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Angels and Stained Glass
St James Garlickhythe Church Interior
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Carved Detail, St Benet's Church, Paul's Wharf
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The Friends of the City Churches
The Friends of the City Churches is an architectural heritage charity dedicated to preserving the beautiful and unique churches found within the square mile of the City of London. As part of our work we:
- bring together the many people who love and value the City churches
- help arrange and publicise regular church opening hours — providing volunteer 'watchers' when required
- produce and publish a quarterly magazine Skyline, distributed to our members
- produce and publish City Events
- organise special events and encourage extended use of the City's churches
- encourage a wider appreciation of the churches
- promote the many services and events taking place in our City churches.
Friends' Church Watchers
The Friends of the City Churches' volunteer Church Watchers usually help to keep all the churches listed below open to visitors and worshippers on a regular basis.
As of 17 March 2020, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have instructed all the churches in their jurisdiction to suspend public services until further notice. Thus, our Church Watching has also been suspended for the duration, and we have postponed all forthcoming members’ events indefinitely. Our office in St Mary Abchurch is also now closed. We hope to welcome you to the City Churches again as soon as it is safe for our volunteers to work in the City again.
When we resume Church Watching, our usual schedule is as follows.
Mondays
St Botolph Aldgate (11am - 3pm)
St Ethelburga Centre
(11am - 3pm, 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month)
St Mary Abchurch (11am - 3pm)
St Sepulchre Newgate (11am - 3pm)
Tuesdays
The Dutch Church
(11am - 3pm, 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month)
St Dunstan in the West (11am - 3pm)
St Katharine Cree (11am - 3pm)
St Mary Abchurch (11am - 3pm)
St Michael Cornhill (11am - 3pm)
St Peter upon Cornhill (1pm - 4pm)
Wednesdays
St Anne & St Agnes
(12.45pm - 2.45pm, 1st Wednesday of each month)
All Hallows London Wall (11am - 3pm
St Botolph Aldersgate (11am - 3pm)
St Magnus the Martyr (1pm - 4pm)
St Mary Abchurch (11am - 3pm
St Stephen Walbrook (11am - 3pm)
Thursdays
St Benet Paul's Wharf (11am - 3pm)
St James Garlickhythe (11am - 3pm)
St Martin Ludgate (11am - 3pm)
St Mary Abchurch (11am - 3pm)
St Mary at Hill (11am - 3pm)
Fridays
St Andrew by the Wardrobe (11am - 3pm)
St Clement Eastcheap (11am - 3pm)
St Mary Abchurch (11am - 3pm)
St Martin Ludgate (11am - 3pm)
Please be aware that, to accommodate other activities, any one church may occasionally be closed to visitors on short notice.
FCC Annual General Meeting (AGM)
During the current health emergency and following guidance from the Charity Commission, the trustees have decided to postpone the AGM which had originally been scheduled for 11 June 2020. Further information will be
available when future government lockdown proposals are clearer.
A report of the activities of the Friends of the City Churches for 2019-2020 and annual accounts for the year to 31 March 2020 will be available on the website in the next few weeks.
April 2020 issue of City Events
No Church Watchers' meeting until further notice.
Learn more about the lives of City churches in London Undone, a podcast produced by Catherine Cartwright.
The Friends are on Twitter – please follow us for news and updates.
Download a sample copy of our members' magazine, Skyline
[Copyright remains vested in the individual contributors to Skyline. For enquiries, please contact skyline@london-city-churches.org.uk]
Registered Charity No. 1155049
Patrons:
The Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE, Bishop of London
The Rt Revd and Rt Hon Lord Chartres KCVO DD FSA
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