News & Stories

Thanksgiving and celebrations at Bottesford Church

11th October 2021

Bishop Martyn led their Harvest Festival service

Ashby Church of England Primary School's Prayer Garden

3rd October 2021

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.

First-ever Drive-in Harvest Festival

28th October 2020

Our Rural Officer has led the first-ever drive-in harvest festival service for Leicestershire Young Farmers

Sharing resources from the Christian Climate Conference

26th October 2020

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.

New residents arrive at our Community of the Tree of Life

11th September 2020

Ten new residents have arrived to start their year at our new monastic community, The Community of the Tree of Life

Bishop and Education Director issue pastoral note to schools

19th August 2020

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

Highlights from online holiday club

17th August 2020

Last week saw 134 children from 26 churches and 14 with no expressed church connection, participate in His Majesty's Secret Spies Online Holiday Club, a partnership between the Diocese of Leicester and Holy Trinity Church Leicester. The club featured two parts with a live stream, complete with video stories, craft and spy fitness, followed by Zoom groups. It is fair to say that there were moments of unintentional drama behind the scenes but there was also plenty of evidence of God at work and children and leaders having fun and connecting with others.