All Souls Church

Three evenings led by Richard to help us think about what the Bible really says about God’s intentions for the creation he has made, what the “Second Coming” of Jesus means and, in the light of all of this, what “hope” means for us as we walk through death.

Small group conversation for anyone interested in asking the big questions of life and finding some, perhaps surprising, answers.

You must book for this course – plese use the form below…

Every Sunday morning, around forty children from years 1 to 6 at school gather for fun, games, songs and Bible stories. The Soul Time leaders’ team is made up of twelve adult volunteers from All Souls, working in four teams across the month to make each session as welcoming, memorable and fun as possible.

Their aim is to give every child the chance to hear about the God we know in Jesus in an appropriate and unpressurised way and to give them opportunities to worship and pray and to enjoy God’s love for them.

The Soul Time-ers are split into three teams – RED (yr 1&2), GREEN (yr 3&4) and BLUE (yr 5&6) – and they spend time in those teams playing games, creating craft and talking and praying about what they’ve heard.

When all the teams come together, there is usually a DVD clip to watch and often a quiz, craft, worship songs or an all-together game to enjoy.

Once a month Gems children join the Soul Time children for a children’s service, during this service we worship altogether, have puppets, story and do an activity together. Learning more about Jesus and his life in a fun interactive way!

There’s a gallery of photos from Soul Times elsewhere on the site…

Visiting parents are very welcome indeed!

Interested in the arts and how they relate to faith?

Soul Review is an opportunity to chat about books, films, theatre, art exhibitions and how our Christian faith shapes our response…..

Autumn Term 2008

A real variety this term so hopefully there will be a bit of something for everyone….

• Tuesday 18^th of November – screening of ‘We Are Together’ at Richmond Film House, 8pm (tickets £7 from Ali)
  Tearfund are screening the multi award winning film which tells the story of a children’s choir from the Agape orphanage in South Africa. The children in the Agape orphanage have been orphaned because of AIDS and this film speaks of their incredible journey; Bono of U2 fame calls it ‘an incredible piece of work’. If you would like to know more go to: http://wearetogether.org/
  There will be a Q&A after the film and an opportunity to hear more about Tearfund’s global HIV strategy.
  Profits go to Tearfund’s HIV and AIDS fund. If you would like to come please let Ali know.
• Saturday 29th of November, 7.30pm at St. John’s Smith Square
  Fulham Symphony Orchestra’s 50th Anniversary Concert
  Our very own Katy Wareham plays with this orchestra and we have been to hear them before – highly recommended! Katy has kindly offered to put together some background notes for us about the pieces we will be hearing. Tickets £10 (£8 concessions) – I am happy to book these via the St. John’s Smith Square box office as before, just need to know number by the end of the first week in November.

  The Progamme for the evening is:
  Marc Dooley conductor; Juliet Hughes-Rees leader
  Brahms – Academic Festival Overture; Mahler – Symphony No. 5

• Finally, later in the term (probably November) we are planning a short course (two or three Wednesday evenings) on Ian McEwen’s Atonement (probably both the film and book….). There are some great resources out there on this piece – interesting stuff to explore on forgiveness and the meaning of atonement….More details to follow nearer the time.

If you are interested in coming to any or all of the above contact Ali Mathew on 0208 892 9509 or email her at ali@allsoulschurch.org.uk.This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Meeting each Sunday morning, this is the group for children who are of Reception class age.

The team of six adult volunteers from the church work in 3 teams across the month to create a play-based, fun environment in which children are encouraged to explore faith in Jesus in an age-appropriate way, using craft, games, stories and songs.

Once a month this group join soul time in the Main Hall for the Children’s Service. Find out more about this service on the soul time page.

Parents are warmly welcomed any Sunday morning!

You can view some more photos from Gems in the gallery.

Our aim for Explorers is for toddlers and pre-schoolers to enjoy their time with us in a safe and welcoming environment and to begin to experience bible stories and simple crafts together.

Explorers is available from the point in the service when the rest of the children go to their own groups. On All-age service Sundays (for example at Christmas and Easter), there may be toys/activities laid out in the small hall for this age-group.

We use the Studio building (next to the church, accessed through the garden via the halls). As you register your child they can come in to a free play start to the session, once everyone is in they have a story which then is followed by juice and biscuits. After these structured times the children have free play again with a craft activity added. They end by everyone helping to tidy up and have song time.

Parents are welcome to stay and settle their child into Explorers or you may opt to leave them with the team.

Our aim for crèche is for babies and young toddlers to enjoy their time with us in a safe and welcoming environment.

Crèche is available from the point in the service when the rest of the children go to their own groups. On All-age service Sundays (for example at Christmas and Easter), an area of the church itself is set-aside for this age-group.

Our purpose-built Crèche Room is situated in what used to be the “Stage” for the Main Hall. It’s set out with mats and toys for the children who come as well as sofas for parents and helpers.

Parents are more than welcome to stay with their child (and get nice coffee and biscuits, plus a chance to chat with other parents!) or may opt to leave them with the team.

See below for some notes to help first-time users of the group.

There is separate group for 2 year olds / pre-schoolers  – Explorers.