Church at 5, Hockwell Ring

15/02/2021

Happy Monday Beautiful people. This Wednesday 17th Feb is Ash Wednesday which marks the start of Lent. Guided prayer will have this as our focus, looking forward to praying with you. joing me live (instagram)
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29/12/2020

Hello Beautiful people. No morning guided prayer this week, but in the evening of Wednesday 30th December at 6.30pm I will be live focusing on prayers to enable us to begin to recognise all that we have lost this year, to make space to reflect and to seek Jesus as a new year approaches. You are welcome to join me for an extended guided prayer 15 to 20 minutes and you will need something to write on and paper/old wrapping paper you are prepared to discard. I'm really looking forward to praying with you guys. Love and hugs. Grace (Vicar for St Luke's) x

24/12/2020

Where ever you find yourself this Christams, or your own or with others may the Light and Life of the Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace be with you this Christams and always. Amen.

17/12/2020

A friendly reminder that this saturday you are welcome to come and hear the Christmas story and make a Christingle to take home. Servcies will last about 30 minutes. All ages welcome. No need to book. We ask that adults wear a face mask and if you have covid symptoms please stay at home.

11/12/2020

on Saturday 19th December at 5pm Come and hear the Christmas Story and make a christingle while listening to carols. This service is suitable for all ages, the young and the young at heart. Due to Hockwell Ring community Centre being closed, the service will take place in St Luke's Church, High Street. There is no need to book, simply turn up. We ask that all adults wear a face mask and ask that if you have covid-19 symptoms to at stay home.

25/10/2020

Black History Month
Sara Forbes Bonetta, (born Omoba Aina; 1843 – 15 August 1880), was an Egbado princess of the Yoruba people in West Africa who was orphaned during a war with the nearby Kingdom of Dahomey and later became the slave of King Gezo of Dahomey. Some may say she was liberated - others would say she was recaptured by Captain Frederick E. Forbes of the British Royal Navy who took her to England and presented her to Queen Victoria and she became a goddaughter to the Queen. She was married to Captain James Pinson Labulo Davies, a wealthy Victorian Lagos philanthropist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Forbes_Bonetta

This image was painted by Cathy Young (nee Foster). You can find her work on www.facebook/iconismus

18/10/2020

Black History Month
Apolo Kivebulaya (c. 1864 - 30 May 1933) was a Ugandan Anglican priest and evangelist. He is sometimes referred to as the "apostle to the pygmies" for his work among the Bambuti people of the Ituri forest in eastern Congo. Apolo is considered the principal pioneer of the Anglican church in the Belgian Congo. He was commemorated in the Anglican Calendar of Saints on May 30.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apolo_Kivebulaya

This image was painted by Cathy Young (nee Foster). You can find her work on www.facebook/iconismus

11/10/2020

Black History Month
Darcus Howe
Leighton Rhett Radford "Darcus" Howe (26 February 1943 – 1 April 2017) was a British broadcaster, writer, and racial justice campaigner.
He came to public attention in 1970 as one of the "Mangrove Nine", who marched to the police station in Notting Hill, London, to protest against police raids of the Mangrove restaurant, and again in 1981 when he organised a 20,000-strong "Black People's Day of Action" in protest at the handling of the investigation into the New Cross Fire, in which 13 black teenagers died.

He was best known as a television broadcaster in the UK for his Black on Black series on Channel 4, and his current affairs programme, Devil's Advocate.

This image was painted by Cathy Young (nee Foster). You can find her work on www.facebook/iconismus

04/10/2020

Black History Month.

Harriet Tubman was born into slavery, Harriet escaped and subsequently made 13 missions to rescue 70 enslaved people using the network of safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. During the American Civil War, she served as an army scout and spy for the Union Army. In her later years, she was an activist for women's suffrage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman

This image was painted by Cathy Young (nee Foster). You can find her work on www.facebook/iconismus

01/10/2020

Hurrah it's October & Black History month
"Black History Month is not simply about remembering the past and black contribution to the present. It is about reminding various communities in Britain that people of African descent are making daily contributions. They are indeed continuously building this kingdom in various ways, thus shaping our future as a nation." Dr Olivette Otele, Reader in History at Bath Spa University

To mark this month each week we will be post a painting (by a local artist) of black men and women who have contributed to our world.

God bless.
Grace
Vicar for St Luke's Leagrave.

2020 has held a mirror up to the world and forced many to see the reality of racism in all its guises. From Black people dying disproportionately in the pand...

03/07/2020

Wishing you a blessed weekend.

23/06/2020

For those of you who are on Instagram, or know someone who is, tomorrow I am hosting my first Instagram live guided prayer time - wednesday 24th June at 6.30am & 6.30pm. Each session will be 5-10 minutes and is a chance to connect with yourself and with God. find me