London's Deaf Chaplaincy has held an uplifting service to mark the 90th anniversary of its use of the Church of St Saviour's as well as to bid farewell to the Diocese of London's outgoing Deaf Chaplain, the Revd Anne Richardson, who has served the Deaf community in London for almost a decade.

Communion at the service was led by the Rt Revd Pete Broadbent, Bishop of Willesden, with the sermon given by Anne and signing choir led by the Revd Vera Hunt, M.B.E – a retired Deaf priest and stalwart of the capital's Deaf Christian community.

The venue, St Saviour's, is a purpose-built church for the Deaf, owned by the Royal Association of Deaf People (RAD). Sadly, it is one of a number of buildings being sold by the RAD. Acton's local Deaf church group will therefore begin to meet in a new venue from the New Year. A poignant addition to the service was the attendance of the great-granddaughter of the sculptor Joseph Gawen, who created the statue of the Good Shepherd for the first St Saviour's in Oxford Street, one of the many important pieces by Deaf artists to be housed in the building.

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