The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams was the special guest at St. Nicholas' Conversational Evensong on Sunday.

The event which was held at the Chiswick Parish Church on Church Street saw Lord Williams interviewed by curate Father Andrew Downes.

During the evening Lord Williams mused on the importance of charity in the Lord's work.

Father Downes said: “His reflection was on the Lord as Spirit and how we must drop our veils to reveal our spirit both with charity and clarity.

"We must share the fellowship of the holy spirit not only as acts of thanks but as agents of transformation.”

Father Williams also read from St Paul's Epistle to the Colossians 3:12-18, a verse which states that “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”

Throughout the Evensong a number of hymns were sung including And Can It Be and I Heard The Voice of Jesus Say.

The interview was rounded off with refreshments and a question and answer session where the Former Church of England senior bishop said that he would invite Hosea and Michal from the Old Testament and the New Testament's Mary Magdalene and Barnabas to be guests at his ideal dinner party.