by Sara Black | Jan 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
There will not be a Lent Clergy Quiet Day this year. Instead there will be an optional afternoon prayer walk through the three deaneries, from Islington to Tower Hamlets via Hackney along the canal on 7th March. We will start from City Road lock after lunch at 1.30pm...
by Sara Black | Jan 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
It is with sadness that I let you know of the death yesterday of Revd Tania Witter, associate priest at Christ Church Highbury. Tania died after a short period of illness, at home, in the presence of her family. She was a well-known and much loved member of the Christ...
by Sara Black | Dec 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Saturday 3rd December 2022, a day I thought I would never see, has now become a day I will never forget. The day I was Ordained Deacon by Joanne, Bishop of Stepney after many years of first hearing God’s call. I had been serving for eleven years as a Licensed Lay...
by Sara Black | Dec 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Before becoming a Christian and being ordained as a Deacon, Raff battled drug addiction and was an atheist for 14 years. Today as part of His calling, Raff runs a ministry called Our father’s House Recovery Ministry, for the past 6 years, at All Hallows Bow church,...
by Sara Black | Oct 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
What checks should you do on clergy who are invited to take part in services outside of the parish where they are licensed, whether from another diocese, another jurisdiction, or another denomination? Current practice in the Diocese of London is that checks are...