Getting Involved
Each year, ALMA celebrates its partners on ALMA Sunday, usually the Sunday nearest 12 July. There is often a special service in St Paul’s Cathedral, and parishes are encouraged to hold ALMA Sunday celebrations.
ALMA Sunday will be celebrated on Sunday 20 July at St Paul’s Cathedral at 5.30pm
There will be an informal afternoon tea beforehand at St Vedast alias Foster, very close to the Cathedral (4 Foster Lane, London EC2V 6HH) from 3.30 to 5pm. Please RSVP to Helen (almacomms@London.anglican.org) for St Vedast, and bring a small pre-sliced contribution if possible.
ALMA Link Priests are also invited to robe and process as part of the ALMA Sunday Eucharist.
ALMA Sunday was celebrated on Sunday 21 July, with a Eucharist in St Paul’s Cathedral, celebrated by the Bishop of London. The sermon was given by the Bishop of Bom Pasteur, Angola, the Right Reverend Filomena Teta.
There was an informal tea beforehand at St Andrew by the Wardrobe.
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Bishop Filomena preaching at the service
Bishop Filomena preparing her sermon with Revd. Preb. Joseph FernandesWe have an archive of some of the ALMA Sunday services from earlier years.
Father God we hold ALMA before you today, thanking you for the last twenty years and the deep fellowship and friendship that has grown between the Anglican churches of Angola, London and Mozambique. We ask your continued blessing on our partnership, praising you for the joys and sorrows shared, challenges faced, and the years ahead. May we continue to learn from each other and see your kingdom come in Angola, London and Mozambique.
We remember today the ALMA bishops, Bishop André Soares, Bishop Carlos Matsinhe, Bishop Vicente Msosa, Bishop Manuel Ernesto and Bishop Rob Wickham, all priests, lay ministers, catechists, community ministers especially the Mothers’ Union, Equipa da Vida and the Bernard Mizeki Guild.
We acknowledge the huge issues of climate change, poverty and hunger and pray that our partnership has a prophetic voice alongside serving hands and hearts. We ask this in the name of Jesus who sends his church to love and serve the world. Amen.