News & Stories


Church School and Community Recreate Historic Rector’s Garden

10th April 2025

Children at Richard Hill Church of England Primary School in Thurcaston recently brought to life a 17th Century Rectory Garden in a creative, paper-sculpting project involving people and organisations from across the community.

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Basking in the Golden Glow of God’s Glorious Creation

4th April 2025

St Mary in Charnwood Church, Nanpantan, has been awarded the Gold Eco Church Award by A Rocha, in recognition of its exceptional work in caring for God’s creation across all aspects of church life.

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New Festival Church Resources Launched

3rd April 2025

A Festival Church is a church building which is not used for weekly worship, but is an open church, a local icon and a community asset. We’ve released a new suite of resources, designed to enable Festival Church conversations to take place.

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Worshipping Our Creator God in the Countryside

31st March 2025

Bishop Saju recently joined Canon Malcolm Britton and around 150 other people from the farming communities and surrounding villages of Melton and Loughborough in an ecumenical ‘lambing service’ at Hall Farm in Brooksby.

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Celebrating World Day of Prayer

22nd March 2025

Church, community and school children came together in the Launde Minster Community to celebrate World Day of Prayer 2025 earlier this month. The church of St Michael and All Angels in Hallaton was packed to the rafters for a ‘joyful’ service.

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Sacred Stories: Retelling the History of Horninghold

17th March 2025

St Peter’s Church in Horninghold was recently awarded a grant of £174,926 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) to address repairs, make the building more accessible, and celebrate its history.

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St Mary’s Wymeswold Embark on Restoration and Heritage Project

7th February 2025

St Mary’s Church in Wymeswold has been awarded a grant of £227,314 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to fund repairs to its nave roof and support a community heritage project that will welcome more people into the church and celebrate the village’s ‘faith history’.

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Ringing in the Changes for Rural Harby's Church Bells

27th November 2024

St Mary the Virgin Church in Harby has been awarded a grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to promote and share the heritage of bells and bellringing in its rural community.

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The Tale of the Tumbling Tower of Little Thrussington

15th October 2024

Holy Trinity Church in Thrussington has been on a fundraising campaign for the past two years. Their latest fundraiser - a fun, rhyming storybook - has been a big hit.

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St Mary’s Lutterworth opens new community centre after major renovation project

30th August 2024

After much hard work, planning, preparation and prayer, St Mary’s Church in Lutterworth has recently opened the Churchgate Community Centre - a newly renovated space in the town, dedicated to the community.

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