Just finished planting up 4 new Rain Gardens🌿#SuDS (111m2) 750+ plants with the help of Thames Water 💧, Department for Education, Waltham Forest Council and residents to tackle #floodrisks with: 🌷Rain Gardens 💧Water Attenuation Tanks 🚗Permeable Roads WF Labour Labourstone The Ranty Highwayman

A Pastoral Letter from the Archbishop. رسالة راعوية من رئيس الاساقفة.

Prayer is the meek and holy force to oppose the diabolical force of hatred, terrorism and war. I invite all believers to join with the Church in the Holy Land and to dedicate next Tuesday, 17 October, to prayer and fasting.

In response to the ongoing crisis in Israel and Gaza, please join in the global day of prayer and fasting on Tuesday 17 October for justice, reconciliation, peace, and an end to hatred and war

This is an appalling and devastating loss of innocent lives. The Ahli hospital is run by the Anglican church. I mourn with our brothers and sisters - please pray for them. I renew my appeal for civilians to be protected in this devastating war. May the Lord God have mercy.

If you have a few minutes, do watch this short video to see what an inclusive evangelical Anglican church serving its community looks like. Well done, St Mary’s. Chelmsford Diocese

It was a privilege to serve here @StMarysE17. I would encourage anyone in the area to this beautiful and precious Church community

We won!

Saint Stephen, the first martyr or ‘witness’, was the first among a multitude of brothers and sisters who still today continue to shed light in darkness: people who respond to evil with goodness and break the spiral of hatred with the gentleness of love.

🗳️ Citizens UK is on a mission to register 300,000 at-risk voters for the next election. Become a Voter Registration Champion and empower democracy! Join us to ensure every voice is heard. 👥 Learn more: voterchampion.org.uk

We think of him as safe beneath the steeple, Or cosy in a crib beside the font, But he is with a million displaced people On the long road of weariness and want. The #HolyInnocents (Refugee) malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2023/12/28/the…

Very good to have Rev Vanessa Conant and St Mary's Walthamstow speaking up for some of the most vulnerable in our community in this piece. Praying they’re heard.

This morning a gathering of 85 people strong from Waltham Citizens, local residents and community groups stood outside a temporary accommodation hotel in solidarity with asylum seekers set to be evicted by Clearsprings. We heard powerful testimonies and gave a set of demands 1/2

📣 Message to CEO of Clearsprings Ready Homes! 🏘️ 1️⃣ Extend people's stay until April 2024 as previously planned. 2️⃣ Ensure a minimum notice period of 2 months before any further changes. 3️⃣ Arrange a meeting to discuss improvements in housing conditions. #HomeForHome 2/2

I said some stuff yesterday at #synod Thankful for the opportunity to speak up for all us council house kids and for the stellar work of Lynne Cullens , Bishop Philip & all the unsung heroes of #estatesministry

Students and staff LeytonSixthForm discussing voting issues and registering to vote this week #VoterRegistrationChampions #VoterRegistrationWeek

Productive meeting today at City Hall with Seb Dance, regarding ‘free bus travel for asylum seekers in London’, the meeting went well with a ray of HOPE. #roomonthebus4us#londonforeveryone#datewithseb#meetingwithseb WFCitizens St Barnabas E17 TfL Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan London Citizens

Delighted that NECN Estate Churches & The Church of England #EETG led on this work; thanks to dave champness @pilgrimpace Helen Shannon and all involved in the pilots which informed it. We look forward to a Church whose leadership - at all levels - is representative of the communities we serve.

Regular movement helps protect our mental health. 💜 But it's not always easy to get moving everyday. If you’d like to move more, read our tips to help you get the mental health benefits of movement: mentalhealth.org.uk/movement-tips #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #MomentsForMovement

This week, Pádraig Ó Tuama the MD-ICCCR's Artist-in-Residence, will share and reflect on 7 poems - one each day - on conflict. They serve as a portal into the intuitive and empirical insights into these human challenges/opportunities. Perhaps listen and share? onbeing.org/programs/intro…