WHAT’S ON
SUNDAY - SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER*
Morning worship : Ascension : 12nn (prayer @ 11:15)
Evening worship : Evelyn Community Centre : 6pm
(meal + worship, food prep @ 4pm)
MONDAY
Bear cubs : Leander centre : 9:30-11:30am
TUESDAY
Women's Bible Study : The Albany : 1:30pm
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
Bear cubs : outdoor play / Leander centre : 10-11:30am / 1-3pm
Cooking with English : The Bear : 11:30am-1pm
FRIDAY
Bear cubs : Leander centre : 9:30-11:30am
SATURDAY
THROUGH-OUT THE WEEK
Early morning prayer : zoom : 7am Mon-Fri
*Special Guest speaker - Liz Griffiths : This Sunday we welcome Liz Griffiths to speak to us about how to be a person of peace in a violent world. Here's a little about her: Liz Griffiths is Director of Bridge Builders, a small Christian charity which supports leaders in handling tension and conflict constructively and creatively. Liz is an Anglican priest and has worked in church in urban and city centre locations, and in theological education. Liz sees the work of Bridge Builders as part of her vocation in living out of the Gospel of reconciliation and is passionate how helping people make connections between faith and ordinary life.
COMING UP
Joint service with Ascension & garden party : we will be co-hosting a service with Ascension on July 19th and have been invited to a garden party following the service in the Vicarage across the road. Please come along and bring something to share with our Ascension extended family.
IN OUR COMMUNITY
Building project - the final push? : By the grace of God we have come so far with the building project and raised an incredible amount of money together. But we still need a little more to get us over the line. We are trying a new strategy to get us there and we need your help! If you could fill in this form, we will use this information to hopefully open up some new fundraising avenues. More information is in the link but do get in touch with Bex if you have any further questions.
Lift Train for Lily : If you are available during the day on Wednesdays and you drive a car that isn't too difficult for someone on crutches to get into, please do get in touch with Lily as she is in need of a lift to Lewisham Hospital from Brockley following her accident.
Hugh, Jonah & Lucas cycling fundraiser : Hugh, Jonah & Lucas are doing the Big Brighton Bike Ride to raise money for The Ragged Project. Check out their fundraising page here and share and donate if you can.
CLASSIFIEDS
David Pott's Walks4Life Pilgrimage : to celebrate the milestone of his 80th birthday, David Pott (Emily Adlington's Dad who some of you will know) is walking 138 miles of the North Wales Pilgrim's Way to raise funds for Walks4Life. If you would like to support his pilgrimage, you can donate to his Go Fund Me here and he has also written a prayer diary for anyone who would like to pray along with him (see attached). He has also asked for those who would be keen to support even further, that you forward the Go Fund Me link to 8 friends and ask them to each donate £10, that would be £80, a pound for every year of his life. If you would like to know more about Walks4Life, check out this interview with David by Guild of Health and St Raphael.
Embodied Peace - The Somatics of Grief : Are you finding that the communities where you gather are carrying an increased sense of grief at the moment? St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace want to equip people with facilitation skills to cultivate qualities essential to reconciliation and peacebuilding: compassion, listening, resilience, and the ability to remain human in the face of difference and change. On 26th June 9:30am-4:30pm, Tanya Forgan, mindfulness mentor and embodiment therapist, is offering a beautiful and very practical training on how we hold and care for people in grief and how to move a community of people through it together.
ESSENTIAL RECOMMENDS…
⚽THE WORLD CUP SPECIAL⚽
🙈 to see : Dear England on BBC iPlayer
🙉 to hear : Dai Dai - Shakira x Burna Boy (Official FIFA World Cup Song 2026)
🙊 to read : Why sports and politics can't be separated
BONUS recommend : Come Together - England Squad Announcement for World Cup 2026