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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 team of church volunteers from Hereford is helping elderly and social isolated people discharged from hospital to settle back at home during coronavirus.
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.
Dr Michael Beasley, Bishop of Hertford and an epidemiologist, writes of the urgent need to vaccinate the world on the first anniversary of vaccines being administered in the United Kingdom.
While our churches are now allowed to open their doors for private prayer, for many it has not been possible or practical to do this – yet many such churches are still a sacred space in their community.
A church garden has provided space for a trauma clinic to conduct therapy sessions.
Churches in a network of food clubs have extended their hours to provide warm spaces for people struggling to pay their energy bills this winter.
The cathedral green in central Bristol will be “rewilded” a year after environment activist Greta Thunberg visited Bristol.
Chichester Cathedral doubles own target for food donations for people in crisis, as churches in the area offer hot food and warm spaces this Christmas.
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.