Faith Explored | Starts Sunday 6th OctoberÂ
Sundays 12.15pm & Wednesdays 5.15pm throughout October
A new, friendly adult discussion group exploring aspects of the Christian faith. Light refreshments will be provided. No preparation needed! Come as you are and when you can. Sign up here.
Harvest Festival | 6 October | 11am and 6.30pm
We will mark our Harvest Festival this year at our services on Sunday 6th October. The collections at these services will be donated to The Passage Charity, which works to support rough sleepers and end homelessness in London. On Sunday 20th October we welcome Quailyn Gayadeen from The Passage Charity as our guest speaker to hear more about the work they do.
Parish Walk - Hampstead, The Heath & Parliament Hill Fields | Saturday 12th October 2024 - 10am
Join us for this leisurely walk which will offer fine views of London from Parliament Hill Fields followed by a pub lunch. You’ll need weather appropriate footwear, a tube fare and funds for a pub lunch (or bring a picnic). Meet outside the gates of St Giles at 10am for the short tube ride to Hampstead or met us at Hampstead tube station at 10.30am. Dogs welcome. Sign up here.
Year for Prayer Guest Speaker | The Revd Dr Buki Fatona: "Prayer and Remembering"Â | Sunday 13th October 6.30pmÂ
We welcome Buki Fatona, Tutor in Christian Ethics at Ripon College Cuddesdon and having recently completed a DPhil at the University of Oxford in Science and Religion, to speak about prayer in relation to cognitive neuroscience - 'Prayer and Remembering.' Sign up.
Bloomsbury Festival | 25-26 October
We are very excited to be hosting a series of events at St Giles as part of the Bloomsbury Festival:
Sing Ballads of Bloomsbury | 25 October at 6.30pm. Choirs from across the area, including members of the St Giles Choir, gather in the church to celebrate the rich singing tradition of the area and to sing a number of ballads written around St Giles and Bloomsbury.
Charles Dickens & St Giles | 26 October at 11.30am. Dr Cindy Shugrue of the Dickens Museum will explore the enduring fascination of the great Victorian author with the slums and characters of our local area.
St Giles: The Hidden Heart of London | 26 October at 1.30pm. Dr Rebecca Preston, co-author of St Giles-in-the-Fields: History of a London Parish, will talk about her research and what it tells us about the peculiar character of the parish.
The Creators of St Giles | 26 October at 2.45pm. Dr Wil James will lead a walking tour of the parish to discover the places where some of St Giles' most famous artists and creators once lived.
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