'We have a Gospel to proclaim...'

On Palm Sunday, 24 March, parishioners from Mortlake and East Sheen took the Gospel to the High Street in an ecumenical blessing of palms and a procession with a donkey. They walked carrying palms from Sheen Lane war memorial to St Mary the Virgin in Mortlake High Street and St Mary Magdalen in North Worple Way.

New Stations of the Cross at All Saints

A new set of the Stations of the Cross was formally "unveiled" at All Saints, East Sheen, on Palm Sunday by their creator, internationally renowned sculptor Nathan David FRBS. The set was instigated by a member of the congregation in memory of her parents.

Charlton's first Good Friday Walk

For many years churches in SE London have gathered on Blackheath for an Act of Witness on Good Friday. This year for the first time, churches in Charlton decided to meet and walk together to Blackheath Standard.

Baptists and Anglicans, with Bishop Colin, walked along Charlton Road to meet with the congregation of Our Lady of Grace (with them was Bishop Charles Henderson), Methodists and members of the local URC.

The procession was led by a hearse bearing a 6 foot high cross on its roof! The two Bishops assisted the local police by bringing up the rear and over two hundred people gathered in Battley Park for a concluding act of worship.

All-woman Passion Play in Battersea

The annual Passion Play performed on Palm Sunday at All Saints', Battersea Fields, had a different look this year - the cast was entirely female.

It was clear that the group had grown close together during the rehearsals. The play was deeply moving for those present who were caught up in the action which flowed scene by scene through every part of the open space (no chairs in All Saints on Palm Sunday). Then on Good Friday several members of the cast gave testimony to the feelings they had experienced as they entered into their roles and gained new insight into the events and encounters that the Gospels portray.

'Angel voices ever ringing...'

It has been many years since the choir stalls of St Barnabas, Mitcham, have been full of young choristers. But this all changed on Easter Sunday when 15 youngsters aged 8 to 14 years were enrolled into the newly formed junior choir. Then, dressed in their new surplices, they sang an anthem for the congregation - adding a new dimension to St Barnabas worship.