Bishop Rachel’s Christmas media message.
Month: December 2017
#GodWithUs Christmas videos
Lots of brilliant #GodWithUs videos can be found here – Christmas 2017 videos. This is one of our favorites!
End Hunger in the UK
End Hunger UK have launched their Menu of Asks to end hunger in the UK -including the need to measure food insecurity across the UK. Bishop Rachel has written a brilliantContinue reading
A Christmas service near you
Looking for a Christmas service near you? Check out the brand new A Church Near You, to find your local Carol Service – https://www.achurchnearyou.com/
Apprentice2Jesus
https://apprentice2jesus.net/ Try this new discipleship resource. You can use it as an individual or use it with a group and meet together to talk about it. This comes out ofContinue reading
Hope at Christmas
‘All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was theContinue reading
Children’s Society and Christingle services
‘All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was theContinue reading
Bishop Rachel speaks in the House of Lords
08 December 2017 Bishop Rachel speaks in the House of Lords in a debate led by the Archbishop of Canterbury of the role of education in building a flourishing andContinue reading
Leading a Whole-Life Disciple Making Church with LICC
This workshop offers biblical and imaginative possibilities to catalyse change, envision leaders, and identify do-able first steps for your context. It is designed for those (lay and ordained) who haveContinue reading
Bishop of Gloucester becomes local deaf charity’s first patron
GDA, Gloucestershire’s leading deaf charity, are ending 2017 on a high with the announcement that the Bishop of Gloucester, the Right Revd Rachel Treweek, will become the charity’s first charity patron.
Taking a stand for the environment: 24 Hours of Reality
With the Church committing to cut its carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050, churches of all sizes are now getting involved
Dementia friendly carol service
This has been produced by Exeter Diocese and may be of value to those wanting to ensure that their carol services are dementia friendly, or putting on special dementia friendlyContinue reading
Evangelism for the local church
The ‘thy kingdom come’ team have just released a very helpful booklet on evangelism. It is well balanced, real, and with a kingdom perspective – evangelism is about Good NewsContinue reading
Winchcombe carol concert raises funds for Children’s Society
A team of volunteers from Winchcombe will be holding a special Christmas musical event with special guests the Rt Revd Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester and the Venerable Phil Andrew, Archdeacon of Cheltenham, toContinue reading
Tewkesbury Refugee Support Group: Visit to Cairo
Five members of the Tewkesbury Refugee Support Group Committee and a Cheltenham Refugee supporter went to see what Refuge Egypt does at first hand. Tony Cullingford tells the story ofContinue reading
Launch of new small grants programme for church repairs
The Churches Conservation Foundation has opened its new small grants programme for applications. Grants of £250 -£2,000 are available for conservation work to the fabric and contents of historic listedContinue reading
Run away success for Tetbury’s Advent group
Tetbury Church has founded an Advent group for runners, which met for the first time this week. Thirteen members of the town’s running club gathered at St Mary’s Church forContinue reading
The new ‘A Church Near You’
Visit www.achurchnearyou.com to find information about your local church Earlier this year the national Digital Communications team at Church House in London produced a report on how to get theContinue reading
The gift of parish share
Parish Share is used by our Diocese to pay for our clergy and other diocesan ministries. I much prefer the term ‘parish share’, rather than ‘quota’ as it describes thisContinue reading
