Family Communion

for 1 hour, 15 mins
Kidbrooke, St Nicholas
Whetstone Road Kidbrooke London, SE3 8PX, United Kingdom

All-age Communion for the celebration of the baptism of Christ.
First reading: Acts 19.1-7
Gospel: Mark 1.4-11

The Baptism of Christ is depicted in our own lovely West window, which illuminates the font (see attached file). In times when visual depictions of biblical stories were the main way people received them, the Baptism seems to have been an immensely popular subject: the image above was painted around 1500 by the anonymous artist known as the Master of the St Bartholomew Altarpiece. After the excitement of Christmas and Epiphany, it is easy to overlook the importance of the Baptism; Mark places it almost at the start of his Gospel because it represents the start of Christ's earthly ministry and the pivotal point between prophecy and the fulfilment of prophecy.

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Kidbrooke, St Nicholas

All are welcome at St Nicholas's, whether at services, our other events, or through this A Church Near You page, which we intend to use in future as our main website. If you are viewing the page on a phone or tablet, please click on the three bars top right to access the menu; on a desktop or laptop, the menu will be found on the left.

For pastoral and confidential matters, please call our Priest-in-Charge,  Revd Tola Badejo, on 07864 309988, requesting  a call back if necessary.  For non-urgent general enquiries, a messaging form is available under 'Get in Touch' in the panel on the left. To ask about hall hire, please contact Linda Peppiatt on 07905 609944 or [email protected]


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Get in touch

Revd Tola Badejo (Priest-in-Charge)

66A Whetstone Road, London

SE3 8PZ
Revd Tola Badejo
07864 309988
Linda Peppiatt (hall bookings)
07905 609944
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Family Communion

for 1 hour, 15 mins
Kidbrooke, St Nicholas
Whetstone Road Kidbrooke London, SE3 8PX, United Kingdom

All-age Communion for the celebration of the baptism of Christ.
First reading: Acts 19.1-7
Gospel: Mark 1.4-11

The Baptism of Christ is depicted in our own lovely West window, which illuminates the font (see attached file). In times when visual depictions of biblical stories were the main way people received them, the Baptism seems to have been an immensely popular subject: the image above was painted around 1500 by the anonymous artist known as the Master of the St Bartholomew Altarpiece. After the excitement of Christmas and Epiphany, it is easy to overlook the importance of the Baptism; Mark places it almost at the start of his Gospel because it represents the start of Christ's earthly ministry and the pivotal point between prophecy and the fulfilment of prophecy.

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Safeguarding

Our parish of Kidbrooke, St Nicholas is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults from harm. For further details, please refer to the separate Safeguarding page on this site and the link to the Diocesan page below.

Southwark Diocese safeguarding page