Your chance to serve!
We have vacancies to serve on Sunday mornings as Sacristan or as various types of Server. Here’s your chance to serve!
Evensong - cancelled
On Sunday 26 June at 6.30pm in church we shall hold our monthly Evensong service.
Summer Show and Afternoon Tea
On 25 June 2022 (1-5pm at Church of the Holy Spirit, Narbonne Avenue London SW4 9JU), join us for some summer fun.
Enter competitions in our summer show, play games and enjoy a traditional afternoon tea and music.
Start growing your plants and planning your entries now!
Big Pentecost Lunch - 5 June
Mark your diary for Sunday, 5 June, when we will celebrate Pentecost.
In addition to being one of the church's major Holy Days, it's our parish's patronal festival which this year we’re marking with a Big Pentecost Lunch from 12 noon.
There will be fantastic fun such as a sizzling BBQ serving meat and vegetarian options and games for children (and possibly adults!).
Bakers - grab your aprons and prepare for a day dripping with delights with a dessert competition! Baklava, cake, mousse, trifle. Whatever tickles your fancy, bake it and we'll rate it.
Thank you! Big Brekkie brings home the bacon
On Sunday 15th May 2022, we held a Big Brekkie fundraiser for Christian Aid Week.
With Alan Mundy, Katie Pollock and Biddy Taylor staffing the stove, two batches of Kathryn Newell’s mouth-watering muffins, and Andrew Chevis crewing the card reader, an early-rising team gathered a whopping £512.
To everyone who grilled, baked or munched, many many thanks on behalf of Christian Aid.
Annual meetings
On Sunday 15th May 2022 as part of the 10.30 a.m. Mass the annual meeting of parishioners and the annual parochial church meeting will take place.
Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday: the day of resurrection. We have a tendency to skip the hard bits and go straight to the happy hope filled parts, but our readings slow us down. Before we can grasp the hope we need to trust that it is true. In our gospel reading, Luke 24:1-12, the women who witnessed the resurrection are not believed, their truth is dismissed. Peter was one who scoffed at them yet he had the courage and the curiosity to go and see for himself and, by the time of Acts 10:34-43, he has found the truth for himself. Today there are many stories competing for our attention, there is so much information and so much disinformation. Like Peter we need to see for ourselves what holds true for us, to test what we can trust. The ultimate test is always this: is it life-giving? Does it increase love? If the answer is yes, we have found our truth.
Good Friday Workshop for Children
Good Friday Workshop for Children
Come and discover how our Springtime traditions link to the great Easter Story.
Palm Sunday
Today marks the beginning of Passiontide: 7 days in which we follow Christ’s last days on earth and enter into the mystery of the passion. This is a time when we reflect upon the difference between our expectations (of ourselves, the world and God) and God’s expectations— always surprising, always unexpected, creating possibilities we never dared hope for.
Mothering Sunday
This mothering Sunday as we honour our own mothers and carers with stories, music, prayers and daffodils we also remember those doing the hard work of mothering in conflict.
Junior choir will be singing a song they have written for their own mums and a cake sale after the service will raise money for Ukranian refugees.
Passiontide Concert: Thank You
Our evening of Music and Poetry for Passiontide was a huge success.
An enthusiastic audience delighted in music ranging from Tallis to Whitaker while enjoying wine and savoury platters prepared by Kathryn Newell.
The proceeds of just over £1,000 will be donated to the Robes night shelters. A matching donation to the DEC Ukraine appeal has been funded by several members of the Holy Spirit Clapham congregation.
An enormous thank you to everyone who organised, performed at and attended this event.
Big Brekkie for Christian Aid
This year’s Big Brekkie for Christian Aid will be held at Holy Spirit Clapham on Sunday 15th May 2022 at 8:30 a.m.
Get a delicious breakfast and support Christian Aid!
Refugees from Ukraine – what can we do?
At the time of writing, more than 2.5 million people had fled the conflict in Ukraine to neighbouring countries (UNHCR) in what could become Europe's worst refugee crisis of the 21st century, and the worst since the Second World War.
The British government has now reconsidered its Ukrainian immigration policy in light of growing people bloc pressure. In addition to making the process less onerous for family members with passports, a new sponsored humanitarian refugee route is set to be announced.
Passiontide Concert
On Thursday 24th March at 7.30pm there will be a Passiontide Concert at the Church of the Holy Spirit (Narbonne Avenue, London SW4 9JU).
The programme includes choral singing, instrumental pieces and readings.
The concert is being held to raise funds for homeless shelter, Robes.
Entrance costs £10 which includes cheese and wine to enjoy during the performance.
Pancake Party
On 1 March, we held a Pancake Party for Children of Primary School age.
The assembled company, made pancakes and took part in a pancake race and other games.
Be our Christian Aid rep!
We are looking for someone to take on the role of Christian Aid representative.
This isn’t a big role. It involves organising an annual collection to coincide with Christian Aid week and the occasional fundraiser.