Muslims from North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia were present in London in the 16th Century, working as translators and diplomats. Today, Islam is the second largest religious group in the UK. I wonder how much we know… Read more

Our PCC agreed to close the balcony on two Sundays in the summer to see what that felt like. Numbers are inevitably smaller and to divide the congregation in two on those days does not make a lot of sense…. Read more

Inevitably, because of holidays, congregations are smaller in August. This can sometimes mean that the reduced congregation is divided evenly between the balcony and the main worship area. It means that people can be spread very thinly throughout the church,… Read more