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THE STORYBOARD WALK is a free family activity run by St Peter’s School PTA (via Koru Kids) for holidays (similar to the Star Walk organised by Joanna Woods over Christmas). It’s a game, story and walk for children aged 3-11, focusing on emotional literacy, and a way to raise money for St Peter’s school, using estate…

The Black Lives Matter campaign has forced all of us to reflect more deeply on issues of racism, both in society and in the church. Last week, some of you will have seen the BBC’s Panorama programme asking “Is the Church racist?”, which told some challenging and disturbing stories of the experiences of black and…

Lucy, the Parish Administrator, is walking 250km in March as part of a group effort to walk, run or cycle 8766 kms ‘to’ Debre Birhan in Ethiopia, for PARTNERS FOR CHANGE ETHIOPIA. She has clocked up 213 km so far. The final destination is the school in Biruh Tesfa and the money is to support a…

As most of you will know, Heike’s time as a curate at St Peter’s is coming to an end, and she will be leaving us in April to become Vicar of Coggeshall and the surrounding villages in Essex. We will miss her hugely, but wish her and Alistair all the best for this exciting next…

Youth violence is an issue of great urgency for our time. In 2019, 24 children aged just 17 or younger were murdered with a knife or sharp object. Youth violence, which is prevalent in London, can include fighting, bullying, threats with weapons, and gang-related violence. For some young people, Covid-19 has made the world even less…

Throughout Lent, the Diocese of London is offering daily reflections and videos on mental and physical wellbeing, under the banner “40 Days of Wellbeing”, which you can access via the diocese’s CONFIDENT DISCIPLES twitter account, from Ash Wednesday onwards. To get a taste of what’s coming up, you can watch an advance offering, with this short VIDEO REFLECTION on…

Thanks so much to all who generously donated baby clothes last week to support a local asylum seeker! This week, we’re looking for used (but good condition) children’s books, to pass on to the CHILDREN’S BOOK PROJECT. This is a London-based charity who collect and distribute books to disadvantaged children, via schools, nurseries, prisons, foodbanks, women’s…