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New hub for the waterways chaplaincy Do you like messing around in boats?  On canals?  Then look out for volunteers from the waterways chaplaincy this summer. The canal and river chaplaincy has opened a regional ‘hub’ for the South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Southwell and Nottingham regions.  Based on the Chesterfield canal, the new hub will...

The Windrush Generation at worship The significant impact of the so-called “Windrush Generation” (those arriving in the UK between 1948 and 1971 from Caribbean countries of Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and other islands) and other Commonwealth nationals from Africa, India and Pakistan has played a major role in shaping and creating modern Britain.  (The phrase...

Sea Sunday is 8th July – buy some yellow wellington boots! The Fishermen’s Mission is selling yellow wellington boots as part of its campaign to raise awareness of those lost at sea while working in the fishing industry in the past ten years. For every pair of boots sold, the charity will tie a yellow...

Fixed Odds Betting Terminals: £2 maximum stake is ‘right decision’, says bishop The Bishop of St Albans, Alan Smith, has welcomed Government plans to limit the maximum stake on Fixed-Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) to £2. He said the decision was an “essential” step in curbing the harm done by the machines, which he said have...

What problems do ministers have to deal with these days? Ever wonder what sort of pastoral problems people may be bringing to our minister? Struggles with loneliness and mental illness are pretty sure to come near the top, according to a new survey. The two issues have been found to be by far the commonest...

Looking at God  A Plastic Revolution From the Vicar God is able to use us to meet others’ needs THE WAY I SEE IT – Holidays and Holy-days The ‘Other’ Mary Becoming a Christian We are given gifts for a good reason   ** Editor:  The Rev Paul Hardingham considers the problem of plastic from...

What happened when one person prayed for a baby… When did you start praying for the children of your friends?  Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, thanks God that someone prayed for him before he was even born – in the hope that he would one day become a Christian. The Archbishop told the story...

China stops sales of Bible China appears to have banned the Bible from being sold online, or in large bookstores.  This seems to have followed tensions between China and the Vatican over who should have influence in appointing bishops in China. Searches for Bibles on major e-commerce platforms JD.com and Taobao bring up no results,...

Let them eat cake! Many rural parishes have found that offering tea and cake to visitors ensures a warm welcome that will be gratefully remembered. One couple told of how they chanced on a church while out cycling late one afternoon in the countryside.  They were tired and hot and hungry and thirsty.  Two kindly...

OM’s ship Logos Hope breaks all records in Mexico The Logos Hope’s visitor count in Veracruz has broken the Ship Ministry’s all-time record for a single port.  A total of 226,554 members of the public climbed the ship’s gangways to browse the book-fair, visit the International Café or attend an onboard event during the six...

A Plastic Revolution The recent Blue Planet II series exposed just how much plastic waste is an issue in our seas. The Prime Minister has called plastic waste ‘one of the great environmental scourges of our time.’ The best estimates suggest 10 million tonnes of plastic ends up in our oceans, contaminating and killing sea...

Attacks by Islamists drive Christians out of city Christians in one of Pakistan’s major cities, Quetta, are being targeted by Islamist bombs and guns, in an effort to drive them out. In the face of mob violence, drive-by shootings, bombings and increasing accusations of blasphemy, many of the 50,000-strong Christian population of the city now...