‘Mix & Mingle’ is Back
Saturday, 11 September saw the return of our seniors ‘Mix and Mingle’ for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. It was lovely to see the return of many old faces as well as some new ones.
Continue readingAdvent-Christmas 2020
For this uniquely different year, Holy Saviour has designed a ‘walk by’ Advent-Christmas in the church gardens for all the community to ‘take in’ as they pass by. With huge thanks to our Sunday School leaders who designed and made the model Nativity.
Continue readingAsh Wednesday 2020
Lent began on Ash Wednesday last week, 26 February. In the picture below, our morning service of Imposition of Ashes began with the lighting of 40 Lent candles to represent the 40 days and 40 nights Jesus spent in the wilderness and to guide us through the 40 days of
Continue readingEco-presentation by Sunday School & Young People’s Independent Group
Sunday School & Young People gave an Eco-presentation on the occasion of the farewell service to Archdeacon of Croydon, Chris Skilton, on 19 January. On Sunday 19th January, the Sunday School led a sermon on saving God’s Creation, the Earth. This Lent we are asking everyone to work together to care
Continue readingThank you to Diane and ‘My Time, Croydon’
Holy Saviour Church wants to thank Diane Johnson and her group from ‘My Time, Croydon’ who so generously donated over 30 Christmas gift bags for our church to distribute in our local community. The gift bags contained practical things for getting through the winter such as woolly hats, scarves, gloves,
Continue readingMonthly Seniors’ ‘Mix & Mingle’
The first, for the 2020 New Year, of our monthly community social for older people of all cultures and faiths took place on Saturday 11 January, with delicious refreshments, a game of ‘Beetle’ and a talk on saving money on utility bills. With thanks to its organisers from Holy Saviour
Continue readingHoly Savs – Christmas in the Community
Holy Savs rocking the Christmas Carols on Bensham Lane yesterday, Friday 20 December 2019, evening, putting positivity back into our streets. Thank you to our community who were so responsive! Join us for Christmas:
Continue readingBlack History Month 2019 – Part 2
Continuing the commemoration of Black History Month, on Sunday 20 October, three generations of the Babin/Akaje-Macauley family gave their own personal testimonies of their Sierra Leonean roots and coming to, being born and living, in the UK from the 1950s to the present.
Continue readingBlack History Month 2019 – Part 1
On Sunday 13 October, three generations of the Isaacs family of Holy Saviour Church gave very moving personal testimonies of Guyanese heritage and coming to, being born and living in, Britain spanning the period from October 1962 until the present. The church community was galvanised and a ‘community healing began’
Continue readingHarvest Festival Service 2019
A huge thanks to all who so generously donated food for our Harvest Festival Service. It will go to: our local foodbank; Croydon Refugee Centre; and to individuals in the parish in need at this time. It was a lovely full service with great hymns and prayers by many. A
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