Walking Welcoming THE BRIDGE Growing

Newspaper of the Anglican Diocese of Southwark Vol.24 No.4 May 2019

Inside THE BRIDGE Standing Together ...this month Against Violence Church leaders from The day began with prayers hours of prayer, testimonies in St Martin-in-the-Fields led and music took place as the many denominations by church leaders including rally focused on how best to welcare... 125 led the ‘Standing Bishop Jonathan, the Bishop try to stem the tide of violent years supporting Together Rally’ in of Edmonton, the Revd Peter crime - and particularly knife families Trafalgar Square Colwell from Churches crime - in our city. ... pages 6 & 7 Together in Britain and The Rally was opened by the on Saturday 6 April Ireland, Pastor Julie Stokes, Revd Canon Rosemarie Mallett, responding to the high Bishop Danny Bennett, Pastor Vicar of St John, Angell Town incidence of violence, Nims Obunge, the Revd Ade and Director of the Diocese’s Omooba and the Bishop of Justice, Peace and the Integrity especially amongst Barking, the Rt Revd Peter of Creation Department. The young people in the city. Hill. , the Rt Revd The theme of the rally ws They led prayers on a variety Sarah Mullally and others led a • Standing Together with of subjects including: those in time of lament. families and communities authority, unity church, social Hundreds of people who impacted by violent crime challenges, young people, had gathered from around peace in the countries cities, News and photos • Standing Together to work the country for the rally, then the rally and the nation from around the against violent crime heard from people involved in Over lunch some of those trying to tackle knife crime Diocese • Standing Together to fi nd who were to speak and other including Sophie Linden, effective solutions to combat invited guests were interviewed London’s Deputy Mayor for violent crime by the Revd Steve Coulson, Policing and Crime. • Standing Together to one of the organisers. They There was more music, Wilson, Vicar, St Stephen’s support all who have been then led the procession over scripture readings and prayers South Lambeth and Bishop affected by violent crime to Trafalgar Square where two some led by the Revd Bill Jonathan. Bishop Christopher spoke to the crowd towards the end of the afternoon saying; “We must be salt and light otherwise young people will have their futures taken from them”. His address can be Parish profile - found at http://bit.ly/2GEqx2n. Reigate, St Mark... Addresses were also given page 8 by Cardinal Vincent Nicholls Those attending this and Len Issacs of Ascension inspiring event went away in Trust who was one of the the knowledge that they were main organisers of the event not alone in the struggle to in partnership with the combat serious youth violence Diocese of Southwark, London and encouraged that with City Mission and Churches prayer and action lives can be Page 11 Together In Britain. transformed Hearts on Fire with a Vision for growth Walking with Jesus and getting to know Jesus better as we journey on Welcoming all, embracing our diversity and seeking new ways of being church Growing in numbers, generosity, faith and discipleship as we grow God’s Kingdom

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A view from The Croydon Area is for mission in our parishes. Monday 24 June 12 - 5 pm Pentecost planning services in each Sunday 2 June at 6.30pm South Beddington & Deanery as follows: St Mark, Woodcote will host a Roundshaw are hosting a Quarante’Ore – i.e. joining the services CROYDON/ADDINGTON deanery service at which each THE BRIDGE church is invited to bring a SCP 40 hours of prayer Thursday 30 May at 7.30pm prayer station representing In September All Saints different A Sung Eucharist at Addington, an aspect of mission in their Hackbridge are will hold open St Mary The Blessed Virgin parish. days with prayer stations. Looking this year CROYDON CENTRAL Sunday 9 June at 4pm TANDRIDGE This year our Sunday 9 June at 6.30pm St Barnabas Purley is hosting a Sunday 9 June at 4pm back... A Pentecost Sunday Evening service for Churches Together Pentecost café style service at Diocesan Pentecost Service at Emmanuel Church in Purley and Kenley Oxted, St Mary the Virgin celebrations will looking (Normanton Road, Croydon) REIGATE be in the Episcopal CROYDON NORTH Thursday 30 May at 7.30pm The Kingston Area forward... Areas. Saturday 1 June at 5pm An ecumenical Ascension Day celebration will be held Service at Reigate Hill. I hope that you had a A celebration of Thy Kingdom at All Saints, Tooting on Sunday 9 June at 6pm blessed Holy Week and Come, alongside the Deanery Sunday 9 June at 3.30pm Confi rmation Service at Holy joyful Easter Day and Ecumenical Pentecost The Woolwich Area service Saviour Church celebration service at Memorial that the joy of Easter is to take place at All Park, Redhill will go with you during CROYDON SOUTH Saints, Peckham on Sunday 9 June at 6pm. There Eastertide and the Thursday 30 May, SUTTON (Date tba) Church of the Good Shepherd will be a time of prayer coming year. Each church in the deanery between 3-5pm. will launch Thy Kingdom open church and prayer As we look back on Easter and remember everything Come on Ascension Day with a stations culminating in an Refreshments will be that Jesus did for us all it would be diffi cult not to special service including prayer ecumenical Pentecost service. served after both services. refl ect upon some of the tragic events that took place during Holy Week and Easter. further afi eld especially her We saw the burning of the iconic Notre Dame in Paris The Revd reconciliation work. The Radio and I am sure that, like me, you sat transfi xed as the personality Chris Evans talked destruction unfolded. about her work in broadcasting Ruth and Alison Campbell talked Then on Easter morning the terrible events in Sri about her gift for friendship Lanka, where 359 people have died and more than 500 Scott and her involvement with have been injured, brought home to us all the reality A Memorial Service for the Terry Wogan’s TOGS. of all that there is to mourn in our world. (You will fi nd Revd Ruth Scott who died There was also a moving the prayer that was written on this occasion on page 3) in February was held at St tribute from her family and Rebellion continue to try to draw people’s attention to Mary, Richmond on Saturday people were asked to place a the need for change in order to ensure that the world, 30 March. Ruth had been fl ower on and around the Altar which God gave to us to care for, continues to exist for ordained in the Diocese of as an act of thanksgiving for her life. future generations. Southwark and served most of her ministry there. Many from the Diocese There is so much to be grateful for but also much to She was a self-supporting were there to say goodbye to regret and be sorry about. It is important, therefore, Minister based in the someone who had mattered that we take time to refl ect upon our world and all Richmond Team from when a great deal to many people. that is happening and to pray for it. she was deaconed in 1992 Ruth and her husband had We should also ask God - and ourselves - what more It was attended by the to 2001. From 2001 – 2008 moved to Winchester and Woolwich Area Venerable Alastair Cutting, and donations were to be for a we can do in our lives to help to bring about positive she was the Chaplain to the guest speaker was the Revd ‘snuggle bed’ for the ward in change. Readers held the Hickey’s Almshouses in their AGM and Hilary Fife, a former hospital Richmond and from 2009-13 Southampton general hospital As we celebrate the joy of Easter, and all that God has chaplain, who spoke movingly she was Chaplain to Christ’s in which had cared for Ruth given to us, it is right to give thanks as well for the Re-licensing about supporting those who School Richmond. during her last illness. work that goes on across the Diocese to give hope and Service on are bereaved in our churches. So, it was no surprise that support to those who need it. It was Nicole Burgum’s fi nal the church was packed as many Welcare has been doing this for 125 years and we Saturday 6 April duty as the Diocesan Warden of of those whose lives she had Readers so she was presented are pleased to be able to bring you information and touched gathered to remember at St Paul’s with fl owers, with the love and stories about their work in this edition of The Bridge. her and her life. Church, Herne thanks from the Readers of her The Revd Canon Julian It is good to know that they, and so many others in own Area. She will continue the churches across our Diocese, are working to help Hill. Reindorp, former Team in her role as a Reader at St in the Richmond Team families and others to know that God loves them no Andrew’s Church, Catford. recalled the work that Ruth matter how hard life sometimes is. Marion Watson (Area Warden for The new Warden Ray had done in Richmond and Wendy S Robins Wheeler was welcomed and David Porter, The Archbishop Woolwich) writes: assured of Woolwich Area’s of Canterbury’s Chief of support and prayers. Staff talked about her work

