity that is the All-present considered as work. The rule is interpreted in various ways takes delight.’ by different Jewish traditions. Pirke Avot The principal place of communal Jewish worship is (Ethics of the the synagogue. Many synagogues have a management Fathers) from committee, which could be approached as the first point the Mishnah of contact. Dress ought to be modest for men and women when visiting a synagogue, covering the legs and arms. Women should wear a skirt or dress, but not trousers. There is sometimes a separate area for women. Men and boys should cover their head when visiting a synagogue.
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AJ6 (Association Of Jewish Sixth Formers) Churches Together In England Hillel House, 1-2 Endsleigh Street, 27 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 0DS London, WC1H 9HH Tel: 020-7387 3384 Tel: 020-7529 8131 Fax: 020-7387 3392 Fax: 020-7529 8134 Email: [email protected] Website: www.churches-together.org.uk Website: www.aj6.org Contact: Executive Officer, Ms Judith Activities: Non-political Jewish youth Lampard organisation run by young people. Activities: National ecumenical body for Arranges educational and social events, Christian churches in England. and summer tours for 15-18 year olds. Also provides a service to all Jewish fifth Free Church Women’s Forum and sixth formers at school and prepares 27 Tavistock Square, them for a Jewish life at university. London, WC1H 9HH Tel: 020-7529 8141 Board Of Deputies Of British Jews Fax: 020-7529 8134 6 Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2LP Contact: Executive Officer, Tel: 020-7543 5421/2 Ms Pauline Main Fax: 020-7543 0010 Activities: National organisation which Email: [email protected] helps women of the free churches work Website: www.bod.org.uk together. Specially concerned with Activities: This is the main national welfare work with elderly people and representative organisation for British single parents. Jews. It provides a telephone information service, where trained volunteers give information on all aspects of Jewish home and community life in the UK and overseas. Open Monday to Thursday 10.00-17.00, Fridays 10.00-13.00 (not Jewish holidays).
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Friends House Euston Road Jews For Jesus Friends House, 173 Euston Road, 174 Finchley Road, London, NW3 6BP London, NW1 2BJ. Tel: 020-7431 9636 Tel: 020-7663 1000 Fax: 020-7431 6828 Fax: 020-7663 1001 Email: [email protected] Website: www.quaker.org.uk Website: www.jewsforjesus.org.uk Activities: National headquarters of the Contact: The U.K. Director, Mr Joseph Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Steinberg Activities: Organisation concerned with Inter Faith Network For The the Jewish roots of Christianity. United Kingdom 5-7 Tavistock Place, League Of Jewish Women London, WC1H 9SN 24-32 Stephenson Way, Tel: 020-7388 0008 London, NW1 2JW Fax: 020-7387 7968 Tel: 020-7387 7688 Email: [email protected] Fax: 020-7387 2110 Website: www.interfaith.org.uk Email: Activities: Links a wide range of [email protected] organisations working in the field of Website: inter-faith relations to encourage www.leagueofjewishwomen.org.uk contact and dialogue between different Contact: Mrs L. Peltz faith communities. Activities: Voluntary community service organisation with 60 branches Irish Chaplaincy In Britain throughout the country. Contact the 50-52 Camden Square, headquarters for details of the North London, NW1 9XB West End group which covers the Swiss Tel: 020-7482 5528 Cottage, Hampstead, St John’s Wood Fax: 020-7482 4815 and Maida Vale area. Open Monday- Contact: Director Sister Lucy Troy Thursday 09.30-17.00. Activities: Works with local churches, local authorities and welfare advice agencies for the moral and spiritual welfare of Irish immigrants. Open Monday to Friday from 10.00 to 16.00.
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Three Faiths Forum Union Of Liberal And Progressive Star House, 104 Grafton Road, Synagogues London, NW5 4BD Montagu Centre, 21 Maple Street, Tel: 020-7485 2538 London, W1T 4BE Fax: 020-7485 4512 Tel: 020-7580 1663 Email: [email protected] Fax: 020-7436 4184 Website: www.threefaithsforum.org.uk Email: [email protected] Contact: The co-ordinator, Mr Sidney Contact: The Executive Director, L. Shipton Rabbi Charles H. Middleburgh or the Activities: Encourages friendship, Administrative Director, Mr Michael goodwill and understanding amongst A. Burman. people of the three Abrahamic monotheistic faiths, Christianity, Judaism and Islam on the basis of mutual respect. Forms local forum groups throughout the U.K. and suggests twinning of local places of worship (mosques, churches and synagogues). Provides speakers to groups who wish to promote inter-faith activities.
Union Of Jewish Students Hillel House, 1-2 Endsleigh Street, London, WC1H 0DS Tel: 020-7387 4644 Fax: 020-7383 0390 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ujs.org.uk Contact: Naomi. Activities: A Jewish student union providing services for Jewish students on campus, with a membership of 5000. Open Monday to Friday, 09.30 to 17.30.
80 SIKHISM Community Sikhs, as with members of other faith groups originating in South Asia, have resided in the U.K. in small numbers for centuries. Some settled here between the 1920s and 1940s, but it was with the post war immigration of the 1950s and 1960s that significant numbers of Sikhs settled. Most of the first generation of Sikhs to migrate to the U.K. came directly from the Punjab, but a significant minority is descended from Sikhs who had previously migrated to East Africa and other former British colonies. Over 80% of the world’s Sikhs live in the Punjab, a north- east Indian state. The Sikh population in the U.K. is, however, the largest outside the Indian sub-continent. The first gurdwara (Sikh temple) to open in the U.K. was in 1911 in Shepherd’s Bush. Most Sikhs speak Punjabi and English. Gurmukhi is the script of the Sikh scriptures, which is also used for writing the modern Punjabi language. In Camden there is no Sikh gurdwara. Origins Sikhism is rooted in the teachings of the ten Gurus, the first of which was Guru Nanak Dev (1469-1539), who was born at Talwandi in the Punjab and renamed Nankana Sahib in his honour. Nankana Sahib today lies within Pakistan’s borders, as the former province of Punjab was partitioned in 1947.
