Read a selection of stories from churches across the country on how they are serving communities at this challenging time.
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Bishops to play part in The Queen's Green Canopy initiative - each planting a tree
22/09/2021
Bishops of the Church of England have each been provided a tree by Forestry England which will form part of The Queen's Green Canopy.
The youth groups that grew into a church
21/09/2021
Years after a missionary planted a church in his village in Ghana, Nicholas Lebey is now doing the same in South-East London.
'We must not gamble with vulnerable people's lives' - the Church of England's adviser on medical ethics responds to calls for 'doctor assisted dying'
14/09/2021
Revd Dr Brendan McCarthy, the Church of England's National Adviser on Medical Ethics, Health and Social Care Policy, sets out the Church of England's response to calls for 'doctor assisted dying'
‘Talk about topics on which there is silence’ – Living in Love and Faith as relevant in rural parishes.
10/09/2021
A Devon vicar says the questions around human sexuality, gender and relationships covered by the Church of England’s Living in Love and Faith course are as relevant in her rural parishes as anywhere else.
Faith flowers at church based on an allotment
07/09/2021
A 'pop up' church based on an allotment gave the term 'church plant' a whole new meaning when multiple baptisms and confirmations took place amongst vegetables and flowers.
Commonwealth Games resources for churches launched
07/09/2021
Churches across England now have access to free resources to help them engage with the Commonwealth Games, which is to be held in Birmingham in summer 2022.
‘It has been a way of saying to people ‘we are here for you' - the listening service launched by a rural team ministry
27/08/2021
A steady stream of people have responded to an invitation to ring a ‘listening ear’ service of support and prayer run by curates in a rural area since the start of the first lockdown.
More than 1,000 children to be fed through church led summer holiday scheme
11/08/2021
Churches are hosting activities from curry nights to community barbecues as part of a summer holiday scheme that is expected to feed more than 1,000 children in one diocese alone.
Interactive church yard ‘trails’ become unexpected summer hit
10/08/2021
A group of churches on Dartmoor is welcoming an increasing number of people over the summer after installing interactive prayer ‘trails’ in churchyards.
“I am the vicar of a wonderfully busy urban parish and have spent 16 months learning to serve while also being served.”
02/08/2021
Revd Dr Rebecca Aechtner, from the Diocese of Blackburn, writes about living with Long Covid after contracting the virus in March last year.