FEATURE / Ideas on how your church can become a star church for this year's #FollowTheStar campaign.

Fran Rogers does not consider herself particularly churchy or religious. But when she arrived in the village of Pett in East Sussex ten years ago she was immediately drawn to a funny little fading “shed” on the nearby beach.

Pilgrim was developed by bishops and teachers of the Church of England to support every local church in learning and teaching the faith year by year as a normal part of parish life.

As the Euro 2020 tournament begins, we caught up with Matt Baker, Sports Chaplaincy UK National Director for England & Pastoral Support Director in English Football.

Women from across the Church of England are calling for a church that reflects the diversity of God as we celebrate 30 years since women were first ordained to the priesthood.

The lead chaplains to English football talk about their hopes for Qatar, the work of chaplains in sport, and practising penalties

Around 20 children attend an after-school ‘Choir Church’ mid-week at St George-in-the-East church in Shadwell, east London, where they take part in a choral Eucharist, sing hymns, and learn Mass settings and anthems dating back hundreds of years. 

A former inmate at Winchester Prison will speak of how the Christian faith changed his life in an Easter Day service streamed into cells across the country this weekend.

 

Learning to listen to those you disagree with can often be a fraught task, but faith can enable deep connections to form despite difference, according to Christian podcasters. 

A month ago Premier League Chaplain Matt Baker predicted that England and Italy would be the best two teams at Euro 2020. We caught up with him ahead of Sunday’s final.