Past and present friends of LCPC were saddened to hear of the passing of Nancie Macleod (who had been a member of the congregation for 50 years) on the 24th of July. Below are extracts from the tribute which was given by Rev John MacPherson at a thanksgiving service on 5th August: Nancie Macleod was...
This weekend the congregation at LCPC were greatly encouraged to receive 7 new members. Mary (from England), Ki (South Korea) Theunis (South Africa), Laura (Holland), Catherine (Scotland), and Gabriel & Sodreia (Brazil) all became members at our Sunday morning communion service. Rev Andy Pearson welcomed all the new members, before asking the visiting preacher, Rev...
Saturday night saw the men of LCPC coming together for a talk on Church Leadership. The talk was given by Rev Jeremy Ross of Poolewe and Aultbea Free Church, our visiting preacher for the weekend. He spoke about the biblical qualifications for elders and deacons, and encouraged all the men to cultivate these characteristics. After...
We were all relieved to find the sun shining on Saturday morning as it meant our congregational outing to Hyde Park would not be a wash out. The plan was to meet at the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain which took some people longer to find than others! It was a relaxed, informal day...
The 20s and 30s all came to the manse for lunch on Sunday. Ji Hyun captured a little bit of the afternoon on camera:
20s & 30s takes place fortnightly at various locations across London. Meetings have been held in Departure (an arts cafe in Limehouse) and at people’s homes in Elephant & Castle, Bermondsey, North Greenwich, Walthamstow and Woodford Green. At one recent evening there were people from all across the world – South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and...
On Saturday 3 August, Gavin and Phoebe got married! After getting engaged at the start of the year, Phoebe had spent several months back in Canada planning their wedding from afar. It’s safe to say she did an amazing job. Family and friends from Canada and Scotland (and plenty other places too!) had flown in...
On Sunday 28th July we welcomed back old friends, Iain and Yolandie, and their new baby boy, Daniel. Iain and Yolandie are currently living in Dubai, but they met and were married at LCPC. The congregation were very pleased to see them again – and to meet 4 month old Daniel for the first time....
After the June congregational lunch, we were pleased to have Marsali Campbell speak to us about her work at Dwelling Places in Kampala, Uganda. Dwelling Places aims to rescue, rehabilitate, reconcile and resettle street children, abandoned babies and high-risk families. Marsali’s talk was accompanied by a video and photographs, which gave us a much deeper...
Before heading back to Korea for the summer, one of our students, Cho, treated the youth group to a meal. Ably assisted by Ki, she cooked up a delicious feast for everyone to enjoy. In addition to spending time at home in Korea, Cho will also be volunteering at Dwelling Places in Uganda. We look...
