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Archbishop Stephen Cottrell has recently become a patron for the new organisation, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Friendly Churches. He said: “I’m delighted to continue encouraging churches to offer support for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma.” Archbishop Stephen introduced the 2019 General Synod debate ‘Centuries of Marginalisation and Visions of Hope’ which called for the Church to...

As summer will soon turn to the cool of autumn, the Warm Welcome Campaign has recently announced that it is beginning a ‘new chapter’. It explains: “What started as a crisis response to keep people warm through the winter has blossomed into a movement to reconnect individuals and communities across the country all year round.”...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused devastation to millions of people. They have lost family members, their homes, and livelihoods. They are displaced and desperate. Now, with colder weather soon approaching, the need will be all the greater, both for those displaced inside Ukraine, and for those sheltering in nearby countries. The Christian charity...

Ukraine: “goodness will triumph” Remembering the faith of Eric Liddell – 100 years ago at Paris Olympics King Charles accepts patronage of National Churches Trust & Bible Society Is God calling YOU to serve on diocesan synod? Sea Sunday – 14th July Millions face famine in Haiti as hurricane season approaches Demand for foodbanks increases...

Church leaders in Ukraine have urged their citizens not to lose heart in face of the renewed Russian air and land assaults and the delayed arrival of fresh Western military aid. The Primate of Ukraine’s independent Orthodox Church (OCU), Metropolitan Epiphany (Dumenko) said that after years of war, every village has names of people who...

The 2024 Paris Olympics (26 July – 11 August) will soon be here. It was 100 years ago this summer, also at the Paris Olympics, that a young science student at Edinburgh University, Eric Liddell, ran an astonishing race that caught the imagination of millions worldwide. Liddell had been born in China in 1902, to...

Queen Elizabeth II was the patron of both charities, but following her passing, her patronages underwent review. Now King Charles has agreed to continue with his mother’s legacy, saying he would be “delighted” to accept them both. King Charles said his faith is “deeply rooted” in the Church of England. On his accession to the...

It may not sound like the most exciting of vocations, but your contribution may all the same be of real, substantial help to the churches in our diocese. Diocesan synod elections are soon underway this month, and this time people of many different backgrounds and ages are being encouraged to stand for election. Some dioceses...

Look around your home. How much of the contents of your bedroom, kitchen, living room and even garage came to you over the seas, via the great merchant ships? What would your home be like without them? Yet when did you last give a thought to the people who bring them to you? It is...

Almost five million people in Haiti, half of them children, face the imminent threat of famine as an extraordinarily active hurricane season approaches the region. Latin America and the Caribbean are predicted to be hit with 23 named storms, and out of those, 11 potential hurricanes between now and November. These could bring landslides, floods...

The demand for emergency food parcels distributed by the Trussel Trust’s foodbank network has nearly doubled in five years, with a record amount being handed out over the past 12 months alone. Between April 2023 and March 2024, 3.1 million food parcels were given out; 65 per cent of which went to families with children....

The free UK debt advice charity, Christians Against Poverty (CAP), has called for more funding for free debt advice, as demand is expected to rise further. CAP’s recently published annual report highlights how two years of high living costs have been crumbling the financial security of millions of households, and leading them into debt. It reports that...