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Church of England celebrates ‘The Joy of Christmas’ in 2025 Crisis in Gaza Sudan Crisis Appeal – CAFOD Ukraine Crisis Appeals Help a family in poverty this year Church Mission Society announces backing for Global Campaign on Children’s Care Reform Why is the vicar wearing white today? Children’s Society to exhibit at Chelsea Flower Show...

This year 2025 the C of E’s official Advent and Christmas theme is ‘Joy’ or ‘The Joy of Christmas’. The aim is helping people remember that the true joy of Christmas is the good news of Jesus’ birth. The initiative also aims to encourage churches to welcome visitors and to share their faith during this...

Crisis in Gaza With much of Gaza in ruins, a number of Christian charities are running appeals this Christmas. These include: Church of England: The Diocese in Europe’s Bishop’s Advent Appeal. The Bishop in Europe, the Rt Revd Robert Innes, writes: “The headlines may be fading, but the suffering in Gaza is far from over....

 CAP (Christians Against Poverty) has launched its 2025 Christmas Appeal, to provide emergency aid and support to UK families in financial hardship this winter. The appeal aims to raise funds to provide essential assistance such as: emergency food parcels, fuel top-ups, free professional debt advice, and Christmas hampers or gifts, given in partnership with local churches and...

Church Mission Society (CMS) has recently announced its backing for the UK Government’s Global Charter on Children’s Care Reform. The Charter calls for the rights of each child to be in a family, and for the progressive ending of the institutionalisation of children, in favour of family-based care models like fostering. Church Mission Society joins...

You may have noticed that the Minister who officiates at Church Services may wear a long, thin scarf which is called a stole. This can be white, purple, red or green. White is for festive occasions like Christmas and Easter, christenings and weddings. Purple is worn during Advent and Lent, when we bring to mind our...

Children’s Society is to have a show garden at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower show next year, 19th-23rd May 2026. Designed to spotlight the urgent issue of teenage wellbeing in the UK, ‘The Children’s Society Garden’ has been created by landscape architect Patrick Clarke. It draws inspiration from the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi...

Time to remember the Persecuted Church – 2nd November Violence towards Christians increases around the world Persecuted Christians – the story of what one woman in Nigerian faced Tearfund’s Middle East Humanitarian Appeal Keen to be Green? Exorcists’ work is “liberation and consolation”, says Pope ‘All are welcome’ Mid Wales church offers unique autumn stay...

Have you ever felt frightened to go to church? Afraid that someone might see you and report you to the authorities? 380 million Christians around the world have that anxiety, because one in seven Christians worldwide live in countries with high levels of persecution. That includes one in five in Africa and one in seven...

Asabe’s life was turned upside down and devastated in one appalling, never-to-be-forgotten night earlier this year. The Nigerian wife and mother’s home was viciously attacked by Fulani Islamists, who slaughtered one of her sons and set fire to their house, killing other family members in the process. In total, more than 50 men, women and...

Whether it is in tightly controlled autocratic states, or in countries that are unstable due to weak government or civil war, persecution is on the rise: targeting of Christian communities, destruction of lives, homes and churches, and immense pressure on believers. Open Doors reports on trends of violence against the Persecuted Church. Just some examples...