Rowan Williams to launch London Presence and Engagement Network

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, will launch the Greater London Presence and Engagement Network on Monday 1 June.  The Archbishop's website explains:

The Archbishop of Canterbury will join the Bishops of Chelmsford, London, Tonbridge and Southwark and representatives from 120 parishes across London at a series of events on 1st June to launch the Greater London Presence and Engagement Network (PEN).

The Church of England's Presence and Engagement programme is about valuing and strengthening the major contribution to a strong civil society of parish churches in all the multi religious neighbourhoods of London and across the nation.

Now this sounds pretty interesting.  It is an attempt to equip and encourage churches to engage more widely in their communities in London, following on from similar initiatives elsewhere.  A pretty good idea.  However, the resources available so far are pretty academic style courses or inter-faith talking shop events.  Mouse would like to see community engagement encouraged in a much more simple ways within the communities.  Lets hope that is exactly what comes out of the initiative.