Welcome to St Barts

We are a parish church in the Church of England, based in Sydenham, London. There are about 200 of us and our worship combines all the main traditions of the Anglican Church. We welcome all Christians and those enquiring into Christianity, and communicant members of other churches are invited to take Communion with us. We have services every day and two Eucharists on Sunday, at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Tea and coffee are served after the 10 a.m. service.

We also publish a monthly magazine called "Sydenham Life", distributed free to every home and business in the parish - for more details and to see the current issue, click the button on the left.

Upcoming activities

See our special services and church events pages for full details and notification of events further ahead. Not very much is happening outside regular services during the summer holidays, but we have just added details of some autumn services and events.

Service alterations

There will be no midweek services this week (Mon 26th to Saturday 31st) due to staff holidays. The office hour on Saturday is also cancelled. Both Sunday services will be held as usual.

Volunteers wanted

This is a list of our most pressing needs at the moment. Other teams will usually be happy to start new volunteers even if they are not appealing here, so don't feel you can't come forward!

• Sydenham Life magazine are still looking for an advertising manager, plus one more helper on the editorial team, and are always on the lookout for articles and other material.
• Toddlers' group: will be set up if there is enough interest. If you and your children could attend, or you would be able to help run this, please sign the list at the back of the church.
• We need to recruit at least two new teachers for the Sunday school, to start in September. If you think that you can help with this very worthwhile job please speak to June Forbes or any of the Sunday school teachers. There is a job description on the notice board at the back of the church. Anyone accepted for training will need to have a CRB check, which the church will pay for.
• There are spaces for new volunteers on various teams which contribute to the smooth running of services: creche helpers (see Kenlyn Fleary), tea and coffee (see Valerie Olufeko), and possibly others (see the churchwardens).
• You can also help by drinking tea - very Anglican! Commemorative mugs picturing the church building are on sale again at church for £4. We also collect milk bottle tops for recycling.