This week is Refugee Week and ‘Cheltenham Welcomes Refugees‘ has an online programme of activities that you can use to understand more about the situations facing people who become refugees.
Month: June 2020
National Churches Trust’s Cornerstone Grant Programme – Deadline on 6th July 2020
The next deadline of the National Churches Trust’s Cornerstone Grant Programme is 6 July 2020 (for a decision in November 2020) The Cornerstone Grant Programme offers grants of between
Virtual Royal Three Counties Show
This year the Royal Three Counties Show is online and the President, Bishop Rachel wants to welcome everyone and encourage us to have a look at the great activities available.
The Stoke Orchard Wall Paintings Conservation Project is recruiting
The Stoke Orchard Wall Paintings Conservation Project Team is looking to recruit: 1x Graduate Conservation Assistant 1x Student Conservation Intern *** The Perry Lithgow Partnership have been appointed to carry
Updated guidance re church buildings, individual private prayer and funerals
To: all clergy and churchwardens in vacancy Please note that all documents referred to in this message can be found in the documents section of the national Church of England’s coronavirus
Podcast Episode 7: Black Lives Matter. Bishop Rachel in conversation with Rumbi, Ade, Simi and Suki
Black Lives Matter. Listen now to Bishop Rachel’s podcast In conversation with … Rumbi, Ade, Simi and Suki In this episode Bishop Rachel enters into conversation with four Christians who
The Weekly Bulletin (09/06/20)
In this Weekly Bulletin, how St Michael and All Angels, Bishops Cleeve trebled its congregation online, grants of up to £25,000 for churches and farewell to the Archbishop of York.
Bishop Robert meets with staff from Lydney Church of England Primary School
Bishop Robert met with staff from Lydney Church of England Primary School recently, to hear about how life has been for primary schools faced with such a huge amount of
Grants up to £25,000: Covid-19 Emergency Heritage at Risk Response Fund – Deadline for Expressions of Interest 28 June 2020
Grants of up to £25,000 will be offered for urgent minor repairs to problems such as damaged roofs, masonry and windows, to hire scaffolding to prevent structural collapse, or to
Podcast Episode 6: ‘Lockdown’ for women in prison. Bishop Rachel in conversation with the Governor of HMP Eastwood Park
Engagement: Living out Christ’s love and hope. Lockdown for those inside the prison service. With the impact of Covid-19 prisons across the country are facing many different challenges, so what
Weekly roundup: sermon, podcast and readings for June 14
This week’s offerings of sermon, podcast and reading/reflection, ready for Sunday June 14. Families Gospel video Released every Tuesday; a short video for children and households, based on the Gospel
Dean Stephen Lake’s Family Gospel reading for June 14
The Very Revd Stephen Lake, Dean of Gloucester Cathedral, teaches on the Gospel reading for this Sunday, June 14. To share via a Zoom meeting/webinar, make sure this youtube video
Learning processes for churches during COVID-19
In these days of Pentecost, we continue to pray for a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit as we go on discerning what it means for us to be the
How village church trebled its congregation online
A weekly ‘taster’ video placed on the village Facebook page has helped attract a growing number of people who have never been to church before to online services broadcast by
News from our partner diocese
The Diocese of Western Tanganyika in Tanzania Donations collected within the Diocese of Gloucester have been used to buy buckets, hand sanitisers and soap for people in our partner diocese
The Ven Phil Andrew’s sermon for June 14
Each week we share a sermon and a reading for use the upcoming Sunday. We’re also sharing podcasts and weekly news bulletins of different sorts. This week, The Ven Phil
Church buildings to open for supervised individual prayer
Dear brothers and sisters As you will be aware the government has announced the good news that church buildings will be able to open for supervised individual prayer from Monday
Play bags for children in need
The Diocese of Gloucester have teamed up with Play Gloucestershire to support their Bags of Play project. Local children’s charity Play Gloucestershire, have distributed 1,500 Bags of Play to children
The death of George Floyd
A message from Bishop Rachel and Bishop Robert. ‘In commending the Archbishops’ statement to you we want to underline our own ongoing commitment to confronting racism. It is not someone
Bishop Robert shares a message for schools and children
As schools prepare for the return of more pupils, Bishop Robert shares a message for all school governors, staff, keyworkers, parents and children. Thank you @glosdiocschools @DGATSCHOOLS @GlosDioc Our amazing
The Weekly Bulletin (2/6/20)
Get your running shoes on for a weekend run or walk to raise money for Feeding the 5,000, celebrate our schools as they open to more children and be inspired
Hearts around Horsley
The church in Horsley has been joining with the community to display homemade heart flags as a symbol of community love and friendship. Over 200 flags are displayed around Horsley
Distanced race series for Feeding the 5,000 starts this weekend
Dursley Church and Running Club are working together to create a fundraising physical distancing race series. Prue Vernon is a member of St Giles’ Church Uley and came up with
Bishop Rachel’s Family Gospel reading for June 7
Bishop Rachel teaches on the Gospel reading for this Sunday, June 7. To share via a Zoom meeting/webinar, make sure this youtube video is open in your web browser. Then,
