Members of the community across the Upper Wreake Benefice recently enjoyed a prayerful week of pilgrim walks, taking in the beautiful, rural landscape and reflecting on where God was at work in their villages and the wider diocese. The four walks each covered between two and five miles and took place among the parishes of Frisby, Hoby, Rotherby, Ragdale, Kirby Bellars and Brooksby.
Neil Jones and Janet Arthur has been named in the New Year Honours
Canon Dr Peter Hooper will start his role for the Diocese in Europe in February
Our Rural Officer has led the first-ever drive-in harvest festival service for Leicestershire Young Farmers
Mary Gregory has been appointed Rural Mission Enabler for the Diocese of Leicester and will carry out the position alongside her role as Team Rector of the Flagstaff family of churches in Ashby de la Zouch.
Over the past few years St Simon and St Jude's have been called to provide something for the families in their area. This year things had to look a little different... So they took ideas from previous ventures that had gone well and combined the breakfast and lunch offering with crafts and packed them in takeaway bags so that families could prepare the meals and craft activities at home.
An outline of how Akeley East deanery is helping churches think about being greener
National Churches Trust (NCT) now offers three different programmes for churches to apply to for funding
