Regional News
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16 October 2019 Special Service Marks the Relocation of Beloved Daughters' MemorialOn Tuesday 22nd October 2019 Dr Marcia Shakespeare MBE and Miss Beverly Thomas are taking part in a thanksgiving service at Aston Parish Church marking the relocation of a memorial for their teenage daughters, Letisha ...
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3 October 2019 Follow the Star…Follow the Star……………“It was the star that first caught their attention. It was the star that shone out announcing to the world; Jesus is Here. It was the star that prompted them to make that ...
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3 October 2019 Encouraging DebateAt a political level there is a strong sense both in Parliament and Party Conferences that “the time is out of joint” and a frantic search for someone or something “to set it right”. Amongst ...
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16 September 2019 CofE Birmingham’s first full-time Area DeanThe Bishop of Birmingham is delighted to announce the appointment of the Revd Ann Richardson as the first full-time Area Dean of the new deanery of Aston & Sutton Coldfield. The deanery came into being ...
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5 September 2019 Bishop's Comment: Westminster 3rd SeptemberWestminster 3rd September The noisy protestors cannot be heard behind the scaffolded walls of the Parliament building. Inside on the green benches a Prime Minister is defeated and his Party diminished. In the House of Lords there ...
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3 September 2019 Notification of AppointmentsThe Revd Rachel Hill-BrownSSM Assistant Priest, Dorridge and Bentley Heath, Diocese of BirminghamTo be also: Chaplain, University Hospitals Birmingham, Diocese of Birmingham (3 June 2019)The Revd Siobhan BridgeAssistant Curate St Barnabas Erdington, Diocese of BirminghamTo ...
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2 September 2019 The Royal Maundy Service 2020Bishop David has been invited to nominate two people (one man, one woman) over the age of 70 who have given longstanding exemplary Christian service within the community to attend the Royal Maundy Service in ...
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2 September 2019 Introducing Parish Mission SupportWho are the Parish Mission Support Team?Following an internal restructure earlier this year, the newly formed Parish Mission Support Team are available to serve CofEB Parishes across the Diocese. Led by Liz Dumain, the team carries ...
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6 August 2019 Bishop's Comment: Holiday TimeBishop David has just returned from a visit to the Scottish Highlands. He writes:‘My heart’s in the highlands’ wrote Robbie Burns as a reminder of wide open spaces, hills and lochs, deer and eagles, pure air and refreshing ...
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5 August 2019 Birmingham Diocesan Course for Developing DisciplesPlaces on this year’s 3D Course are filling up fast! If you want to join a 3D group starting in September, please ask your vicar for one of the booklets that have been sent to ...
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31 July 2019 Celebrating Church and Community: Better TogetherChurches and communities thrive when engaged with each other. Results from a survey* show that our local parish churches are out in front in making community engagement an integral part of vision, mission and worship.The report ...
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22 July 2019 3,500 pink scarvesAt Christmas a team from Jaguar Landrover came to Birmingham City Mission (BCM) to help deliver sacks of presents to families. Later, one of the volunteers contacted us to see if we could help him. ...
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22 July 2019 Spree Weekends for youth groupsJust 3 miles east of Bromsgrove you’ll find outdoor activity centre Blackwell Court. For one weekend in July 380 young people and their youth leaders descend on it for an event known as Spree.Spree weekends ...
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17 July 2019 Andrew Halstead to retire as Diocesan SecretaryWe would like to inform you that Andrew Halstead will be retiring at the end of this year. We are grateful for his many years of service as Diocesan Secretary. Andrew took up the position in 2011 and ...
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16 July 2019 Lives not Knives - A Resource for ChurchesPauline Weaver from the Kings Norton Team has put together a resource pack for churches wanting to engage with the knife crime issue in our city region. We are asking every church in the City to promote ...
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15 July 2019 Happy Healthy Holidays: Birmingham's biggest free holiday programmeGet 5-16yr olds registered for Birmingham's biggest free holiday programme ... activities, life skills and great summer meals across 218 venuesClubs run 4 hours x 4 days x 4 weeks Varied programme for kids and teens ...
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8 July 2019 St Edburgha’s church delighted with roof repair and exhibition centre grantSt Edburgha’s Church, parts of which date back over 800 years, making it one of the oldest churches in the Midlands has received initial support* of £29,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for Roof Repairs ...
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8 July 2019 Birmingham Churches: "There's No Planet B"Churches around Birmingham are facing the challenges of climate change together.On Saturday 29 June people from across the city came together to learn about how global warming is already affecting our world, and to say ...
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3 July 2019 Readers as teachers of the faithIt was on 7th May 1969 that Canon Law in the Church of England was changed to make it clear that women and men could be admitted and licensed as Readers. Readers are lay people ...
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3 July 2019 Archbishops launch Church’s first ever social media guidelines and charterThe Church of England has published social media advice aimed at tackling offensive behaviour and misleading content and encouraging a positive atmosphere for online conversations.The guidelines encourage positive engagement across all national social media accounts ...