New Financial Wellbeing Help for Clergy and Licensed Lay Leaders
11th January 2021Chris Sheldon has been appointed to this new voluntary role
News & Stories
Church Warden and leading Cathedral and church buildings fundraiser named in New Year Honours
1st January 2021Neil Jones and Janet Arthur has been named in the New Year Honours
The Bishop of Leicester issues a statement as we enter Tier 4
31st December 2020Bishop Martyn sends new year greetings and a reminder that the Christmas message of 'God with us' and Jesus's invitation to bring our worries to God in prayer, remain our source of comfort and joy.
Shaped By God Together - Story Insights
22nd December 2020People from around the diocese sent in their stories of what their everyday faith has been like during lockdown, as part of the Shaped By God Together Process. These stories were read by many from around the diocese and insights emerged...
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Live Nativity
21st December 2020A heavenly host of angels, sheep-a-bleating, neighing horses, mooing cows and a little donkey, were among the stars of Leicestershire Young Farmer's first ever ‘Drive In Living Nativity' service, held here in the rural heart of our diocese on Sunday. Melton Mowbray Cattle Market came alive as the young farmers and their farmyard friends re-enacted the greatest story ever told.
Download a video message from Bishop Martyn and Bishop Guli
18th December 2020Bishop Martyn and Bishop Guli have recorded a video message which is available to download and include in your own online Christmas services.
Bishop Guli to be the next Bishop of Chelmsford
17th December 2020Downing Street has announced that Bishop Guli, currently the Church of England Bishop of Loughborough, is to be the next Bishop of Chelmsford.
Online Nativity Series
14th December 2020Here's a great project that Holy Trinity Leicester, one of our diocesan Resourcing Churches, are offering as a resource that can be used by any church in the diocese who would find it helpful. It's a set of short videos they've made, starring children, retelling the nativity story in the context of the events of 2020.
Exciting partnership for St John's, Clarendon Park and St Peters, Oadby
14th December 2020It has been announced on Sunday that St John's, Clarendon Park and St Peters, Oadby will be collaborating in an exciting new partnership. St Johns is one of the diocese's six designated Resourcing Churches and the vision for the partnership is a revitalisation of St. Peter's, with a particular focus on growing mission among children and young families, young people and young adults (including students), and to work towards St. Peter's itself becoming a planting church from which new worshipping communities in Oadby can be established.
Dementia-friendly online Christmas service
14th December 2020A Christmas carol service designed to be accessible to people living with dementia and others who might appreciate a more relaxed approach is now available online.
