29 children had applied to join the Junior Faith Committee, which parallels the work of the Governors' Faith Group, which itself oversees the distinctively Christian character of the school, including policies for RE and Collective Worship.
The members of the JFC, who had all completed impressive application forms, were meeting with us today to share with us their ideas for the Maundy Thursday school service we are having in church next week and the Easter service we will be having on the last day of term (the following Friday).
More about what they have planned when I blog after those services, but its enough now to say that they were bubbling with ideas and enthusiasm, that will make our school celebration of Holy Week and Easter extra special.
It was good to feed all this back to the governors when they met this afternoon for a full meeting of the governing body.
MEANWHILE the church was getting ready to host Southwark Council's Bermondsey and Rotherhithe Community Council.All the councillors were there, plus representatives from local community groups, local residents, the police etc, and the good news is that, from the Council's Cleaner, Greener, Safer budget, £30,000 has been allocated to install lighting for pedestrians on the south side of St James's Churchyard (to parallel that which already exists on the north side).
This much needed improvement will make the churchyard a lot safer at night, particularly for those crossing from the St James's Rd entrance to the Thurland Rd one.
A big thank you for Riverside councillors, Anood, Eliza, and Hamish for making this possible.
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