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1. 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
2. Leading Your Church into Growth! 26th Mar 2012 - This weekend, one hundred key people from Anglican churches across Leicestershire went away for four days to look at how we might see more and more people know God’s transformation through the growth of the church. Continue reading to see more photos and register interest in any future courses. Continue Reading
3. Sixty Church Pioneers Graduate! 11th Mar 2012 - On Saturday 10 March, around sixty people from the Church of England and Methodist Church in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire graduated from the 18 month Mission Shaped Ministry (MSM) course. MSM is designed for people involved in starting new forms of church, sometimes called Fresh Expressions. To read more from the participants and to see details of the next MSM course starting soon continue reading. Continue Reading
4. Introducing ‘The File’ 3rd Mar 2012 - ‘The File’ is a major new library of resources to support mission and ministry across the diocese. Launched today, it’s a series of sessions mostly designed to be led and run locally, plus some longer courses. Continue Reading
5. Figures show Church marriages up four percent 20th Jan 2012 - Provisional attendance figures for 2010 released – marriages up four per cent, national ‘mapping’ identifies at least 1,000 fresh expressions of church The latest local church attendance figures from the Church of England for 2010 show that approaching 1.7 million people continue to attend Church of England services each month, and around 1.1 million attend one of the Church of England’s 16,000 churches as part of a typical week. Continue Reading
6. Lay Congress 2011 Science and Christianity 30th Nov 2011 - Over three hundred people packed in to the Samworth Enterprise Academy to discuss the relationship between science and Christianity on Saturday 26th November at the annual Bishop’s Lay Congress. Continue Reading
7. Called Together 10th Oct 2011 - At Leicester Cathedral on Saturday 8th October and whole range of Clergy and Laity came together celebrate Lay Ministry at this years 'Called Together' service. Continue Reading
8. A month to major Fresh Expressions conference 26th Aug 2011 - There is just a month to go to a major day conference on new forms of Church is held in Leicester and bookings are coming in thick and fast. The conference, on Saturday 1st October at St Martin’s House, is co-hosted by The Methodist Church, The United Reformed Church and the Church of England in Leicestershire, and aims to resource, encourage and help network those interested or involved in Fresh Expressions of Church. Continue reading to find out more information and how to book a place. Continue Reading

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