News & Stories


Hospital Chaplaincy - ministry in the Covid-19 pandemic: Reverend Sonya Ratten

30th April 2020

In a series we will be running over the next week, we talk to healthcare chaplains serving the University Hospitals of Leicester and gain a snapshot into their lives and their everyday faith, working under the constraints of coronavirus…


Hospital Chaplaincy - ministry during the Covid-19 pandemic: Mark Burleigh

30th April 2020

In a series we will be running over the next week, we talk to healthcare chaplains serving the University Hospitals of Leicester and gain a snapshot into their lives and their everyday faith, working under the constraints of coronavirus…


Prayer ribbons and scattering seeds

27th April 2020

Every act of Christian kindness plants a seed, and that seed is something that can grow into a mighty tree. While we might not always get to see the fruit of these interactions, we can be sure that God is at work. One such story of hope has come to our attention, from Pioneer Minister and Reader, June Ainge.


Finding new ways to pray

27th April 2020

Finding new ways to pray can be rejuvenating for our everyday faith and in recent weeks, Sneha has discovered a new pattern of prayer at home with her family. Here she explains how that occurred, and what impact it is having on them all.


Parenting in a pandemic

23rd April 2020

This week, we had the pleasure of catching up with Beth, a mum of 2-year-old Eliana, who shared about the ups and downs of parenting in a pandemic, but who also has seen God at work.


Virtual choral evensong from St James the Greater

21st April 2020

First we brought you Leicester's own Quarantine Choir - this week we share with you the choir of St James the Greater and their rather special ‘virtual' choral evensong for Easter Day.


Church of England schools in Leicester getting creative

20th April 2020

We're all finding new ways to do pretty much everything right now and it hasn't gone unnoticed the sheer amount of work our Church of England Schools are doing around the diocese to keep in contact with their children and community.


Emergency food bank at Christchurch Thurnby Lodge

15th April 2020

An emergency food bank has been set up at Christchurch Thurnby Lodge for people desperately in need of food parcels.


BBC Radio 4 broadcasts Bishop Guli's Lent Talk

9th April 2020

The Bishop of Loughborough's 15 minute Lent meditation was broadcast as part of a series in Holy Week.


Hot cross buns help unite families online to remember Jesus's sacrifice

9th April 2020

Village families joined together online to consider the events of the first Easter and to make their own hot cross buns!

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