A fledgling church youth group has come together during Advent, to learn, laugh, eat dessert and explore faith together for the first time. The group made up of four teenagers, four adult leaders and curate Revd Ben Williams, have been meeting on Monday evenings since mid-November in Great Glen.
There was great joy at Boundary Farm on Sunday 12 December as a Messy Nativity took place!
The Bishop of Leicester talked with students and staff at the new school
A newly restored bell is sounding at All Saints Church of England Primary School in Coalville
Bishop Martyn led their Harvest Festival service
One of our Church Schools in the North West of the diocese has recently transformed part of its outdoor space into a prayer garden giving all of the children an opportunity to think, observe, and question while taking part in creative prayer activities.
Our Rural Officer has led the first-ever drive-in harvest festival service for Leicestershire Young Farmers
On Saturday 5 September young people from around Leicester and Leicestershire coordinated a Christian Climate Conference open to people from any faith background on Zoom. Slides from the event can be found here along with a resource bank that has been put together by the team behind the event. It includes worship resources, recommended podcasts, books, films and online content. This resource bank links to many of the themes and workshop topics explored on the day but it is hoped it will be used widely by all in the diocese.
Ten new residents have arrived to start their year at our new monastic community, The Community of the Tree of Life
Bishop Martyn and Canon Carolyn have told our school staff, students and parents that we are praying for them at this stressful time with the extra difficulty of exam results uncertainty
