Happy Open House Festival! St Peter’s is having its open day today from 11 to 4. Great chance to see all the completed renovations that have been done since 2019. Official tours of the building at 12:30 and 3.

Our open morning is *open*! People of all ages are welcome til 1pm Thursday to come and eat cake, have fun, pray, chat, explore and somewhere there is a man who may have a rabbit in his hat! @chelmsdio #ExploreChurch

Lovely to join @quincaramel @yusufjpatel @alexthefruitbat1975 the @14thwalthamstow and @woodst1st today at @StPeterE17 for a lovely family fun day - thank you to wood street first, the scouts and @redballoonfamily for all their work to make the event happen as much appreciated!

Oak 🌳 Hornbeam 🌳 Adventures in pinhole photography 📷

Very enjoyable day @StPeterE17 exhibiting some #pinhole photos and giving a pinhole workshop with @ONDUpinhole cameras. #believeinfilm #filmphotography

Preparing to exhibit some of my pinhole photography to go along with a pinhole workshop I’m giving at @StPeterE17 this Saturday 8th. 1pm -2.30pm #Walthamstow #E17 #printyourwork #pinhole #filmphotography #ondupinhole

@Jclaessen_ Julia’s Recent Works on Paper are being displayed on the church balcony throughout the next 2 weeks, and she’ll be joining the Arts and Heritage Fair on Saturday to both lead a collaging workshop and demonstrate her ‘visual minutes’ practice— live illustrating the events!

Free life drawing workshop in an hour at St Peter’s! Drop in and give it a try!

@Jclaessen_ We are so happy to be working with Paula Smith for a pinhole camera photography demonstration and workshop during our Arts and Heritage Fair on 8th July. Paula has been taking photos in St Peter’s churchyard for a long time, and we can’t wait for her to share her skills with you

@Jclaessen_ Friday 7th July at 7pm (7/7 at 7!) we will host Storm in a Teacup, an East London/Essex-based folk music and barn dance band with an international flavour. They're sure to get you dancing, but feel free to come along just to listen to the live music as well!

From Friday’s @StPeterE17 wander. These look quite nice. I’ll scan later once sun moves from office window. 🥵 #pinhole #believeinfilm #filmphotography #fomapan #5x4 #largeformat

Forest Rocks is this Sunday @StPeterE17 🐦🐦🐦

We're excited to be joined by another local creator, @Jclaessen_ , for a creative writing workshop inspired by our lovely forest setting. This is free to join and no ticket is required, just bring yourself! Suitable for all ages.

Our first local creative spotlight is on Jason Hawkridge, who is leading the very first FREE workshop of Forestival 2023! Feel free to drop in and try your hand at drawing, whether you have lots of experience or none at all!

Forestival lineup! Super excited to be collaborating with so many local creatives for this one, and just want to emphasize again that all events are free to attend!

Pressure: Drama about the Windrush generation and the struggles they faces after coming to Britain Babymother: musical about a young reggae singer and the Black British dancehall scene in London Both rated 15

Which film do you want us to show for our FREE Windrush-themed Cinema Saturday?

Walthamstow is full of such generous folk. Here's our rail of donated prom wear. If you have a teen who needs clothing for prom, come and check out our Prom Pop-up at @StPeterE17 tomorrow 12-4. #walthamstow

We will be hosting our 3rd Annual Forestival, marking the conclusion of our 3+ year project with the National Lottery Heritage fund, which has helped us to restore our church and revitalise our programme of community activities. Watch this space for more info on sessions!

Our first Cinema Saturday for June will be Ponyo! Another great animated family feature, we'll show this on 10 June at the church. As always, £3 tickets are available on our website, and there will be cinema snacks for sale on the day!