From 8 to 16 June is Churches Count on Nature 2024, a chance to explore and record the nature you can find in your local churchyard. It is a week-longContinue reading
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“Amazing ecosystem” found during Parkend church’s Eco Weekend
St Paul’s Church, in Parkend, has held its first ‘Eco Weekend’ to celebrate the church’s forest meadow habitat while introducing members of the worshipping community to the ecosystem found there.Continue reading
Environment Weekend at St Paul’s Parkend
Environment weekend at St Paul’s Church, Parkend 17 and 18 June 11am – 4pm each day. An opportunity to learn more about the flora and fauna found in the OldContinue reading
Message from Bishop Rachel, 6 June 2023
We do a lot of counting in the Church, often related to numbers of people or leaders or amounts of money – and much of that can help us identify the places where we are healthy as Church and where we are not. In the shaping of our current strategies and plans, not least within each deanery, there is a need for some counting and measuring, yet always being aware that noticing and nurturing growth and health involves so much more than counting.
Pray your way in and out at the Minchinhampton labyrinth
The churchyard at Holy Trinity Minchinhampton is a beautiful open space next to Minchinhampton Common. The church’s Eco team have created a labyrinth in the churchyard, cutting paths to walkContinue reading
Birds and bugs benefit from wildlife grant at St James the Great, Dursley
A diocesan wildlife grant has enabled St James the Great, Dursley, to establish multiple projects in its urban gardens and grounds.
Registration opens for Churches Count on Nature
Parishes in and around the Diocese of Gloucester can now register to participate in Churches Count on Nature, an annual scheme where people visit churchyards and record the plant andContinue reading
Cliffords Mesne Counts on Nature
Churches Count on Nature runs from 4 to 12 June. Churches are encouraged to open up their burial grounds to the public so people can appreciate and record the nature they find there.
Get ready for No Mow May
Fancy making a difference for the planet by doing less this May? Plantlife is encouraging churches and households to take part in No Mow May. Lock up your lawnmower onContinue reading