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COMMENT / Throughout the year churches across the country open their doors to people of all ages, for services, weekday clubs and vital community projects.
A paramedic who is working on the frontline amid the Covid-19 pandemic, has said he finds ‘hope’ in prayer.
Figures from a recent nature survey show that bumblebees, ladybirds and aphids are in the top five invertebrates found in churchyards and burial grounds across England and Wales.
FEATURE / Latest figures show a 22% increase in people selected to train for the priesthood over the last two years, with a 32% increase in young people.
A local church is to broadcast a carol service directly into cells across prisons in the UK to bring hope over the Christmas period.
We're still in December, so it seems a bit much to be talking about the New Year – with or without resolutions. However, we want to point out a new resource coming in January to help all of us resolve to find and follow God in everyday life.
FEATURE / The Church of England’s digital communications team has trained more than 200 parishes in social media and writing for the web.
Parents describe their family’s decision to get baptised and confirmed after finding a home in their local church.
Churches are hosting activities from curry nights to community barbecues as part of a summer holiday scheme that is expected to feed more than 1,000 children in one diocese alone.
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.