A well attended service at this year’s All Souls. The candles above were lit by all of us for our friends and relatives, and a commemoration held. After the service, people stayed to talk to each other and have refreshments. There is such comfort in sharing our thoughts and feelings at such
Continue readingBible Sunday For Bible Sunday this year, Holy Savs were invited to bring their favourite bible and tell the congregation the story behind it, if they so wished. Licensing of James as Reader for Holy Saviour Also today, James was formally licensed as Holy Saviour’s own Reader.
Continue readingFollowing last week’s Harvest Festival Service, a number of Holy Savs, with family and friends, got together for Harvest Supper on Saturday, 15 October. This was a ‘bring and share’ event, with plenty available to eat and drink. There was also a fun quiz and the evening culminated with a few
Continue readingHarvest Festival Service was held on Sunday, 9 October. Above are pictures of food items donated by members of the congregation for distribution to the less fortunate in the local area. Reverend Catherine and the serving team.
Continue readingMacmillan Big Coffee Morning A lovely way to spend a Saturday morning – chatting over coffee, cake, fruit & juice. Over £400 was raised for the Macmillan Cancer Support charity. Thanks go to our Social Events Team, Christine in particular. Choir Room Revamp A lovely room at the back of the church, formerly a chapel
Continue readingKids’ Paradise Now Open The new pre-school daycare, Kids’ Paradise, based in the church hall is now open. Restored Hall Floor Restoration of our hall floor is now complete. See how it shines! Karen and Alpheus get married The wedding of Karen and Alpheus took place on Saturday, 17 September. A
Continue readingCroydon North Deanery churches, with Croydon Citizens and Thornton Heath Community Action Team (THCAT) held a meeting at Holy Saviour for residents, the council and Veolia (waste management contractor) about the crisis of the rubbish and litter on our streets. The meeting focused especially on fly-tipping. A packed room of residents, councillors, council staff, Veolia
Continue reading‘Walk around the Parish part 2’ organised by our Mission & Communications Action Team – to see where new shops, flats, houses, schools etc are happening in the Parish and to get a feel for what’s going on in the local streets. We stop every now and then to pray for
Continue readingThe wedding of Art and Mariate took place in the church on Saturday, 20 August. This lovely couple, British Chinese Canadian and British Spanish, are part of the congregation. In this picture, an old London routemaster bus waits outside the church to take guests to the reception. Here we are at
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