81 Guru Nanak Dev received a call to preach the Word of God at the age of thirty. After travelling extensively within and beyond the Indian sub-continent he settled in Kartapur in the Punjab where he founded a community, which became known as Sikhs, meaning disciples, or learners. The Sikhs were then led by a succession of eight Gurus. The early Sikhs faced persecution under the Mughal Empire and many were martyred for their faith. In 1699, the tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, completed the spiritual and temporal structure of the Sikh faith by instituting the Amrit Pahu l, which is the initiation into theKhalsa Panth (Sikh community). Sikhs emerged as a structured community in Punjab with military, economic and governmental structures, and was established as a sovereign state in 1799 under Maharajah Ranjit Singh. After the tenth Guru, Sikhism acknowledges no more human Gurus, but the Guru Granth Sahib is seen as embodying the living and authoritative word of God. In the Indian context the word guru usually refers to spiritual leader, but among Sikhs when applied to the ten Gurus, its significance is much greater. The Sikh gurus are considered as divine teachers who conveyed God’s word. Scriptures The Guru Granth Sahib is a title of honour for the scriptures, which are otherwise known as the Adi Granth. The Guru Granth Sahib in its present form contains 5817 shabads (hymns) set to 31 rags (musical compositions) in 1430 pages. The Dasam Granth is also an important book, which incorporates the work of a number of poets and also the writings of Guru Gobind Singh. Practice Sikhs avoid tobacco, alcohol and other intoxicants. Meat is permitted for consumption if it is jhatka , which means that the animal is killed instantaneously and with one stroke. Many Sikhs are vegetarian. Beef is not eaten. Langar is a communal meal that is provided free to all who attend the gurdwara. The food that is provided will not contain meat, fish, eggs or their by-products. Wearing or adhering to what has become known in English as the five Ks identifies many Sikhs. The five Ks are: Kesh (hair), Sikhs are required not to cut or remove their hair. Sikh men usually tie their hair and cover it with a turban, women may also
82 Courtesy of The British Library on the recognises nopriesthood,butagianiislearnedanddevoutperson whohasmeditated India beforethecreationofSikhism. people’s names.NotallSinghsareSikhs,however, asthenameSinghwasinusage employ a Any adultmaleorfemaleSikhcanperformreligiousceremonies, butmany for one’s backtoit, asthisisconsidereddisrespectful. pointing inthe direction oftheGuruGranthSahib, norshouldonestandor sitwith prayer hall.Whensittingonthe floorlegsshouldbecrossed,feetmustnot and menarerequiredtocover theirheadsandwashhandsbeforeenteringthe to beremovedsoensurethat socksandhosieryarecleanpresentable.Women Clothing appropriatetobeing seated onthefloorisalsorecommended.Shoesneed Clothing oughttobemodestformenandwomenwhenvisiting a A managementcommitteeusuallyrunsthe No singledayoftheweekisholyforSikhs,butinU.K. the morning prayer, eveningprayerandabeforeretiringforthenight. often saidinthehome.Thedailyprayerroutineconsistsofthreeprayers:anearly Congregational Sikhworshiptakes placeina Worship ‘All arecreatedfromtheseedofGod.Thereis sameclayinthewholeworld, the potter (God) makes many kinds of pots.’ Guru AmarDas,Bhairo the potter(God)makesmanykindsofpots.’Guru sadh sangat Guru GranthSahib granthi , whoisaprofessionalreaderofthe (congregational prayer)attheweekend. and interpretsitsmeaningtothecongregation. of thecastesystem,whichwasreflectedin princess. ThiswaspartofSikhism’s rejection Sikh womentake thenameKaur, meaning take thesurnameSingh,meaninglion,andall Guru GobindSinghinstitutedthatallSikhmen garment anda bangle. A worn inthehair. A wear turbans. 83 gurdwara gurdwar Kachhera Guru GranthSahib a, althoughprivateprayersare . Kangha Kirpan Kara is akneelengthunder- , acurvedsword. gurdwara (comb) whichis is anironorsteel gurdwara . Sikhism gurdwaras is visited . Places of worship outside Camden by borough
Sunday services held at City Temple, City of London Holborn Viaduct, EC1. Organises activities including camping trips, family City Temple (United Reformed Church) counselling, Bible studies, youth group, Holborn Viaduct, London, EC1A 2DE elderly group and other services. Tel: 020-7583 5532 Fax: 020-7353 1083 Email: [email protected] Islington Contact: Richard Evans. Alternative Contact: Louisa Evans Al-Nahar Mosque And Education Centre Activities: Sunday morning service at 70 Caledonian Road, London, N1 9DN 10.30; Monday lunchtime prayer Tel: 020-7833 5959 fellowship at 13.15-13.45. Thursday Contact: Mr N.M. Chowdhury lunchtime service at 13.15-13.45; the Activities: Religious services, and Prayer Chapel is open Monday to Friday. classes in Islam, Bengali mother-tongue Food and refreshments are available at language and English language classes the lunchtime service. Conference for children and adults. Open for prayer rooms are available for hire (capacity 8 Monday to Sunday 12.00-21.00. to 900). Camden Road Baptist Church Spanish Christian Group Also known as Hilldrop Road, London, N7 0JE Comunidad Cristiana De Londres Tel: 020-7607 7355 c/o 12 Delhi Street, London, N1 0AN Contact: Mr Brian Wightwick Tel: 020-7833 4429 Activities: Services on Sundays at 10.30 Fax: 020-7833 5950 and 18.30 (second and fourth Sunday Email: [email protected] only). The church is in Hilldrop Road, N7 Contact: The Pastor, Dr Edmundo Ravelo in the borough of Islington. Various Activities: Services Sundays 14.00 and activities are held at the church 17.00, Fridays 18.30 and Saturdays throughout the week. 16.00 (service for young people).
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King’s Cross Baptist Church Formerly and 12.15. Vernon Baptist Church Parent Body: Diocese of Westminster 1 Vernon Rise, London, WC1X 9EP and Polish Catholic Mission in England Tel: 020-7837 3976, 020-7278 7182 and Wales Contact: The Secretary Activities: Service Sundays at 11.00 and Redemption Charismatic Fellowship 18.30 on the first Sunday of the month). c/o Upper Holloway Baptist Church, Drop-in Centre Monday and Wednesday 11 Tollington Way, London, N7 6RG 11.00 to 13.00. Tel: 020-7263 6510 Fax: 020-7687 9038 Muslim Welfare House Contact: Olive Thomas 233 Seven Sisters Road, Activities: Offers befriending, London, N4 2DA counselling, support and healing. Tel: 020-7263 3071 Planning to offer a free food service Fax: 020-7281 2687 for people in need. Email: [email protected] Contact: Mr Fadi Itani Saint Josephs (Roman Catholic Church) Activities: Provides advice, counselling, Highgate Hill, London, N19 5NE. classes in computing, ESOL, The Church is on the corner of dressmaking and life skills, mother Dartmouth Park Hill and Highgate tongue schools, after school homework Hill, N19. club, drop-in translation service, and Tel: 020-7272 2320 Community Enterprise Support. Open Fax: 020-7281 9433 Monday to Friday 09.30 to 18.30. Email: [email protected] Website: www.stjosephshighgate.org Polish Church Of Our Lady Of Contact: The Parish Priest, Father Czestochowa And Saint Casimir Daniel Donovan (Roman Catholic Church) Activities: Services Saturdays at 19.00. 2 Devonia Road, London, N1 8JJ Sundays at 08.00, 10.00, 12.00 and Tel: 020-7226 9944 19.00, Polish Mass 13.30. Service Fax: 020-7359 8042 times during the week are listed on Email: [email protected] the noticeboard in the courtyard. Activities: Services Mondays, Tuesdays, Parent Body: Diocese of Westminster and Thursdays at 07.30 and 10.30, Wednesdays and Fridays at 07.30 and 19.30, Saturdays at 07.30 and 18.00 and Sundays at 08.00, 09.30, 11.00
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Salvation Army Archway Corps Tel: 020-8449 3302 Archway Citadel, 30 Junction Road, Contact: The Secretary, Mr Hywel London, N19 5RE G. Thomas Tel: 020-7272 9205 Activities: Sunday services at 16.00, Activities: Sunday worship at 10.30 and prayer meetings on Thursdays at 19.30. 15.30. Times of other activities are: homeless persons’ drop-in Mondays 11.00-14.00 with free food, clothing, Haringey blankets, hair cutting and grooming, snooker and table tennis. Luncheon Highgate Hill Murugan Temple club, mainly for older people, Tuesdays 200a Archway Road, London, N6 5BA and Fridays at 12.30. Also provides food Tel: 020-8348 9835 (Admin) parcels for those who require them. Fax: 020-8482 6508 Coffee morning and jumble sale, first Contact: The Administrator, Wednesday of the month at 10.30. Mr K. Nagarajah Over-60s Club Fridays at 13.30-14.30. Activities: Hindu temple with daily Home League women’s meeting services (Poojas) morning, noon and Tuesdays 14.00-15.00. evening in Tamil and Sanskrit. The temple complex includes a hall for use South African Congregation by temple devotees for social purposes also known as SA Gemeente and a large basement hall for weddings. Tabernacle Welsh Congregational The office is open seven days a week Church, 243-245 Pentonville Road, 09.00 to 14.00 and 17.00 to 18.00 and London, N1 9NJ the temple is open seven days a week Tel: 020-7837 0418 08.00 to 14.00 and 17.00 to 21.00. Email: [email protected] Website: www.sagemeente.com London Mennonite Centre Contact: Dr Dawie van Vuuren 14 Shepherds Hill, London, N6 5AQ Activities: Christian church which holds Tel: 020-8340 8775 services on Sundays at 10.00, 18.00 Fax: 020-8341 6807 and 19.30, Sunday School at 11.00 and Email: [email protected] meetings on Wednesdays at 19.00. Website: www.menno.org.uk Activities: Followers of the Tabernacle Welsh Congregational Church Anabaptist/Mennonite tradition hold the c/o 100 Meadway, Barnet, Herts, EN5 Sunday church service at Westbury 5JX. The Church is at 247 Pentonville Avenue Baptist Church Hall, Westbury Road, N1. Avenue, N22 at 15:00. The centre has a
