Our special Maundy Thursday Chrism service, streamed live from Gloucester Cathedral, is now available to watch below. We were joined, via Zoom and Facebook, by Clergy and Lay people fromContinue reading
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Message from Bishop Robert: Maundy Thursday Chrism
Our Chrism Service, this coming Maundy Thursday, will again be different. Led from the Cathedral this year most of us will join from homes. Yet as always it will be poignant.
Yr 1 Curates – Preparing for Priesthood
IMD year 1 only Refreshments available from 9.15am Curate Eucharist in the Thomas Chapel at 9.30am With Bishop Rachel, Bishop Robert and Revd Canon Pauline Godfrey Please note this eventContinue reading
Message from Bishop Robert: Telling the story
“Sarah Everard’s murder has rightly brought anger that this should happen on our streets, a wave of sympathy and love for her and her family, and then with it, a cry of pain and anguish. Like Rachel, we are weeping in anguish for our children and cannot be comforted (Jeremiah 31).”
Ministry to Gypsies, Travellers and Roma People
Message from Bishop Robert Earlier this year, Canon Jonathan Herbert from the ‘Churches Network for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma’ people, and I, convened a small group of leaders from beneficesContinue reading
Message from Bishop Robert
Over 8 million people in this country live in overcrowded, unaffordable and sub-standard accommodation, I cannot but recognise that this is both an affront to human dignity and a challenge to act …
Responding to Growth: Rural housing
Join Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity), Paul Miner, Head of Land Use and Planning at CPRE, the countryside charity, the Bishop of Tewkesbury, the Rt Revd Robert Springett and the Revd Rowena King for an evening conference on rural housing.
Church must play key role in national effort to solve housing crisis, says Archbishops’ Commission
The Church of England should lead by example, including delivering more truly affordable homes on its own land, to help solve the housing crisis, says a landmark report published todayContinue reading
Message from Bishop Robert
In this Diocese we are seeking to be engaged with the challenge of ensuring that there is a place for everyone to live well, that houses become homes, and that with good homes households are built into communities where the fullness of life is offered for all.
Message from Bishop Robert for 26 February 2021
Closing our church buildings and moving our worship online has without doubt caused many of us to reflect on the place and the significance of communion in our lives and our faith, either because we have been denied it, or because we have participated differently.
Greening our Preaching
Preaching on environmental concerns, hosted by Bishop Robert with keynote address from Ruth Newton, author of the ‘Greening the Lectionary’ website.
Message from Bishop Robert
For so many it is quite clear that this, lockdown 3, is the hardest. In part I suspect this is because we are approaching a year since the beginning of the pandemic and know the reality of living with the restrictions on our lives and our freedoms and just how tiring this is. I suspect also, this …
Amended event: Responding to growth: planning for the future
AMENDMENT: Please note that there has been a last minute change to the keynote speaker for this conference. We will hear from Richard Blyth, Head of Policy Practice and ResearchContinue reading
Annual Reader Day Service 2020
ANNUAL READER DAY – The Ministry of Welcome A chance for Readers ministering in the Diocese of Gloucester to come together for connection, information and inspiration. With Archdeacons Hilary andContinue reading
Responding to growth: the challenge of new communities
The Diocese of Gloucester is holding a conference called ‘Living with Beauty: promoting health, well-being and sustainable growth’, to discuss the findings of the ‘Building Better, Building Beautiful Report’, publishedContinue reading
Bishop Robert’s sermon for Sunday 16 August
Bishop Robert shares his sermon for Sunday 16 August. Every week, we’re sharing a sermon so that those who can’t access biblical teaching for whatever reason, or who would likeContinue reading
Confirmations to resume
Confirmation: A message from Bishop Rachel and Bishop Robert We are pleased to be able to tell you we can now begin to plan for confirmation services to resume. ForContinue reading
Bishop Robert’s Family Gospel reading for July 26
The Rt Revd Robert Springett, Bishop of Tewkesbury’s reflection on the Gospel reading for this Sunday, July 26 To share via a Zoom meeting/webinar, make sure this youtube video isContinue reading
Bishop Robert’s sermon for Sunday 12 July
Bishop Robert shares his sermon for Sunday 12 July. Every week, we’re sharing a sermon so that those who can’t access biblical teaching for whatever reason, or who would likeContinue reading
Message from Bishop Robert
I have been reflecting in recent days on the story of Elijah’s encounter with God on the mountain at Horeb (1 Kings 19). Elijah is afraid and hiding, and GodContinue reading
The provision, management and use of open spaces and community and leisure facilities in new housing developments
Are you a planner or a developer? Or are you a Christian, interested in nurturing community in developments local to you? Bishop Robert invites you to a series of eventsContinue reading
Bishop Robert’s Family Gospel reading for June 21
The Rt Revd Robert Springett, Bishop of Tewkesbury’s reflection on the Gospel reading for this Sunday, June 21. To share via a Zoom meeting/webinar, make sure this youtube video isContinue reading
Updated guidance re church buildings, individual private prayer and funerals
To: all clergy and churchwardens in vacancy Please note that all documents referred to in this message can be found in the documents section of the national Church of England’s coronavirusContinue reading
Bishop Robert meets with staff from Lydney Church of England Primary School
Bishop Robert met with staff from Lydney Church of England Primary School recently, to hear about how life has been for primary schools faced with such a huge amount ofContinue reading
