A Festival Church is a church building which is not used for weekly worship, but is valued and required by the community for local events and for Festivals of the Church and for Rites of Passage (Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals).

Festivals from Common Worship: Festivals by The Church of England.

Dedication Festival from Common Worship: Festivals The Church of England.

Lesser Festivals from Common Worship: Festivals by The Church of England.

Our Harvest Festival Sunday Service this week is coming to you from the Trelawny Benefice in Cornwall. Led by Rev Richard Allen, we’ll be celebrating Harvest Festival with a unique twist!

Collects and Post Communions from Common Worship: The Main Volume by The Church of England.

Collects and Post Communions in Traditional Language from Common Worship: The Main Volume by The Church of England.

Kenny Thrower, a security worker in Hull, talks about how he started going to church after they hosted a real ale festival. He was interested in the singing and found the community that existed welcoming.

The congregation of St Paul's Church in St Albans is to lead a national Church of England social media campaign encouraging people to come to church this Christmas.

Here’s some guidelines to help you make a social media policy for your church, to help cultivate a positive and safe environment online.