Notices

ACAT is pleased to send you a website link to the latest ACAT Newsletter– in which they announce details of this year’s Annual Conference and AGM.

Now that summer is over and we look forward to the term ahead, we start planning services that draw in larger congregations such as Harvest and Christmas. One of the truths facing us as custodians of our churches is that the use of cash in our society is declining. Many people simply don’t carry cash, and if we don’t think about how we can enable everyone to give, we restrict the opportunity for people to express their gratitude to God and to deepen their discipleship.

Valparai, a hill station in Tamilnadu where tea plantations and the related works are the main focus of the lives of the local people, is badly affected by the recent incessant rains that have fallen across southern India and the floods that followed.

We have raised over £1,100 + Gift Aid as at 5 September which is a fantastic start – please help us increase that mightily. There are lots of ways to sponsor us. We also have the final list of churches involved.

The One Roof Shelter is a year-round shelter offering rough sleepers somewhere to stay overnight. Launching this September, the shelter will provide a warm and welcoming environment for guests – those who find themselves homeless. Guests can relax and feel safe – spending the evening with volunteers chatting (in many languages), playing games and drinking tea and coffee. Building on the success of the Winter Night Shelter, One Roof needs people like you to make the Shelter a success.

The Church of England Guild of Vergers would like to invite all Vergers (volunteer or paid; those who open up and attend to the church for services etc) to a special Choral Evensong at Leicester Cathedral on 19 September at 5.30pm.

Christian Resources will be running a bookstall at the Diocesan Conference. The will be plenty of resources to purchase, here are a smattering of the books which will be available...

The national Research and Stats team have mapped government statistics onto parish boundaries to produce parish-level census and deprivation information.

The Church Commissioners manage a Central Contents Register which includes listings of Suppliers of Church Furnishings, and “for sale” and “wanted” church items.

ExploreChurches are working hard to represent our wonderful national collection of incredible churches to the tourism industry. They are talking to both national and regional tourism bodies, developing a variety of regional landing pages and festival landing pages on ExploreChurches. These make it easy for regional tourism bodies to link to and share content, and therefore promote your churches. https://www.explorechurches.org/