A heavenly host of angels, sheep-a-bleating, neighing horses, mooing cows and a little donkey, were among the stars of Leicestershire Young Farmer's first ever ‘Drive In Living Nativity' service, held here in the rural heart of our diocese on Sunday. Melton Mowbray Cattle Market came alive as the young farmers and their farmyard friends re-enacted the greatest story ever told.
Bishop Martyn and Bishop Guli have recorded a video message which is available to download and include in your own online Christmas services.
Downing Street has announced that Bishop Guli, currently the Church of England Bishop of Loughborough, is to be the next Bishop of Chelmsford.
Here's a great project that Holy Trinity Leicester, one of our diocesan Resourcing Churches, are offering as a resource that can be used by any church in the diocese who would find it helpful. It's a set of short videos they've made, starring children, retelling the nativity story in the context of the events of 2020.
It has been announced on Sunday that St John's, Clarendon Park and St Peters, Oadby will be collaborating in an exciting new partnership. St Johns is one of the diocese's six designated Resourcing Churches and the vision for the partnership is a revitalisation of St. Peter's, with a particular focus on growing mission among children and young families, young people and young adults (including students), and to work towards St. Peter's itself becoming a planting church from which new worshipping communities in Oadby can be established.
A Christmas carol service designed to be accessible to people living with dementia and others who might appreciate a more relaxed approach is now available online.
Where there was darkness, people around the diocese are filling the world with light, music, joy and praise, on this rather different Advent journey into Christmas.
An appeal to raise money for an eye clinic in Kiteto, Tanzania, has exceeded its target thanks to the generosity of people in our diocese.
Over in Barrow-upon-Soar, Holy Trinity Church has launched its Christmas Tree Festival online, featuring 44 different trees thoughtfully designed, crafted, dressed-up and computer generated, by members of the village community.
Work is still underway in our diocese as part of the nationwide review of safeguarding cases in the Church of England