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library with about 6,000 titles, a book service, holds seminars, conflict Brent mediation training for congregations, Kilburn Christian Fellowship (formerly and has a prayer hut for private retreats. Kilburn Evangelical Free Church) Open Monday to Friday 09.00-17.00. c/o 97 Chevening Road, London, NW6 6DA (The Church is at 2 Aldershot North London Zoroastrian Association Road, NW6 7LG.) Tel: 020-8969 7597 c/o 1 Salisbury Mansions, Contact: Pastor Jem C. Trehern St Anns Road, London, N15 3JP Activities: An Evangelical church in Tel: 020-8800 3698 Brent, the main service is on Sundays at Contact: Mr F Madon 11.00. A Bible Study Group is held on Activities: Regional organisation for Wednesdays at 20.00. Zoroastrians. The church also runs a luncheon club, mothers and toddlers group and English Barnet classes for refugees on Mondays and Thursdays from 10.00 to 12.00. Heruka Buddhist Centre 13 Woodstock Road, London, NW11 8ES Kilburn Salvation Army Community Tel: 020-8455 7563 Church (formerly Salvation Army Fax: 020-8905 5280 Kilburn Goodwill Centre) Email: [email protected] 55 Chichester Road, London, NW6 5QW Website: www.meditateinlondon.com Tel: 020-7328 1312 Contact: Ai Peng McBretney Contact: The Joint Commanding Activities: A residential Buddhist centre Officers, Mr. David Pell and Julie Pell offering meditation and relaxation Activities: The Sunday service is held classes suitable for beginners and from 11.15 to 12.15, Guides (for girls those with some previous experience. aged 10-14) on Wednesdays at 18.30 Classes are held at the centre and other to 20.00, Lunch club for over 60’s on locations in London. Many members are Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 12.00, from Hampstead, Highgate and North the Wednesday at Two Club for over West London. Ring for a brochure. 60’s on Wednesday 14.00 to 15.00, Classes are held on Tuesdays and play session for under-fives 10.00 to Wednesdays 19.30 to 21.00 and 11.00, Tiny Tots parent and toddler Sundays 11.30 to 13.00. group Mondays 11.00 to 13.00, Chatterbox Club for parents and toddlers on Fridays from 11.00 to 13.00
88 Places of worship outside Camden by borough and Musical Tots for under-fives on Email: [email protected] Tuesdays and Fridays 10.00 to 11.00. Contact: The Pastor Revd. Iain Batty Activities: Church service on Sundays at Shree Swaminarayan Temple 10.30, Prayer Meeting Wednesdays at (Willesden Lane) 20.00, Men’s meeting first Sunday of 220-222 Willesden Lane, London, the month at 09.45. Sudanese church NW2 5RG service and Ethiopian church service Tel: 020-8459 4506 also held on alternate Sundays. Fax: 020-8830 4651 Email: [email protected] Buddhist Society Website: www.shreeswaminarayan.org.uk 58 Eccleston Square, London, SW1V 1PH Contact: The secretary Mr K.D. Patel Tel: 020-7834 5858 Activities: Hindu temple holding daily Fax: 020-7976 5238 worship from 08.00-11.00 and Email: [email protected] 16.00-20.00. Website: www.thebuddhistsociety.org.uk Contact: The General Secretary, Mr Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Ronald Maddox 105-119 Brentfield Road, Activities: Lectures, classes, summer London, NW10 8JP schools, library, bookstall, meditation, Tel: 020-8965 2651 information service and prospectus. Fax: 020-8965 6313 Open Monday to Friday 14.00-18.00 and Email: [email protected] Saturdays 14.00-17.00. Website: www.swaminarayan- baps.org.uk Chinese Church In London Activities: Hindu mandir (temple) Murti 81 Chiltern Street, London, W1M 1HT. Darshan times, Monday to Friday 09.00- The Chiltern Street address is the 11.00, 11.45-12.00, 16.00-18.30 and on administrative office; services are held Saturdays and Sundays 09.00-11.00, at venues shown. 11.45-12.30, and 15.30-18.30. Tel: 020-7486 0286, 020-7486 0592 Fax: 020-7935 9113 Email: [email protected] Westminster Website: www.ccil.org.uk Activities: Services in Mandarin and Abbey Road Baptist Church English translation on Sundays at 14a-16a Abbey Road, London, 10.00 at North Westminster Community NW8 9BD Upper School, North Wharf Road, W2. Tel: 020-7624 3807 Services in Cantonese on Sundays at
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09.30 in English on Sundays at 11.45 Women’s meeting every two months at North Westminster Lower School, and monthly family meetings. The Penfold Street, NW1. church also offers counselling and advice to individuals. Church Of Our Lady (Roman Catholic Church) Islamic Cultural Centre and London c/o 54 Lodge Road, London, NW8 8LA. Central Mosque also known as The Church is in Lisson Grove, NW8. Regent’s Park Mosque Tel: 020-7286 3214 146 Park Road, London, NW8 7RG Fax: 020-7266 5859 Tel: 020-7724 3363 Activities: The church parish covers Fax: 020-7724 0493 Broxwood Way, St Stephens Close and Email: [email protected] St Edmunds Terrace in Primrose Hill part Website: www.islamicculturalcentre.co.uk of Camden. Sunday Mass at 08.00, 09.30, Activities: Muslim prayers plus a variety 10.45, 12.00 and 18.00 (and Saturdays of other activities. The centre organises at 18.00). Daily Mass 10.00, 18.00. health education and health checks for Parent Body: Diocese of Westminster members of the Muslim community and is involved in the welfare of Muslim Church Of Scotland Crown Court Church prisoners in Britain. Groups (eg. school c/o The Manse, 53 Sidmouth Street, visits) by appointment only. The office is London, WC2B 8JB. The Church is in open daily 09.00-17.00. Russell Street, WC2. Tel: 020-7278 5022, 020-7836 5643 London Iskcon (Radha Krishna Temple) (Church) 10 Soho Street, London, W1D 3DL Fax: 020-7836 5643 Tel: 020-7437 3662 Website: www.crowncourtchurch.org.uk Fax: 020-7439 1127 Contact: The Minister, Revd. Sigrid Marten Email: [email protected] Activities: Services on Sundays 11.15 Website: www.iskcon-london.com and 18.30, and Thursdays at 13.10 Activities: Open for meditation, mantras, (about 20 minutes). music, lectures and classes. Harinam (chanting in the streets) held Monday to Ethiopian Christian Fellowship Church Friday 15.00 and Saturdays 19.45. The PO Box LB 630, London, W1 9LB. temple runs Govinda’s Vegetarian The Church address is 13-14 North restaurant and Indian shop. Open Audley Street, W1. Monday to Sunday from 07.00 to 21.30. Tel: 020-7833 3309 Activities: Sunday worship 16.30-18.30.
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Notre Dame De France Spanish And Portuguese Synagogue (Roman Catholic Church) 2 Ashworth Road, London, W9 1JY 5 Leicester Place, Leicester Square, Tel: 020-7289 2573 London, WC2H 7BX Fax: 020-7289 2709 Tel: 020-7437 9363 Contact: The Secretary, Mr Howard Miller Fax: 020-7437 9364 Activities: A Sephardi synagogue open Email: Monday to Thursday from 09.00 to 17.00. [email protected] Website: www.notredame.fsnet.co.uk Swedish Church Contact: Fr. Bernard Boisseau 6 Harcourt Street, London, W1H 4AG Activities: Roman Catholic church in Tel: 020-7723 5681 Westminster for French speaking Fax: 020-7724 2178 people. During the week worship is in Email: [email protected] English, and in French at weekends. The Website: www.swedish-church.org.uk church is open 09.30-20.30 and holds Activities: The church also offers advice, weekday mass at 12.15 and 18.15. On support and a social centre for Swedish Saturdays at 18.00 and on Sundays at young people in London, including au 10.00 and 11.30. The church provides pairs. It has a reading room with pastoral outreach chaplaincy to the Swedish newspapers, TV, coffee, etc. French Lycée and other French schools Telephone enquiries Monday to Friday in London and preparation for Baptism, 10.00-13.00 and 14.00-17.00. Holy Communion and Confirmation. The Parent Body: Church of Sweden Parish Secretary is available Monday to Friday 10.00 to 18.00. Parent Body: Roman Catholic Diocese of Kensington and Chelsea Westminster Central Gurdwara (Khalsa Jatha) London Saint John’s Wood Orthodox 62 Queensdale Road, London, W11 4SG Synagogue (United) Tel: 020-7636 9084 37-41 Grove End Road, London, NW8 9NG Fax: 020-7631 3724 Tel: 020-7286 3838 Contact: Mr T.S. Sahni Fax: 020-7266 2123 Activities: Sikh worship seven days a Email: [email protected] week 06.30 to 08.30, Wednesdays and Website: www.unitedsynagogue.org.uk Sundays 18.30-20.30. Music classes Contact: Administrator Mrs Loraine Young and Sunday schools are also run. Activities: Service times vary depending on the time of year, please ring for details.
