Bermondsey Vicar

Faith, hope, and love in south-east London

Saturday, 30 November 2019

O come all ye faithful....to the Blue

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The first of our three open air carol events took place today at the Blue. The sun was shining, we had a great crowd of singers, and lot...

Sam at the Men's Brekkie

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Sam Adofo, Director of the Salmon Youth Centre, was the guest speaker at today's Men's Breakfast at St James. Sam and his wife h...
Friday, 29 November 2019

Light shining in the darkness

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Hundreds of people poured into St James's Churchyard tonight as part of the Illuminate Bermondsey and Illuminate Rotherhithe project ...
Tuesday, 26 November 2019

I see you

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To Westminster Abbey to see the exhibition mounted by Open Doors , the Christian agency which seeks to highlight the plight of persecuted ...
Saturday, 23 November 2019

Christmas is coming

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Christmas is coming - I know it's not quite Advent yet, but Christmas plans are in full swing here in Bermondsey and across the countr...
Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Joy in the churchyard

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Pictured left: Fergus Carr, architect of our new joyslide for the 21st century, and great great grandson of Arthur Carr, of Peek Freans bi...
Tuesday, 12 November 2019

Farewell to Delorine

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It was a fond farewell to Delorine (pictured with St James churchwardens Marian and Pat) on Sunday. Delorine, is training for the ordain...
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Monday, 11 November 2019

Armistice in Bermondsey

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Armistice Day began in Bermondsey with the St James School Armistice service in church, with all the children standing in respectful silen...
Sunday, 10 November 2019

Bermondsey remembers

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Our Remembrance Day events in Bermondsey began  with an Act of Remembrance in brilliant sunshine at the war memorial in Old Jamaica Rd (le...
Wednesday, 6 November 2019

Through all the changing scenes

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Changing views of St James, first from 1905 (thanks Pat) Then from BermondseyBeat, three pictures - first of a 1950s shot of the young...
Tuesday, 5 November 2019

Congratulations

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Congratulations to Torbjorn Holt, Rector of the Norwegian Church in Rotherhithe, on being invested with the Lancelot Andrewes Medal for Go...
Monday, 4 November 2019

Bermondsey brew

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Bermondsey Brew, St James community cafe which runs from 2.30pm to 4.30pm on Monday afternoon, continues to draw in a wide range of people...
Monday, 28 October 2019

Secret of a long life

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We have many people of Nigerian heritage in Bermondsey and I love  this BBC video   about a doughty 104 year old who puts her long life do...
Sunday, 20 October 2019

Welcome Dag Magnus

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To St Olav's Norwegian Church in London, Rotherhithe for the welcome service for Dag Magnus Hopstock Havgar, pictured with his wife,...
Saturday, 19 October 2019

St Augustine's at St James

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St James hosted the annual wards ceremony today for St Augustine's College of Theology, at which Karowei, the Bishop of Woolwich, was...
Monday, 14 October 2019

St James Harvest Thanksgiving

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St James Harvest Thanksgiving service this morning, included a thanksgiving for the birth of Caleb (left), the newest addition to Asha and...
Sunday, 13 October 2019

Men's breakfast

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Paul and I  first got to know Jon Westall when he came to be curate of St Peter's, St Helier in 1999. Twenty years later, Jon is the v...
Wednesday, 9 October 2019

I was a stranger

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I am grateful to a correspondent for putting me on to this 1957 documentary about the Salvation Army's work in Bermondsey, a wonderful i...
Tuesday, 8 October 2019

Re-imagining evangelism

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To All Souls Church, Lagham Place (left), for the annual Evangelism Conference. 'Evangelism re-imagined' was the theme of this y...

School Harvest Thanksgiving

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St James's School came to the church yesterday for their Harvest Thanksgiving Service, bringing gifts for the Manna Centre at London B...
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Gary Jenkins
Hi, I am the vicar of St James and St Anne's churches, part of the Bermondsey Group Ministry along with St Mary Magdalen and the Salmon Youth Centre.
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