This Lent at St Thomas the Apostle, Hanwell, we’re inviting our parish and wider community to walk a gentler, greener, and more hopeful Lenten journey together.
Through prayer, practical action, shared work, and shared food, we’ll be exploring how small, faithful choices can make a real difference – for ourselves, for our neighbours, and for God’s creation.
🥞 Youth Pancake Social
Sunday 8 February | 5.00pm
We begin the season by gathering our young people for a relaxed and joyful Youth Pancake Social.
All young people in Year 6 and above are warmly invited for an evening of:
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Making (and eating!) pancakes
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Sharing food and laughter
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Spending time together in a welcoming, friendly space
Friends are very welcome – just come along.
🌿 40 Days of Greener Lent
Across the Season of Lent
Throughout Lent, we’re encouraging everyone to take part in 40 Days of Greener Lent – a simple, week-by-week invitation to reflect on how we live and how we care for the world God has entrusted to us.
Each week offers a gentle focus:
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Consume less, notice more
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Eat more sustainably
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Use energy wisely
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Value water
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Repair, reuse, restore
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Support and speak up
Whether you take on one small change or follow the whole journey, this is an invitation to live Lent thoughtfully, prayerfully, and together.
♻️ Bread Bag Blitz – Terracycle Recycling
Ongoing throughout Lent (and beyond!)
As part of our commitment to caring for creation, St Thomas’s Church is a Terracycle drop-off point for plastic bread bags.
We’re inviting everyone to bring in their empty plastic bread bags so they can be recycled rather than sent to landfill.
Our goal for the year is to collect 2,026 bread bags – that’s around 10kg (22lb) of plastic saved from landfill – while also raising funds for the church.
Simply bring your clean, empty bread bags and place them in the recycling collection point at church.
Small actions. Big impact.
🌱 Church Back Garden Clear-Up
Friday 14 March | 10.00am–2.00pm
(Come when you can)
As part of our Greener Lent journey, we’ll be coming together for a church back garden clear-up.
This is a relaxed, practical day of shared work and good company:
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Please bring your own gloves and tools, if you can
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Bring garden bags or wheelie bins if you’re able to take green waste away
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Refreshments will be provided
Whether you can stay for ten minutes or the whole time, all help is greatly appreciated.
Join Us This Lent
Lent isn’t about doing everything perfectly. It’s about turning our hearts again towards God, one step at a time.
Whether you’re cooking, recycling, clearing, reflecting, or simply noticing more – you are warmly invited to be part of Lent at St Thomas.
