A selection of news and stories from churches across the country on how they are serving their communities.
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Church leader saves food from waste by sharing it with people out of his van
10/10/2023
A church leader is coordinating collections of unused fresh and chilled food to help reduce family food waste in his city.
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Recovery grant gives Church new lease of life
28/09/2023
A Covid-19 recovery grant from the Government has been a catalyst for the renewal of a village church.
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Esther’s story: ‘Through praying and reading the Bible I felt God’s sense of security and peace’
24/08/2023
Esther Cole describes how her faith provided her with an inner-confidence.
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“Our lives have changed for the better” – how a family decided to get baptised after finding a church that felt like home
15/08/2023
Parents describe their family’s decision to get baptised and confirmed after finding a home in their local church.
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Church seeks new ways of accommodating worshippers after service reaches capacity attendance
28/07/2023
A church that had just 25 worshippers five years ago has now reached capacity attendance for one of its Sunday services.
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From farmyard nativities to quayside worship – how outdoor ministry has thrived in a rural parish
28/07/2023
The pandemic forced the community at Trelawny Benefice to worship outside – a move that has since developed into a fully-fledged outdoor ministry, complete with pet services, farmyard nativities and folk concerts.
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How chaplains are helping seafarers - a testimony for Sea Sunday
08/07/2023
Tens of thousands of seafarers are on board ships that dock at UK ports every day. For Sea Sunday, we hear from a lay chaplain working in London ports
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“I spent many, many years not knowing that God loves me”
04/07/2023
“I spent many, many, years not knowing that God loves me,” Rev Kerry Jane Evans describes her journey to ordination.
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Pilot swaps a life in the skies for parish ministry
29/06/2023
A former airline pilot who saw the ‘face of Christ’ in the people he met after landing in some of the poorest areas of the world has been ordained a deacon.
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Bumblebees find safe haven in churchyards
27/06/2023
Figures from a recent nature survey show that bumblebees, ladybirds and aphids are in the top five invertebrates found in churchyards and burial grounds across England and Wales.
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