A free one-day Festival on a covered stage in Music and Comedy bringing together churches, schools, children’s groups, WI, Cornerstone and Oakley Resource Centre and businesses in the area ofContinue reading
Tag: Art
Reserve a seat on your sofa for Living Room Fest
Christian Arts Festival presents Living Room Fest Available under Monday 25 May Like so many other event organisers, the Christian Arts Festival team are having to postpone the Festival ofContinue reading
Art competition opens
The Christian Arts Festival team and the arts strand of the LIFE vision have come up with a competition to encourage you during lock down. The theme is Eden: RestoringContinue reading
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 theirContinue reading
2019 Advent Calendar launches with competition
The 2019 Real Advent Calendar has been officially launched with a new 24 page Christmas story-activity book, a children’s competition, with profits helping to transform the lives of children inContinue reading
Cottam Will Trust – Grants for new works of art and new bells in churches
These include: Statues & Sculpture Murals Paintings Paschal Candlesticks Vestments Commandment Boards Stained Glass Altars & Altar Frontals Bells For more information including criteria and how to apply for thisContinue reading
Faith Encounters: RE & Art Competition Results SPRING 2019
The Christian Arts Festival, the Diocesan Creative Arts Steering Group and the Education Department in the Diocese have worked in partnership to run a Spring Art & RE competition forContinue reading
Christian Arts Festival
Christian Arts Festival returns more vibrant, more colourful and more engaging than ever. Running from 23 April – 12 May, 2019 (Easter Holiday Workshops 12 – 17 April), withContinue reading
Call for Steward assistance at The Christian Arts Festival
Christian Arts Festival Stewards Please click on the flyer and circulate to anyone interested in Stewarding for the Christian Arts Festival 2019 and therefore getting to see the events theyContinue reading
Running an art exhibition at your church: Case study – St Mary’s Church, Bibury
As an example of an art exhibition in a church, Paul Hobbs has written a report on a show of his at St Mary’s Church, Bibury. The exhibition was comprisedContinue reading
Discover DeCrypt’s Community Art Project: Dry Bones Live
“And shall these dry bones live?” Ezekiel. Discover DeCrypt is the project to regenerate the historic church of St Mary de Crypt and the Old Crypt Schoolroom in Southgate Street,Continue reading
Artist PJ Crook to unveil new altarpiece for Cheltenham Church
A new altarpiece by renowned Gloucestershire artist PJ Crook was unveiled at St Michael and All Angels Church, Bishop’s Cleeve on 13 December. The artwork will be dedicated by theContinue reading
The Real Me
Working in partnership to create ways of helping children and young people explore their real value and identity. The Real Me: Messy Church resources now available
Letter to clergy about the Good Shepherd Project
Dear clergy, Nine life-sized sheep models are travelling around the 118 church schools in the Diocese of Gloucester over the next academic year, as part of the Good Shepherd Project. YouContinue reading
Partnering with the Literature Festival
The Diocese of Gloucester has developed an exciting partnership with Cheltenham Festivals
Church and school partnership brings joy to all ages
Children from Hempsted Primary School have been signing up to go to a Wednesday service at their local church. There is a very active worship group at the school withContinue reading
New partnership with Cheltenham Festivals
As part of our LIFE vision, the Sharing our stories in new and different ways, including through digital media priority group, have formed a new and exciting partnership with CheltenhamContinue reading
Holy Week art pilgrimage
Artist Jonathon Brown’s second set of “Stations of the Cross; as seen from the eyes of Jesus” is on display during Holy Week at the West of Severn Benefice, Gloucester.Continue reading
New art based explorers’ course developed by St Martin in the fields
‘Inspired to Follow’ This new course sounds really intriguing. Discussions are based around fine art paintings from the National Gallery, which put alongside a biblical story and a short reflectionContinue reading
The Great Community Mural Competition
Ecclesiastical are holding an Art Competition which your Church can get involved in! Get Inspired, Get Creative, Get Inventive and create a piece of art that shows how your ChurchContinue reading
Messy Church Does Science – Discover how science and faith mix
Messy Church Does Science – Discover how science and faith mix BRF Messy Church’s new project ‘Messy Church Does Science’ brings together faith and science under the safety-spectacled eye ofContinue reading
Launching the Ship of Bones and the Dry Bones Live community art project at Discover DeCrypt
St Mary de Crypt Church, Southgate Street, Gloucester, is now open Monday to Saturday between 12 noon and 2.00pm. We have a busy season of events and activities ahead, includingContinue reading