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Croydon MU Praying for The Easter Journey in the people of marks Lady Day Sri Lanka On 25 March Croydon North, We studied the painting Charlton Deanery Jesus came and stood Central and Addington Deanery of the Annunciation by Fra Mothers’ Union marked Lady Angelica (below), considered among them and said, Day with a Quiet Morning at St Mary’s dilemmas and compared Having successfully run the through the events of Holy garden, who the soldiers were ‘Peace be with you.’ Mildred’s Church, Addiscombe them with our dilemmas. Christmas Journey for the Week and culminating in a coming to arrest. led by the Revd Roger Hagon. During the Eucharist at the last fi ve years, the Charlton scene with Mary Magdalene All the class teachers gave (John 20.19) end of the morning, Penny Deanery Schools project and Jesus in the resurrection excellent feedback and we Risen Lord Jesus, Meg Simmons Locke was commissioned as decided to trial the Easter garden. The whole class is led had lovely comments and Journey during the last week round the journey by a ‘story as our sisters and writes: Deanery leader by the Revd appreciation from visiting brothers knelt to pray Simon Foster. of term. teller’ with the class divided parents. One teacher was into four groups with a journey moved to tears by Mary, life was taken from The Revd Margaret leader so that there can be mother of Jesus’ powerful them, Cave writes: refl ection before, during and monologue. One said, ‘It was as others relaxed after the journey. an excellent, immersive and life was taken from Seven Year 5 classes came on The journey gives 9 and 10 age appropriate experience for the journey at Christ Church year-olds the opportunity to the class’ and another, ‘moving them. East Greenwich over the fi rst piece together bits of the story from scene to scene was a In the presence of three days of April. There was and work out the connections really effective way to draw such evil keep us fi rm also a community performance and links for themselves. It the children into the story’ on a Saturday so that anyone was wonderful to hear children and ‘the Easter Journey really in faith and constant could come and experience the having that moment of insight brought to life what Christians in love journey for themselves. when they suddenly ‘got’ the believe about Jess and the real that the world might The Easter Journey is an ‘parable of the stone that the meaning of the Easter festival’. be fi lled with your life, experiential journey from the builders rejected’ or when they The team of volunteers your light and your triumphal entry to Jerusalem realised, in the darkness of the found it an inspiring project to be involved with, profound and peace. moving. We will defi nitely be Amen. doing it again. Prayer contributed by A professional sound The Revd Margaret Cave chairs and AV installa on and the Charlton Deanery Schools The Dean, the Very hire company serving the Project Revd Andrew Nunn south east of England - approved in 3 dioceses with installa ons in over 250 churches

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My Front Door lifts the lid on homelessness THE BRIDGE...May 2019 5 New faces at St Cecilia’s and the Cathedral Mrs Renata Joseph has been Joseph was a senior leader at appointed as the permanent The Green School for Girls, in Headteacher of Saint Cecilia’s west London. School, Mrs Joseph is also a trustee Wandsworth, from April 2019. for the National Association She joins Saint Cecilia’s for Able Children in Education from Canons High School in (NACE) and has signifi cant Edgware, where she led the experience and expertise in development of Teaching and outstanding provision for Learning and more recently the more able pupils, which Staff Professionalism and The includes a commitment to Canons Park Teaching School challenging all pupils. Alliance. Prior to that Mrs Ian Keatley has been appointed served at , as the new Director of Music the Chapels Royal and the of , Tower of London. Ian is also a succeeding Peter Wright who Trustee of the Charles Wood retires at the end of July, after Festival and the Founding Southwark Cathedral was full for the 31 years as Director of Music. Director of the New Charles Ian is currently Organist Wood Girls’ Choir. Chrism Eucharist on Maundy Thursday. and Director of Music at Christ Ian will be installed as During the service clergy renew their promises and, In accordance with Church Cathedral, Dublin. Director of Music on Sunday ancient practice the Bishop blesses the oils to be used in ministry during the coming A former Organ Scholar at 8 September, the Feast of the year. It is also the occasion in the year when the Bishop speaks directly to his ordained Southwark Cathedral, he Nativity of the Blessed Virgin colleagues. The Bishop’s sermon focused on standing at the foot of the cross and can began his career as a cathedral Mary and Patronal Festival of be found in full at : https://bit.ly/2V9P6fB musician as a Vicar Choral the Cathedral. Photos of the service are on Flickr: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmCFzp9T at Wells Cathedral, and has St John’s School mural MMyy FFrontront DDooroor On Thursday 11 April St and Wandsworth. Hayley dedicated Nicholas, Sutton hosted the the SPEAR Rough Sleeper At St John’s C of E School, of the earth and our close premiere of My Front Door, Navigator for Wandsworth, Kingston, the whole school connections with our church a powerful new work by Jan remarked on how sensitively community worked together and local community. We pray Keone. The one-act play was the situation was portrayed to create mural depicting what its vibrant colours, graphics performed by a group of adult in the production and the school holds dear. and Bible quotes will bring The mural was designed by to make it? The more time I drama students from Sutton how interesting the angle hope and joy to all in our the parent of a child at the spent developing my ideas, College at which Mr Keone is from which the issue of Headteacher Lulu school community. school – Hannah Hines - who the more I realised that the a tutor. homelessness was looked Esua writes: We were delighted to told the children “Would any words I was trying to integrate This deliberately sparse at. SPEAR is a charity welcome Bishop Richard of you be surprised if I said into the picture (from the St for people experiencing production was presented in a It beautifully depicts God’s Cheetham to bless the mural that I didn’t quite know how John’s school motto) could homelessness in SW London. workshop style. The audience love at the heart of our during Collective Worship I was going to create this guide me… “Believe. Inspire. A retiring collection in aid included the Deputy Mayor school, our motto of believe, with our vicar Vicky Maunder mural when I was fi rst asked Achieve.” of the 2020 Sutton Winter of Sutton, and the Principal inspire, achieve, our inclusive on Wednesday 27 February. It Shelter (organised by Sutton of Sutton College - and ethos, our core values of was also an opportunity for our Community Works) raised members of SPEAR outreach respect, service, honesty