St. Luke’s Fairtrade Cafe:
Since September 2008 St. Luke’s has been welcoming visitors to its Fairtrade Cafe. Originally set up to open during the ‘week of mission’ it was decided to keep it running on Monday and Thursday mornings. Since then business has grown steadily.

Angela stewart, the founder and manager of the cafe writes: ‘we have a loyal group of ‘regulars’ and a number of occasional visitors. These have ranged from the St Luke’s photocopier technician to a grandfather who had just driven his daughter from Kent to London in very heavy rush hour traffic and was in need of a strong coffee!

As well as offering freshly brewed coffee, homemade cakes, newspapers and magazines, we also offer fairtrade snacks, fruit, toast and jam, cartons of juice and a large basket of toys. In addition we offer free use of a computer and hope to provide internet access soon. One of our customers put together a photographic exhibition and we hope to exhibit more artwork in future.’

If you haven’t already, why not pay a visit. Mondays and Thursdays 9.00am -12 Noon. Enter through the car park on Fernhead road and turn left once through the main doors.

Some of our young people visited Carlton Dene Care Home for the elderly a couple of weeks ago.  Here is a video of their experiences!

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Princess Alexandra Plants a cherry tree

Sunday 19th October 2008
Princess returns after 50 years

Princess Alexandra today returned to St Luke’s Church West Kilburn where fifty years ago she laid the foundation stone of the church building.

The Church was packed for a service of celebration and thanksgiving to mark the Golden Jubilee. As well as the Princess, those attending included the Lord Mayor of Westminster, and a number of those who have been connected with the church over the past 50 years.

After the service the Princess planted a Tibetan Cherry tree in the garden which has just undergone a major refurbishment to create an attractive and ecologically diverse space for the users of the building.

The current Vicar, Alastair Thom comments, ‘This church has been a force for good in this community over the past 50 years and we are delighted that the Princess was able to see the building that she started now housing a vibrant and diverse community’.

The day before on the saturday night the church held a 50’s party with plenty of food and jiving. The whole weekend was a really fitting climax to our jubilee celebrations. Thanks to all who worked so hard to make this year and particularly this weekend so memorable!