| Bishop of Leicester’s message and prayer following the tragedy at Leicester Bishop Martyn shared this message and prayer before attending Leicester Cathedral and joining Dean of Leicester David Monteith at Leicester City Football Club’s King Power stadium to be alongside fans laying tributes. |  |
| ‘Walk In Season’ gives opportunity for food, friends and deepening of faith Being close to nature and the wonder of God’s creation is having a spiritual effect on parishioners in the leafy Loughborough village of Nanpantan. |  |
| Diocesan Director of Ordinands and Canon Chancellor at Cathedral announced The Bishop of Leicester is pleased to announce the appointment of the Revd Canon Paul Rattigan, Canon for Discipleship at Liverpool Cathedral, to the combined role of Diocesan Director of Ordinands and Canon Chancellor at Leicester Cathedral. The date of Paul’s installation will be announced in due course. |  |
| God’s Biker: Motorcycles and Misfits Internationally renowned pioneer minister, Sean Stillman, rode into the Diocese on his Harley Davidson recently to talk about his new book – God’s Biker: Motorcycles and Misfits. |  |
| Armistice Centenary Service to celebrate the founding of Leicester’s first Uni All are invited to a special service marking the centenary of the founding of the University of Leicester as a memorial to those who served, and too often died, in the Great War. |  |
| Ashby church heritage centre wins community award St Helen’s Community Heritage Centre which celebrates the heritage of the medieval church at Ashby-de-la-Zouch has been announced as winner of the 2018 Rural Achievement Awards for the category of Best Community Building |  |
| Confirmations celebrated in Framland Bishop Guli confirmed seven candidates on the 7th October from four benefices (Upper Wreake, High and South Framland, South Croxton, Burrough Hill) in the Framland deanery at Frisby on the Wreake. Ages ranged from 10 to over 70. |  |
| St Theodore’s reaching out to the community It’s Ladies Night at St Theodore’s, Rushy Mead, and the church opens its doors as women from the church and the community gather to pamper, chat and raise money for charity. |  |
| St Mellitus College, East Midlands We are delighted that, following approval from the Ministry Division of the Church of England and our Board of Trustees, St Mellitus College will be offering full-time context based training in the East Midlands from September 2019. |  |
| Youth Mental Health First Aid As World Mental Health Day is coming up on the 10th October we thought we’d share a video from a recent Youth Mental Health First Aid training day in which participants share why they wanted to take part in the training and how the course has helped equip them in their ministry. |  |
