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The Church Commissioners for England, the endowment fund of the Church of England, have published their Annual Report for 2019.  Key results include:  The Church Commissioners made a positive return of 10% in 2019 Value of Commissioners’ investment fund stood at £8.7bn (year end 2019) Church Commissioners post eleventh successive year of positive returns The...

Sometimes those who suffer are best at helping others in a similar situation.  Discharged from the Venetian army with an incurable leg wound, St Camillus (1550 – 1614) founded a religious order called the Ministers of the Sick (the Camellians).  Both in their Holy Ghost Hospital in Rome, and by travelling to plague-stricken parts of...

When you can’t go out, go shopping. That seems to be the decision of many people over 65. Record numbers of over-65s have signed up for online banking, according to recent data from Halifax.  And they are now shopping online twice as much as a year ago, after being forced to stay home during lockdown....

Government figures show that 2.5 million people aged 75 and above have never used the internet. And so, to help them, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, recently launched a free national phoneline to bring worship and prayer into the homes of those without access to the internet. Daily Hope, which is available 24 hours a day...

St Swithun is apparently the saint you can blame for rainy summers.  It is said that if it rains on his special day, 15th July, it will then rain for 40 days after that.  It all began when Swithun was made Bishop of Winchester in 852 by King Ethelwulf of Wessex. It was an important...

All We Can, the relief arm of the Methodist Church, is appealing to people to support its Emergency Coronavirus Appeal by doing a 10km sponsored walk. The ‘In Her Shoes’ challenge aims to raise money to buy bicycles for people in rural Uganda, who must spend hours walking to get anywhere.  Having a bicycle will...

The Frailty of Life  From the Vicar Psalm 46 – a psalm of comfort in anxious times Local is back! Ask Him for ‘pandemic grace’ Why sometimes you need a broken heart One in 20 starts praying since Coronavirus began As fine silver… Do you need a new pain killer? ** Editor:  Canon Paul Hardingham...

Are British Christians in danger of losing their best friends in the media? One of the many casualties of the coronavirus shutdown has been the country’s local and regional newspapers. As businesses have closed or cut back, they have withdrawn advertising in local titles. Sales have dropped as people in lockdown can’t venture out to...

Have you found that working from home is a pain in the neck?  You are not alone. Many chiropractors have seen a rise in clients seeking help for neck and back-related pains. The blame has fallen on makeshift office set-ups, which can put our muscles under strain. Many of us working from home end up...

Take the book of Samuel in the Bible, add a bit of Luke Skywalker father/son conflict from Star Wars, stir in a dash of Pirates of the Caribbean, and you sort of have the story of St Helier – the first saint and martyr of Jersey. According to the legend, it all began in 6th...

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How about going camping? Bookings for campsites are reportedly on the rise, as it seems that caravans and tents are at least a feasible solution to the problem of social distancing. Nick Lomas, the director general of the Caravan and Motorhome Club, says: “The fundamental desire to be out in Britain’s great outdoors is as...