Praise in the Park

Geoff Eze & Fr. Ben Rutt-Field introduce the event

Bibi Bacchus from St Johns gives her testimony

Michelle Harewood from St Pauls gives her testimony

A selection of those at Praise in the Park

The Salvation Army band

This afternoon Christians from many of the churches in Seven Kings and Goodmayes gathered at the bandstand in Seven Kings Park for an afternoon of Praise in the Park led by the Salvation Army Band (Ilford).

Praise in the Park mixed contemporary worship songs with traditional hymns and featured testimonies from members of St Johns Seven Kings and St Pauls Goodmayes. Bibi Bacchus spoke about coming to Christian faith after growing up in a multi-faith culture in Grenada while Michelle Harewood shared her experience of being strengthened by God in difficulty before finding fulfilment in her current work supporting those who have HIV/Aids.

Revd. Geoff Eze, Curate at St Johns, led the event, which was introduced by Fr. Benjamin Rutt-Field, Vicar of St Pauls Goodmayes. Major Jane Ward read from the Bible and Captain John Smith led the Salvation Army band from the Ilford Corps. The Salvation Army is an international Christian church working in 118 countries worldwide. As a registered charity, The Salvation Army demonstrates its Christian principles through social action and is one of the largest, most diverse providers of social welfare in the world.

The temperamental summer weather did not deter more than 90 local Christians attending Praise in the Park with churches represented including: Seven Kings Methodist Church; Seven Kings United Free Church; St Cedds Goodmayes; St Peters Alborough Hatch; St Teresas Newbury Park, as well as the Salvation Army Ilford Corps, St Johns and St Pauls.

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