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Found 7 resource(s) in 'Looking at your Church', for December 2025.
Looking at Church (all articles) for December 2025
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... (1620 words)Church of England celebrates ‘The Joy of Christmas’ in 2025
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... (209 words)Christmas Appeals for those in crisis: Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine
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.... (612 words)Help a family in poverty this year
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... (91 words)Church Mission Society announces backing for Global Campaign on Children’s Care Reform
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... (148 words)Why is the vicar wearing white today?
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... (322 words)Children’s Society to exhibit at Chelsea Flower Show
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... (81 words)
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