The Revd Canon Dr Sandra Millar, Director of Mission and Ministry, blogs about what it means to be a godparent. “I remember being at a birthday party for a 90-year-old.Continue reading
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OneDiocese blog: A mother’s adoption story
In National Adoption Week, a mother from Gloucester shares her journey of adopting and how her faith has guided and helped her family through the process. Sarah*, 34, and David,Continue reading
God asked me to adopt on Mothering Sunday
On Mothering Sunday 2020, Katherine heard God calling her to adoption. She shares her story. “I was 35 and had been praying for a husband and family. It hadn’t happenedContinue reading
Thy Kingdom Come, 6 June: Cara’s story
Cara shares her personal story of faith, and asks us to pray. Thy Kingdom Come runs until 9 June. We’ve filmed 12 stories across Gloucestershire, to ask how people liveContinue reading
Play football INSIDE Gloucester Cathedral!
Jesus fished with the fishermen and taught with the teachers; would he play football with the footballers …?
Teenagers and Young People
Young people’s lives can be affected by self-esteem and emotional well-being, their satisfaction with friends and family, happiness at school or college. The teen years can be a turbulent timeContinue reading
Children’s Messy Admission to Communion
You could have heard a pin drop… 14 children and as many adults sat in a semi-circle around the altar of St Peter’s Newnham on Severn to receive communion. WeContinue reading
Choose to be thankful
This time of year, my heart is back home in Utah. My thoughts are all about Thanksgiving, a particularly American holiday. The word evokes images of parades, family reunions, turkey,Continue reading
