@OurCofE

I have been asked to tweet for @OurCofE from Monday 19 - Sunday 25 December. @OurCofE is an opportunity to give people an idea of how vast, diverse and interesting the Church of England is.

It is an opportunity to reflect and expound on the best of parish and local life in the Church of England – the things that rarely get in the media. Follow my tweets @OurCofE from 10.00am on Monday 19 December and retweet to share the news of what is going on at St Martin-in-the-Field’s and at St Stephen Walbrook.

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St Martin's Voices - I Stood On The River Of Jordan.

Advent & Carols at St Stephen Walbrook

To date this Advent at St Stephen Walbrook we have hosted: The Supreme Military Order of The Temple of Jerusalem, The Grand Priory of England; Fight for Sight; Michael Varah Memorial Fund; International Animal Rescue; Christ's Hospital Old Blues Association; City Livery Club; and The Worshipful Company of Gardeners. In addition to our regular services and recitals, we have also taken part in the Bank Churches Advent Carol Service, held our own Parish Carol Service, hosted a concert by the Hanover Choir, held a ceremony to invest the Lord Mayor as an Honorary Warden, taken a wedding and held a baptism.

Next week I will be tweeting @OurCofE throughout the week; a week that includes Start:Stop, Carols for a local company, a Walbrook Art Group lecture, our lunchtime Eucharist on a Thursday, and Midnight Mass. Then on Boxing Day (the Feast Day of St Stephen), Radio 4's Daily Service will be led by our curate Sally Muggeridge.

I will also tweet @OurCofE during the week about much that is happening at St Martin-in-the-Fields including: Community Carols, the Crib Service, Parish Carols and the Christmas Day Eucharist (at which I will be preaching).

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Yo-Yo Ma, Alison Krauss - The Wexford Carol.

@OurCofeE

The Church of England in 140 Characters is an exciting year long project on Twitter to tell the story of the Church of England through the eyes of its people, providing a daily insight into modern faith in action.

Each week, followers of the account will be given an insight into all the work that goes on into the day to day running of a church community from schools to chaplaincies to cathedrals. Followers will be able to peek behind the curtain of church life and see behind the scenes as they get a feel for daily life in parishes. In addition to daily life there will be a glimpse of the inevitable unusual and unexpected events that come with being part of the Church of England. Through it all the account will seek to show through thousands of tweets how God is at work in His Church each day.

From 21-27 December Katherine Hedderly from St Martin-in-the-Fields will be the host for the Church of England’s Twitter project, that tells the story of the church through the eyes of its communities around the country. She will be tweeting about the St Martin’s community each day. Do follow @OurCofE and re-tweet to share the life of St Martin’s at Christmas far and wide.

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John Telfer and Clive Hayward - I See You.