Making her traffickers pay

A few weeks ago I mentioned I’d be leading an Encounter team to Bangladesh in October to see the work of the Church of Bangladesh Social Development Programme (CBSDP), who are involved in highlighting the issues of human trafficking…
News last week on the CMS website shares the story of Halima, who was sold by her [...]

Brain Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat visiting CMS

I’ve mentioned Colossians Re:mixed before - it’s a great book. The authors Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat are visiting the UK in June - and CMS are organising three events with them.
You need to book a place - costs £20/£15 with lunch - more info and booking online at the following:
Manchester June 5 Birmingham June [...]

Easter images

It’s been a hectic but brilliant couple of weeks following the arrival of Ayla… but now it is back to the real world, post-paternity leave!

I’m late blogging this but CMS and the Diocese of London recently produced a new schoools resource for easter - this modern representation of the Easter story comes in photographic form, [...]

Baby Ayla has arrived!

Ayla Iris Mapalo Freer arrived at 11.24am on Monday 10th March. Mum did brilliantly through 36 hours of hard work. We are delighted!
Ayla means ‘Oak’ in Hebrew and she is named after Iris, my Grandma who passed away 2 weeks before Ayla arrived, and also Mapalo the adopted name for one of the communities we [...]