Dementia-friendly online Christmas service
14th December 2020A 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.
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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
The summary of proceedings at the Synod held by Zoom on 21 November 2020
Eleven churches from the diocese have benefitted from Historic England grants as part of the government's Culture Recovery Fund initiative.
Canon Dr Peter Hooper will start his role for the Diocese in Europe in February
Sue is a keen walker and lifelong lover of nature. She worships in the Ironstone benefice – a rural group of churches near Melton – and was called by God to create a thriving woodland near her home as a legacy for the planet
With the world looking very different this year it can be difficult to plan for Advent and Christmas. So we've gathered together some resources you may find helpful.