Toggie Tales

Prayer Spaces in Schools, Havering

More than fifteen Prayer Space weeks have taken place in secondary schools across the London Borough of Havering over the last three years, mostly hosted or organised by Ben Poch and our Scripture Union friends and by youth workers from different churches. Others are being planned for the coming 2011-2012 academic year, and there’s talk of some primary school Prayer Space weeks too, which is very exciting.

Prayer, by KORE

Peckham Peace/Prayer Wall

A post-it note Peace Wall (twitpic @rachel_ashcroft) appeared in Peckham a couple of days ago... looking a lot like the prayer walls we've seen in schools over and over again these past few years. People, whatever their age or religious or cultural background, need the space and the permission to express how they feel.

'Approaching God', by my friend Lisa Borden

What a beautiful book. I wouldn’t and couldn’t describe many books I’ve read as ‘beautiful’, but this one warrants the word. The colours and Lisa’s own photos in the book are beautiful... and the message is too. That God is approachable.