The Gloucestershire Alliance produces the Funding Opportunities Bulletin on behalf of Gloucestershire County Council.This month’s Bulletin has some useful entries relevant to church buildings and church projects. The Bulletin provides informationContinue reading
Month: November 2016
Keep hands off our church roofs!
Ecclesiastical and many other organisations fought hard to bring metal theft under control in the late 2000s and a combination of their pressure, new legislation and police enforcement have brought metalContinue reading
Welcome to the new Archdeacon of Cheltenham
Bishop Rachel has announced the appointment of a new Archdeacon
Security message and funding for protective security measures
Security message from Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the MET Police Following the terrible murder of Father Jacques Hamel in France and the attack on his congregation, our thoughts are withContinue reading
A ship called dignity
For me, the last word on the extraordinary American election season was a tweet from Irish author Damien Owens. It has the now infamous image of Donald Trump at aContinue reading
Credo
When it comes to matters around systems of belief, Prof Kwame Appiah, cultural theorist, in his Reith lectures argues that changing practices change belief overtime. His additional talks on Country andContinue reading
Suffering
I thought I’d explain why God allows suffering in the world, knock that one on the head because, let’s face it, the question’s been rumbling on for a while now.Continue reading