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Southwark Enfield
Finnish Church In London Nanak Darbar Gurdwara 33 Albion Street, London, SE16 1JG 136 High Road, London, N11 1PJ Tel: 020-7237 4668 (Cafeteria), Tel: 020-8368 7104 020-7237 1261(Office) Activities: Sikh worship seven days Fax: 020-7237 1245 a week from 05.30-08.00 and Email: [email protected] 18.30-20.00. Service with a women’s Website: www.merimieskirkko.fi choir Wednesday 11.30-14.30. Contact: The Welfare Officer/Administration Activities: Church service and clubs, sport, musical events, au pair meetings and excursions, Finnish library, Finnish food and gifts. Cafeteria. Annual programme of festivities. Member of the Advisory group for Au Pairs. Open Monday to Thursday 10.00 to16.00.
London City Mission 175 Tower Bridge Road, London, SE1 2AH Tel: 020-7407 7585 Fax: 020-7403 6711 Email: [email protected] Website: www.lcm.org.uk Evangelical Christian organisation whose work includes running Christian Centres (including Covent Garden Christian Centre in Camden), supporting churches, hospitals and schools and providing chaplaincy in workplaces.
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Contact: Rector Bernard Boisseau Christian Activities: Roman Catholic Church services for French speaking people. Cara Trust Advice and support for young people, The Cara Centre, 95 Sirdar Road, refugees and homeless people. London, W11 4EQ Voluntary and professional help for Tel: 020-7792 8299 refugees. Open Monday to Friday Fax: 020-7792 8004 10.00-18.00. Email: [email protected] Parent Body: Diocese of Westminster Contact: Mr Paul Kirwan. Activities: One-to-one emotional and Saint Gabriel’s Project For Mental Health pastoral support for people infected and 77 Chichele Road, London, NW2 3AQ affected by HIV/AIDS, culturally diverse Tel: 020-8450 0453 and gay affirming. Drop-in services. Fax: 020-8450 0453 Lunches served on Wednesday and Email: [email protected] Friday. Visiting at home and hospital. Activities: Christian project in Brent Complementary therapies available which aims to initiate and develop Monday to Friday 09.30-17.00. services to people of any faith with Volunteering opportunities. Day trips, mental health problems, mainly in the respite away from London, and other Cricklewood and Willesden areas, but special events. Open Monday to Friday covers Brent, Barnet and Camden. 09.30-17.00. . Provides counselling and runs social outings. Games, TV, food and advice on Notre Dame De France Social Services benefits is available. Open Monday to 5 Leicester Place, London, WC2H 7BP Friday 11.00-16.00. Tel: 020-7437 9363 Fax: 020-7437 9364 Saint Joseph’s Pastoral Centre Email: St Josephs Grove, The Burroughs, [email protected] London, NW4 4TY Website: www.notredame.fsnet.co.uk Tel: 020-8202 3999
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Fax: 020-8202 1418 Email: [email protected] Jewish Website: www.stjoseph.org.uk Jami Also known as Jewish Association Contact: Dr Gerald McEnery or June For The Mentally Ill Edwards Activities: Roman Catholic agency 16a North End Road, London, working with people of any faith, or NW11 7PH none, in the field of children with special Tel: 020-8458 2223 needs and adults with learning Fax: 020-8458 1117 difficulties. The centre does outreach Email: [email protected] work in Camden. It has various opening Website: www.mentalhealth-jami.org.uk times. Telephone Monday to Friday Contact: Ruth Goldman 09.00-17.00. Activities: Works for Jewish people with Parent Body: Diocese of Westminster mental illness and their carers. Operates a day centre, offers support, and therapeutic and cultural activities. Healing Jewish Museum Finchley National Federation Of Spiritual Healers Sternberg Centre, 80 East End Road, Central London Centre London, N3 2SY Friends Meeting House, 8 Hop Gardens, Tel: 020-8349 1143 off St Martins Lane, London, WC2N 4EA Fax: 020-8343 2162 Tel: 01932-783164 (NFSH HQ) Email: [email protected] Fax: 01932 779648 Website: www.jewmusm.ort.org Email: [email protected] Contact: Ms Carol Seigel Website: www.nfsh.org.uk Activities: Permanent exhibition tracing Activities: Monday 13.00-19.00 (last Jewish immigration and settlement in session 18.30) and Friday 13.00-21.00 London. Educational programmes, (last session 20.30) for healing. Holocaust Education Gallery, guided Entrance in Hop Gardens, WC2. No walks and tours, talks, travelling appointment necessary, donations exhibitions, family history workshops requested based upon ability to pay. and a newsletter. Monday to Thursday Parent Body: National Federation of 10.30-17.00, Sundays (except August Spiritual Healers and Bank Holiday weekends and Jewish Holy Days) 10.30-16.30. Parent Body: Jewish Museum, London
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Liberal Jewish Synagogue Religion School Norwood Ravenswood Incorporating Liberal Jewish Synagogue, 28 St John’s Norwood Jewish Adoption Society Wood Road, London, NW8 7HA Broadway House, 80-82 The Broadway, Tel: 020-7286 5181 Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 4HB Fax: 020-7266 3591 Tel: 020-8954 4555 Email: [email protected] Alternative Fax: 020-8420 6800 Email address: [email protected]. Email: [email protected] Website: www.ljs.org Website: www.nwrw.org Contact: Head Teacher Jan Roseman Contact: The Director of Service Activities: Religion school for children Development, Ms Ruth Fasht 1 aged between 4 /2 and 16. Saturday Alternative contact Mrs Jacky Gordon, Bar/Bat-Mitzvah classes for children Fostering and Adoption. aged 12 to 13. Weekly Kabbalat Torah Activities: Social services primarily for 1 1 class for ages 14 /2 and 15 /2, classes Jewish children and their families, and taught by Rabbis. Classes for synagogue children and adults with learning members and non-members, children difficulties. Support, advice, with one Jewish parent welcomed. consultation, day and residential Class for GCSE in Religious Education. facilities, special education, recreational Meets Saturday 09.45-12.30. programmes, adoption (including inter country) and fostering. Link Psychotherapy Trust c/o 31 Coleridge Walk, London, NW11 6AT Otto Schiff Housing Association Tel: 020-8349 0111 63-67 The Bishops Avenue, Fax: 020-8455 8845 London, N2 0BG Contact: Mrs Ruth Selwyn Tel: 020-8455 9806; 020-8209 0022 Activities: Sessions held at different (Head Office) therapists’ addresses. Psychotherapy for Fax: 020-8201 8089 individuals and groups (both adults and Contact: The Group Manager, children) from the Jewish community, Ms Gaby Wills especially for former Kindertransportees Activities: Residential and nursing care and second generation Holocaust for elderly Jewish people, particularly survivors. Provides an education refugees from Nazi persecution. programme to assist in the Properties in Haringey and Camden. understanding of psychotherapy and its Parent Body: Jewish Care relationship to Judaism and everyday life. Non-Jewish people are also welcome. Limited reduced fee scheme.
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Muslim
Al-Khoei Foundation Stone Hall, Chevening Road, London, NW6 6TN Tel: 020-7372 4049 Fax: 020-7372 0694 Email: postmaster@al- khoei.deMonday.co.uk Website: www.al-khoeifoundation.org Contact: Yousif Al-khoei. Alternative contact Sayyed Nadeem Kazmi. Promotes the welfare and development of the Muslim community, spiritually, culturally, educationally and socially. Also promotes human rights and an inter/intra-faith dialogue. Runs two Islamic schools (Alsadiq and Al-Zahra).
An-Nisa Society c/o 85 Wembley Hill Road, Wembley, Middx, HA9 8BU Tel: 020-8902 0100 Fax: 020-8902 0133 Contact: Khalida Khan Provides a supplementary Muslim school, and runs courses in collaboration with local colleges (health and nutrition from an Islamic perspective, Qur’anic Arabic, computing, Islamic art and calligraphy etc.). Developing a Muslim counselling and advice service.
97 ZOROASTRIANISM Community Zoroastrians (pronounced zoro ast rian) form a long- established community in the U.K. and indeed in Camden. The first Zoroastrian known to have visited the U.K. was in 1723. The U.K.’s first three non-white Members of Parliament were Parsis (or Parsees). Parsis are descendents of Zoroastrians who left north-eastern Iran in 936CE, seeking religious and economic freedom. They settled in Gujarat, in the North West of India. The community became known in India as the Parsi community, meaning those that came from Persia. This settlement was the beginning of a thousand year movement of Zoroastrians out of Iran, escaping religious persecution. A significant community still remains in Iran. The Zoroastrian community in the U.K. today consists of Parsis from India, Aden (now in South Yemen), Zanzibar, Kenya, and Uganda and Zoroastrians from Iran. Parsis speak Parsi Gujarati; Zoroastrians of Iranian origin speak Persian, Farsi or Dari. Zoroastrian prayers are said in the ancient Iranian languages of Avestan and Pazand (language of prayer derived from Pahlavi). The national and European headquarters of Zoroastrianism (established in 1861) has been in Camden since 1969. Origins The word Zoroastrianism is derived from Zoroaster, the Greek form of the prophet Zarathushtra’s name. Zoroastrianism is also known as Zarathushtrianism and as Mazdayasni Zarthushti/ Zartoshti.
