A social website has been created by a Gloucester-based Christian to bring together people who enjoy being creative and exploring ways that God speaks to us and reaches others throughContinue reading
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Celebrating God’s story through stained glass windows
This July and August, the Church of England is running #StainedGlassSummer, a campaign which brings an opportunity for churches to share more about their beautiful buildings and encourage people toContinue reading
Share your stained glass windows this summer
Encourage people to visit your church building by joining in with the Church of England’s #StainedGlassSummer campaign. Many of our parish churches are full of beauty and history, attracting visitorsContinue reading
Sally’s story: “God got me out of bed to paint”
Sally Snape, who worships at St Michael and All Angels in Bishop’s Cleeve, didn’t think she could paint, but God had a different opinion. Here she shares how her faithContinue reading
Women at the Well interfaith group – sharing faith through art
In January 2021, an open invitation went out for Muslim and Christian women in Gloucestershire to come to a community-led group. They would get to know each other, read storiesContinue reading
Stitching lockdown lives together
Like many, Andrea Urquhart from Nailsworth found lockdown desperately difficult. A carer for her husband, Reg, it was agony not being able to see their two daughters. “They were allowedContinue reading
Date for reinstallation of ‘lost’ statues
Two statues are being reinstalled in the tower of St John Baptist Church, Cirencester, after being ‘missing’ for 58 years. The statues of St John the Baptist and the VirginContinue reading
Love Lent: stories from the Diocesan Education News
Beautiful Hearts of Love across the Hatherop School Community Thank you to the children and staff at Hatherop CofE Primary School who embraced February’s Hearts of Love campaign. Here areContinue reading
Seven winners in Restoring Paradise competition
The LIFE vision group for Creative Arts, in conjunction with Cheltenham Christian Arts Festival held a competition to design a piece of art on the theme ‘Eden: Restoring Paradise’. OverContinue reading
HOPE in Fabric, Stitch and Recycled Bits and Pieces
The Creative Arts vision group for the Diocese of Gloucester is inviting you, your church group or your art club to create an eye catching banner with a message ofContinue reading
Lost Cirencester statues recreated with a modern twist
Artist Rodney Munday is bringing new life to the sculptures at Cirencester parish church, with two new bronze statues replacing stone figures removed in 1963. The sculptures had become weatherContinue reading
Art angels plan Covid-safe nativity
Children in Redbrook have started planning a Covid-safe nativity to bring hope and joy to their local community. They are making tie-dye costumes and will be filming at a RedbrookContinue reading
Art angels create hope in Redbrook
Children age 3 to 15 in Redbrook have been meeting on Zoom to create hope through artwork. An exhibition of their work took place in Redbrook Church over the BankContinue reading
Reserve a seat on your sofa for Living Room Fest
Christian Arts Festival presents Living Room Fest Available under Monday 25 May Like so many other event organisers, the Christian Arts Festival team are having to postpone the Festival ofContinue reading
Art competition opens
The Christian Arts Festival team and the arts strand of the LIFE vision have come up with a competition to encourage you during lock down. The theme is Eden: RestoringContinue reading
Great outcomes from the 2019 Creative Arts festival
Nikki Seville, Vision Group Administrator for the diocesan Creative Arts Priority, writes about the recent Christian Arts festival: The Christian Arts Festival gives a platform for Christians to express theirContinue reading
2019 Advent Calendar launches with competition
The 2019 Real Advent Calendar has been officially launched with a new 24 page Christmas story-activity book, a children’s competition, with profits helping to transform the lives of children inContinue reading
Cottam Will Trust – Grants for new works of art and new bells in churches
These include: Statues & Sculpture Murals Paintings Paschal Candlesticks Vestments Commandment Boards Stained Glass Altars & Altar Frontals Bells For more information including criteria and how to apply for thisContinue reading
Faith Encounters: RE & Art Competition Results SPRING 2019
The Christian Arts Festival, the Diocesan Creative Arts Steering Group and the Education Department in the Diocese have worked in partnership to run a Spring Art & RE competition forContinue reading
Christian Arts Festival
Christian Arts Festival returns more vibrant, more colourful and more engaging than ever. Running from 23 April – 12 May, 2019 (Easter Holiday Workshops 12 – 17 April), withContinue reading
Call for Steward assistance at The Christian Arts Festival
Christian Arts Festival Stewards Please click on the flyer and circulate to anyone interested in Stewarding for the Christian Arts Festival 2019 and therefore getting to see the events theyContinue reading
Running an art exhibition at your church: Case study – St Mary’s Church, Bibury
As an example of an art exhibition in a church, Paul Hobbs has written a report on a show of his at St Mary’s Church, Bibury. The exhibition was comprisedContinue reading
Discover DeCrypt’s Community Art Project: Dry Bones Live
“And shall these dry bones live?” Ezekiel. Discover DeCrypt is the project to regenerate the historic church of St Mary de Crypt and the Old Crypt Schoolroom in Southgate Street,Continue reading
