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- £8.5m for parish outreach Church Commissioners for England welcomes Oversight Group’s report Spreading hope and love ‘amid the darkness’ Benefact Trust announces £1.5 million for churches to achieve Net Zero goal Duke of Edinburgh appointed as Lord High Commissioner Scottish Parliament recognises ‘iconic’ St Giles’ Bellringers win prestigious award Faith in Families to run Wales’...News (all stories) for May 2024
- The Church of England has awarded nearly £8.5 million for projects to help churches spread the Christian faith, including parish renewal programmes and children’s and youth work in rural and urban areas. Grants have been approved for mission from the north of England to the Kent coast, much of it in low-income areas, covering parish...£8.5m for parish outreach
- The Board of Governors of the Church Commissioners has warmly welcomed the recent report of the independent Oversight Group, the recommendations from which will shape the new Fund for Healing, Repair and Justice. The Oversight Group was tasked with advising on the Church Commissioners’ response to its historic links with African chattel enslavement. “In seeking...Church Commissioners for England welcomes Oversight Group’s report
- Baptist organisations in Palestine and Israel are continuing to support people amid the ‘heart-wrenching reality’ of the war in Gaza. One such organisation is Christian Mission to Gaza, whose founder and president is Hanna Massad, the former pastor of Gaza Baptist Church. In regular newsletters to supporters, Hanna details how CMG is actively involved in providing...Spreading hope in Gaza – ‘amid the darkness’
- A £1.5 million grant that will help a group of churches pay for items such as solar panels and heat pumps has been recently announced by the Benefact Trust. The grant-giving charity will provide additional support over two years to up to 60 ‘demonstrator’ churches who in turn will lead the way in inspiring and...Benefact Trust announces £1.5 million for churches to achieve Net Zero goal
- Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, has been appointed as the Lord High Commissioner to the 2024 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, a decade after he last took on the role of royal representative at the annual gathering. The Lord High Commissioner is the Sovereign’s personal representative to the General Assembly of the...Duke of Edinburgh appointed as Lord High Commissioner
- – as the congregation celebrates 900 years A recent motion has been laid in the Scottish Parliament recognising St Giles’ Cathedral as “a prominent part of the life of Edinburgh and Scotland for 900 years”. It commends the “iconic” cathedral, which was probably founded by King David I in 1124, for “its various projects, designed...Scottish Parliament recognises ‘iconic’ St Giles’
- Bellringers from churches in North Wales have won a prestigious national award. Chirk, Overton and Bangor-on-Dee churches have been named Cluster of the Year for their cooperation in recruiting, teaching, and developing bellringing in their communities. The award was given by ART, the Association of Ringing Teachers, an organisation set up to improve the standards...Bellringers win prestigious award
- Cwtch Mawr, Wales’ first ‘multibank’, has been officially opened by First Minister Mark Drakeford and Gordon Brown, the former Prime Minister. Multibanks are based on the foodbank model, but provide a wider range of non-perishable goods, enabling businesses to redistribute surplus unsold items to people for free. Cwtch Mawr will be run by Faith in...Faith in Families to run Wales’ first multibank
- A church in Wales which turns surplus supermarket fresh food into a nutritious two-course hot meal for people in the community has won a top environment award. St Sadwrn Church in Henllan, near Denbigh, has become the second church in the Church in Wales to achieve Gold Eco Church Status from the Christian conservation charity A...Church wins gold eco award
- God Saw That It Was Good is a four-part film series that aims to reconnect people with the wonder of the natural world and a sense of the divine within it – and inspire a renewed vision of creation care. The four short films focus on environmental issues around themes of coasts, sky, trees, and life,...Nature and science meet faith in stunning new Baptist-led films
- General Synod: Presidential Address by the Archbishop of Canterbury Ukraine is paying for our security ‘with money and blood’ Safeguarding independence: next steps discussed General Synod backs code of conduct for Parochial Church Councils General Synod backs action to tackle biodiversity crisis General Synod backs call for ‘crucial resources’ for racial justice work General Synod...News (all) for April 2024