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A vision and strategy for the Church of England in the 2020s.
FEATURE / The origins of Mothering Sunday and the traditions which have developed and changed becoming what we know today
As lockdown continues to ease, churches across the country continue to innovate to keep their congregations as safe as possible.
People are exploring faith during lockdown through Facebook comments and the Church of England’s national services streamed online.
Since the government announced that public worship in churches could restart after more than three months of lockdown, churches have been taking innovative steps to help keep their congregations as safe as possible:
London has seen a wave of new Church of England congregations in the last few years, with everything from a German-language Eucharist service to ‘disco worship’.
After years of alcohol and drug dependency, earlier this year, Ady Hodgkinson was baptised – marking an incredible transformation in his life which all started with an encounter at a Christian café.
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.
Emily Emmerson-Finch’s journey started when she got the bus.
Not catching a bus though: at the age of 22 she took the extraordinary decision to spend her savings buying a double decker bus and transforming it into a youth and community centre.
Daily HOPE, the free 24-hour worship phoneline launched by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby on 26 April, has received more than 170,000 calls, totaling more than two million minutes of listen time.
Churches continue to test drive new ideas for socially distanced services during the pandemic.