children to fi nd out more about £285. teams from Sutton, Merton and perseverance, our care the role of the Bishop. ‘Flash’ appeal raises funds for cyclone relief in Chimanimani There was an added urgency Unlike many of their peers, Although living in London We are grateful to the to the Bishop of Southwark’s they campaigned against full time for health reasons, the Diocese for graciously agreeing Lent Call this year, following white minority rule. Jennifer Plunkets’ hearts were never far to channel this donation the devastation caused by established what are thought from Zimbabwe and the people through the Bishop’s Lent Call, Cyclone Idai in some of our to be the fi rst women’s co- they loved. to the church at Chimanimani link Dioceses in Zimbabwe. operatives on the African The farm is now run by on our behalf. And for St Anne and All Saints continent, selling traditional their nephew, and it was Church in South Lambeth it handcrafts while at the same distressing to hear from him of was the spur to launch a fl ash time promoting literacy and the devastation and loss of life Circle the City, the fundraising appeal in memory other skills. caused by Cyclone Idai. As well Will you annual sponsored of our late friends, Robin and It was telling of the respect as destroying crops and farm Jennifer Plunket. in which they were held that buildings, including workers’ walk around the City under Robert Mugabe’s policy accommodation, 22 people ‘Circle of London. The Revd Fraser of evicting white farmers from lost their lives including 12 Explore the City’s Dyer writes: their land, the Plunket estate children. the historic places of worship, was left untouched. Knowing how distressed many also hosting music, Members of the congregation Robin and Jennifer were Robin and Jennifer would be by entertainment and activities at St Anne’s before their both active in supporting the this news, the congregation at City’? for all - and raise money for respective deaths, Robin church at Chimanimani, and St Anne’s rallied to raise funds Bridge readers Christian Aid. (d.2013) and Jennifer (d.2018) the congregation there would for the church at Chimanimani Sign up now at ctc2019. spent 53 years of their married appear on St Anne’s prayer with an ambitious target of are invited to join eventbrite.co.uk or email life together pioneering timber list from time to time when fi nding £500 in just eight days. Christian Aid on [email protected] to farming in East Rhodesia, later Jennifer received news of any People’s generosity exceeded Sunday 19 May at fi nd out more. to become Zimbabwe. particular challenges they were all expectations and a total of Jennifer, Lady Plunket. facing. £1289.25 was collected. Photo: John Bailey 6 THE BRIDGE... May 2019 welcare... 125 years Diocesan family Families, Strengthening New programme is very supportive of Welcare’s support charity welcare Communities and a specifi c work throughout the Diocese. transition group called My for 2019 He believes that the need has been supporting Next Step which Welcare is Welcare is continuing to evolve for Welcare is as great today parents and children piloting in partnership with St and from May 2019, will be as it was in the very different for 125 years and Mary Magdalene, Wandsworth running a fun new programme, circumstances in which his Common. the #CapeAbility campaign, fellow Bishop, the Rt Revd is marking this These core group-work encouraging children to Randall Davidson, launched achievement in 2019 programmes have now been thrive, to care and to inspire. the charity 125 years ago, in with a special service at running for fi ve years and the Using the theme of Capes and what was then the Diocese of impact they can have is clear in Super-Heroes, it shows how Rochester. Southwark Cathedral at the story of Myra and Mia (not Welcare can help children Bishop Christopher says: 11.00 am on Saturday their real names) in the case to thrive through work to “As a society, we need to be 15 June. study below. build emotional well-being; reminded of the important role Myra and Mia were supported to care, through a focus on parenting plays in a loving and Taking part in this service mutual respect and positive will be many of the people who by Hannah Franklin, one of caring environment in shaping of congregations volunteer includes work with young Welcare’s professional social relationships; so that children children’s futures. have helped Welcare’s staff can then go on to inspire their improve the lives of struggling with us, doing everything from people aged 11-13 to build workers. Hannah commented: “We must also recognise providing one-to-one support emotional health and well-being “With our help, Myra and Mia peers and their families to have the additional support wider families, including both clergy healthy relationships. and volunteers, as well as some to children and families, to and enable them to address have come a long way. Welcare communities can provide in Thrive, care and inspire will of the families themselves. helping us at an administrative their concerns about personal also contributed to a report for families’ lives. and governance level. This safety and living in areas where the Children and Family Court be key themes at the 125th Welcare’s roots go back to “Welcare’s services are special service of Thanksgiving peer and youth violence is Advisory and Support Service to Anniversary service, and will 1894, when the then Bishop of dedicated to bringing support to gives us an opportunity to prevalent. support with supervised contact run through Welcare’s work Rochester, the Rt Revd Randall those children and families who thank them all publicly. arrangements with Mia’s father. throughout 2019 and beyond. Davidson, and his wife Edith, Says Anna Khan: “Today we are damaged by social isolation, started the Diocesan Association Uniquely welcare can deliver focus on the key preventative “Mia now has safe contact Bishop Christopher domestic abuse, fi nancial for the Care of Friendless Girls services that reach people who actions and support that help with her father and is on a sums up hardship or disadvantage. to support unmarried mothers. may otherwise slip through the people to develop the life waiting list for a volunteer child Welcare understands the Welcare’s President is the The Association sprang from net. Social care services are skills they need to manage the mentor.” pressures of family life Bishop of Southwark, the Rt work they had already been stretched to the limit in the fi nancial, social and health today and is committed to Revd Christopher Chessun, who undertaking at a local level. face of funding cuts and the issues confronting them. strengthening families through reorganisation of the Health These can sometimes include Over the years the small, supportive interventions and Early Help systems. There domestic abuse and violence, organisation was renamed which can transform the lives is a real need in society for the which affects both parents and several times, transitioning of vulnerable children and support and care that our staff children.” to the Southwark Diocesan their families. Supporting and volunteers can provide.” Association for Prevention and Older age group Welcare in prayer, fi nancially Underlining this continuing or by volunteering, provides Rescue Work in 1914, then the Welcare has also extended its Southwark Diocesan Council need, Cherry Murdoch, the opportunity to respond to Chair of Welcare’s Board of reach to include families with the needs of these vulnerable for Wel-Care in 1970, now older children up to the age shortened to welcare Trustees from 2017, added: children and families, and to “I am reminded of the words of 13. This is in recognition work together for the common Welcare CEO, Anna Khan, of a former Chair of welcare, of the critical period when good and to transform lives. explains: “As the child and Winifred Stone, who said at children transition from family support charity for the “I give thanks to God for our centenary celebrations: primary to secondary education. Diocese of Southwark it has Welcare and for the dedicated ‘We believe in what