Households across the Diocese of Gloucester will be celebrating this Easter Sunday with a special meal, sponsored and delivered by their local church or worshipping community. 1124 delicious shepherd’s piesContinue reading
Tag: comfort and joy
Last chance to get involved with Comfort and joy at Easter
Last Christmas, our worshipping communities were determined that Christmas wouldn’t be cancelled and sponsored and delivered delicious meals cooked by The Long Table. Now that spring is in the airContinue reading
Comfort and joy, prayers and presents: roundup
Thousands of Christmas dinners and paid for and distributed by church communities and prepared by The Long Table, Stroud’s impressive team, have been gratefully received by a host of differentContinue reading
Bishop Rachel’s Christmas Day Sermon
Christmas Day 2020: Beginnings and Endings (Readings Isaiah 52:7-10 and John 1:1-14) ‘In the beginning’ – Those famous words from the opening verses of John’s gospel. And from the prophetContinue reading
Comfort and Joy meal project – the journey
Over 40 churches joined forces with Stroud-based social enterprise, The Long Table, to gift Christmas meals and goody bags for people who needed a bit of extra love thisContinue reading
Bishop Rachel’s community Christmas message
I wish you a hope-filled Christmas. The light shines in the darkness. God is with us.
Nativity story retold in LEGO (R)
From the creators of the Easter LEGO story comes a gorgeous retelling of the Christmas story. It all started with the Word. The re-telling of the familiar Christmas Story (or Nativity)Continue reading
Greenway gifts, spreading comfort and joy
The Greenway Benefice (Badgeworth, Shurdington and Witcombe with Betham) is building on the success of their half term food and entertainment packs to bring some extra comfort and joy thisContinue reading
Comfort and Joy meal packs from churches to communities
26 parishes across the Church of England in and around Gloucestershire have joined forces with Stroud-based social enterprise, The Long Table, to empower our local communities to come together byContinue reading
Feed your community this Christmas
Following on from our Feeding the 5,000 project, providing nutritious meals for those in need at the beginning of lockdown, we are once again partnering with The Long Table to offer Christmas mealsContinue reading
