Fundraising Cover Band Night

Kingston Calling

All Saints Church Kingston presents: Run For Cover

Last years Fundraising Band Night was an amazing success so we are VERY happy to announce that we’re doing it all again!  Expect Kingston’s favourite cover band www.runforcoverlive.com playing live floor-fillers spanning disco, Britpop, rock and dance. They are joined by DJ Sophie who will be playing a mix of funky electronic beats.

Early bird tickets at £15 but this will rise to £25 at beginning of May so please get your tickets early!!!

Part of Kingston Council’s Local History and Community Month.  We will be hosting a reasonably priced fundraising bar and there will be large tables with seating for those who want a bit of a rest after the dancing!

Raffle with fab prizes from local businesses.

GraveTalk

13^th May 6.30-8pm

It’s not easy to think about your own funeral. Talking about death, dying and funerals raises big questions that we need to face at some point, talking can be invaluable but it’s hard to talk to family and friends.  How do you start those conversations, and with whom?

Please join us for this event which helps us talk about death, dying and funerals in the relaxed, easy context of a café space. All welcome but please sign up by emailing [email protected] or online www.ticketsource.com/all-saints-church-kingston/t-qmjzjmd

Little Singing Saints Starts 1st June

Welcome to our two new baby and toddler singing groups!

• 10am: A special session of half an hour of gentle music and sensory learning, specially curated for newborns up to walking age.
• 11am A special fun half hour session of rhythm and song designed for toddlers up to pre-school age.

Part of the Lifting Young Voices Project, this is Music Based Learning for tiny minds led by a professional choral trainer from All Saints Kingston.

• Instruments
• Sensory
• Bubbles
• Makaton signing

Each session will follow a regular pattern of singing and additional cognitive learning

No booking, and spaces are strictly limited to 12 adult carers, so please arrive early to secure your place.

We regret that once we are full, we are unable to allow any further spaces but we do have a children’s corner in the café area which has toys available to play with.

Buggies and prams may be stowed just outside the room in the main Nave area.  Maximum of 2 babies per adult (please contact us if you have triplets).

These special sessions have been set up as part of the Lifting young voices project and are donations based.  There will be a card payment point situated by the door.

Doors will be open from 9:50, please enter via the door opposite John Lewis.

We are running from 1^st June – 13^th July and then will pause for the summer holidays.

Tackling Modern Slavery Faith Talk

All Saints Kingston is hosting this important talk on Modern Slavery on Wednesday 20^th May at 6.30pm.

The event is part of our “Faith Talk” series which has built up a following, attracting expert speakers and knowledgeable panellists to debate the Christian response in the “public square” on the big issues of today.  Our talks have been quoted as “Faith Based, not Faith Biased” and are public town hall style events with questions invited (and encouraged!) from audience members.  As always, the talk will be recorded and available to watch on our YouTube channel after the event.

Our main speaker is Jiska Stieler, women’s Hub Co-ordinator at Voices of Hope, a Kingston based charity supporting women and children, especially those facing gender-based violence, poverty, and systemic disadvantage, to rebuild their health, confidence, and long-term independence.  The talks are ticketed so we can keep a tally of numbers but totally free of charge.  

Stories of Identity and Inclusion to Celebrate St Georges Day

We have received a wonderful response to our recent “Stories of Identity and Inclusion to Celebrate St Georges Day” event from the Kingston Episcopal Area Racial Justice Group on Sunday 19 April 4 – 7pm All Saints’ Kingston

Come, hear and share reflections on national identity in a spirit of openness and fellowship

Our speakers were:
Jordan Allen (member of St Peter’s Norbiton) A Paralegal and a follower of Jesus.
Lorraine Thomas (member of Immanuel and St Andrew Streatham), Housing provider with a social purpose (I build leaders not just homes)
Joseph Vambe – British Church Relations Manager at Christian Aid, Southwark Councillor.

You may find pictures of the event on our facebook page here.

To read a short summary, please click the button below.

FREE Lunchtime Recitals at All Saints Kingston

We hold free Lunchtime Recitals at 1.15pm on Mondays and some Fridays in the Nave.

This popular series of top quality free recitals returns for the summer season with dates below.  For inclusion on the mailing list please email [email protected]

Monday Music

• Mon 27th April Mitra Alice Tham (Piano)
• Mon 4th May David Wong, Amy Ng, Ngai-Yi Mok (Clarinet Trio)
• Mon 11th May NO RECITAL
• Mon 18th May Slava Antipov (Piano) – change to original listing
• Mon 25th May Yoon Seuk Shin (Piano)
• Mon 1st June Annabel Mae Bigland (Soprano)
• Mon 8th June Catherine Leonard (Piano)
• Mon 15th June Michael Bevan (Piano)
• Mon 22nd June Lin Xu Xhang (Piano)
• Mon 29th June Chuanwei Wang (Piano)

Friday Organ Music

Friday Lunchtime Organ Recitals from 24th April 1.15pm.  Come and hear our renowned Frobenius organ played by some of the country’s finest organists.

