Models of multiplication & mixed ecology

St Augustine’s Wembley Park was hit hard by Covid. In 2023, regular attenders were down to 15 and the Sunday school had shrunk to nothing. With a small and faithful team holding it together the church was ready for some new energy and resourcing.

Revd Marcus Gibbs from Ascension Balham tells the story of Bubble Church, a new Sunday gathering that has emerged from the pandemic as a popular space for young children and their families to discover faith while having fun together.

St Basil's is a new Anglican church based on an organic working farm in Devon, interweaving community, hospitality, creativity and prayer in the converted barns and open fields of this wonderful location. We spoke to its leader Pete James about his heart for rural ministry, and all they have witnessed in their first year of planting.

The Bishop of Islington joins old and new members of St Paul’s Harringay to celebrate the launch of an informal 11am service, as a team from Christ Church Mayfair is grafted into the existing congregation so that together they can bring new life and vision to the Harringay community