our Innovatory group work for always been Welcare’s mission service of those who support predecessors began, and we this age group includes a to help to give children the the mission of the charity in must take that forward, for domestic abuse recovery best possible start in life. The our communities throughout there can be no doubt about the and prevention programme, backing of the Diocese, and its South London and East need…we pray that we may be MySpace, a fl exible parenting belief in the importance and .” as responsive, imaginative and programme, Strengthening #Thrive, #Care, #Inspire - the #CapeAbility campaign value of our work, has been tenacious as those who have fundamental to sustaining the brought us thus far’.” organisation through changing me feel less alone and helped times. “I can only echo her me regain my confi dence – we words and say that I feel Helping In the last 12 months alone called ourselves the ‘warrior very honoured to be Chair of we were able to help over 900 women.’” Welcare in this very special families children to have a better future anniversary year, and to join Support for Mother through the programmes we like Myra everyone in celebrating past run. However, we could not and Daughter achievements, while looking to have done this without the and Mia* Myra continues: “I wanted to the future.” active support of our Bishops Myra and Mia were referred be a better parent for Mia. So and diocesan offi cers and the Changing to meet to Welcare via Lambeth’s I signed up to go to Welcare’s congregations and clergy from changing times domestic violence service after Strengthening Families parishes in all the areas we domestic abuse towards Myra Strengthening Communities serve. We are hugely grateful By 2006 the original 12 by Mia’s father. (SFSC) group too. independent local Welcare for all the donations and Welcare programmes for “Going to this group helped organisations merged to prayerful support we receive. In Myra (Strengthening Families, me to feel more confi dent. create a larger charity which addition, individual members Strengthening Communities) They were there when I really was capable of tendering and Mia (MySpace) helped “Social services referred us start to understand her feelings needed them, like when I had for contracts in the new Welcare CEO Anna Khan them both to come to terms to Welcare. They thought it about it. to go to an Educational panel commissioning environment with the abuse and their was important for us both to to discuss Mia’s low school which increasingly favoured “The people on the course feelings. talk about the abuse, and our attendance. They helped me larger suppliers. By doing so, made her feel welcome and feelings.” prepare what I needed to say, Welcare was able to continue Myra writes: “My daughter’s that it was OK to talk. They did and I felt much less anxious to deliver services on a local father was abusive towards things like arts and crafts too – Starting MySpace going in. basis in South London and East me. I had no friends or family Mia’s favourite session was one – no-one to talk to. I felt like “We both went to a course where they made a volcano to “Mia is going to school Surrey, focusing on the sort of called MySpace. It’s a 12-week work that the voluntary sector a nobody. I had become a help express anger. more now. I’m so much more frightened timid person. I programme organised by “Listening to Mia made confi dent and feel more able to can deliver more effectively Welcare just for children from than statutory services. couldn’t talk about my feelings me understand how she was understand Mia’s feelings and to anyone or even think clearly homes where there has been how to help her – we’re getting Just as Welcare’s services feeling and what she’d been about what happened to me. domestic violence to help them on much better now. I’ve got broadened from the original through, and the group with recover. There was a group a place at a local college and mother and baby homes to “The worst thing was the the other mums really helped session for the children in one I’m looking for a job at an more preventative services effect on my daughter. She was me understand how to help room, and a separate meeting emergency services phone and family support over time, hardly going to school – she her recovery and healing. It room where the parents (the centre. I’d like to help other Welcare is today evolving to was so anxious and was always was helpful to be alongside a non-abusing parent) could sit people in times of crisis.” offer new programmes and sick. She used to take it out on group of women with similar and talk. Mia was able to talk *names have been courses to meet the demands me – shouting and hitting out. experiences. The support made about what had happened and changed the community faces. This THE BRIDGE... May 2019 7 supporting families

to secondary school children secure and confi dent welcare • social exclusion and self- childhoods which enable them esteem issues to thrive in the future. • behavioural problems at We do this by: school/home • supporting families and services and • relationship and parenting children to develop resilience, problems. confi dence and self-esteem We believe in offering • enabling children and unconditional support and families to thrive within values in 2019 have learnt that external their communities appearances can tell you very • providing practical support Welcare’s services crises, empowering them to little about the struggles to meet immediate needs rebuild their lives and access someone may be facing behind • working with families to pre- are tailored to meet opportunities to ensure their closed doors. empt the need for statutory the real needs of the children have a secure and By working together with social work interventions communities in which confi dent childhood and future. families, we hope to create • developing our services to a society where parents and We work with families recovering from diffi cult issues • bereavement and illness meet children’s emotional we work. children have the confi dence to health and well being and children who often feel such as: • mental ill health We provide practical help unseen, and can slip through recognise their own strengths • working collaboratively with • domestic abuse and violence • addiction/substance abuse and support to families with the net that other services and seize every opportunity communities, schools and • housing and fi nancial children up to the age of 13 might provide. We support • troubled transitions for to fl ourish. Our mission is to churches. problems who are facing or overcoming families and children facing or children, including primary work alongside parents to give

accountable. Our services are the impact or difference made with children who are homes to process, understand Contact welcare’s supervised by professionally to their lives. struggling with confi dence and manage their feelings qualifi ed staff Strengthening Families or self-esteem, behavioural and responses towards their welcare values... Benefi ciary-focused – we Strengthening issues, or just need some extra experiences. We are proud of our Christian always put the safety and Communities (SFSC) time and attention. The aim of Specialised Groups If you would like more heritage and identity and wellbeing of children and is an inclusive, evidence- the mentoring relationship is Welcare offers other groups information on Welcare’s derive our values from our families fi rst. based parenting programme, to encourage behaviours and for parents and children across services, to ask for help, or to Anglican origins. We believe designed to promote protective activities that can be sustained their centres, for example, fi nd out how you can contribute that the essence of these ...and factors which are associated after the matching has been OurPlace, a young people’s by volunteering or donating, values is shared by those of with good parenting and better completed. Volunteer Family drop-in group run at the Inner- please do get in touch. other faiths and none. services outcomes for children. 