98 The founder of Zoroastrianism was the prophet Zarathushtra who lived in North Eastern Iran. The prophet Zarathushtra lived in antiquity and it is difficult to place an exact date to his existence. However Zarathushtra’s hymns, the Gathas, have been dated to around 1,500BCE. There are some in the Zoroastrian community who date the birth of the faith to 6,000BCE because of references made by Greek and Roman philosophers. Zoroastrians worship Ahura Mazda (the Wise Lord). Scriptures The main Zoroastrian scriptures are known as the Avesta. This is based on an orally transmitted tradition eventually written down in the fifth or sixth century CE. Practice There are no particular dietary requirements for Zoroastrians although some of those living in the context of a majority Muslim and Hindu society in Iran and India respectively abstain from pork or beef. Worship Zoroastrian places of worship are known as Fire Temples because a consecrated fire burns continually inside them. The oldest consecrated fire in Iran today is over 2,500 years old, while in India the oldest fire has been burning for 1000 years. This has led to the misconception that Zoroastrians are ‘fire worshippers’. Zoroastrians find this error deeply offensive. There is no Fire Temple in the UK but Zoroastrian house is a place of worship for Zoroastrians. It is open to visitors by mutual appointment.
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Website: www.ljmc.org.uk Christian Activities: Rehearse at Hendon Synagogue Community Centre, Raleigh M25 Prayernet Close, NW4. Aims to preserve Jewish Haven House, 389 London Road, Liturgical music. Also perform folk Hemel Hempstead, HP3 9AB music, opera etc. Rehearse Thursdays. Tel: 01442-250776 Email: [email protected] Raphael Centre Jewish Website: www.m25prayernet.com Counselling Service Contact: Prayer Centre Administrator PO Box 172, Stanmore, Activities: Aims to mobilise churches Middlesex, HA7 3WB and individuals near the M25 and Tel: 020-8203 9881 (24 hour surrounding areas to raise a continuous answerphone) 24-hour Prayer Shield over London, Contact: Clinical Director Mrs R. Barnett praying for spiritual breakthrough and Individual and couples counselling in salvation. The area within the M25 has Greater London for people who wish to been divided into sectors (Camden is see a Jewish counsellor. Individually Sector 9, with Barnet and Islington) assessed financial contribution based on each with its own Prayer Shield. Each the client’s ability to pay. person joining the Prayer Shield makes a commitment to pray for one hour at the same time each week. Multi faith organisations Jewish London Ecumenical Aids Trust Formerly London Jewish Male Choir London Churches Hiv/Aids Unit c/o 38 Hendon Lane, London, N3 1TT St Paul’s Church, Lorrimore Square, Tel: 020-8346 3795 London, SE17 3QU Fax: 020-8349 1864 Tel: 020-7793 0338 Email: [email protected] Fax: 020-7793 0338
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Email: [email protected] Website: www.leatse17.fsnet.co.uk Pagan Contact: Director Dr Peter Davies Activities: Works to mobilise the Pagan Federation North London Region Christian and Jewish communities in BM Box 7097, London, WC1N 3XX response to HIV/AIDS. Supports existing Email: [email protected] and new initiatives for practical and Website: www.pfnl.fsnet.co.uk pastoral care. Provides information, Contact: Joint North London Regional training and health promotion on Coordinators Michele Edwards and HIV/AIDS for Christian and Jewish Alan Simkins communities in London. Telephone Activities: Works to make Paganism Monday-Friday 09.00-18.00. accessible to people genuinely seeking a nature-based spiritual path. Hosts London Society Of Jews And Christians seasonal rites, celebrations, pub meets, 28 Saint Johns Wood Road, socials, workshops and conferences. London, NW8 7HA Organises annual Earth Healing Day Tel: 020-7286 5181 when Pagans across Britain, Europe and Fax: 020-7266 3591 around the world join their energy for an Email: [email protected] end to the destruction of the earth. Contact: Mrs Joan Shopper Works for the religious rights of Pagans Activities: Holds four meetings a year on so that they may worship and live free subjects surveyed from a Jewish and a from defamation. Christian viewpoint followed by discussion. Office open Monday to Thursday 10.00-16.00.
Muslim Jewish Forum c/o 159c Stoke Newington High Street, London, N16 0NY Tel: 020-8806 1013 Contact: Chair Rabbi Gluck. Activities: Meets every 3 months. Aims to give the Muslim and Jewish communities in north London access to each other, and to work on projects where the communities have common goals and can work in strategic partnership.
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Premier Christian Radio Lifeline Christian PO Box 13000, London, SW1E 5PP Tel: 020-7316 0808 (Lifeline), Christian Enquiry Agency 020-7316 1360 (Office) Inter-Church House, 35-41 Lower Fax: 020-7233 6706 Marsh, London, SE1 7RL Email: [email protected] Tel: 020-7523 2123 Website: www.premier.org.uk Fax: 020-7928 0010 Activities: trained volunteers who provide Email: [email protected] a listening ear to all callers. Has a Website: www.christianity.org.uk database of Christian organisations. Also Activities: Provides free information gives information on the radio station’s about the Christian faith on behalf of all programmes. Telephone lines open seven the major churches in England. days a week 09.00-24.00 (midnight). HCPT The Pilgrimage Trust Group 132 also known as Handicapped Healing Children’s Pilgrim Trust c/o 83 Glebe Road, Letchworth, National Federation Of Spiritual Herts, SG6 1DS Healers (NFSH) Tel: 01462-484 807 Old Manor Farm Studio, Church Street, Email: [email protected] Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6RG Contact: Mr Alan Ryan Tel: 01932-783164, Healer Referral Activities: Takes disabled and Service: 0891 616080 (premium charge) disadvantaged children on pilgrimages Fax: 01932-779648 to Lourdes. A Catholic charity but Email: [email protected] not exclusively for Catholic children. Website: www.nfsh.org.uk Has close connections with the Contact: The Director, Ken Wyatt Church of Our Lady Help of Christians Activities: Training and development of in Kentish Town. potential healers. Register of practitioners. Information on spiritual healing. Send
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SAE with written enquiries. Office open London, NW4 2BZ Monday to Friday 09.00-17.00. Tel: 020-8202 2211 Fax: 020-8202 2211 Email: [email protected] Jewish Website: www.chai-lifeline.org.uk Contact: Mrs Levin Association Of Jewish Friendship Clubs Activities: Offers counselling, 26 Enford Street, London, W1H 2DD psychological support and a full range of Tel: 020-7724 8100 complementary therapies to Jewish Fax: 020-7724 8203 cancer patients and their families. Offers Activities: Network of social and cultural a support group, helpline and partial clubs for Jewish people aged 50+. home care. Open Monday to Thursday Also arrange holidays and operate a 09.00-17.30, Friday 09.00-14.00. transport fund. Get Advisory Service British Tay-Sachs And Allied c/o Jewish Marriage Council, Disease Association 23 Ravenshurst Ave, Stuart Young House, 221 Golders Green London, NW4 4EE Road, London, NW11 9DQ Tel: 020-8203 6314 Tel: 020-8922 2000; 07890 611119 Fax: 020-8203 8727 (mobile) Email: [email protected] Fax: 020-8922 1998 Website: jmc-uk.org Email: [email protected] Contact: Jeffery Blumenfeld Website: www.jewishcare.org Activities: Helps Jewish people to obtain Contact: Mrs Jess Clare a Jewish divorce (get). Open Monday Activities: Aims to raise awareness about to Thursday 09.30-17.30 and Friday Tay-Sachs Disease amongst young Jewish 09.30-13.00. people. Carries out twice-yearly screening Parent Body: Jewish Marriage Council sessions in North West London. Produces leaflets, video and an information pack. International Jewish Vegetarian Society These are available at hospitals, GPs’ c/o 853-855 Finchley Road, surgeries and maternity units etc. London, NW11 8LX Parent Body: Jewish Care Tel: 020-8455 0692 Fax: 020-8455 1465 Chai Lifeline Cancer Care Email: [email protected] For Jewish Patients Contact: Mrs S. Labelda Shield House, Harmony Way, Activities: International society to promote
