FEATURE / The Church of England’s digital communications team has trained more than 200 parishes in social media and writing for the web.

As lockdown continues to ease, churches across the country continue to innovate to 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’.

FEATURE / We’re delighted that LentPilgim and EasterPilgrim had an overall reach of 6.9 million through the national Church’s social media accounts, the app, email and Alexa.

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. 

FEATURE / The Church of England has more than doubled its monthly reach on social media this year, from 1.2 million in 2017 to 2.44 million in 2017/2018.

A chance conversation between a bakery worker and a Church of England priest after he dropped into a branch of Greggs has led to her baptism.

A programme of public events that began with mini golf has led to an increase in the numbers attending Sunday worship at Rochester Cathedral.

Maundy Thursday falls on March 29th this year. But what is Maundy Thursday and how to churches mark it? 

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