A hundred years of witness, engagement and service at St Stephen's A special service has marked the milestone of the outdoor Calvary sculpture being in place at St Stephen's Church, East Park Road, Leicester, for a century. | ![]() |
Called Together 2019 The Cathedral was packed for our annual service celebrating the ministry of all God’s people.. Friends and family were there to support the licensing, authorising and commissioning of 19 Readers, Pastoral Assistants and Pioneers, as well as the relicensing of many more. | ![]() |
Leicestershire thanksgiving at the annual County Service Civic guests gathered to prayer for our county and give thanks for God's blessings at a special service hosted by St Mary’s, Melton Mowbray. | ![]() |
Community production brings young and old into church and builds interfaith relationships As we encourage churches, schools and fresh expressions to explore ways of extending their everyday faith, news of an initiative by St Denys has provided a great example to share. | ![]() |
Six candidates confirmed in Desford Bishop Guli confirmed six candidates last Sunday at Desford - three candidates from Desford, three from Kirby Muxloe. | ![]() |
A double celebration for SoundCafe Leicester The Bishop of Leicester’s Lent Appeal 2019 has raised £3,168.46 towards supporting the work of a charity which works with people who are homeless, and their Chair of Trustees is to be licensed as a Pioneer Minister. | ![]() |
New forms of church attract thousands of worshippers in Leicestershire A report assessing the impact of work to develop a wide variety of non-traditional forms of church shows significant growth in worshippers | ![]() |
Historic moment as 21 people confirmed by Bishop Guli Our most recent confirmations saw 21 people confirmed by Bishop Guli and marked an historic moment as she is thought to be the first female Bishop to confirm her own children into the Church of England | ![]() |
New Chaplain for Leicester City Women Football Club Louise Davis has taken up the role of Chaplain to Leicester City Women Football Club and has been getting to know the players and club members in recent weeks. Louise will be a pastorally proactive, spiritually reactive, non-judgmental listening ear for the club, working with everyone from the Under 9s girls to the physiotherapists, while focusing on the first team female players. | ![]() |
A thousand Mothers' Union members encouraged in their everyday faith At their recent 2019 AGM, a thousand Mothers’ Union members were encouraged to continue sharing God’s love and deepening their everyday faith, including in a talk by one of our own church leaders from here in Leicestershire | ![]() |