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vegetarianism, health and nutrition. Open 164 East End Road, Monday to Friday 10.00-16.00. London, N2 0RR Tel: 020-8883 1000 Jewish Aids Trust Fax: 020-8444 6729 Walsingham House, 1331 High Road, Email: [email protected] London, N20 9HR Website: www.jbd.org Tel: 020-8446 8228 Contact: Natalie Black Fax: 020-8446 8227 Activities: Provides sheltered housing for Email: [email protected] Jewish blind and disabled people. Has Website: www.jat-uk.org properties in Finchley, Kingsbury, North Contact: The Director, Rosalind Collin Wembley, Woodford and Wanstead. Activities: Provides social, emotional, Open Monday to Friday 09.00-17.00. practical and financial support for Jewish people with HIV and their carers. Jewish Care (formerly The Jewish Provides HIV education for the entire Welfare Board And The Jewish community. Open Monday to Thursday Blind Society) 09.30-17.00 and Friday 09.30-15.00. Stuart Young House, 221 Golders Green Road, Jewish Bereavement London, NW11 9DQ Counselling Service Tel: 020-8922 2000 PO Box 6748, London, N3 3BX Fax: 020-8922 1998 Tel: 020-8349 0839 Minicom: 020-8922 2233 Fax: 020-8349 0839 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.jewishcare.org Website: www.jvisit.org.uk Activities: Provides residential care and Contact: Co-ordinator Mrs R. Adler day centres, social work teams, Activities: Offers bereavement sheltered homes and specialist counselling and support by resources. Cares for over 6,000 elderly, professionally trained voluntary mentally ill, visually impaired and counsellors to members of the Jewish physically disabled people and their community in their own homes. families and carers. Also deals with Operates a 24 hour answerphone. Holocaust survivors. Local centres include Kay Court Residential Home, Jewish Blind And Disabled Formerly NW3. All facilities adhere to Jewish Jewish Blind And Physically religious and dietary laws. Open Handicapped Society Monday to Friday 09.00-17.00. Care and Campaign Office,
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Jewish Council For Racial Equality Jewish Gay And Lesbian Group 33 Seymour Place, BM JGLG, London, WC1N 3XX London, W1H 5AU Tel: 020-8922 5214 Tel: 020-8455 0896 Email: [email protected] Fax: 020-8458 4700 Website: www.jglg.org.uk Email: [email protected] Contact: Ms Sonia Laurence Contact: The Director, Dr Edie Friedman Regular events each month including Activities: Works to combat racism and dinners, pub evenings, Friday night enhance community relations in the services; and events to celebrate U.K. Provides a forum for anti-racism festivals etc. education, Black/Jewish dialogue, encouraging the Jewish community to Jewish Historical Society Of England be actively involved in the above aims. 33 Seymour Place, London, W1H 5AP Helps doctors from overseas to find out Tel: 020-7723 5852 how to re-qualify to practice here. Fax: 020-7723 5852 Email: [email protected] Jewish Deaf Association Website: www.jhse.org Julius Newman House, Contact: The Administrator, Mrs Anita Woodside Park Road, Black London, N12 8RP Activities: Monthly meetings. Meetings Tel: 020-8446 0502 (office); mostly held at St Johns Wood 020-8446 0214 (appointments) Synagogue, 37 Grove End Road, NW8. Fax: 020-8445 7451 Lectures and publications on Anglo Minicom: 020-8446 4037 Jewish history. Essay competitions. Email: [email protected] Research register. Publications. Website: www.jewishdeaf.org.uk Contact: The Executive Director, Jewish Marriage Council Ms Susan Cipin 23 Ravenshurst Avenue, Activities: Welfare, cultural, educational London, NW4 4EE and social activities for deaf and hard of Tel: 020-8203 6311 (Admin); 08457 hearing people. Advisory and resource 581999 (Helpline) centre for deaf and hard of hearing Fax: 020-8203 8727 people of all faiths by appointment. Email: [email protected] Support for people with tinnitus. British Website: www.jmc-uk.org Sign Language courses. Open Monday Contact: Jeffery Blumenfeld to Thursday 10.30 to 16.00, by Activities: Provides family, individual and appointment at the resource centre. marital counselling, youth education,
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courses for engaged couples and advice Activities: Listening, befriending and on Jewish divorce, trained mediators. support service for isolated or Runs support groups for Jewish people despairing Jewish people. Open seven experiencing divorce or separation. days a week, Sunday to Thursday noon Sponsors the Miyad Crisis Helpline. to midnight, Friday noon until early dusk Runs Connect Jewish Marriage Bureau. and Saturday from one hour after the Open Monday to Thursday 09.30-17.30. end of the Sabbath to midnight. Parent Body: Jewish Marriage Council Jewish Women’s Aid PO Box 2670, London, N12 9ZE Second Generation Trust Tel: 0800 591203 (Helpline), PO Box 2863, London, NW3 5BQ 020-8445 8060 (Office) Tel: 020-7431 2610 Fax: 020-8445 0305 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Contact: K. Klinger Website: www.jwauk.cjb.net Activities: Educational charity dedicated Activities: For Jewish women to raising awareness and understanding experiencing domestic abuse. Offers a of the holocaust and genocide and freephone Helpline, a refuge, severe violent conflict on survivors and counselling service, information on legal, descendants of survivors and violators. housing, benefits and other areas. Organises talks, conferences and Operates a drop-in, and befriending and disseminates information through outreach services. The Helpline runs publications. Works in the UK and Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays internationally. 09.30-21.30. Answerphone at other times, messages collected daily. Referrals to other sources of help. Multi Faith Contact Outreach Services on office Council Of Christians And Jews telephone number. Also offers a 24hr 5th Floor, Camelford House, 87-89 emergency out of hours service via Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TP pager no: 07644 002776. Tel: 020-7820 0090 Fax: 020-7820 0504 Miyad Crisis Helpline Email: [email protected] Tel: 08457 581999 (Helpline), Website: The Director, Margaret Shepherd 020-8203 6211 (Admin) Activities: National membership Fax: 020-8203 8727 organisation promoting educational Email: [email protected] programmes in schools, colleges and Website: www.jmc-uk.org
106 National faith organisations outside Camden religious institutions. Combats social Telephone Helplines Association and the and ethnic intolerance. Wide range of Muslim Council of Britain. Runs Monday publications. to Friday 10.00-16.00. Muslim
Muslimline c/o Muslim Directory, 65a Grosvenor Road, London, W7 1HR Tel: 020-8840 4840, 020-8840 0020 (Admin) Fax: 020-8799 4456 Website: www.muslimdirectory.co.uk Activities: Telephone information service about Muslim organisations, businesses and places of worship, and any issues relating to Islam. Runs Monday to Friday 10.00-18.00.
Muslim Women’s Helpline Tel: Helpline 020-8904 8193; 020-8908 6715; Admin 020-8908 3205 Fax: 020-8291 2005 Email: [email protected] Website: www.amrnet.demon.co.uk/related/mwhl Activities: Telephone and face-to-face counselling service in Urdu, Punjabi, Gujerati, Arabic and Farsi for all Muslim women whatever their cultural, ethnic or linguistic background. Face to face counselling by appointment only. Founded upon the Islamic model of the self and based on teachings from the Qur’an and the Prophetic traditions. Affiliated to the
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The British Library's Collection corporations and community groups. Of Sacred Texts Arranges counselling and advice for the The British Library, 96 Euston Road, families of cult members and for ex-cult London, NW1 2DB members. Can give information on cults. Website: www.bl.uk Telephone Monday-Friday 09.00-17.00. Activities: The British Library is one of the world's great treasure houses for FAIR (Family Action Information the study of all religions. Its holdings And Resource) include a collection of sacred texts of BCM Box 3535, PO Box 12, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, London, WC1N 3XX Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. This Tel: 01642-898412 collection includes some of the best- Fax: 01642-643707 known handwritten copies Website: www.xenu.net/fair (manuscripts) of the scriptures of Activities: Offers advice and support to various religions and a comprehensive families and individuals who have been collection of printed editions, both early adversely affected by cult involvement. and modern. Many of the texts are on Aims to raise public awareness of the permanent public display and free to all unacceptable methods and practices of who drop in to the Library’s Treasures cults. Publishes a quarterly newsletter, Gallery. Open daily, free admission to members’ bulletin and leaflets. exhibitions Inform (Information Network Focus Cult Information Centre On Religious Movements) BCM Cults, London, WC1N 3XX c/o London School of Economics, Tel: 0870 777 3800 Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE Website: www.cultinformation.org.uk Tel: 020-7955 7654 Activities: Non-sectarian education Fax: 020-7955 7679 group providing speakers and Email: [email protected] information to schools, colleges, Website: www.inform.ac universities, churches, synagogues, Activities: Conducts research into new
108 Other resources religious movements, and provides Ms Lindsay Harvey information about such movements that Activities: This body is set up to advise on is objective, balanced and up-to-date. school worship, the Agreed Syllabus, and Office open to public for research and consider applications from head teachers information on new and established to vary worship. It publishes an annual cults. Can put enquirers who need report and can require the local education counselling regarding such movements authority to set up a statutory conference in touch with an appropriate counsellor. to review the Agreed Syllabus. Telephone Monday to Thursday 10.00-16.30.
