The weekend of 10-12 December was an exciting one for the churches of Foxton, Gumley and Laughton as they moved one of their church services into a farmer's barn, held their annual Christmas Tree Festival, went carol singing with the children from the village and held a Christmas concert in one of the churches.
Watch this year's Christmas Message from Bishop Martyn
In another great example of churches working in partnership together churches from across Hinckley, supported by Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council, held ‘Carols around the Tree' in Hinckley Market Place, on Friday 10 December.
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Read an article from the latest edition of SR news in which Sarah, from Just Fair Trade, offers hints and tips to have an eco-friendly and ethical Christmas this year...
Sunday 5 December saw an exciting step taken in the growing relationship between the congregations of St Andrew's, Jarrom Street and the Filipino Chaplaincy in Leicester.
As the Leicester Cathedral Revealed project progresses, the last service in the building will be held on Sunday 2 January 2022. After that the building will close its doors until autumn 2023, for long awaited major repair and restoration works and the construction of a new visitor and learning centre, to be known as the Chapter House.
The Bishop of Leicester has appointed a Social Policy Adviser (two days per week and funded nationally by the Church Commissioners). Florence Gildea will start in the role in the new year but will spend occasional days in the diocese before then.
St Martins House Conference Centre & Lodge are delighted to announce that it has joined companies and organisations such as Aviva, Deloitte and Oxfam in signing up to the Good Business Charter (GBC), an accreditation that seeks to raise the bar on business practices for employees, tax, the environment, customers and suppliers.
The Revd Canon Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy, currently Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Mission and Ministry Enabler in the Diocese of Leicester, has today been announced as the Diocese of London's next Bishop of Willesden, covering the boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and Hillingdon.
As part of Interfaith week 2021, Bishop Martyn visited Masjid Al Falah on Thursday 18 November, accompanied by Tom Wilson and Riaz Ravat of the St Philip's Centre.