Boost in visits to Church of England's church-finding website as parishes prepare to welcome people back to church in person this Christmas.

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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.

Encourage Christmas visitors to your church with this easy, engaging social media content idea. Share a picture of your church before and after adding Christmas decorations, with a welcoming message.

A local church is to broadcast a carol service directly into cells across prisons in the UK to bring hope over the Christmas period. 

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Christmas attendance at cathedrals breaks records for second year running.

The Church of England is to release a new carol as part of its Christmas campaign for 2021

Social media can be a powerful way to spread the word and invite even more people along to something this Christmas. 

NEWS / The average person in England is less than a mile away from a Christmas service at their local Church of England church this year.