Christmas events

Please join us - we'd love to see you!

The Big Green Youth Club

What: Weekly Youth Club for 11-14 year olds Where: The Scout Centre, Copley Street (Off Stepney Way), Stepney E1 3DF When: Fridays 6.30-8pm Cost: £1

Today we thought about gifts!

Community Gospel Choir

For the past few years we have facilitated a community gospel choir workshop over a 10 week period at Departure Arts Centre. It's been such a great success that this year we've decided to launch the choir as a weekly session! It's designed to accommodate both experienced singers and those who would simply like to 'have a go'! We're launching on Tuesday16th October - we'd love to have you involved so come along and find out what an amazing thing it is to sing in a choir.

What: Community Gospel Choir
Where: Departure Arts Centre, 649 Commercial Road, Limehouse
When: Tuesdays 7.30-9pm
Cost: £10 annual membership fee

Harvest Festival

Sip some scrumptious home-made soup. Relax to the tunes of the 'Acoustic Music Jam' band. Reflect on the blessings of what we have in the company of friends and neighbours in a fun and interactive way. This will be our Harvest Festival 2012 - Sunday 7th October at 12.30pm - Scout Centre, Stepney Way E1. Bring along friends, family, neighbours - anyone! Oh... and some food donations for our amazing Hope Town Lifehouse in Whitechapel would be much appreciated.

An Olympic summer

Some of our favourite summer snaps with the Brazilian and Czech teams...

Soccer School in action!

Olympics nearly here!

So the Olympics are nearly here... and we have lots of stuff happening. We are also delighted to have some Brazilian and Czech teams coming to help us out! We'll try and post a few photos along the way but please check out some of our activities below...

Prayer and picnic!

Yesterday was great for a number of reasons! It started off at Booth House Lifehouse - where we gathered together to pray. We received the Olympic prayer torch that is being passed around Salvation Army centres and churches in London. We prayed for the work of Booth House and Hope Town before heading up Whitechapel Road with the torch on our way to Stepney Park. At the park we had a picnic - dodging the rain showers and enjoying good food and great company. We even sang some songs accompanied by a banjo, mandolin, guitar, bongos and a harmonica! Good times - God with us, between us and in us.

Soul in the City: Housing in Stepney

We considered the 'good news' in relation to housing in Stepney on Sunday (the photo shows our prayers in the very fabric of our community).  We wondered if Jesus lived in Stepney in 2012 his telling of the parable might have gone like this! (Matthew 7:24-27)

Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise developer who built his block of flats on affordability for ordinary people. The financial storm came down, the jobs dried up and the hard economic times beat against that block; yet it enabled the community to stand, because it had its foundation on people. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like the foolish developer who built his block of flats on profit alone. The financial storm came down, the jobs dried up and the hard economic times beat against that block, and it became an empty, soulless place that provided homes for the rich few who could afford it, and it contributed to the community falling with a great crash.

I'll Fight Tour

Join us on a tour of the early Salvation Army sites in Whitechapel - next Saturday (26th May). £3 per person including lunch. Book direct with Jeanette Lees: jeanette.lees@salvationarmy.org.uk. All the info below.

Housegroups

Our housegroups are a real source of inspiration. We have plenty of interesting discussion about scripture and how to live out our faith. We listen to, support and pray for one another. Thursday evenings at 7.30pm and Wednesdays lunchtimes at 1pm (ladies only). Come along some time.

Stand Up and Take Charge!

With an election for London Mayor just around the corner, we and our partners in London Citizens are calling Londoners to 'stand up and take charge' of the agenda. Tomorrow night is the big assembly night, when in Westminster, we will take our place with 2000 others and challenge the mayoral candidates to support our agenda. We simply ask for Safer streets, affordable housing, a living wage, better governance and more jobs. And we don't just demand these things - unlike others we offer simple solutions to how these can come to be and we mobilise ourselves to make it happen in partnership with the mayor and their team. Check out how you can support this agenda by signing up to the people's agenda.

Good Friday

Palm Sunday

Our annual Palm Sunday 'pilgrimage' to Epping Forest...

Easter Activities

Please come along and join us at something this Easter! There's loads happening. You can download all the info here...

Our Activities

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Why we love being part of London Citizens!

A living wage, affordable housing, safer streets, jobs, building communities, working together, social justice, kingdom values. Action is good! See us in action at the TELCO assembly back in November...

Smart Crew

Every Monday is the latest of our youth activities - Smart Crew. It's a Performing Arts Club for 8-14 year olds including acting, singing, dancing and other performance related activities. The session is led by a professional actor and a professional musician. In the summer term 2012 we held our debut performance - 'Jonah: a fishy Tale'.

What: Performing Arts after-school club
When: 3.45-5pm
Where: Roland Phillips Scout Centre, Stepney Way, London E1 3DF
Cost: £1

Pancake Party 2012

Over the years our pancake parties have become legendary. It began in a home 8 years ago with a handful of people using just eggs, milk, flour, a lemon and a bowl full of sugar! But today's parties have taken pancakes to a whole new level. Come and experience a taste of heaven on Shrove Tuesday - 21st February - at the Scout Hall on Stepney Way. 5.30pm-7pm. Bring a filling and a friend (be creative!).

Our church word cloud

We put together words to describe our church. This is what we came up with! Let's try and live up to it for 2012...