The next EcoChurch resourcing events are going to be informal gatherings in coffee shops, in various locations across the Diocese. It is an opportunity to bring questions, to share joysContinue reading
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Churches celebrate Messy Church Goes Wild Roadshow launch
Messy Church Goes Wild was officially launched at the Christian Adventure Centre in Viney Hill on Saturday. It’s the latest offering from the Bible Reading Fellowship’s popular Messy Church, butContinue reading
Greening Tetbury: Churches lead on climate change action
Tetbury churches are working together, across denominations, to drive positive community partnership, for the environment. Their goal is to get the whole local community to take action on climate change.Continue reading
Carbon Reduction and Eco News
All schools, please sign up today! Come and join: St Mark’s C.E Junior School, Sapperton C.E Primary School, Miserden C.E Primary School, St Andrew’s C.E Chedworth, Old Sodbury C.E PrimaryContinue reading
Where next beyond COP26?
A reflection from Jo Chamberlain, National Church of England’s Environment Officer who was at COP26. “Finding the right way to sum up what has happened at COP is tricky. ProgressContinue reading
Greenway Benefice lives up to its name
The Greenway Benefice is encouraging people locally to do something for the environment, big or small, during the week of 12 September. Living up to its nickname of Greenway, theContinue reading
Biodiversity in churchyards
When Caring for God’s acre joined us for a zoom webinar in April, they informed us that the area covered by churchyards and burial grounds in England and Wales combinedContinue reading
Share your eco stories for the ‘Green showcase’
It’s time to share your stories of all the eco projects going on in your patch. We’d love to share them in the Bulletin and on our social media channels,Continue reading
Bug hunt and pebble painting on Coberley
Coberley Church has raised £300 towards the ongoing care of the church, but holding a Churchyard Nature Day. Children explored the churchyard in a bug-themed treasure hunt, painted pebbles andContinue reading
Podcast Episode 19: caring for the countryside: in conversation with farmers from Gloucestershire
Speaking with Bishop Rachel in this podcast, are three local Young Farmers: Marita from Brookthorpe, Charles from Winchcombe and Cam from Horton; and Jenni a farmer from Elmore. The groupContinue reading
Green Energy Deals for worshipping communities
We have a number of green energy deals available for worshipping communities in various forms. 1. Ecotricity Our Diocese has teamed up with Ecotricity to create a scheme through whichContinue reading
Resources for Eco-Church
A huge thank you to those who joined the Eco-Church zoom Q+A on 30th April. Once the zoom connection settled down it was a good conversation, thanks toContinue reading
Coleford hosts new climate emergency drop-in
The Church on the Street in Coleford is opening up for drop-in sessions and a talk by a local councillor after the Forest of Dean District Council declared a climateContinue reading