New Beginnings in the Fenn Lanes Benefice
22nd March 2024Revd Emily Sharman was welcomed into St Margaret of Antioch’s Church during a joyful service of induction, and commitment to shared ministry in the rural benefice of the Fenn Lanes.
News & Stories
'A New Life For Our Community Church'
15th December 2023It has been a big year for St Michael & All Angels Church in Ravenstone, celebrating its 700th birthday and successfully securing a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant.
What to sing now we no longer plough the fields and scatter?
1st September 2023Malcolm, a member of one of our worshipping communities who works with the Farming Community Network has provided an updated first verse to the much-loved hymn We Plough the Fields and Scatter, which is more in line with modern agricultural practices.
Historic moment as the first diocesan Minster Community is launched
2nd May 2023A celebratory service of inauguration was held for the newly forming Launde Minster Community
Two Leicestershire Church Members Receive King’s First Maundy Money
24th April 2023Two members of Leicestershire churches were nominated by Bishop Martyn to be recipients of King Charles III’s first distribution of Maundy Money
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Date set for launch of first Minster Community in Launde
3rd April 2023After much prayer and discernment, discussion and working in partnership across parishes, the launch of the first Minster Community, in Launde, will take place later this month
New Rural Mission Hub at Launde Abbey
3rd April 2023Learning and support to those in rural ministry across the Diocese of Leicester, the East Midlands and East Anglia
Plough Sunday celebrated in the rural farming community of Oaks in Charnwood
16th January 2023St James the Greater Church has strong links to its local farming community and recently celebrated Plough Sunday with a service of thanksgiving
Bishop Martyn’s Leicestershire Lent Pilgrimage of Prayer
7th November 2022Walking around the diocese at weekends in the run up to Easter 2023, he will visit many of the churches he has not yet been able to and encourage people in prayer.
Connecting the community and church in Oaks in Charnwood
28th October 2022The Rural Coffee Connect mobile barista van rolled into Oaks in Charnwood recently, to join forces with the community and St James the Greater Church, to help tackle rural isolation and loneliness.