Reachout Trust (incorporating The Former Christian Response To The Occult) 24 Ormond Road, Richmond, Surrey, TW10 6TH Tel: 0870-770 3258 Fax: 0870-770 3259 Email: [email protected] Website: www.reachouttrust.org Contact: The Regional Director, Mr Doug Harris Activities: International Christian ministry reaching out to people in cults, the occult and new age groups. Training, resources, counselling for people wishing to leave groups they are involved in, information service on cults, the occult and New Age.
Standing Advisory Council For Religious Education (SACRE) c/o Committee Services, Room 220, Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, London, WC1H 9JE Tel: 020-7974 5316 Email: [email protected] Contact: The Committee Clerk,
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Note: places of worship have been Shaftesbury Avenue Chapel, Holborn categorised largely by self-definition and Covent Garden p12
Calvinist Church Places of worship Swiss Church in London, Holborn and in Camden by faith Covent Garden p12
Bahá’í Church of England Spiritual Assembly Of The Bahá’ís In All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak p63 Camden, Hampstead Town p61 Christ Church, Hampstead Town p61 Church of Saint Alban The Martyr, Buddhist Holborn and Covent Garden p10 Covent Garden Buddhist Centre, Holborn Church of Saint Anne Highgate, and Covent Garden p12 Highgate p67 London Serene Reflection Meditation Church of Saint Benet and All Saints, Group, Frognal and Fitzjohns p58 Kentish Town p36 SGI-UK Camden HQ, Camden Town with Church of Saint George the Martyr, Primrose Hill p29 Holborn and Covent Garden p10 Church of Saint Mary Brookfield, Christian Highgate p67 American Church Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, American Church in London, Regent’s Park p24 Bloomsbury p14 Church of Saint Silas The Martyr, Haverstock p37 Baptist Church Emmanuel Church, Fortune Green p53 Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, Hampstead Parish Church, Frognal and Holborn and Covent Garden p13 Fitzjohns p59 Chalk Farm Baptist Church, Camden Holy Cross Church, King’s Cross p17 Town with Primrose Hill p27 Holy Trinity Church (Finchley Road), Heath Street Baptist Church, Frognal and Fitzjohns p58 Frognal and Fitzjohns p59
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Holy Trinity Church (Hartland Road), Congregational Church Haverstock p30 Kentish Town Congregational Church, Saint Cuthberts Church, Fortune Kentish Town p35 Green p53 Saint George’s Church, Holborn and Danish Church Covent Garden p13 Danish Church Of Saint Katharine, Saint Giles in the Fields, Holborn and Regent’s Park p26 Covent Garden p13 Evangelical Saint James’ Church, West Hampstead Beacon (Christian Church), Gospel Oak p50 p63 Saint John’s Church (Downshire Hill), Brondesbury Christian Centre, Hampstead Town p61 West Hampstead p50 Saint Luke’s Church, Frognal and Covent Garden Christian Centre, Fitzjohns p58 Holborn And Covent Garden p12 Saint Mark’s Church Regent’s Park, Highgate Road Chapel, Highgate p67 Camden Town with Primrose Hill p27 Kentish Town Evangelical Church, Saint Martin’s Church, Gospel Oak p63 Haverstock p37 Saint Mary The Virgin (Eversholt Street), New Life Christian Fellowship Church, St Pancras and Somers Town p22 Kentish Town p36 Saint Mary The Virgin (Primrose Hill), Swiss Cottage p43 Greek Orthodox Saint Mary With All Souls Church, Saint Andrew’s (Greek Orthodox) Swiss Cottage p43 Cathedral, Cantelowes p34 Saint Michael’s Camden Town Church, Church of Saint Anargyre (Cosmas and Camden Town with Primrose Hill p29 Damianos), Highgate p67 Saint Michael’s Church Highgate, All Saints’ (Greek Orthodox) Church, Highgate p67 Camden Town with Primrose Hill p27 Saint Pancras Church, King’s Cross p18 Saint George Cathedral Church, Saint Pancras Old Church, St Pancras Regent’s Park p26 and Somers Town p22 Independent Saint Paul’s Church, Cantelowes p34 Full Gospel Church (Eritrean), Kilburn p47 Saint Peter’s Church, Belsize p42 Praise Chapel, Fortune Green p53 Saint Saviour’s Church, Haverstock p39 Jehovah’s Witnesses Church of the Christian Community Camden Kingdom Hall, Christian Community, Belsize p42 Regent’s Park p26
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Korean Anglican Church El-Shaddai Bible Church, King’s Cross p18 Korean Anglican Church Centre, New Covenant Church, Camden Town Regent’s Park p24 with Primrose Hill p29 Redeemed Christian Church of God Lutheran (O2 Centre), West Hampstead p52 London Chinese Lutheran Church, Redeemed Christian Church of God Bloomsbury p14 (The Cornerstone), Camden Town Luther-Tyndale Memorial Church, with Primrose Hill p29 Kentish Town p36 Victory Christian Centre, Kilburn p47 Saint Mary’s with Saint George’s German Lutheran Church, King’s Cross p18 Quaker Friends’ House Euston Road Quaker Methodist Meeting, Bloomsbury p15 Camden Town Methodist Church, Friends’ Meeting House Hampstead, Regent’s Park p26 Hampstead Town p61 Chinese Congregation Methodist Church, King’s Cross p17 Roman Catholic Gospel Oak Methodist Church, Church of Our Lady Help of Christians, Gospel Oak p63 Kentish Town p35 King’s Cross Methodist Church, Church of Our Lady of Hal, Camden King’s Cross p17 Town with Primrose Hill p27 Quex Road Methodist Church, Kilburn p47 Church of Saint Thomas More, Frognal And Fitzjohns p58 Metropolitan Community Church Church of Saints Anselm And Cecilia, Metropolitan Community Church of Holborn and Covent Garden p12 North London, Camden Town with Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Primrose Hill p29 Kilburn p48 Non-denominational Church Saint Aloysius Church, St Pancras and Church of Christ, Kentish Town p35 Somers Town p23 Saint Anne’s Church, Regent’s Park p24 Pentecostal Saint Dominic’s Priory, Haverstock Beautiful Gate Parish, Kilburn p47 p37 Calvary Church of God in Christ, Saint Etheldreda’s Church, Kentish Town p36 Holborn and Covent Garden p10 Christ Apostolic Church UK, Saint Mary’s Church, Frognal and Kentish Town p36 Fitzjohns p59 Divine Healing Church of Christ Saint Peter’s Italian Church, Holborn (Pentecostal), Kilburn p47 and Covent Garden p10
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Salvation Army Jewish Salvation Army Chalk Farm Corps, Belsize Square Synagogue, Haverstock p39 Belsize p42 Hampstead Synagogue, West Seventh-Day Adventists Hampstead p50 Hampstead Seventh-Day Adventist Shir Hayim Hampstead Reform Jewish Church Central (Oxendon), Community, Swiss Cottage p43 Haverstock p39 Shomrei Hadath Synagogue, Spiritualist Fortune Green p53 Greater World Spiritual Centre, South Hampstead Synagogue, Bloomsbury p15 Haverstock p39 Rochester Square Spiritualist Centre, West Central Liberal Synagogue, Cantelowes p34 Bloomsbury p14
