'Sofa Chat' and a Cuppa with the Community
12th August 2024The Church of the Martyrs in Leicester have found a great way to casually, and rather comfortably, connect with its neighbours this summer through ‘Sofa Chat’.
News & Stories
The Good Shepherd, Loughborough Welcomes New Worshipping Families Into The Fold
1st August 2024Last Autumn, three families felt a shared sense of calling to become part of the weekly worshipping community at The Good Shepherd.
Rain at Download Doesn’t Dampen Chaplaincy Team's Spirits
18th June 202440 people, lay and ordained, joined the Chaplaincy Team for this year's Download to offer festival-goers a safe space, a listening ear and to offer prayer.
Jane's Challenging Wheelchair Trek for Charity
18th April 2024Jane Henderson from St John's Church in Hinckley is set to roll an epic nine miles across the Malvern Hills Ridge in her all-terrain wheelchair next month, to raise money for Church Army.
New Ways of Engaging with Thy Kingdom Come for 2024
2nd April 2024Thy Kingdom Come is an annual ecumenical prayer movement which unites Christians around the world in praying from Ascension to Pentecost for the coming of the Spirit and for more people to come to know Christ. This year it will take place from Thursday 9th May to Sunday 19th May, and the national church has produced new and updated resources so everyone can take part.
Bringing People Together on the Way of the Cross
26th March 2024Four parishes have found a creative way of inviting members of their communities and children at their local schools to engage with the events of Holy Week by setting up a Way of the Cross across their churchyards with artwork by local children and audio reflections by their ministers.
Christina's Call to Lay Ministry in her Church and Community
18th March 2024Called to serve her church and community, Christina Walmsley was recently commissioned as a Locally Authorised Minister at St Matthew’s Church in Worthington.
Sharing Our Faith
30th August 2023Feeling a call to spread the Good News of the Gospel on his own discipleship journey, Clive Jackson from Rothley has created a course to equip his fellow Christians in their evangelism.
Mission for St Mary's in Hinckley
16th June 2023A new parish magazine is equipping the church and school family of St Mary’s in their witness and mission across the community
Called Together - A Celebration of Lay Ministry
22nd May 2023The church was packed to the rafters for the annual Called Together Service giving thanks for lay ministers across the diocese
