Our recent diocesan safeguarding conference brought together clergy, parish safeguarding officers, pastoral visitors, youth and children’s workers, and volunteers from across the diocese for a day of learning, reflection and
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Develop or build your church website
Often on the wish-list for churches will be a new (or rebuilt) website. We’ve put together some basic considerations to help get the ball rolling. View our current list of
Pioneer Ministry Blog: Starting with a blank sheet of paper
Last August I was licensed as ‘Community Pioneer Minister‘ for the Parish of West Cheltenham and essentially given a blank sheet of paper on which to imaginatively draw the future
Statistics for Mission – 2021
Statistics for Mission – 2021 – now available for completion https://parishreturns.churchofengland.org/ Due to the continued presence of COVID-19 many of our churches will have felt far from “normal” for some
Make sure your church is well represented on A Church Near You
No matter how good your church’s website might look – with people all around the country looking to the Church for guidance and support, there has never been a better
Festival of Everyday Faith – workshop recordings now available
The set of live-recorded Everyday Faith workshops are available below to watch again. Visit our main Festival page for marketplace resources and of all our amazing stories of faith! Watch
Cancellation of PCC meetings
We ask that all non-essential meetings, which include PCCs be cancelled. We understand that due to how fast the situation is developing that some meetings between people may have to


