Happy Birthday to us!

It was a great day here yesterday, with super music from our choir, visiting singers and orchestra and an inspiring sermon from our visiting preacher, Pfarrer Manfred Richter (who had heard about the elusive English Summer and was therefore pleasantly surprised!).

Summer at last!

Phew, it is hot in here!

I'm just running off this Sunday's service sheets and notices. This week we are celebrating our church's 40th birthday on its present site! We have a visiting preacher from our twin town of Charlottenburg, Berlin plus our choir (their last service before the summer break) and an orchestra. We're just putting out the fans in church now to keep us all cool during all the excitement ....

In the evening we say goodbye to Matthew Rushton who has completed his four weeks placement with us. He will be preaching at evening prayer as his last task here before heading back to Oxford. Many thanks, Matthew - I'll miss having you around in the office!

Free concert tomorrow!

The second in our series of coffee break organ recitals takes place tomorrow morning at 11am, for around 30 to 40 minutes, followed by coffee and biscuits.

This month's organist is Michael Bonaventure of All Saints', Blackheath.

All recitals are free, with a retiring collection for the church choir's organ fund.

You can see the full list at www.organrecitals.com

Pass the mop ...

We sprang quite a bad leak in the Coffee Bar kitchen during the heavy rain :( Investigations are ongoing into where the water is getting in...
On a lighter note, the boys (and girls) in blue from the Safer Neighbourhood Team came to borrow a cup of sugar while they were at a meeting elsewhere in the building. Well, it made me smile, anyway!