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We have welcomed /welcareuk new skills. volunteers who have lent their at times be challenging, we are @welcareuk dedicated to ensuring everyone At Welcare volunteers are time and expertise to work an integral part of the team. has a positive volunteering directly with staff on our digital You are warmly invited Whether you have worked in a projects, including website experience. to join us at our service As a volunteer you can: similar role before, or working analysis and photography. with families is an entirely of thanksgiving and • make a positive difference to Whatever your skills and life new experience, our training celebration for the work a child’s life experience, if you want to help provides all the practical but don’t feel that hands on of Welcare over the last • help to strengthen and knowledge you need to have an 125 years at empower families family work is right for you, do enjoyable and safe volunteering get in touch and tell us what Southwark Cathedral on • build your own confi dence experience. 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The coming of the be demolished and, especially as it wasn’t a wealthy parish, London to Brighton the regular need for expensive Railway in 1841 repairs led to plans to replace brought a major the building in the 1930s, That was abandoned with the expansion to the outbreak of WW2 – where Surrey market town, extensive bomb damage made Reigate. matters worse! Despite major RReigate,eigate, SStt MMarkark For 600 years the parish post-war rebuilding work, by church (St Mary Magdalene) the 70s replacement was once Reigate and Roots open youth Organ in good condition and a had covered the whole of the again on the agenda. Instead group led by a youth worker on grand piano - and the excellent Reigate/Redhill area. But the 1980s saw reordering another Sunday. Local schools acoustics in both the church with the rapid increase in and further restoration. use the church for worship and and the hall are a magnet for population and house building Nevertheless last year alone, Martin visits them regularly. concerts. Choral evensong is £100k had to be spent on the four new churches were built: ”People in the parish are sung by the Geoffrey Searle upper levels to save the tower St Matthew, St Mark, St Luke, aware of the church”, said Choir (St Mary’s School) four – and building repairs and and St John – two in Reigate Martin. “We’re on the main times a term - and St Mark’s maintenance remains a major and two in Redhill. route where people walk from Singers, an open access choir, fi nancial challenge. St Mark’s Church was home to school or to the brings together people from consecrated in 1860 to serve The current Vicar, the shops or the station. And the within and outside the church a growing community of big, Revd Martin Colton spent his building is prominent and who just want to sing. “We also detached houses north of the sabbatical last year researching very distinctive thanks to the have a lot of musically gifted railway. Although a substantial and writing a new history of blunt tower where the steeple children and I am keen to get structure, it was built in just St Mark’s church which he once stood. We also work on a children’s choir formed” said a year – thanks to plenty of considered sub-titling “a story raising awareness, including Martin. available (ex-railway) labour of debt, loans and crumbling circulating very professional The church is located in a and an easy to work local stonework”. Not surprisingly St looking Christmas and Easter fairly affl uent community but stone. But while Reigate stone Mark’s is not a listed building cards to virtually every home.” to maintain lifestyles people – although the 1917 War made construction easier, it The church hall also plays work long hours. Nevertheless Memorial in the churchyard In St Mark’s case it’s ‘modern Sunday. There is also a Sunday crumbles easily! By 1919 the its part – built in the 1960s it it’s a very busy church with a is! The lack of listing restricts catholic’ and it attracts some evening service – usually steeple was unsafe and had to is the community centre for lot of people willing to fi nd the access to the grants which 40% of the electoral roll Evening Prayer - at 6pm. that part of Reigate. Home to time, to give time. might help preserve the from outside the parish. The During the week, Morning different community groups Volunteers enable St Mark’s crumbling fabric! congregation is largely in the Prayer is said in church ‘upper age range’ but there Monday-Thursday and an Iona from ballet to yoga, it also to be a weekly winter night But somehow St Mark’s are a considerable number of Holy Communion is celebrated accommodates family parties, shelter, to provide a monthly Church survives, thanks to the younger families with children. on Thursday lunchtime. To concerts, local ‘am-dram’ – Sunday lunch for those who care of successive generations And that has affected the way service this programme Martin and a monthly Ballroom and would otherwise be alone (with of parishioners and a lot of St Mark’s organises its worship. has the support of three Latin social dance evening transport to and from) and fund-raising, and generous Readers and a part-time Parish with Martin Colton as ‘DJ’! they support and help with St local people - but just don’t Sunday’s calendar is very traditional. It begins with a said Administrator. Until recently, The income from the hall also Matthew’s (Redhill) Food Bank. breathe too heavily on the he also had a , but she helps the parish budget – as There is an ‘active retirement’ stonework! 8am BCP Holy Communion. Then at 10am there is a Sung (Anna Moore) has just taken on does letting part of the car park group which meets at least With a number of churches Eucharist (Common Worship) her own parish. to a local business. Last year once a month – and St Mark’s within walking distance of each on most Sundays, with a more However, many local families £100k was raised and invested has its own ‘overseas aid trust’ other, people in Reigate tend informal Parish Eucharist on fi nd the demands of football in a total (and very high which raises and donates to gravitate to one which suits the fi rst Sunday of the month, and other activities make specifi cation) refurbishment money to projects mainly in their tradition or preference. with a Junior Church each Sunday morning services of the kitchen to improve the Africa. diffi cult. Martin said “Work facilities for both church and Martin said “It’s always a with young people is a mission community activities. big challenge to show the priority and whilst we continue Before ordination Martin relevance of God to people who to maintain Junior Church was a professional musician on the surface at least, appear on Sunday mornings, our and teacher and is keen to to have it all. But we offer a main thrust is on Sunday develop music as part of the distinctive style of worship afternoons”. A monthly Messy parish’s Mission Action Plan. – formal but accessible, Church at 4pm had proved St Mark’s has a strong tradition visual and musical - and a popular, so after a series of choral music, with a small warm welcome. We try to of meetings with parents a robed choir, augmented for demonstrate the love of God by monthly Family service was special occasions. Music is serving and working with the launched in January - already supported by a Father Willis local community”. attracting 50 to 60 people. And on Wednesday afternoons, in term time, ‘Tea-Time Tales’ provides a mix of stories, songs and activities for 4-7 year olds. It is very well supported partly due to there being an infants school 110 yards from the church with whom good links have been established and most parents walk past St Mark’s to and from the school. Many of those children also took part recently in the Easter Holiday Club during Holy Week. For older ‘young people’ a combined youth group was started some 18 months ago CHURCH PEWS with the neighbouring parish St Mary, Beaminster, UNCOMFORTABLE? of Kingswood where the Revd Christine Colton (Martin’s Over 50 five to eleven year olds joined in St Mark’s