Loving Action

Seeking to be a more contemplative form of Christian and following the path of contemplative action, what we do for action is really important. In the Blackfriars Community we have committed to support a number of local projects in loving service together.

The Robes Project, founded in 2007, is a temporary winter night shelter which runs every night from October to April for up to 30 guests each night. In 2015-16, 20 church venues with over 500 volunteers from 24 churches. provided food, shelter and support for a total of 45 guests who would otherwise have been sleeping rough. 19 of those guests were helped to move off the streets into permanent accommodation. Many of the church family help with the project, as individuals, or as whole Connect Groups serving together.

We will be hosting Robes in the Christchurch Hall and Church space from January to March 2022 on Friday evening to Saturday morning and seeking a team to make this happen. Let us know if you are interested in being part of this.

Our quarterly mission event exploring all things spiritual as a moment of encounter, dialogue, eating and spiritual encounters see main events for the next one of these roughly every other month.