Advent light around the diocese
14th December 2020Where there was darkness, people around the diocese are filling the world with light, music, joy and praise, on this rather different Advent journey into Christmas.
News & Stories
Appeal for an eye clinic in Kiteto exceeds its target
7th December 2020An appeal to raise money for an eye clinic in Kiteto, Tanzania, has exceeded its target thanks to the generosity of people in our diocese.
A Christmas Tree Festival with a difference
4th December 2020Over in Barrow-upon-Soar, Holy Trinity Church has launched its Christmas Tree Festival online, featuring 44 different trees thoughtfully designed, crafted, dressed-up and computer generated, by members of the village community.
Past Cases Review 2 continues
30th November 2020Work is still underway in our diocese as part of the nationwide review of safeguarding cases in the Church of England
Report from November Diocesan Synod
30th November 2020The summary of proceedings at the Synod held by Zoom on 21 November 2020
Eleven churches benefit from Historic England grants
23rd November 2020Eleven churches from the diocese have benefitted from Historic England grants as part of the government's Culture Recovery Fund initiative.
Peter Hooper has been appointed Archdeacon of France by the Bishop in Europe
23rd November 2020Canon Dr Peter Hooper will start his role for the Diocese in Europe in February
Sue's Everyday Faith
19th November 2020Sue is a keen walker and lifelong lover of nature. She worships in the Ironstone benefice – a rural group of churches near Melton – and was called by God to create a thriving woodland near her home as a legacy for the planet
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Planning for Advent and Christmas
16th November 2020With the world looking very different this year it can be difficult to plan for Advent and Christmas. So we've gathered together some resources you may find helpful.
Knitting to Remember
16th November 2020Like many of the churches around the diocese St Thomas a Becket, Skeffington, marked Remembrance Sunday with a single church bell toll marking the two minutes silence. Residents stood on the front porches and driveways to remember. But the church looked different – they had had a surprise ‘yarn bomb' decorating the outside of the church in knitted poppies.