Easter designer and maker of fine church furniture WHY NOT TRY SAFEFOAM’S TOP QUALITY Holiday Club in Holy Week. The theme was Backpackers UPHOLSTERED FOAM PEW CUSHIONS? wife) is -in-Charge Also at Kingswood, Roots Church and the hall was decorated with flags from the various Safefoam, Green Lane, Riley Green, countries ‘visited’. Activities included drama, singing, Ronald Emett Hoghton, Preston PR5 0SN offers a monthly Sunday www.ronaldemettfurniture.com www.safefoam.co.uk Freephone 0800 015 44 33 evening service for teenagers decorating fabric backpacks, designing and writing Easter 01308 868025 Free Sample Pack of foam & fabrics sent by first class mail led by the Archdeacon of cards (posted to their families) and making a travel game When phoning please quote SB0519 - and individual pizzas. THE BRIDGE...May 2019 9 “By giving a Lent Talks for little, we gain the whole a lot” parish! St Michael’s parents) fi lling the hall to his life was transformed. The watch the live screening of the This year Wandsworth School St Mary Magdalene, rehabilitation of offenders Challenge. The event included continues to be a great need. Headteacher Ann- additional live karaoke, with Wandsworth Common Up to half cannot read or write Marie Grant’s ‘A-MG’ dressed up to the nines opened its doors for and Jonathan (right) urged ‘20th Anniversary and singing along to some of the whole parish to those gathered to consider her favourite Donny Osmond what might be done. Headteacher Challenge’ and Abba hits. participate in its Lent The Revd Nadim Nassar, “The three talks were so Comedian, writer and the only Syrian priest in the stimulating’ said the Vicar, Each week during Lent programme. raised over £1,850 for ‘Grumpy Old Man’ Arthur Church of England (below) the Revd Philippa Boardman. the school has taken part Age UK Wandsworth. Building on the maxim Smith (below) spoke movingly was the fi nal speaker. He “Numbers surpassed our in a variety of fundraising ‘it takes a village to raise a on ‘My Mother, Me and her tackled the tough topic of expectations. Well over half In return for her agreeing to initiatives in aid of not just child’, the ‘Lent Talks with a Journey to Dementia’. ‘Violence in the name of of those attending were from a pre-recorded indoor skydiving Age UK but also for the Red Difference’ programme aimed He spoke of the heartbreak of religion’. He highlighted the wider community and we session and taking part in a Maasai Academy in Kenya, a to stimulate a community his mother’s condition and the the toxic mix of religion and now have a network of contacts ‘karpool karaoke’ (below)– school which is affi liated with conversation on some of the relief of fi nding a place of care politics, the pressing need with whom to develop a wider donations from the pupils and St Michael’s. In all a total of profound challenges facing the for her where she is settled and for all faiths to address the conversation and action. parents came in thick and fast. £2,300 (and counting) was community. safe. violence in our sacred texts The culmination was the raised for their Lent Appeal “The need is so great. St Mary Magdalene is and how the Trinity ‘God in whole school (and some Charities. Nearly 850,000 in the UK live Working together parish-wide, unusual in having several with dementia. What could the community’ is a source of we can make a difference”. major institutions within parish be doing? inspiration for the fl ourishing its parish bounds. These of difference’ include HMP Wandsworth and Springfi eld University Hospital. So the topics chosen refl ected some of the needs right on the doorstep. Former Cabinet Minister, shared his personal story ‘From Politician to Prisoner to Prison Chaplain’. He recounted his much publicised ‘fall from grace’ as he was convicted of perjury and sent to HMP Belmarsh. But there he fell into the grace of God and 10 THE BRIDGE... May 2019

will accompany my being to spend time in ale houses pilgrimage or a retreat, love story of your encounter blind, the good God prepare and there were plenty of to record not momentous with God. Let me!’ those on the south bank. world events like Pepys and Lord, So ends the fi nal entry Visitors to the area now not the complications of a you write your story on my made by Samuel Pepys to come to look at where love life like Bridget Jones heart; us Bridget Jones is meant to but the story of a soul, my his celebrated and still read may I never forget what diary. The entry is dated 31 have lived by the Globe soul. you have done for me May 1669, so 350 years ago. Pub in the Borough Market. If you have never tried it I pray They gaze at the door from but ponder your love His sight was too bad for recommend it to you. It can day by day. him to continue the keeping which she emerges in each be momentous and it can be of a journal which had of the three fi lms which a love story, the momentous Amen. May recorded some momentous bring to life her diaries. ‘And so I betake myself to events in his life and in the To be honest I haven’t that course, which is almost life of London, not least the kept a diary for years but The Very Revd Andrew Nunn, Dean of Southwark as much as to see myself go Great Fire of 1666. I do sometimes keep a Please follow me on Twitter as I off er a prayer each into my grave: for which, He was a regular visitor journal, when I am doing morning so that you can join me in Morning Prayer. and all the discomforts that to Southwark for he liked something signifi cant, a Go to @deansouthwark

as a bookmark: tying ribbons onto a safety pin as a symbol RE Week at of standing together for what is right. Building the SAAGEGE They also spent time SSouthwarkouthwark Christ Church thinking about life in a developing nation; writing spiritual life of SSpiritualitypirituality prayers for justice and hanging aandnd AAgege Primary School, them on the prayer tree; WWorkingorking GGrouproup and thinking about whether older people statements of situations around on this subject. Several Battersea the world were true or false, One baptism liturgy reminds All those interesting in practitioners will speak and whether what was sadd was us that “In baptism God nurturing spiritual life in about approaches they have just or not. invites you on a life -long later life - for others or for Judge P J Kirby joined on by a group of people which journey”. However if we themselves - will be welcome developed, and participants have to be obeyed for the good As one Year 5 boy said look at the range of services to come to a session titled will be invited to share Collective Worship at of everyone.” afterwards: ‘I loved the Christ Church School and activities offered by “The Lifelong Journey: experiences, resources and The theme of the school’s activities in church, the many churches, there are Encouraging Spirituality”. questions. lessons, the special assemblies on the Thursday of fourth annual RE week was often opportunities for The spirituality of older The session will be run by and learning more about ‘Justice’. young people to explore people may be developed SAGE – the Diocesan group RE Week (11-15 justice!’ February). A highlight of the week their faith, while less energy individually, in groups, or working on issues relating was the Wednesday, when all Each child designed a cross seems to have been invested through the worship, and all to older people. It will be His fi rst question was “What classes went to the church for a to be displayed around the in providing openings to these will be looked at during held on the morning of is law?” series of workshops on justice. school. encourage the faith of older this session. We will look Saturday 18 May at Trinity He was really impressed by They wrote a bible verse One from each class was people at a very different at resources available and House. To book a place, the immediate reply from a on a piece of parchment to mounted on wood for the point on their life and faith share insights emerging from e-mail ministryandtraining@ Year 6 girl of “Rules agreed be rolled into a scroll or kept prayer board in the classroom. journey. authors currently writing southwark.anglican.org .

