It is God’s nature to call, ours to respond, engage, question, struggle with and welcome this Godly activity. Through input, discussion and personal reflection, guest speakers and scripture we willContinue reading
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Explore God’s Call
The ‘Explore God’s Call’ course aims to help people explore the call which God has for their lives. That call is seen to be within the context of a relationshipContinue reading
Exploring Christian Vocations
It is God’s nature to call, ours to respond, engage, question, struggle with and welcome this Godly activity. Through input, discussion and personal reflection, guest speakers and scripture we willContinue reading
Exploring Christian Vocations
It is God’s nature to call, ours to respond, engage, question, struggle with and welcome this Godly activity. Through input, discussion and personal reflection, guest speakers and scripture we willContinue reading
Exploring Christian Vocations
It is God’s nature to call, ours to respond, engage, question, struggle with and welcome this Godly activity. Through input, discussion and personal reflection, guest speakers and scripture we willContinue reading
Kingdom Vision: A vocational retreat for ministers
Giving yourself time and space to reflect on how God is continuing to call, is key to fruitful ministry. So often in our busy lives we become reactive to theContinue reading
Come and Join us at the 2019 Jazz Festival
Continuing our partnership Cheltenham Festivals, our Chatterbox tent will return for the first Cheltenham Festival of 2019 – Jazz. Over 20,000 visitors are expect to participate over the festival’s 6Continue reading
Vocations Sunday
Every year Vocations Sunday is the third Sunday after Easter; this year it is 12 May
Jonathan’s calling: ‘A cog in a big machine’
Jonathan Kear is a self-employed Christian youth worker at Together for Youth, based in Newent in the Forest of Dean. Jonathan also sits on the diocesan LIFE group for youngContinue reading
Ordinations 2018
After a weekend of inspiring, joyous services at Gloucester Cathedral, we welcome seven brand new priests, and six new deacons!
How are we called into discipleship?
We meet students from around Cheltenham to discuss how God calls us, and what we might be called to do! Bishop Rachel went along with the Revd Pauline Godfrey, toContinue reading
Exploring Christian Vocations
A day for individuals to reflect upon God’s call through discussion, input, personal reflection, guest speakers and scripture. To book please contact *protected email*. Is God challenging me to stepContinue reading
Faith in a Gin Distillery. Felicity’s Vocation Story
Following our series on vocations and faith at work, Bishop Robert Springett recently met Felicity Hall, Financial Director at Gin Distillery Bramley and Gage, to find out how she livesContinue reading
Bishop Rachel talks on female leadership and the #metoo movement
We asked Bishop Rachel about some of the challenges of female leadership; where her confidence comes from, and how she responds to things like the #metoo movement
My vocation: Ed’s story
Following our series of ordinations stories, we met with Revd Ed Sauven to hear a little about his own extraordinary story…
My vocation: Helkias’s story
“I think God calls people to be Plumbers, Nurses, Architects, just as much as He calls people to be Ordained.” We met up with Helkias Mapimhidze to hear his story
My vocation: Joy’s story
Joy Ludlow tells us why she got ordained; “It’s not really anything that I planned!”.
You can also book onto our upcoming vocations event here
Ordinations 2017
After a weekend of inspiring, joyous services at Gloucester Cathedral, we welcome ten brand new priests, and seven new deacons!
My vocation: Jo’s story
The Revd Jo Pestell shares her story of why she got ordained; “For me, even in the times when I’m like; “God, you don’t exist!”, I’ve just felt deeply withinContinue reading
How long do you really want to live?
This week the news broke that despite the fact that our life expectancy has been rising for the last 100 years it has now stopped rising. The report describes howContinue reading
Why I got ordained: Frances’ story
“I think during very very difficult times… I’m a single mother …those moments, God has to work with me, and its worked well. Having twins on your own and goingContinue reading
Caroline’s vocation story
Have you had that feeling that God is calling you, but you think it can’t be true?
Inspiring our leaders to help young people explore their gifts and callings
Leaders of young people gathered at Bishopscourt from around the Diocese to celebrate their work together and hear a vision for future ministry and vocation from Bishop Rachel. As wellContinue reading
