Lighthouse Church wins top award
The new Eco-friendly Merseyside Lighthouse church in Heswall has won a top church architecture award.
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Racial Justice Sunday 9th February 2025
Celebration at St John's Church, Hartford
Lord's Prayer Journey
Join Archbishop Stephen for the launch of "The Lord’s Prayer Journey", the first in a series of resource boxsets created by Faith in the North to support schools across the Northern Province.
How very Dibley!
Competition to win a set of Vicar of Dibley stamps
RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch 24-26 January
This January, encourage your church members and members of your community to join the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch.
Parish Dashboards Achieve 88% Adoption Rate
Since the introduction of Parish Dashboards across Chester Diocese, we’ve seen a remarkable adoption rate among our parishes.
Your Data Matters
Every year the national church asks parishes to fill in their ‘Statistics for Mission’ data during January. This covers details like church attendance, numbers of weddings, etc. This gives the national church a good idea of what’s happening ‘on the ground’, although it does not describe everything that’s happening.
Support for Rural Churches
Two events coming up for those involved in rural ministry in Chester Diocese
Delamere C of E Academy North West Primary School of the Year
The Stoney Lane school has been named as the number one state primary school in the North West, and the 14th best in the country.
Parish Share Assessment 2025
An update on Parish Share Assessment and Complementary Parish Share Scheme Pilot.
Magnificat magnified in Hattersley
St Barnabas, Hattersley family star in modern-day nativity video.
Investing in clergy support - the new Ministerial Development Review scheme
This year Chester Diocese has launched a new scheme for the Ministerial Development Review for clergy.
Advent Window Prayers
We're counting down to Christmas with a digital advent calendar, encouraging prayers looking out of windows
A Statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury
Following the letter from Bishop Mark last week responding to the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lambeth Palace has announced today that Archbishop Justin intends to complete his official duties by the upcoming Feast of Epiphany (6th January).
Bishop William's visit postponed
Bishop William had to change his visit to the Diocese this month but managed a quick catch up with Bishop Mark in London before his flight home.
Funding News
Latest grants update from the Diocesan Outreach Team
Diocesan Synod Report
Headlines and messages from Diocesan Synod, 16 November 2024
EmbRace new video series
Tackling racial justice with conversations across the Diocese
A letter from Bishop Mark
Responding to the Makin Review into the abuse perpetrated by John Smyth and the announcement of the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Independent review into Church’s handling of Smyth case published
The independent review by Keith Makin into the Church of England’s handling of allegations of serious abuse by the late John Smyth has been published today (7 November 2024).
Let there be light parties!
Churches across the Diocese of Chester held light night events as an alternative to Halloween parties this week.
Kintsugi Hope - clergy wellbeing programme
This Kintsugi Hope Well-being Group for Chester Diocese clergy is to explore how to maintain positive mental and emotion well-being in the midst of our busy lives.
First Flourish in Winsford
St Chad’s CE Primary School in Winsford is one of our first schools in the Diocese to roll out the Flourish Project with a service held in school on the 17th October.
Reclaiming Narratives for Black History Month
Reclaiming Narratives is the theme of this year's Black History Month
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Downloadable resources for Cop16 and Cop29
Two years at Foxhill
Husband and wife, Revd Lucy and Revd David Brewster took up their respective roles of Director and Chaplain of Foxhill in autumn 2022. As they celebrate their second anniversary and the launch of a new website, they have been reflecting on their journey and what they have learned, sharing their vision for the future.
Church House Christian Aid Fundraiser
An 'open house' coffee and cake drop-in at Church House organised by Archdeacon Jane Proudfoot was an opportunity to meet with a team from Christian Aid led by Revd John Plant, British Church Relations Lead.
Licensing of Lay Ministers
On Saturday 12th October at Chester Cathedral, Bishop Mark licensed 6 new Readers, 4 new Pastoral Workers and one new Licensed Lay Worker, as well as giving new licences to 4 Readers transferring to new parishes.
Teaching the Lord’s Prayer across the North of England
The Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell plans to teach the Lord’s Prayer across the North of England throughout 2025, a priority of his vision for Faith in the North.
Building Faith with LEGO
Chester Diocese receives funding for brick church resources