Unitarian Muslim Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Al Rahman Mosque and Multi-Cultural Hampstead Town p61 Islamic Centre, St Pancras and Somers Town p22 United Reformed Baitul Aman Mosque and Islamic Highgate United Reformed Church, Education Centre, Haverstock p37 Highgate p68 Bengali Parent and Tenants Association, Regent Square United Reformed Regent’s Park p26 Church, King’s Cross p17 Bengali Residents Association, Saint Andrews United Reformed King’s Cross p17 Church, Frognal and Fitzjohns p58 Dar Al-Hekma Trust, St Pancras and Trinity Camden Town United Somers Town p22 Reformed Church, Camden Town Muslim World League, Bloomsbury p72 with Primrose Hill p27 Shahjalal Jame Masjid, Regent’s Park p24 Druid Somers Town Islamic Cultural and Druid Order, Bloomsbury p15 Education Centre, St Pancras and Somers Town p22 Hindu Hindu Centre, Haverstock p37 New Religious Movements Church of Scientology in London, Bloomsbury p114 Share International, Bloomsbury p15
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Zoroastrian City Temple (United Reformed Church), Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe (Inc.), City of London p84 West Hampstead p50 Ethiopian Christian Fellowship Church, Westminster p91 Local faith based Finnish Church In London, Southwark p93 organisations in Camden Kilburn Christian Fellowship, Brent p88 Christian p69 Kilburn Salvation Army Community Healing p70 Church, Brent p88 Jewish p70 King’s Cross Baptist Church, Islington Meditation p71 p85 Muslim p72 London City Mission, Southwark p93 London Mennonite Centre, Haringey p86 Regional faith based Notre Dame De France (Roman Catholic organisations in Camden p73 Church), Westminster p92 Polish Church Of Our Lady Of National faith based Czestochowa And Saint Casimir organisations in (Roman Catholic Church), Islington p85 Camden p78 Redemption Charismatic Fellowship, Islington p85 Places of worship outside Saint Josephs (Roman Catholic Church), Camden by faith Islington p85 Salvation Army Archway Corps, Buddhist Islington p86 Buddhist Society, Westminster p89 South African Congregation, Islington p86 Heruka Buddhist Centre, Barnet p88 Spanish Christian Group, Christian City of London p84 Abbey Road Baptist Church, Swedish Church, Westminster p92 Westminster p89 Tabernacle Welsh Congregational Camden Road Baptist Church, Church, Islington p86 Islington p84 Hindu Chinese Church In London, Highgate Hill Murugan Temple, Haringey Westminster p89 p86 Church Of Our Lady (Roman Catholic London Iskcon, Westminster p91 Church), Westminster p91 Shree Swaminarayan Temple (Willesden Church Of Scotland Crown Court Lane), Brent p89 Church, Westminster p91 Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Brent p89
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Jewish National faith based Saint John’s Wood Orthodox Synagogue organisations outside (United), Westminster p92 Camden Spanish And Portuguese Synagogue, Christian p102 Westminster p92 Jewish p103 Multi Faith p106 Muslim Muslim p107 Al-Nahar Mosque And Education Centre, Islington p84 Other resources p108 Islamic Cultural Centre And London Central Mosque¸ Westminster p91 Muslim Welfare House, Islington p85
Sikh Central Gurdwara (Khalsa Jatha) London, Kensington and Chelsea p92 Nanak Darbar Gurdwara, Enfield p93
Zoroastrian North London Zoroastrian Association, Haringey p88
Local faith based organisations outside Camden Christian p94 Healing p95 Jewish p95 Muslim p97
Regional faith based organisations outside Camden Christian p100 Jewish p100 Multi Faith p100 Pagan p101
115 Calendar of Religious Festivals 2003 Jan Feb Mar Apr May 21 Naw-Ruz 21 Apr–2 May 23 Anniversary of Bahá’í Ridvan the Declaration of the Bab 29 Anniversary of the Ascension of Baha’u’llah 16 Shinran 15 Parinirvana 3 Losar 8 Hanamatsuri * May-June Buddhist Memorial Day Saga Dawa 28 Honen 15 Vesakha Memorial Day Puja/Wesak 1 Naming of 2 Candlemas 1 St David’s Day 6 Passion 29 Ascension Christian Jesus 4 Shrove Tuesday Sunday Day 6 Epiphany 5 Ash Wednesday 13 Palm Sunday 11-17 Christian 6/7 Christmas 6 Mar–20 April, 13-20 Holy Week Aid Week (Eastern Lent 17 Maundy Orthodox, 7 The Women’s Thursday Armenian and World Day of 18 Good Friday Rastafarian) Prayer 19 Holy Saturday 18-25 Week of 10 1st Day of Lent 20 Easter Day Prayer for Unity (Orthodox) 23 St George’s 17 St Patrick’s Day Day 19 St Joseph 27 Easter Day/ 25 Blessed Pascha Virgin Day (Orthodox) 30 Mothering Sunday
13 Makar 6 Vasanta 1 Mahashivratri 2 Varsha- Hindu Sankrant Panchami/ 5 Birthday of Sri Pratipada (Lohri)Saraswat Puja Ramakrishna (Chaitra) 17 Holi 11 Rama Navami
12-15 4 Al-Hijra (News 14 The prophet Muslim Eid-Ul-Adha Year’s Day) Muhammad’s (Festival of 13 Ashura birthday Sacrifice) (20th August 570 CE) 14 Mahavira Jain Jayanti 18 Tu B’Shevat 18 Purim 17-24 Passover 7Yom Jewish (Pesach) Ha’atzma’ut 29 Yom Ha-Shoah 20 Lag B’omer
29 Birthday of 14 Vaisakhi Sikh Guru Gobind (Baisakhi) Singh
21 Shehrevar Roj 4 Meher Roj Nu 26 Adar Roj Nu 18 Dae Mah Zoroastrian Nu Parab (S) Parab (S) Parab (S) Hormazd Roj 30 Jashan - E 11-20 30 Apr - 4 May Nu Jashan (S) Sadeh (F) Hamaspathaemaedaya Maidyoizaremaya 28 Zarathosht - (S) Denotes Shahenshai calendar, / Panj - E - Gathas (F) Ghambar (F) No-Diso (S) followed mostly by Parsi 21 Jamsheedi Zoroastrians Nao Ruz (F) (F) Denotes Fasli Calendar, followed 26 Khordad Sal (F) mostly by Iranian Zoroastrians 28 Avan Roj Nu Parab (S) * indicates uncertainty as to the date Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 9 Anniversary 20 Anniversary 12 Anniversary of the of the Birth of the Birth Martyrdom of of the Bab of Baha’u’llah the Bab
* July-Aug 8 Kathina Day 8 Bodhi Day Chokhor 13 Asalha Puja
8 Pentecost 6 Transfiguration * Sept/Oct 12-19 Inter Faith 1 All Saints’ Day 8 Immaculate 19 Corpus Christi 15 The Harvest Week of 2 All Souls’ Day Conception Assumption Festival Prayer for 9 Remembrance 24 Christmas Eve World Peace Sunday 25 Christmas Day 30 St Andrew’s 26 Boxing Day Day 30 Advent Sunday
1 Ratha Yatra 11 Raksha 26 Sept-4 Oct 25 Divali Bandhan Navaratri/ (Deepavali) 20 Janamashtami Durga 30 Ganesh- Puja/Dusserah Chaturthi 21 The Prophet’s 14 Lailat-Ul- 23 Lailat-Ul-Qadr Night Journey Bara’h (Night 25 Eid-Ul-Fitr to Jerusalem of Forgiveness) and Ascension 27 Oct-25 Nov Ramadan 24 Paryushana- 25 Divali Parva 26 New Year 6-7 Shavuot 7 Tisha B’av 27-28 6 Yom Kippur 20-27 Hanukah Rosh Hashana 11-19 Sukkot 19 Simchat Torah
14 Martyrdom 25 Divali 8 Birthday of of Guru Arjan Guru Nanak 28 Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur
18 Bahaman Roj 21 Aspandarmad 11 - 20 8 Fravardin Roj 2 Jashan - E - 1 Tir Roj Nu Nu Parab (S) Roj Nu Parab Muktad (S) Nu Parab (S) Mehergan (F) Parab (S) 29 Jun - 3 Jul (S) 21 Nao Ruz (S) 12 Paitishahya 12-16 Ayathrima 21 Jashan - E - Jashan - E - 26 Khordad Sal Ghambar (F) Ghambar (F) Yalda (F) Tiragan/ (S) 22 Ardibehesht 25 Khordad Roj 25 Amardad Roj Maidyoishema Roj Nu Parab Nu Parab (S) Nu Parab (S) Ghambar (F) (S) 26 Zarathosht - No - Diso (F) 31 Dec - 4 Jan 04 Maidyairya Ghambar (F) Calendar dates courtesy of The SHAP Working Party on World Religions in Education and the Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe Notes
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