What’s on
The vicar’s deep dives
The Deep Dives take place at 7.30 pm on the first Tuesday of the month in the parish hall, preceded by Eucharist at 7.00 pm in church. Each one lasts around an hour and all are welcome!
2025/26 will focus on Medieval Theology:
23rd September: Boethius (480-524) – Stoicism and Christianity
21st October (NB date): Anselm – Why a God-Man? (1033-1109)
25th November: Peter and Heloise Abelard (1079-1142, 1100-1164) – On Love and Salvation
NB No December Deep Dive
27th January: Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) – Preaching the Crusades
24th February: Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) – Girl Power in the Middle Ages
31st March: Maimonides and Nachmanides (1138-1204, 1194-1270) – Jewish takes on Medieval Christianity
28th April: Thomas Aquinas 1 (1225-1274) – A Philosophy of Being
26th May: Thomas Aquinas 2 – Proofs of the Existence of God
30th June: Dante (1265-1321) – Sin, Death and Hell
28th July: Meister Eckhart (1260-1328) – Mysticism and Emptiness.
25th August: Duns Scotus and William of Ockham (1266-1308) – On Reason
Bible study
Our Bible study group meets weekly in person on Wednesdays at 11am in the Parish Hall to study and discuss the Bible and its teachings from both the historical and contemporary perspective and is open to all.
You can find the weekly Bible readings in The Messenger for your reference.
Mark Vernon on William Blake
A talk at St Anne’s Church on Tuesday 16th September at 7.30pm
Awake! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination is Mark Vernon’s latest book, released in the UK in June. Mark is a British psychotherapist, writer and former Anglican priest.
“The best overall study of Blake I have encountered in a very long time” – Rowan Williams.
£10 on the door. All proceeds to the St Anne’s Music Fund.
Day Retreat for Churches Together in Kew
27th September 2025
To reserve your place go to: www.kewtheologyandgardening.org.uk
Day Retreat for Southwark Diocese
Wednesday 22nd October 2025
To reserve your place go to: www.kewtheologyandgardening.org.uk
A lecture by Revd Lucy Winkett – Eternity in a Grain of Sand – the attention economy and climate breakdown
Thursday 28th October, 6.30pm, Lady Lisa Sainsbury Lecture Theatre, Kew Gardens
Buy your ticket from: www.kewtheologyandgardening.org.uk
