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Sleepeasy – sleeping rough in February, by Malcolm Bream, Everyday Wimbledon

Last Friday I joined a couple of dozen other souls in a church garden in Wimbledon to take part in the annual YMCA Sleepeasy event, which aims to raise awareness of issues around homelessness and to raise funds for the work that various organisations undertake to alleviate the problem.  Basically the idea is to simply sleep out all night in a somewhat vain attempt to … Continue reading Sleepeasy – sleeping rough in February, by Malcolm Bream, Everyday Wimbledon

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Afternoon tea with a difference

By Caroline Richards, Everyday Wimbledon Last year, our life group was seeking God about how He could use us to bless the community around us. Together with the older members in our group we unanimously felt we wanted to do an event to bless the older folk. So, after making enquiries and doing some planning, we held an afternoon tea on Saturday 23 January (often … Continue reading Afternoon tea with a difference

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Cook & Eat – the privilege of partnership

Here are some snaps from the pilot cook & eat programme we started last week at Everyday Kingston, with special thanks to the guys who let us take & publish their pics! Cook & Eat is a nationally promoted course which teaches people from all walks of life about the benefits of healthy eating. We’re privileged to have been trusted to deliver the course to … Continue reading Cook & Eat – the privilege of partnership

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your light will break forth like the dawn…

6 ‘Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke,to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter –when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own … Continue reading your light will break forth like the dawn…

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SleepEasy 2014: raising money to tackle homelessness

A week on Saturday Everyday Kingston will open its doors overnight to support the brave souls who’ve chosen to sleep out in the (currently swamped!) memorial gardens for the annual SleepEasy event, raising money for the work that Kingston Churches Action on Homelessness and the YMCA are doing amongst the homeless population in Kingston. There’s still an opportunity for Everyday people to get involved – … Continue reading SleepEasy 2014: raising money to tackle homelessness

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having lunch on Jesus…

This afternoon I picked up 6 Christmas hampers which had been lovingly packed by the members of Doxadeo church in Raynes Park and are destined for 6 homes in Kingston… tomorrow a couple of us from Everyday Church in Kingston and the Kingston Vineyard will deliver these hampers to six families in the borough of Kingston, blessing them with food and goodies in time for … Continue reading having lunch on Jesus…

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Welcome to our generation…

This article in the Telegraph highlights the shocking levels of sexual violence committed by children against other children in 21st Century Britain ‘unearthed’ by reports commissioned by Children’s Commissioner, Sue Berelowitz. The scale and nature of acts perpetrated amongst children across the UK apparently left researchers “aghast.” To many of the young people interviewed, and in fact to many of us who grew up in … Continue reading Welcome to our generation…

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Winter Night Shelter 2013 – Kingston venue

Now in it’s 6th successful year, the Kingston Winter Night Shelter project offers homeless people temporary accommodation for 12 cold winter weeks and offers local churches the opportunity to bless others as we’ve been blessed. This year, for the first time, Everyday Church is taking part as we open our Kingston venue for 6 Tuesday evenings over December 2013 & January 2014 – and whichever … Continue reading Winter Night Shelter 2013 – Kingston venue

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