If you need an excuse, then surely Valentine’s Day is the perfect excuse to share the love of God through his son Jesus. In past years I’ve given out woodenContinue reading
Tag: Evangelism
‘The E word at Christmas’, by the Revd Sonya Newton
“Evangelism, do we really need to talk about this right now? “We’re up to our armpits in Christmas stuff, volunteering to steward services, preparing oranges, counting candles, arranging flowers andContinue reading
Stranger to friend: Resources for a welcoming church
Advent and Christmas are on the way and most of our worshipping communities will be welcoming people who may not often come to church. Some of these people may beContinue reading
Message from Bishop Rachel, 21 May 2024
On Sunday we celebrated Pentecost (often known as Whit Sunday). Christians across the world celebrated the coming of the Holy Spirit 50 days after that first Easter day, and justContinue reading
Bishop Rachel welcomes guests at Saturday Kitchen
For one hour each Saturday, the Wesley Room at St Matthew’s Church in Cheltenham opens up to serve vulnerable people in the town with a hot meal, friendly welcome andContinue reading
Pioneer Ministry Blog: Changing times and seasons
I’m sure you’ll agree that we’ve been through quite a few months of surprise and change as a nation and within the world at large. No one could have predictedContinue reading
Pioneer Ministry Blog: If our focus is on remaining, sustaining or maintaining, we will not be obtaining all that God may have in store!
I am very aware as I write this, that the wording can seem provocative, and to some extent it is meant to be, but also it is something I haveContinue reading
‘Save the Parish’: A response from Bishop Robert
It is to the parish church I owe fairly much all that I am. As a child taken to my parish church, I first heard the stories of the scripturesContinue reading
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 byContinue reading
Gloucestershire Reader to become part of ‘Archbishop’s College of Evangelists’
The founder of Project Touchline, faith-based sports training, will become a member of the Archbishop’s College of Evangelists this Wednesday. Chris is a Reader in our Diocese and came upContinue reading
Everyday faith
This article is from June 2019. Visit our main Everyday Faith page for full information. What does it mean to live a faith ‘Sunday through to Saturday’? How can weContinue reading
New Church Army centre of mission
We are delighted to be able to report that Church Army have accepted our invitation to establish a new Centre of Mission in the Diocese as part of an establishedContinue reading
Resolve: a course to strengthen the mind, inspire the soul and deepen relationships
In a bid to help people live happier, healthier lives, the church is running groups around Gloucestershire to support people with their new year’s resolutions. People that sign up toContinue reading
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
Using the Jesus Deck in Christian mission
This half day event on Saturday 5th May is being organised by Celebrate Tewkesbury and is of interest to any who are exploring mission in new and creative ways. TheContinue reading
Working with areas of new housing
All kinds of resources related to working in areas of new housing are being collated on a new website page. Do have a browse if you have new housing inContinue reading
Evangelism for the local church
The ‘thy kingdom come’ team have just released a very helpful booklet on evangelism. It is well balanced, real, and with a kingdom perspective – evangelism is about Good NewsContinue reading
Opening rural churches: a resource guide from Germinate
Germinate have produced an excellent new resource for rural churches that are open during the daytime, or considering opening. Excellent suggestions about how to make the most of the opportunityContinue reading
‘Mission is’ game from CMS
Following a recent meeting with CMS, Cate Williams has ten copies of CMS’ ‘Mission is’ game, free for the first ten churches to request a copy. Mission Is…On the Cards’, forms part of Church Mission Society’s major new ‘Mission Is’ campaign, and aims to stimulate people’s thinking about mission and broaden their perspective of the reality of mission in the 21st century. For us in Gloucester Diocese, it is a tool with potential to get people talking about mission and inspired by the possibilities.
Explorers course from Oasis ‘Being Human’
Another explorers’ course which might be a good one in some contexts, this time from Oasis. It is based on Steve Chalke’s book ‘Being Human’ and is a video basedContinue reading
New art based explorers’ course developed by St Martin in the fields
‘Inspired to Follow’ This new course sounds really intriguing. Discussions are based around fine art paintings from the National Gallery, which put alongside a biblical story and a short reflectionContinue reading
