Father Tom was much loved by the church family at All Saints and St Nicholas and by the people of Poplar and beyond. Tom made a return to the Church in the mid-seventies following the death of his mother. After time he persuaded his father to join him and subsequently...

A windrush film: the cost of migration on Caribbean Families

I am sad to have to pass on the news of the death  of Bishop Karowei Dorgu on Friday 8th September. Please see attached a letter from the Bishop of Southwark to the clergy of his Diocese. Prior to his consecration, Karowei spent the entirety of his ordained ministry...

Pastoral Care in Hackney and Islington was given a great boost when The Bishop of Stepney, the Rt Rev Dr Joanne Woolway Grenfell commissioned four new Pastoral Assistants on Sunday 23rd July at Hope Church Islington.  Lorraine Flack from St John Hoxton, Valerie Roach...

Extract from a sermon preached at ‘A service of Thanksgiving and Retirement for the Revd Preb Rosémia Brown’ at St James the Great, Clapton, Sunday 23 July 2023 by the Revd Andrew Wilson:  “Thanksgiving to God for you Rosémia comes so easily to me. I think of your...

Bishop Joanne, in her role as the Church’s new lead bishop for safeguarding, talked to Francis Martin at the Church times.

Free School Meals for NRPF Families – NRPF stands for No Recourse to Public Funds. It’s a condition that applies to most migrants in the UK. It means they are not entitled to the majority of welfare benefits, including jobseekers’ allowance, housing benefit and social housing.

A new resource for deepening discipleship is now available from the diocesan website. It was created with the help and feedback from several parishes in our diocese. You can read more on www.wayoflife.london, or download the resource directly. In the book of Acts, the...

Please could we ask all churches to complete your Energy Footprint Tool (EFT) in the Parish Returns. The deadline is July 31st (for data from 2022). We as a Diocese, and the CofE nationally, have committed to becoming "Net Zero Carbon" (NZC) by 2030. As we speak, a...