This course from the Diocese of Gloucester gives lay people formal training before gaining permission to lead Services of the Word and all-age worship, usually where they worship on aContinue reading
Tag: Worship
Pioneer Ministry Blog: Changing times and seasons
I’m sure you’ll agree that we’ve been through quite a few months of surprise and change as a nation and within the world at large. No one could have predictedContinue reading
Footage from the 2022 Readers’ Day
The Readers’ Day service of admission, licensing and re-commitment to Reader ministry was live streamed on Saturday 24 September.
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
Kingdom Vision
Open to Clergy, Readers and lay ministers only The Revd. Canon Dr Tom Clammer will be leading Kingdom Vision Retreat this year. Tom is a novice brother of the AnglicanContinue reading
Advent calendars for care homes
Gill Ford, the Anna coordinator for CaBiC, an interdenominational charity, which has been set up to support and coordinate ministry to older people in the local area, has been busyContinue reading
School and church come together to celebrate St Matthew’s Day
To celebrate the feast of St Matthew on 21 September, members of the congregation of the church in Cainscross ran a whole day with their church school. St Matthew’s CofEContinue reading
Girls and boys on equal terms in Cathedral choir
Choral Evensong on Friday 3 September was a landmark date in the history of Gloucester Cathedral Choir. For the first time since the choir was founded in 1541, the girlsContinue reading
Add your voice to the national Climate Sunday livestream
This year, in the run-up to COP26, a special Climate Sunday service is being broadcast from Glasgow Cathedral on 4 September. You can register your interest in the Glasgow ClimateContinue reading
Church on the Hill brings people closer to God
The Revd Malc Allen, Rector at St Michael and All Angels Bishop’s Cleeve, Cheltenham, and Trainee Pioneer Minister Lucy Barbour have been taking their congregation outside for a special monthly serviceContinue reading
Not your usual Saturday job for Rachel…
18-year-old organist Rachel Mapp is keeping traditional music alive in her local churches.
Garden Church brings nature to the city
St Catharine’s Church in Gloucester held a Garden Church event this month, combining a short service with a nature treasure hunt, growing flowers, making a prayer tree and building bugContinue reading
Changes to guidance for places of worship
The national guidelines were updated on Monday 17 May, and will affect rules around worship, weddings and funerals
Free iSingPOP resources for schools
Subscribe to the Diocesan Education News hereFree iSingPOP Classroom Worship Resources Thank you to the Gloucester Diocese Life Development Fund Committee who were pleased to award iSingPOP a further grant to enableContinue reading
Easter and Holy Week from Gloucester Cathedral
Starting with our livestreamed Maundy Thursday service, all are invited to join in with special services going on throughout Easter and Holy Week, shared live from Gloucester Cathedral. For aContinue reading
Love Lent: stories from the Diocesan Education News
Beautiful Hearts of Love across the Hatherop School Community Thank you to the children and staff at Hatherop CofE Primary School who embraced February’s Hearts of Love campaign. Here areContinue reading
Diocese of Gloucester to lead the nation’s worship
You might want to watch the the national Church’s Mothering Sunday service, featuring Bishop Rachel and Alexandra Dyer, Reader at St James’, Tredworth in Gloucester and a reading from MargaretContinue reading
Bishop Rachel’s Candlemas sermon
On Sunday, Bishop Rachel presided and preached at a special service for Candlemas. The video of the full service is also at the bottom of the page. Watch the sermonContinue reading
Online Christingle with Bishop Rachel this Sunday
This Sunday 13 December at 9am you are invited to join The Children’s Society’s first ever online National Christingle Service in partnership with the Church of England. The service, willContinue reading
Let’s take this outside: worship in the open air
If your churches are unsuitable for physically distanced worship, but you are really missing the chance to worship together in person, an outdoor service might be the answer. The SevenContinue reading
Mud, mess and mystery: resources for outdoor worship including Forest Church
We have been running a series of zoom seminars on the subject of outdoor worship, under the heading of Mud, Mess and Mystery. The idea is to explore worship outdoors,Continue 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
Respecting Difference
The Revd Nick Davies has recently been doing a weekly video around the value ‘Respect’ for St James’ C of E Primary, with the aim for the children to makeContinue reading
