Reduce the fear of crime on the streets

Be a visible presence of Christ on the streets

Take the Church onto the streets

Help the vulnerable and needy on our streets

Engage with young people

The next Street Pastors training course starts in March 2008 in Brixton.

There will be 3 four week blocks of training on Saturdays in March, May and July 2008.

Cost is £100 including uniform [subsidised, normal cost is £300]

If you are interested, please contact Mark Tomlinson for an application form M.Tomlinson.t21@BTInternet.com

[07956 252 288 & 020 86407426]

Christians who share a concern for Sutton and who are willing toengeage people where they are.

Street Pastors are a growing phenomenon throughout the UK - ordinary Christians with a passion to go out onto the streets and help those who need it.

Street Pastors is an initiative aimed at reducing crime, anti-social behaviour and to demonstrate the love of God through his Church on the streets in a very practical way. Working through the night, they go out in groups, meeting and talking with the homeless, and those living on the edge of society.

Sutton now has it's own team of Street Pastors with Christians from North Cheam Community Church, All Saints Hackbridge, St Helier Community Church and Sutton Christian Centre. They have also been joined by four people from Kings Church in Epsom - and numbers are expected to grow.

Before they can go out, every Street Pastor has to go through extensive 12 week training course in areas such as counseling, drug awareness, evangelism, working with statutory agencies and much more.

The initiative has the full backing of the Metropolitan Police and the Local Safer Neighbourhoods Team. In Sutton, the police have even provided a sum of money to subsidise the training, and more recently provided a grant to salary a part-time coordinator.

Videos

On Friday 17th December 2005, the first group of Sutton's Street Pastors took to the streets on an icy cold night.

"It was wonderful to see so many people greeting them and engaging with them - and in some cases actually hugging them" (K Ahronson)

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Sutton Council and Police give their blessing to the Street Pastor initiative
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Could you be a Street Pastor?

The Street Pastor's training course is over 12 Saturdays (not altogether) and includes subjects such as counselling skills, drugs awareness, sociology, knowing your community, role and responsibility, and street safety.

If you are interested in becoming a Street Pastor, or would simply like to know more about their work, please contact Mark Tomlinson on 0208 395 1130 or email

Download application form

UK Street Pastors web site...

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