Imagine: Wimbledon Night Shelter 2015, by Malcolm Bream, Everyday Wimbledon

“Imagine. We have been without a kitchen these past three weeks as the old one is removed and a brand new one is fitted. No home-cooked food, no washing machine, no dishwasher, no fridge. The builders will be gone soon, but imagine what this would be like day-in and day-out. Imagine. Each night, at a time of my choosing, I turn off the TV or put … Continue reading Imagine: Wimbledon Night Shelter 2015, by Malcolm Bream, Everyday Wimbledon

RESCO – dismantling poverty through business… by Deb Kurosu, Everyday Wimbledon.

Just a quick post to tell you about RESCO, a social enterprise that helps people who have been long term unemployed (due to convictions, a history of homelessness, history of drug/alcohol misuse, and physical or mental health conditions). They run an employability program for 16 weeks where participants gain work experience and training at one of their two businesses: a secondhand furniture warehouse and Kettle … Continue reading RESCO – dismantling poverty through business… by Deb Kurosu, Everyday Wimbledon.

An update on Prison ministry, by David Bell, Everyday Kingston

(Names have been changed to respect people’s right to privacy) An update on my experiences  in Wandsworth Prison:Over the last six months I have supported and befriended two prisoners in Wandsworth Prison through the Wandsworth Community Chaplaincy Trust (WCCT) which recently won an award through the Christian Funders Forum.  The first of these only lasted for two or three visits as the prisoner who I’ll … Continue reading An update on Prison ministry, by David Bell, Everyday Kingston

Could you be a modern day abolitionist? Ending modern day slavery in Croydon, Kingston and all London, by Michael Quick (Everyday Croydon) and Akhtar Shah (Everyday Kingston)

If you were to name some of the most profitable organisations throughout 2014 – 2015 I’m sure Google, Nike & Starbucks would come to mind. But while Google were delivering the most widely used search engine out there, Nike were still becoming one of most globally recognised brands and a new Starbucks appeared to be popping up on every high street, there was an organisation … Continue reading Could you be a modern day abolitionist? Ending modern day slavery in Croydon, Kingston and all London, by Michael Quick (Everyday Croydon) and Akhtar Shah (Everyday Kingston)

Trading in children – a Croydon story, by Michael Quick, Everyday Croydon

It is 4am under the flyover, the lorry pulls up quietly to avoid detection as the shipping container is unloaded and its goods quickly dumped without a second thought. Unwanted furniture? Out of date food? No. The goods in this container are children. Children that have been willingly handed over by parents in other countries in the knowledge they will have a better life if … Continue reading Trading in children – a Croydon story, by Michael Quick, Everyday Croydon

Operation Christmas Child – Making a Difference this Christmas

337. That’s the number of shoe boxes currently awaiting collection at Everyday Southfields this week! All donated, packed and prayed for by the people of Everyday Church, with some help from the surrounding community. We don’t know the exact journey that each box will take; the specific child that will be blessed by the toys, sweets and toiletries that await within. But we do know … Continue reading Operation Christmas Child – Making a Difference this Christmas

Cook & Eat – family values

So – another Cook & Eat course has come to an end at Everyday Kingston – and it’s been brilliant! This time around we worked with young people who have been through foster care; it’s been a brilliant chance to help people learn about nutrition, food labelling & budgeting, but best of all it’s been a chance to show hospitality to a diverse and wonderful … Continue reading Cook & Eat – family values

The only answer to poverty… commit yourself to local church…

The following is adapted from a message preached at Everyday Kingston as a part of our current series, Life Works God’s Way… What could King Solomon, the richest man in his day, possibly have to teach us about poverty? Quite a lot actually. His book of proverbs frequently touches on the subject and yet this collection of pithy and eminently quotable slices of advice can … Continue reading The only answer to poverty… commit yourself to local church…

Our emerging plan for the homeless

Over at Everyday Kingston we’ve been incredibly blessed to be warmly welcomed, championed and even served by members of the local homeless community. While we’ve run Winter Night Shelters in Wimbledon & Kingston, have begun discussions about cooperative work with Green Pastures and have partnered with local charities including the YMCA SWL, Kingston Churches Action on Homelessness and the Joel Community Project in the past, … Continue reading Our emerging plan for the homeless

Being bold in the truth…

As someone whose family and friends have first-hand been affected by abortion, I’m not posting this glibly or lightly – i know it can make for painful reading, and i also know I’ve posted on this issue fairly recently. This week though I read two succinct philosophical treatises on this issue that moved me, but were then powerfully eclipsed by a passage in my daily … Continue reading Being bold in the truth…