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Film: Southend Foodbank Launch Harvest Appeal 2024

Film: Southend Foodbank Launch Harvest Appeal 2024

The brrrrr…. months have started – September to December – some of the busiest months at the food bank each year. So, our thoughts are turning to Harvest Festivals, a really important time when we connect with churches and schools across the city. We’d really appreciate your church’s support this Harvest time, and would be… Continue Reading

Jobs: Southend Vineyard Church are seeking to appoint a Storehouse Support Worker

Jobs: Southend Vineyard Church are seeking to appoint a Storehouse Support Worker

Position: Storehouse Support Worker Southend Vineyard Church are seeking to appoint a Storehouse Support Worker to join our dynamic, caring team to work at our community café and food bank at The Storehouse, Queensway, Southend on Sea, Essex. This person will support the work of the Storehouse foodbank and community café by helping clients to… Continue Reading

Volunteers Needed for Leigh Youth Club

Volunteers Needed for Leigh Youth Club

Wesley Methodist Church in Elm Road, Leigh-on-Sea, are in desperate need of more volunteers to help keep their youth club open. Fusion Youth & Kids is run entirely by volunteers, and regularly hosts around 100 children and young people at their monthly sessions. Could you spare a couple of hours to help out once a… Continue Reading

Leigh Road Baptist Church Hosts Inspiring ‘Faith in Art: An Evening with the Artists’

Leigh Road Baptist Church Hosts Inspiring ‘Faith in Art: An Evening with the Artists’

Leigh-on-Sea, August 27, 2024 – Leigh Road Baptist Church (LRBC), Marguerite Drive, Leigh-on-Sea recently held a captivating event, Faith in Art: An Evening with the Artists, that drew a diverse crowd of art enthusiasts, community members, and families. The event, part of the Open Summer Exhibition 2024, celebrated the powerful connection between faith and creativity,… Continue Reading

Knife Angel Reflective Gazebo final weekend

Knife Angel Reflective Gazebo final weekend

As the Knife Angel Event has now ended, it is good to reflect and acknowledge all that God has done through the Reflective Gazebos, a partnership between Love Southend & Southend Street/Prayer Pastors. Highlights include: 700 conversations with visitors to the Knife Angel, 36 Wooden hearts made, 2 Reflective Books completed. Prayers prayed with grieving… Continue Reading

A Privileged Journey with the Knife Angel: Reflections from Southend-on-Sea

A Privileged Journey with the Knife Angel: Reflections from Southend-on-Sea

The Knife Angel’s visit to Southend-on-Sea culminated in a powerful closing ceremony, marked by a Walk of Peace and Remembrance led by John Simmons, Chair of Southend Street Pastors, and David Webster representing Love Southend, an inter-church network inspired by God’s love and dedicated to the well-being of the city’s citizens. Reflecting on the honour… Continue Reading