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Found 10 resource(s) in 'Looking at your Church', for January 2026.
Looking at Church (all articles) for January 2026
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – 18th to 25th January 11th January – why we have Plough Sunday 2026 Patronal Festival Grants available from the Choral Evensong Trust Embedding Religious Education is key to building understanding Bishop Mullally presses for palliative-care availability in Lords debate Bishop of Tewkesbury to be new lead safeguarding... (1632 words)The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – 18th to 25th January
This year the prayers and reflections are from the Armenian Apostolic Church, along with the Armenian Catholic and Evangelical Churches. These resources draw upon centuries-old traditions of prayer and petitions used by the Armenian people, along with hymns that originated in the ancient monasteries and churches of Armenia, some of which date as far back... (84 words)Why we have Plough Sunday
In bygone years, the supply chain of food across Britain was fairly short: if it didn’t grow in your local fields, you were apt to go hungry. Hence the widespread traditional custom of Plough Sunday – bringing a plough (and sometimes a lamb as well) into church and praying for God’s blessing on the land... (188 words)2026 Patronal Festival Grants available from the Choral Evensong Trust
There is still time to apply for a grant, as it remains open until Candlemas, 2 February. These grants are made possible through the generosity of many patrons, including HM The King. They support parish churches in celebrating their patronal festival (the feast day of the church’s patron saint, or the nearest Sunday) through a... (137 words)Bishop Mullally presses for palliative-care availability
“Every person is of immeasurable value and cannot be diminished by illness, disability, or care costs,” the Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, recently told the House of Lords, The Bishop, who is now also Archbishop-designate of Canterbury, added that: “however many amendments there are to this Bill, the Bill will never be... (90 words)Embedding Religious Education is key to building understanding
In response to the Government’s recent Curriculum and Assessment Review, the Church of England has welcomed the scrapping of the EBacc (English Baccalaureate). The CofE believes this will have positive implications for Religious Education, making it easier for pupils to study Religious Education at GCSE as part of a broad and balanced curriculum. The Church’s... (128 words)Bishop of Tewkesbury to be new lead safeguarding bishop
The Bishop of Tewkesbury, Robert Springett, is to be the Church of England’s new Lead Safeguarding Bishop, taking over from Bishop Joanne Grenfell who leaves the role at the end of March 2026, when her three-year term ends. Bishop Robert will work closely with the National Director of Safeguarding and other members of the National... (99 words)New research into how communities think about the Bible
Insights into how people across the world engage with and relate to the Bible have been released by Bible Society, who says that the results can be useful to local churches with intercultural congregations. The Patmos Typology Report, created in partnership with United Bible Societies, offers exclusive data for each of the 85 countries and territories... (149 words)Fuelling children’s potential
The international children’s charity World Vision has recently published a new research report, School meals in our words: Choosing our future, to demonstrate the positive ripple effect that meals at school are having on children’s lives across the globe. The report comes at a time when the World Food Programme has warned that, despite a... (147 words)Journeying in 2026
It is January, and the adverts for summer holidays are hitting our TV screens again. But have you ever considered a walking holiday with a spiritual side to it, here in the UK? If so, Journeying might be a website well worth visiting (https://www.journeying.co.uk). Travelling through beautiful landscapes to places where for centuries people have... (294 words)
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