Thy Kingdom Come (2)

Our Thy Kingdom Come prayer walk set off from the Blue today to pray for the people who live on the four squares estates (left) and the area around St Crispin's Church.

On the way we stopped at Southwark Park School to pray for the children who go to school there and to other schools in our two parishes.

We admired the frieze (above) in this London School Board school building of 1873 showing a teacher surrounded by children and various learning educational implements such as a globe, an abacus, a set square, a slate and various books - a great reminder of the Victorian vision for bringing education to London's poor.

We started off our walk gathering around the newly refurbished lion (the symbol of Bermondsey) at the Blue. 

It was good to recall that Jesus is described as the lion in the book of Revelation, and to hear his command to take the Gospel to every nation: 'Go, then, to all peoples everywhere and make them my disciples' (Matthew 28.19).

As we prayed for that great work of mission, we especially prayed for Bermondsey that God's kingdom will come among us.