Read a selection of inspiring stories from churches across the country.
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How digital services brought me to faith during the Covid-19 lockdown
03/09/2020
People are exploring faith during lockdown through Facebook comments and the Church of England’s national services streamed online.
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How words of familiar prayers or hymns help people with dementia
08/11/2022
Residents at Westview House in Totland Bay, on the Isle of Wight might be living with dementia – but they could remember the words to the Lord’s Prayer.
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How ‘Messy Church’ helped start a new worshipping community
20/07/2022
St Leonard’s Church, Scawsby, in Doncaster launched ‘Messy Church’ before lockdown and within six months, a new church community was established – which continues to thrive today. More than 80 percent of those attending did not previously come to church on Sunday.
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Hymns beamed into car radios at cinema-style church service
21/08/2020
Churches continue to test drive new ideas for socially distanced services during the pandemic.
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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.
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Music producer-turned-priest puts on DJ-led worship services
30/06/2022
A music producer-turned-priest is using dance music to connect with people, spread the Christian message and attract the younger generations into church.
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New Community of Prayer for cathedral's soaring online congregation
26/10/2020
An online Community of Prayer is to be launched after a cathedral saw digital worship numbers soar after Covid-19 restrictions came into force.
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Parish Evensong congregation grows from just one to more than 70 – with the help of church choir and a home cooked meal
24/01/2022
A parish in the heart of Canterbury has celebrated the success of an Evensong service whose congregation has jumped from just one person to more than 70.
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Prayer Spaces: Symbolic reminders of hope and peace during the pandemic
18/06/2020
While our churches are now allowed to open their doors for private prayer, for many it has not been possible or practical to do this – yet many such churches are still a sacred space in their community.
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Sowing seeds: how a patch of wasteland became heart of community
04/06/2022
In just a few years, a patch of once unused land in the middle of the Quarrendon estate in Aylesbury, Bucks, has been transformed into the beating heart of the community by the local church.
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