Diocese of Gloucester Funerals is a diocesan initiative offered to Funeral Directors to provide the most complete range of Ministers’ for funerals from a single source. These links will lead
Month: November 2019
LIFE party great success!
Our diocesan LIFE vision party, held at All Saints’ Academy was attended by over 400 people. People of all ages got stuck into sport activities, circus skills, craft activities, dancing, singing
Rudford: venue for hire
Rudford Rudford, with its converted schoolroom and Norman church, is an ideal place for a study day, quiet day or meeting. Rudford is just 4 miles from the centre of
Great outcomes from the 2019 Creative Arts festival
Nikki Seville, Vision Group Administrator for the diocesan Creative Arts Priority, writes about the recent Christian Arts festival: The Christian Arts Festival gives a platform for Christians to express their
Active Religious Education
Have you ever considered how sin, the trinity or the story of the good Samaritan can be taught using sport? No? Not many people have, especially in a school context
Taking God’s love to the streets of Gloucester
Gloucester Street Pastors go out in the evenings to live God’s love on Saturday nights. They are there to help people in trouble, to listen and to be a friendly
Follow the Star – guest blog from Nick Davies
Nick Davies, Team Rector in South Cheltenham writes … Last year, our church used the #FollowTheStar materials in social media, posters, Church decorations and branding to try to get messages
Annual Report 2018
A look at what has been achieved in 2018 as part of our diocesan LIFE vision. We tell your stories about how you’ve been bringing the vision to LIFE where
Impact award for one of Gloucestershire’s first police chaplains
One of Gloucestershire’s first police chaplains, the Revd Pat Gifford, is up for a Gloucestershire Constabulary Impact Award. After nine years of volunteering as a police chaplain in her home
Inclusive Communities Workshops for Gloucestershire
Fun, free and interactive workshops and discussion groups to help your faith community on its inclusion journey.
Unless the Lord builds the house
Bishop Robert’s recent article in Church of England Newspaper ‘But what’s it got to do with you?’ A blunt question from a perplexed Senior Planning Officer in one of our
Bishop Rachel’s address to Diocesan Synod
Presidential Address: Diocesan Synod 2 November 2019 The Right Revd Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester 16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17 got into a boat, and started
Explore faith: Your SHAPE for God’s Service
SHAPE is for anyone who wants to explore their faith more deeply. It can be a step towards specific vocational work but first and foremost it is about knowing ourselves
Winter shelter: Sponsor a bed appeal
Gloucester City Mission will soon be opening the Winter Shelter for the homeless and vulnerable in our city for the cold season. It costs £39,000 each year to run the
Have you booked your subsidised parish energy audit yet?
Churches in our diocese are being offered low cost, subsidised energy audits to churches. This comes as the Church of England’s Environmental Advisory Group has called for all parts of the Church to recognise the Climate Crisis
Self-care: How to look after yourself on social media
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