Christmas is better when we join together. We love this new Christmas carol battle video from the Diocese of St Albans. Let’s share some Christmas joy and get people singing.
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Follow the Star – guest blog from Nick Davies
Nick Davies, Team Rector in South Cheltenham writes … Last year, our church used the #FollowTheStar materials in social media, posters, Church decorations and branding to try to get messages
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 in
I̶t̶’̶s̶ ̶C̶h̶r̶i̶s̶t̶m̶a̶s̶!̶ Get ready …
OK, it may not be Christmas quite yet, but here are some key things for worshipping communities to think about ahead of the season
Celebrating 50 years of The Children’s Society’s Christingle
As many of you will be aware, 2018 was a very special year for Christingle, as it marked 50 years since the first Christingle service on behalf of The Children’s
Bishop Rachel’s Christmas Day Sermon
Gloucester Cathedral – Christmas Day 2018 The Rt Revd Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester Gospel reading: Luke 2: 8-20 I wonder what has changed for you this year. Perhaps it’s
#FollowTheStar this Christmas
The Church of England today launched its own Christmas advert, with the message that churchgoers experience a feel-good factor which lasts all year. The 90 second advert uses no actors
Build peace at home and abroad this Christmas
Bishop Rachel invites the people of Gloucestershire to build peace at home and abroad this Christmas Gloucestershire churchgoers and those in the wider community are being invited to help build
Carols on the hour and Christmas market at Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester Cathedral’s choirs are limbering up for a marathon carol-singing session on Saturday 8 December
Christmas attendance at highest level for more than a decade
While traditional Sunday attendance edged lower in 2017 (in line with long-term trends), the numbers attending Christmas services increased by 3.4 per cent to 2.68 million nationally
A cracking Christmas campaign with some simple wins for churches!
#FollowTheStar is the Church of England’s 2018 Christmas campaign, and offers some easy ways to get involved
#GodWithUs Christmas videos
Lots of brilliant #GodWithUs videos can be found here – Christmas 2017 videos. This is one of our favorites!
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 the
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 the
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 friendly
New Year, New You
A message from Bishop Rachel and Dean Stephen As we enter the autumn there are already Advent and Christmas events in the diary, and no doubt future plans are already
Bishop Rachel’s Christmas day sermon
Christmas Day 2016 I wonder if you have seen some of the amazing night skies recently – The white light of the moon against a dark inky sky. Just recently, as I’ve looked at the moon from my study window, I’ve found myself thinking
Bishop Rachel’s message to the Diocese
Christmas message to the Diocese from the Bishop of Gloucester, the Rt Revd Rachel Treweek Monday, 19 December 2016 Two words have been much in my mind over the last few
Eternal Champions
I love football! Since the age of about 6 it has been my favourite sport, and has had the ability to occupy my attention for hours on end – playing,
May God break down barriers in us as we celebrate this Christmas
In a recent political debate a potential American presidential candidate has suggested that all Muslims should be denied entry to the country. These are comments that have rightly been condemned
Christmas Sermon by the Bishop of Tewkesbury
Bishop Martyn’s sermon, given at Gloucester Cathedral on Christmas Day