• 24 April – Alan Erdelyi, All Saints, Kingston
• 8 May – Stephen Westrop, New Malden
• 29 May – Richard Gowers, St George’s, Hanover Square
• 5 June – Roger Sayer, international Concert Organist
• 19 June – Peter Bullett, New Malden Methodist Church

Free to attend with optional retiring collection in support of the musical life of the church.

Annual Parochial Church Meeting

APCM – Sunday 26^th April

This Sunday as part of our 9.30am choral matins service
Our Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) immediately follows the 9.30am service. Please join us for this important meeting to elect churchwardens, Deanery Synod representatives and PCC members, as well as a review of parish finances and activities.  Minutes from last years APCM may be read here.

We will also be sharing a 3 year progress report on our Mission Action Plan (MAP) and asking for your feedback.  Please click the button below to read the six priorities and use this link to give us your thoughts.

Annual Report 2025-2026

We are rightly proud of all the amazing services, groups, events and activities that take place in our wonderful church.  We will never have space to mention them all but a snapshot is included in this years annual report, shared at our APCM in April 2026 which you may read by clicking the button below.

You can also read the financial report here.

Confirmation

All Saints will be hosting the Deanery Confirmation Service on 26^th April at 6pm. We’d love to hear from adults or young people who might be interested in Confirmation. Please contact [email protected]

“Come and See” Nurture Courses

We have an exciting programme of courses and discussion groups lined up for January-June for people of all stages of faith.   Please look out for specific leaflets in church with full details.

Courses coming up soon:

Lent discussion groups: Thorny Verses of the Bible
25 February, 4 , 11 , 18 and 25 March (see Lent leaflet for times)
Based on our Lent Evensong series of sermons which will reflect on some of the hard and controversial passages of the Bible.

GraveTalk
13 May 6.30-8pm.  A café space to explore the big questions of death, dying and funerals.

Afternoon Embroidery Talk Event

Tuesday 19th May 2-4pm, please book via the button below.

The panels were created by award winning contemporary embroiderer Jacky Puzey, based on an original design by Sophia Pearson. Jacky’s speciality of machine embroidery is further embellished with hand embroidery and beading by Beatrice Mayfield, contemporary hand embroiderer and visiting lecturer at the Royal School of Needlework.

Our embroideries headlined an edition of the national “embroidery magazine”.  Read the article here   Come and see them in person!

For further details, please visit our website Saxon Kings Embroidery Project – All Saints Church

Update on Public Talk – Stories from Israel-Palestine

Over 200 people attended this talk from the Very Reverend Nicholas Papadopulos, Dean of Salisbury with Ruth Valerio from the Embrace the Middle East charity.  Over £550 was raised for EAPPI (Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme for Palestine and Israel) plus £165 from the bar towards church funds.  You can read a synopsis here or donate to EAPPI here.

This talk recording, together with a number of many others may be accessed via our You tube channel @allsaintskingston8231.

All Saints Kingston previously hosted a series of Faith talks which featured a number of well known speakers on a variety of important subjects, including the changing shape of war and artificial intelligence.  Please click here to watch them.

House of Bishops statement on Gaza

Please pray for all those suffering in Gaza.  The House of Bishops have met in York and issued a statement on the war in Gaza which may be read here

We fully support this statement from the House of Bishops.

Squirrel Surprise

2023-24 booklet

This gives an oversight on All Saints over the past year, our activities and projects and what we need to do to continue moving forward to ‘fund the vision’ and complete these as well as essential building maintenance.

It is with your continued support and generosity we have managed to achieve so much over the past year and longer. This is not just much needed financial support through regular planned giving and other means, but through volunteering your time. We thank you wholeheartedly for this and hope that you can continue to give generously.

Please consider helping us by making a new or increased pledge, please use the form HERE.

And, if you would like to become a volunteer at All Saints please contact our Comms Manager, Kate Shrimpton here: [email protected]

 Printed Copies are also available in the church.

Diocese of Southwark statement on the Makin report

A review of the Church’s handling of allegations of serious abuse carried out over a period of 40 years by the late John Smyth has been published. The independent learning lessons review was led by Keith Makin.

Please click here to read further.