Planning for Advent and Christmas
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.
News & Stories
Knitting to Remember
Like many of the churches around the diocese St Thomas a Becket, Skeffington, marked Remembrance Sunday with a single church bell toll marking the two minutes silence. Residents stood on the front porches and driveways to remember. But the church looked different – they had had a surprise ‘yarn bomb' decorating the outside of the church in knitted poppies.
National CofE online service features our links with overseas dioceses
Our links with overseas dioceses have been established over many years and we have tried to develop a mutually supportive partnership - these were featured in the
AlterNativity
A group of churches across a range of Christian denominations and traditions in Hinckley have come together to share what they have with those ‘truly suffering and in need' this Christmas. AlterNativity is a way of gifting charities both close to home and across the world, providing much needed resources to the poor and vulnerable, and has been an annual initiative for the Hinckley and District Churches Together for the last 15 years.
John Orridge to be the Diocese of Oxford's New Director of Finance
We are putting measures in place to ensure a swift and thorough recruitment process, and a smooth transition in order to maintain the excellent financial management which John has overseen for us for the last decade.
Streets of Light
If you take a stroll around the streets of Loughborough right now you're sure to spot hundreds of windows emblazoned with bright, shining pictures. This captivating artwork has been created to share love, light and hope in the community during these dark and gloomy days, as part of an initiative called Loughborough Streets of Light.
Bishops join acts of remembrance for our city and county
Bishop Martyn and Bishop Guli are taking part in online Remembrance events
Katie's Everyday Faith
Katie has been a nurse for 45 years and works in consultancy and training. She has been a member of her church family for more than 25 years. She lives just outside the city and is part of a community which celebrates diversity and culture. She is particularly concerned with poverty and deprivation in her area…
Coalville church window featured on Christmas stamp
Royal Mail has picked an image from Coalville's Christ Church for its Christmas stamps
Give Leicester's contactless fundraising campaign to raise money for Covid-secure accommodation this winter
Give Leicester is now raising money to provide Covid-secure accommodation throughout the winter.
