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FEATURE / Jon Miles, Director of Church Urban Fund’s Together programme, writes about how the Advent Sleepout Challenge is providing crucial funding for the charity’s work on homelessness.
An urban church community has developed an abandoned patch of church land into a thriving garden, teeming with wildlife and benefitting the locals.
A busy city church has saved thousands of pounds on its energy bills thanks to making a number of small changes to reduce its carbon footprint and help care for God’s creation.
FEATURE / Two years ago there was scepticism that volunteers could provide effective support to Syrian refugees coming to Britain.
COMMENT / The Church of England's Chief Education Officer warns that schools must not be run on the same logic as supermarkets, ahead of a symposium at Lambeth Palace.
A vicar has spearheaded a rapid response to the coronavirus crisis, leading a major community effort to support those isolated or housebound because of Covid-19.
On the eve of the 3rd anniversary of the Brumadinho tailings dam disaster in which 270 people lost their lives, more than 150 people came together to pray, pay tribute, and discuss how to prevent it from happening again.
Hundreds of churches have signed up to a week-long ‘nature count’ beginning this weekend which will encourage people to visit churchyards and record what they see.
Revd Andy Muckle, vicar of St Mary’s Parish Church West Moors reflects on taking part in the Living in Love and Faith (LLF) five-week course over Zoom and explains why others should be encouraged to take part.
Revd Dr Rebecca Aechtner, from the Diocese of Blackburn, writes about living with Long Covid after contracting the virus in March last year.