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Found 11 resource(s) in 'News', for May 2024.
News (all stories) for May 2024
£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’... (1533 words)£8.5m for parish outreach
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... (110 words)Church Commissioners for England welcomes Oversight Group’s report
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... (128 words)Spreading hope in Gaza – ‘amid the darkness’
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... (105 words)Benefact Trust announces £1.5 million for churches to achieve Net Zero goal
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... (181 words)Duke of Edinburgh appointed as Lord High Commissioner
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... (113 words)Scottish Parliament recognises ‘iconic’ St Giles’
– 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... (141 words)Bellringers win prestigious award
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... (117 words)Faith in Families to run Wales’ first multibank
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... (176 words)Church wins gold eco award
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... (130 words)Nature and science meet faith in stunning new Baptist-led films
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,... (188 words)
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