News

School children invited to Colours of Life 17th Apr 2012 - This week over 20,000 children from across Leicestershire have been given invitations to this year’s diocesan assembly, Colours of Life. With a festival feel, Colours of Life on Saturday 26th May in Leicester, has something for all ages to engage with and experience the intersection of sport, the 2012 Games and the Christian faith. Click on continue reading to download the new eight page programme for this free of charge day. Continue Reading
Congratulations ‘Torchbearer’ Ted Collins 27th Mar 2012 - Ted Collins from Hugglescote has been selected to be one of the 2012 Olympic Torchbearers, running through Wymeswold, near Loughborough on 3rd July 2012. It was a huge surprise to Ted, nominated by wife Carol, as there were originally around 60,000 applicants. In the nomination, Carol told how he had served voluntarily on the leadership of a Congregational Church in Gloucestershire for over twenty years, and of some of the ways the church had been involved in the local community. Continue Reading
Olympic Torch Relay rehearsal in Leicester 22nd Feb 2012 - In exciting news, it has been announced that the single dress rehearsal for the torch relay will be in Leicester on 20th April. This is a great honour and a fabulous reminder of the importance of churches on the route being involved. It will travel from Leicester to Quorn, Loughborough, Hoton, Wymeswold, Asfordby and Melton. We need you (yes you!) to join a small group to consider the churches involvement. Continue Reading