Our aims are: * To heighten awareness and educate members of the congregation about the worldwide Church, and about Third World issues * To promote and support missionary work * To support Christian Aid * To develop a particular link with an overseas Church each year * To choose overseas good causes each year

Good causes helped recently include: * Bangladesh flood relief * Support for the war-ravaged parish of Tete in Mozambique (via ALMA, the Angola-London-Mozambique Association) * Christian Aid - street collections, sponsored walks and a bread and cheese lunch * Intermediate Technology * Sudan relief in Bahr al-Ghazal * Traidcraft Exchange * Relief and reconstruction in Honduras

The congregation has campaigned for the cancellation of the debt of the world's poorest nations, to allow them to divert funds towards health, education and nutrition rather than interest payments. The working party campaigns for fair trade- for example lobbying Safeway and Sainsbury to give third world producers a fair deal. Sainsbury and Tesco have now signed up to the Ethical Trading Initiative. There is a monthly Traidcraft stall in the church, after Sunday's Eucharist. We have welcomed missionary guests from Zambia and from the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. The Bishop of Stepney hosted a lunch in St Mary's New Church Rooms to welcome the Bishop of Lebombo in celebration of the link between the Lebombo and London dioceses. Links have been developed between the congregation and the Church in Jerusalem and Palestine. The Rector and other members of the congregation have visited Jerusalem and brought back up to date information about the plight of Palestinian Christians. Money has been donated to the Archibishop of Canterbury's Jerusalem Appeal. Photographs on this page, from top to bottom, 1) Motorbike for Father Rogério from Parish of Tete bought with funds raised by by St Mary's Church, 2) Mother and patient at Arab Hospital in Palestine 3) Eucharist in Tete with the Bishop of Lebombo.