The Revd Colin Amos has been instituted by the Bishop of London as the ninth vicar of St Augustine, Kilburn. Local dignitaries including the Mayor of Camden, Abdul Quadir, and Cllr Jan Prendergast, deputising for the Lord Mayor of Westminster, joined over 450 friends, parishioners and clergy to welcome Fr Amos to his new role at St Augustine.
Downing Street has announced that the Revd Jonathan Clark has been appointed the 10th Bishop of Croydon, succeeding the Rt Revd Nick Baines who is now the 10th Bishop of Bradford.
Canon Guy Wilkinson has this week been installed as vicar at St Andrew's, Fulham Fields, by the Bishop of Kensington, the Rt Revd Paul Williams. Over 200 parishioners and local dignitaries, including the Mayor of Hammersmith & Fulham, Cllr Frances Stainton, and Council Leader, Cllr Stephen Greenhalgh, joined the service to celebrate Guy's installation.
On Saturday 21 January, the Bishop of Willesden, the Rt Revd Peter Broadbent, paid a visit to All Saints Church in Ealing to bless the church's newly modernised facilities.
St George's Church, Southall, has now become the leading light in carbon reduction, having officially launched its new solar panelled roof. The Mayor of Ealing, Councillor John Gallagher, was joined by over a hundred well-wishers from both the congregation and the local community as he switched on the cells that will generate electricity for the church for many years to come.
The Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, has joined over 160 young volunteers from the West End at All Souls Langham Place, in the latest stage of preparation for the2012.
The Bishop of Stepney, the Rt Revd Adrian Newman, and the Archdeacon of Hackney, The Ven Rachel Treweek, joined over 100 young volunteers from the Stepney Area at St Paul's Shadwell for a day of training and preparation for their participation in local community projects around this summer's Olympics and Paralympics.
The chancel wall paintings and ceiling inside St Mary Magdalene's Church on top of Windmill Hill, Enfield, are to be cleaned and restored thanks to a grant of £50,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
For the third year running, St Peter's, Stonegrove is part of the Christmas Lunch on Jesus initiative on the Stonegrove, Spur Road and Penniwell Estates in Edgware.
The Bishop of London was interviewed by BBC Home Affairs Editor, Mark Easton, as part of a feature on the Occupy London Protest and the public view on finance and morality.
A youth worker from Stonegrove Estates youth project, which is run out of St Peter's Community Church on the Stonegrove Estate, Edgware, has been chosen to carry the Olympic torch through Barnet next year to mark the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
St Francis Church on Dalgarno Way in west London has been awarded a grant of £100,000 to pay for an employee to work with young people and families in the local area.
The Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, has announced that the Reverend Canon Dr Samuel Wells has been appointed as the next Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, the much-loved church in Trafalgar Square.
The Bishop of London and the Bishop of Chelmsford, joint Chairs of the Board of St Mellitus College, have announced that the Revd Ann Coleman has been appointed as the Revd Dr David Hilborn's successor as Assistant Dean of St Mellitus College and Director of the North Thames Ministerial Training Course.
The Bishop of London joined the congregation and local community at St Mary-at-Finchley for the re-dedication of the church's 1878 Willis organ.