News & Stories


How Can You Serve Your Local School?

An integral part of our future diocese, and in the formation of Minster Communities, is the need to prioritise our work with children, young people and families, especially through partnership with our schools. We spoke to Matt Long, our diocesan Youth Engagement and Intergenerational Communities Enabler, about how you can be serving your local school.

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Making 'Growing Faith' Ministry a Priority

Revd Monica Judson has been licensed in the role of Growing Faith Minister in the East Vale of Belvoir

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Serving the Local School: A Growing Faith Network

Stuck with how to serve your local school? Need support, inspiration, and resource? Join a new network of people from churches, parishes and dioceses who would like to serve their local schools.


+Martyn's Monthly updates - December 2022

In this new series of videos Bishop Martyn gives a brief update about some of his work and things going on around the diocese. In this month's update Bishop Martyn talks a bit about the Diocesan Priorities of Intergenerational and Intercultural Communities.


Carved Praying Hands Take Pride of Place in Oadby

If ever there was a bigger and more prominent prompt for everyday prayer, it’s these carved praying hands in the front garden of St Peter’s Church in Oadby.  


Bishop quotes the Queen's encouragement to work for unity at special service

Civic dignitaries and Cadets and guests from other faiths took part in this moving service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving for The Queen.


Limitless launched in Market Harborough

Spirits were high at the church of St Hugh on Sunday, as members of the five Harborough Anglican Churches came together to launch Limitless, a new youth focused intergenerational worshipping community. It was an evening of celebration, with live music, Bible study, brightly coloured bunting and a spectacular cake.


Bishop Martyn supports new association of children's, youth and families ministers

'Paraklesis' is part of a new charitable umbrella body for supporting all those in lay ministry.


Prior of our Community of the Tree of Life to take up a new ministry

Rachel Bennetts will move to Cornwall to develop a ministry of hospitality in retreats and spiritual direction.


Committing to Shared Ministry and Growing Faith in rural Leicestershire

A special service was held to welcome Revd Canon Jonathan Dowman in a new role that commits to shared ministry and Growing Faith

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