Please note that information on parish safeguarding arrangements – and specifically who to contact if someone has any safeguarding concerns – should appear on the front page of all parish websites. If this isn't currently the case, then we ask that websites are updated as soon as reasonably possible.
When it comes to engaging with people and encouraging them to come to your church, great images are hugely important.
Germinate: Arthur Rank Centre have updated their resources for getting the most out of your rural church building
Dates for Capital Fund Committee meetings in 2019 have now been published on the diocesan website. The first meeting is in February with the closing date for applications set as 6th February.
In the last few days Leicester Cathedral has taken two big strides towards delivering its visionary renewal and new build project, Leicester Cathedral Revealed.
From the beginning of January a fortnightly mailing will be sent out for those who would like it. It will contain details of upcoming course, training and conferences along with infomation about available resources for mission and ministry.
Ministry Division have recently launched a new set of resources to help explorers discerning a vocation to ministry, to equip clergy in growing vocations. These are available to order online and add to those already available on the Church Print Hub.
The Churches' Legislation Advisory Service has recently issued the following reminder about about exemption from charging for the collection of waste from churches and situations where the exemption might not apply, as follows. Paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Controlled Waste Regulations 2012 classifies waste from a hereditament or premises exempt from local non-domestic rating by virtue of, in England and Wales, paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 as household waste.
The Diocese of Coventry, in collaboration with the Diocese of Birmingham and the National Churches Trust (NCT) is holding a FREE workshop for PCCs on using the MaintenanceBooker website on 3rd December.
We're delighted to announce that new features on A Church Near You are now ready for you to explore. This includes lots of new elements that editors have requested. We hope you're as pleased with it as we are, and find these changes helpful as you get ready for Advent and Christmas.