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Bishop Karowei and Dr Mosun share inspiring stories from their recent trip to the Africa Mercy- the world’s largest charity-run hospital ship. Tuesday 14 May: Christ Church, East Greenwich Wednesday 15 May: St Paul’s, Thamesmead Please send details of your events Thursday 16 May: for JUNE ONWARDS to Trinity House St Barnabas, Dulwich BY MONDAY 20 MAY 7.30pm (Doors open at 7pm) Tickets £7 (£5 before 15 April) On the Door £10 Book tickets online at www. Ongoing ✝ HACKBRIDGE - Taizé mercyships.org.uk/tour or at All Saints at 7pm First phone 01825 769000 ✽ BEDDINGTON - Quiet Sunday every month @St Mary’s - 3rd Thursday ✽ TATSFIELD - Teas DORMANSLAND - Croydon Bach Choir Compline by Candlelight Saturday 8 June each month 11am - 2pm. served every Sunday ‘Music In Maytime’ at St workshop and St Mary’s Church, Farleigh Various tools for quiet ✽ WIMBLEDON – 3 - 5 p.m. at St Mary’s John’s Church, 7 pm. performance 10am – 8.00 pm including labyrinth Inter-faith peace Church until the end of Marianne Goodale 5.30pm. “ More people of Faith” ✽ Walk. Contact John BOROUGH – St George September (Soprano) & Jonathan Cost - £20 (students nd 2 St Hild of Whitby Woodhouse 0790 the Martyr Community ✽ WARLINGHAM – Hodgson (Piano) - ‘rom free) from www. (Abbess, teacher) 8888 586 (by text) or Cafe and TimeBank every Water Aid lunches in St Debussy to Cole Porter’. croydonbachchoir.org/ - Ven. Moira Astin Thursday 2pm to 4.30 pm. woodhousesopten@ Ambrose Church Hall, Tickets £10 (u/16s free) Bring lunch. 9th Sts Cyril and Meet people, get advice, btinternet.com for 12-1pm fi rst Wednesday from 01342 870681.  OUTWOOD - 150th. Methodius (9th help one another details . All welcome ✝ ZIMBABWE ANGLICAN Interval refreshments Anniversary Concert century missionaries ✽ CLAPHAM - St Paul’s ✽ ELTHAM - Sing with COMMUNITY at St Mary, Proceeds to Church at St John the Baptist to the Slavs) Church Summer Fair. an orchestra. 3pm last Newington – Shona Mass, • CHELMSFORD - Church 7.30pm. - – Revd Tim Pike 12 - 4pm. Cakes plants, Sunday each month (not 2nd Sunday of month at Company of Servers Mozart’s Requiem and th 16 Bishop Jeremy Taylor local honey, pottery, Aug or Dec.) Eltham Pk 2pm. Mothers’ Union last National Festival from Elgar’s Scenes from the (Chaplain to Charles 1) bric-a-brac, toys & Methodist Church Saturday 2pm 11am at Chelmsford Bavarian Highlands. – Revd Philip Kennedy books, refreshments Cathedral. Mass, lunch, £12 (£6 u/16) e-mail rd 23 Farleigh Voices music, bouncy castle AGM, Evensong & nickandjose@btinternet. Lunchtime Recitals at 30th Elizabeth Fry (Prison and kids entertainer. Benediction. Preacher com or pay on door May Croydon Minster. & social reformer Entry conation: Adults – Dean of Southwark. Fridays at 1.10pm. Sunday 19 May and philanthropist) - £2 Seniors £1 (inc. free London & Southwark Wednesday 1 May Free entry, donations Rebecca Pope raffl e ticket). appreciated. Chapter is travelling • CITY OF LONDON - CATERHAM - Munch Circle the City, the Sunday 9 June 3nd - Antoine Pichon by 10.30am train from Wednesday 5 June with Music at St John’s Liverpool Street annual Christian Aid (Piano) ✽ THORNTON HEATH - Church - Shona Fenion th sponsored walk around CATERHAM - Munch 10 - Students from Sunday 12 May ‘Celebrating Diversity’ (violin) and John the City. Explore the with Music at St John’s Whitgift School - Croydon MEACC Act Cuthbert, (piano) Tea/ th EAST DULWICH - Music City’s historic places Church - Natalie Molloy 17 Syeung Hye Park of Worship at St Jude Coffee 12:15 – 12:45. by the Green 1.30 of worship, music, (piano) & Tereza (Piano) & St Aidan Church 3pm Performance 12:45 – th - 4.30 pm at St John’s entertainment and Stachová ( piano). Tea/ 24 - Maria Koroleva - 4.30 pm, followed by 1:30pm. Free Admission Church - music by activities and raise Coffee 12:15 – 12:45. (Soprano) refreshments. (please – Donations welcome st choirs and musicians sponsorship money Performance 12:45 – 31 - Christian Smith (Bass) feel free to wear your from the local area and for Christian Aid. Sign 1:30pm. Free Admission Lunchtime Concerts international/cultural beyond. Refreshments, up now at ctc2019. – Donations welcome at St Matthew’s Church, Compline by Candlelight attire). crafts, face-painting. eventbrite.co.uk or Redhill St Mary’s Church, Farleigh Lunchtime Concerts Admission free. email ctc@christian-aid. Tuesday 11 Thursdays at 1.10pm 8.00 pm at St Matthew’s Church, org to fi nd out more to Thursday 13 June 2nd Recital - Peter “ More people of Faith” ✽ SELSDON - Christian Redhill ✝ Robertson (Flute) & 5th Samuel Bernard Aid lunch 12noon in CLAPHAM - Welcoming Thursdays at 1.10pm ✝ ASCOT PRIORY - Church - at Church David Way (Violin & (Priest barred during St John’s Church Hall, 6th Lecture: ‘Gerald Abiding In Christ - A of the Holy Spirit, Viola) Civil War) - Upper Selsdon Road Finzi’- Michael Silent Preached Retreat Narbonne Avenue 9th Chamber Music Elizabeth Lanyon ✽ PURLEY – St.Swithun’s Barlow (Lecturer and For Clergy. Explore th 6:30pm - refreshments Recital - The Alma 12 Thomas Merton Charity Plant Sale - Pianist), John Avis some of the themes of afterwards Ensemble (Anglican monk, 9.00am to 12.30 in (Baritone) & Edmund ‘Enfolded in Christ – the mystic, theologian) - inner life of a priest’. 16th Chamber Music Church Hall, Grovelands Saturday 25 May Crutchfi eld (Clarinet) Revd Martin Hayward Conducted by the Revd Recital - Angela Road. Flower, fruit and – Monday 27 May 13th Recital - Claire Dunn 19th Michael Green (Priest, John-Francis Friendship Jones (Mezzo vegetable plants and (Clarinet) & Daniel theologian, writer) – ✽ TATSFIELD – Flower SMMS . Contact Soprano), George much more! King-Smith (Piano) Revd James Ashton Festival in St Mary’s [email protected] Mitchell (Violin) & Wednesday 15 May – 20th Recital - Zoe Eborn 26th Nate Saint and fellow Church. Open 11am Ann Slater (Piano) (Violin) & Jeremy Thursday 13 June missionaries (Jungle ✽ WESTMINSTER - (11.30am on Sunday) rd Weaver (Piano) 23 River City Saxes pilot & martyr) - Westminster Cathedral to 6pm. Refreshments,  UPPER NORWOOD - th 30th Recital - Gemma Heather Harris Interfaith Group meets paintings and gift stall. 