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Lent & Easter Course
The Rector is offering a course on the essentials of Christian faith and practice on Sundays at 4.45 p.m. (on 10, 17 & 24 February, 2, 9 & 30 March, & 6 April) and on Wednesdays at 6.00 p.m. (on 13, 20, 27 February, 5 & 12 March, 2 & 9 April).  The course is open to all but also provides preparation for adult baptism and/or confirmation.

A Short Guide to Lent
Lent is the period of forty days that ends in Holy Week with the commemoration of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.  We offer these forty days to God as a gift, using them to prepare for Easter... Download the Guide

Lent Appeal 
This year St Bartholomew's is supporting the Diocese of London Lent Appeal.  The task is to raise £75,000 in order to build three schools in Angola, Lebombo and Niassa.  Appeal leaflets and donation envelopes are available in the church.

The Rector's Sermon for Lent I
Being Christian involves at least these three things: faith, devotion and action.  The term “faith” here encompasses belief in the person of Jesus Christ and belief about him as God incarnate, Son of God and Lord.  So it means faith in the sense of “having faith in” as well the content of the Christian faith set out, in longer or shorter form, under the heading “I believe”.  “Devotion” encompasses both ... Read More

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