Fetter Lane, London - Sept 2025

From Fetter Lane it’s a short-ish walk over the Thames at Albert Bridge to the famous Battersea Park: a 200-acre open space with playgrounds, a boating lake, a children’s zoo, playing fields and more. On a recent Saturday in August, a group of us Moravians joined the crowds for a sponsored walk in aid of this year’s Moravian Women’s Association charities. We asked (or strong-armed) friends and family to sponsor us as we walked around the park, each lap clocking up 1¾ miles. Unbelievably, one from our group did four laps and finished around the same time as those of us who were satisfied with two!

Walking around the perimeter of the Park gave us a variety of views including the well-known Peace Pagoda, built in 1985 and looked after by a Buddhist monk. Its aim is to focus our minds on world peace, especially meaningful in today’s world, and as we commemorate 80 years since the bombs fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

It has been a while since our small congregation has taken on such a group challenge but planning and walking together was an enjoyable activity and the type of event we hope to continue as we work on our Natural Church Development action plan. Being able to donate to the worthy MWA charities was a privilege.

Sr Cynthia Dize