27 Chamber Music Organ Concert at St Recital - String Emson-Jukes (Flute) at Hinsley Room, Sunday 26 May Johns – 7.30pm. Simon CATERHAM Morpeth Terrace SW1P, Quartet (Camilla Earl. Retiring collection Friday 3 May ✽ ST LAWRENCE 4 to 5 pm. Diana SELSDON - Plant and Morse-Glover & and refreshments. ✽ Produce Sale at St friends) LAMBETH - Open Day Guided Tours Mills on her visits to Saturday 15 June in the private garden of • Sunday 5 May – 3pm John’s Church - Palestine. All welcome Lunchtime Recitals at Lambeth Palace hosted • Monday 6 May – 3pm 11am in the Church Hall ✝ SOUTHWARK Thursday 16 May Croydon Minster. by USPG - 12 noon to • Sunday 12 May – 3pm CATHEDRAL – Service Fridays at 1.10pm. 3pm. £5 on the gate Adults: £3 Children: free  UPPER NORWOOD of Thanksgiving to Free entry, donations (children free). Dogs All proceeds towards the - Organ Concert at June celebrate 125 years of appreciated. welcome, refreshments upkeep of the Church St John’s - 7.30pm. Welcare.11am. Hear Saturday 1 June 7th Elizaveta Saul (Violin) Saturday 11 May Max Smith. Retiring stories of children and Saturday 4 May & Ana Manastireanu, collection and UPPER NORWOOD - families whose lives  EAST DULWICH - Organ (Piano)  UPPER NORWOOD - refreshments. Coffee Concert at St have been transformed recital at St John’s 21st Tom Little (Organ) Coffee Concert at St John s - 11am Coffee by the support of Church 11am - Andrew Saturday 18 May th John’s - 11am Coffee and cakes, 11.30am 28 Liam Connery Welcare volunteers, Chadney (Norbury and and cakes, 11.30am  CROYDON - Come and Sylvan Ensemble. Free (Tenor) donors and staff. All Thornton Heath). Tea Susan Anderson – Sing Bach’s St John admission July 5th Alis An, (Piano) welcome. Refreshments mezzo-soprano. Free and coffee; retiring Passion at St Matthew’s admission collection. Church. 12 THE BRIDGE... May 2019 “We couldn’t A ‘secret’ rustle up a real garden donkey…” opens to … but Holy Week still got off to a terrifi c start as St Mary Magdalene Wandsworth Common the public made their Palm Sunday procession in the bright sunshine. USPG, United Society Partners in the Gospel, is hosting an Okay, no live donkey this year but an able Open Day in the private garden substitute was on hand – in more ways than of Lambeth Palace on Friday 3 one! The trusty glove puppet was a brilliant May from 12 noon to 3pm with replacement and got just as many pats from the guided tours at 1pm and 2pm. children. Lambeth Palace garden is “It was great to be out amongst the early one of the oldest continuously morning dog walkers, joggers and personal cultivated gardens in the trainers’ said Vicar, the Revd Philippa Boardman country, having been “We included special prayers for the key places established in 1197. Over of our parish HMP Wandsworth, the shopping 10 acres, it includes plants the Anglican Communion. at £5 (children free). Dogs parade, the railway station and Springfi eld from all over the world, Hospital, for God’s Easter peace and hope”. Tickets are available at the are welcome and there are refl ecting the diversity of gates of Lambeth Palace refreshments available. Lambeth Awards for Southwark Three Southwark The citation adds that appointed Mission Theologian on the phenomenon of new priests were among “Daniel has deployed his many in the Anglican Communion monasticism. the 27 recipients of skills in various capacities: as (2015 - 2017). The purpose of He has worked tirelessly missionary, evangelist, pastor, this innovative project was to in giving birth to such new Lambeth Awards given social and community activist, raise up new ‘Doctors of the communities, in the UK and by the Archbishop of counsellor, broadcaster, Church’ in the global South abroad, writing in practical Canterbury at Lambeth politician, entrepreneur, to write, network, publish theology, helping others to Palace on 4 April. diplomat and conservationist. and engage with theologians refl ect with him, and giving He is well loved and respected in the global North, to renew consistent support to other They are the Venerable by many”. the worldwide Church and to communities as they take their Danny Kajumba, Bishop The Rt Revd Graham infl uence wider society. Bishop fi rst few steps. In addition, Graham Kings and the Kings (below right) was Graham worked tirelessly he has worked collaboratively Revd Ian Mobsby. awarded the Cross of St organising conferences around and creatively with traditional the world, arranging regular The Venerable Dr Daniel Augustine for Services to the communities in enabling seminars in Durham and Kajumba’s (below left) Citation Anglican Communion, for his bridges of understanding, good London and creating a website for the Canterbury Cross outstanding work in mission practice and learning. with a wealth of papers and for Services to the Church and theology for the global Bishop David Walker of resources. Since 2015 he has of England places him “in South. Bishop Graham’s long Manchester, who has a lead been an Hon. Asst Bishop in the forefront of the battle experience of working in the responsibility for religious Southwark Diocese. against poverty, inequality, Anglican Communion, began communities, has said that discrimination and injustice with seven years as a Mission The Revd Ian Mobsby Ian has made an unparalleled since arriving in the UK Partner for the Church Mission (right) the Woolwich Area contribution through his in 1971 as a refugee from Society in Kenya. Parish Mission Enabler and writings, his practical Uganda. He has initiated On his return to the Priest in Charge of St Luke’s engagements and his support numerous charitable activities UK, Bishop Graham was Camberwell and the Prior of for the bringing together of the to support refugees and the appointed as the fi rst ever the Wellspring Community new communities. An Ecumenical underprivileged and as Chair Lecturer in Mission Studies in Peckham was awarded The Lambeth Awards of the Committee for Minority at the Cambridge Theological Medal for Prayer Ethnic Anglican Concerns Federation. He then went and the Religious Life for his The Lambeth Awards Pilgrimage to the campaigned tirelessly for on to found and direct the exceptional contribution to the were launched in 2016 by equality and opportunity in Henry Martyn Centre for the creation and growth of new Archbishop to Holy Land the structures of Church and Study of Mission and World religious communities. recognise outstanding service State. As Archdeacon of Reigate Christianity. The citation says that Ian’s in different fi elds, including he helped bring community Following stints in more work has been seminal in the Archbishop’s ministry cohesion, encouraging domestic Dioceses, including encouraging new religious priorities of prayer and the interfaith dialogue between the Area communities, both through religious life; reconciliation different diaspora communities and a Canon and Prebendary practical example and in and peacebuilding; and in the UK”. of Sarum Cathedral, he was fostering depth of refl ection evangelism and witness.

3-10 March 2020 led by Bishop Christopher Chessun and Bishop Paul Hendricks Cost £1,745 sharing a twin-bedded room with private facilities. Single room supplement. Details from the Pilgrimage Administrator Trinity House, 4 Chapel Court, Borough High Street, London SE1 1HW Tel: 020 7939 9428 Email: [email protected] Walking I Welcoming I Growing