Parish News
News from and about the parish of St Thomas with St Stephen
Redevelopment at St Stephen’s
20 June 2010—First St Thomas’, now St Stephen’s! St Stephen’s Church will be closed from 24th July for six weeks to undergo refurbishment of its community rooms.
Election Hustings
Written by PJ Kirby
21 April 2010—Election fever came to St Stephen’s Church last night as we hosted an election hustings with the main four parliamentary candidates for Streatham present. We present a very personal view from P.J. Kirby.
Mark Ashton 1948–2010
Written by Graham Jeffery
9 April 2010—In the 1980s Mark Ashton was an integral part of our parish and its youth work, leaving to become vicar of the Round Church and St Andrew the Great in Cambridge. Before Christmas 2008 he was diagnosed with terminal gallbladder cancer, and in the early hours of Easter Saturday it claimed him.
We are now a registered charity
5 March 2010—St Thomas with St Stephen PCC is now registered with the Charity Commission, no 1134649. We have always been a charity, but until now we have been “excepted” from registration.
Terry Donovan 1948–2009
Written by Claire Rennie
19 January 2010—We mourn Terence (“Terry”) Donovan (1948–2009) who died shortly before Christmas. Claire Rennie delivered this tribute at his funeral.
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