“It’s 100 miles to the finish, I’ve got a full bottle of water, half a pack of energy sweets, it’s daylight and I’m wearing lycra.” If you’re a fan of the 1980 hit film, “The Blues Brothers” and a keen cyclist with a heart for charity then on Sunday 30th July these are the […]
Read More >Given it’s the 1st December and thus the 1st day of Advent which is the season when we prepare for Christmas, we just wanted to give you our blessing to commence your Christmas shopping. We only want to ask one thing…if you’re shopping online this year, please can you consider signing up with EasyFundraising to generate […]
Read More >We’re really excited about what God is doing out on the streets of Merton through the faithful volunteers from the local Churches who patrol Mitcham, Morden and Wimbledon on Friday/Saturday nights. So today, Sunday 2nd October, we’ve asked the Churches in Merton to observe Merton Street Pastors Sunday and just spend a few minutes highlighting […]
Read More >All of our volunteers are amazing, but one or two are extra special. This is because they only get one Friday night a month off work and they choose to Street Pastor over and above other things. So, once a year, we like to give all our team a Friday night off and have a team […]
Read More >We had a fantastic Pub Quiz in the White Lion of Mortimer in Mitcham last night. We were joined by 8 teams comprising 38 people who battled it out over 5 rounds of questions covering London Landmark Anagrams, Who Lives at this address, Double Trouble, Fruity Quiz and British Films. The top three team were […]
Read More >Following on from the launch of the Morden team in April, we’re really excited that tonight in Merton, we will be sending out 20 volunteers across three different locations. The team in Mitcham will lead the way from 8pm. They will be followed by the Morden team from 9pm. Finally, the Wimbledon team will be […]
Read More >Currently, we have the Euro 2016 Football Tournament. From 27th June to 10th July, we’ll also have the Wimbledon Tennis Championships to keep us entertained along with many other things we have no doubt! However, after 10th July, you might be looking for something to do so in partnership with the White Lion of Mortimer […]
Read More >Prayer is an integral part of the work of Merton Street Pastors and on Monday 13th June 2016 we held a prayer meeting at Everyday Church. We aim to hold one each quarter where we gather members of our team, our supporters and others from the local Churches with a concern for their streets to […]
Read More >On 22nd April 2016, we were delighted to gather at Morden Baptist Church to celebrate the launch of our Morden Street Pastor Team and then send the first team out onto the streets. It was fabulous that we were supported at the launch by local Councillors, the Police, Safer Merton, Merton Voluntary Service Council and […]
Read More >The other day whilst showing some photos to some people with an interest in Merton Street Pastors, we came across this photo from 10th December 2010. It was significant because on that night Geoff can be seen on the far right of the team photo wearing an observers jacket. We kept in touch and four […]
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Street Pastors is an initiative of Ascension Trust, a registered charity in England & Wales, No. 1127204, Scotland, No. SC041912. Company Registration No. 06751712
