News & Stories


Training for Church-Community Cook and Eat Hubs Finally Begins

11th October 2021

After delays due to the pandemic, the first training sessions have begun


Diocesan Synod Votes In Favour of A Minster Communities Framework

9th October 2021

Our Minster Communities framework will have a stipendiary leadership team of at least four in each of the 20-25 MCs and will include an Oversight Minister who is ordained, as well as one or more lay colleagues.


Oasis in Hinckley

27th September 2021

There's an overwhelming warmth and welcome that hits you as soon as you walk into the Oasis cafe and community project. From the country cottage tables, to the beautiful bunting hanging end to end, it's a homely space that invites you to pull up a chair, have a coffee, and take a break from the busyness of life.


Sarah's Everyday Faith at Work

13th September 2021

Sarah Evans is a Christian who worships at St John's Church in Hinckley and has been a midwife for more than 15 years - her entire career working at the Leicester Royal Infirmary. Here she talks about how her faith sustains her and how prayer carries her through each and every day…


Everyday Faith stories from Leicester Royal Infirmary in its 250th year

10th September 2021

Christians tell us how their faith impacts their work in the NHS


Summer Confirmations and Baptisms

6th September 2021

We are delighted to be able to share a round up of confirmations and baptisms that have happened over the summer


Plant, Grow, Live at The Growing Hub in Thurnby Lodge

2nd August 2021

Cauliflowers fluffy and cabbages green, strawberries and runner beans as tall as we've seen… The Growing Hub in Thurnby Lodge is taking tasty shape around the Christchurch building and it's an exciting prospect for both the church and its community.


Sunflowers bringing joy to a local community

2nd August 2021

These big, bright, beautiful sunflowers started as seeds, given to the congregations of St Peter's Church in Highfields and St Philip's Church in Evington on the last Sunday in Lent. They were something to look after and something to look forward to, in what were difficult times.


Walking Church in Fleckney

25th July 2021

It might have seemed a little unorthodox, gathering in the village carpark - surrounded by the sights and sounds of a make-shift building site - but it is was within the reality that God is ever present that set the inaugural Fleckney Walking Church on its way, earlier this month.


Everyday Spirituality Setting Hearts on Fire

5th July 2021

Little fires were lit in the hearts of those who attended the diocesan Everyday Spirituality sessions recently, as people came together to learn new spiritual habits for everyday life.

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