As on every second Sunday of the month, a willing and dedicated team laid on Breakfast at Barney’s in our Barnabas centre before the All Age Service. Serving of organic breakfasts – Continental and Full English – started at 8.30 a.m. For the first time for…
No one in Leicester, or probably in England, can have been unaware that yesterday saw the burial of King Richard III in Leicester Cathedral. The whole story of his discovery and identification has been incredible – almost one of fiction. But now he has…
This week I am sharing my story of faith with 900 young people at Manor High School. We are blessed to have the opportunity to regularly come into the school and share a bit about our faith and the different Christian festivals. This week…
We had our 3rd IGNITE tonight, focusing on Easter and the build up to it, not just while Jesus was on earth but God’s plan all along. Jesus’ faithfulness and love is shown at the cross and his dedication to us spans eternity. We…
Like all diocesan bishops, Bishop Tim is a member of General Synod, the Church of England’s law making body. As Bishop Tim retires shortly, the recent session of Synod was his last. At the end, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, marked his retirement…
Lent is often considered as a time for giving things up. At its origin, it was a time when Jesus was tested. Equally valid to giving things up, is using Lent as a time for doing positive things that one might not otherwise do…
Today, the church’s governing body, the District Church Council, or DCC, spent the day at the church rooms at St Denis Church Evington. The purpose of this awayday was to seek to discover what God might be wanting us to do in the future….
One of the great pleasures of being part of a Fellowship such as St Paul’s is to share in each other’s joys and sorrows. Today was an undoubted joy as we celebrated Jane Springthorpe’s 90th birthday. The celebrations took place during the weekly “Coffee…
Use this link to see the conversation between the evangelist J John and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, at Christchurch Chorleywood. In a fascinating and wide-ranging (and amusing) interview the Archbishop talks of how he came to faith and of his hopes and…
Today, at St Peter’s, we said farewell to a long-standing and much loved member of St Paul’s, Peggy Smith. At St Paul’s, Peggy has been a friend to all and had been much involved – from the mother and toddler group “Teddies,” to “Coffee…
