COMMENT / The Rt Revd Libby Lane, Bishop of Stockport on Towards a Safer Church: resources for prayer and reflection in worship

A curate has started a local text-a-prayer service for those wanting someone to pray with amid Covid-19 restrictions. 

NEWS / The Church of England has launched new worship and prayer resources to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War.

NEWS / The Church of England Education Office has today written to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) following the publication of its draft unedited version of a periodic paper - CRC/C/GBR/CO/5. 

Following a recent announcement that places of worship could reopen for individual private prayer from June 15, the Government has now revised the date in guidance just published to June 13.

NEWS / Collective worship

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has launched a free national phone line as a simple new way to bring worship and prayer into people’s homes.

A music producer-turned-priest is using dance music to connect with people, spread the Christian message and attract the younger generations into church. 

For the first time, under historic plans outlined today, same-sex couples will be able to come to church to give thanks for their civil marriage or civil partnership and receive God’s blessing.

Places of worship will reopen for public worship from 2nd December