The Ministry Experience Scheme begins, we look back on a weekend of Ride and Stride fundraising and see how faith has flourished in a care home over lockdown. Download yourContinue reading
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Message from Bishop Rachel for 15 September 2020
Bishop Rachel celebrates the start of the Ministry Experience Scheme in the Diocese of Gloucester and looks forward to a weekend of ordinations and the Festival of Everyday Faith.
Setting up a livestream from your church building on a shoe string budget
A Webinar is being held on Friday 18 September to explore how Livestreaming from your church building requires a different set up to your home. Join the webinar and learnContinue reading
Cheltenham Literature Festival 2020
The diocesan team can’t be at the Literature Festival with our family tent this year, but we are proud to be sponsoring two events at this year’s Festival. Silencing yourContinue reading
Ride and Stride fundraising supports Gloucestershire churches
Last weekend was the annual Ride and Stride sponsored cycle, walk, ride or drive. Every year, cyclists, walkers and horse-riders raise money to support churches in Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire andContinue reading
Youth Ministry Update from Barrie Voyce
This advice is correct as of 15 September 2020. Please check the National Youth Agency website for the latest updates and information. With young people back at school, many ofContinue reading
Faith flourishes in a locked down care home
Rachel Cottell, Community Engagement Coordinator at Badgeworth Court Care Centre, who is also a licensed lay worship leader in the Greenway Benefice, shares the joy and support that faith givesContinue reading
Young people using sports ministry to process isolation
Sports ministers from PSALMS held two, one-day events for 63 young people to help them work through the last six months of lockdown. The young people used the text HebrewsContinue reading
Digital Labs Conference
The Church of England’s Digital Labs conference is a two-day online conference to inspire and equip Church of England churches to share Good News, grow people’s faith and bring more peopleContinue reading
Ordinations 2020 – join us online!
We are delighted to share the news that the postponed ordinations of priests and deacons will be taking place in small services across Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 September.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) banners and posters
The Church of England have produced a range of posters and signs, provided free of charge, for people to use in and around their church buildings. Posters can be printedContinue reading
Podcast Episode 12: Navigating these Times
Bishop Rachel in conversation with The Revd Hilary Ison, Dr Alexander Kent, and Ramani Leathard A trauma specialist, a cartographer and an expert in global disaster relief … Exploring howContinue reading
Exploring mental health and well-being with young people
‘I strongly commend these resources… I long for every child and young person to discover that they are unique and precious, created in the image of God,’
Message from Bishop Robert and Bishop Rachel for 1 September
Bishop Rachel and Bishop Robert share their message for all those returning to school in the coming days.
The Bulletin (01/09/20)
This week’s Bulletin has a message from the Bishops for all returning to school, a vacancy for a chaplain amongst Gloucestershire’s deaf community, and the Redbrook art angels project.
Art angels create hope in Redbrook
Children age 3 to 15 in Redbrook have been meeting on Zoom to create hope through artwork. An exhibition of their work took place in Redbrook Church over the BankContinue reading
Chaplain amongst the Deaf Community
Chaplain amongst the Deaf Community Part time 1.5 days per week There is a thriving community of people in the diocese of Gloucester whose primary language is British Sign LanguageContinue reading
LEGACY ZOOM WORKSHOPS
In order to share the learning from the project the London Diocesan Fund are hosting three legacy workshops on Zoom based around three different themes: researching records and understanding significance;Continue reading
The Ven Hilary Dawson’s sermon for August 30
All will be well. Archdeacon Hilary Dawson shares her sermon for August 30. Each week we share a sermon for use the upcoming Sunday. To share via a Zoom meeting/webinar,Continue reading
Grant for gardens buys bird box kits
The Revd Joe Knight, Curate in the Benefice of Newnham, Awre and Blakeney shares what Newnham Church has done with a diocesan wildlife grant. “One the most brilliant and evocativeContinue reading
The Bulletin (18/08/20)
Singleness, a message from the Bishop to our young people and Bishop Rachel speaks to a trauma specialist, a cartographer and an expert in global disaster relief… the latest DiocesanContinue reading
Cotswold priest appointed to conservation board
John Swanton has been appointed by the Secretary of State for the Environment to the Cotswolds Conservation Board, which oversees the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Canon John Swanton,Continue reading
The Ven Phil Andrew’s sermon for Sunday 23 August
Every week, we’re sharing a sermon so that those who can’t access biblical teaching for whatever reason, or who would like to share the sermon from senior clergy, can doContinue reading
