Revd Canon Clare MacLaren, Canon Provost of Sunderland Minster, describes the impact of a peace walk co-ordinated by the Minster in the aftermath of the recent violent disorder in the city.

Children and Families Worker Emma Johnson shares how faith has transformed her life.

Vision to be a community hub and sacred space sees Church grow.

St John’s Peterborough sees its congregation double in two years.

The Bishop of Norwich, Graham Usher, reflects on the outcomes of COP28

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By Revd Mike Haslam

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. 

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.

The number of children baptised at a London church has grown threefold after it introduced a new worshipping community for young families, using puppets and song to help tell Bible stories and talk about the Christian faith.