On Sunday morning Gabriel Amorim was ordained as an elder of London City Presbyterian Church. Originally from Brazil, Gabriel has been living in London and working as a software engineer for the past 3.5 years. He and his wife Sodreia originally went to a Brazilian church, but for the past year have been attending LCPC. Gabriel...
Gillian, and her husband Juan (more commonly known as Boysie) have worshipped at LCPC for 31 years. On Sunday, the congregation were delighted to help Gillian celebrate her 60th birthday with a beautiful, delicious cake. Gillian and Boysie attend our services every week with their daughter Marianne. On Sunday we were pleased to have their son John and...
Mary is one of our Sunday School teachers. She is also an up and coming harpist who has studied in Los Angeles and Chicago, and is currently completing her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Our church calendar always has details of Mary’s upcoming concerts – and because she plays with several orchestras, trios...
One of our international students, Yu-En has just launched his own photography website. A recent graduate of Goldsmiths University of London, Yu-En’s new website coincides with the opening of an exhibition showcasing his, and other students, work. Within Walking Distance examines urban life through the twin lens of photography and sociology, runs from 10 –...
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...
Over the last few weeks we have been sorry to have to say goodbye to three of our American friends. First of all to Dana (front row, second from the left) who had reached the end of a semester studying in London. Then to Andrew (top right) who had been part of LCPC while he...
Our congregational treasurer, Jennifer, has been involved with Scouting for many years, and is Assistant Chief Scout Leader of her local Scout Troop. In February, The District Commissioner visited their weekly meeting to present Jennifer with the Chief Scout’s Commendation for Meritorious Conduct. This was to recognise her dedication to Scouting despite having to cope...
One of our members, Becca, studies Fashion History at Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design. As part of her final year, she was involved in curating an event at the British Library which was inspired by it’s vast collection of design resources. The evening consisted of workshops in collage and costume drawing, make overs,...
In February, the congregation were very sad to have to say farewell to Ria. Having been part of LCPC for about 5 years, she has now returned to the Netherlands where she started her new job last week. Before leaving, Ria was presented with a photo book of London at the February congregational lunch. The...
