This week, Bishop Stephen visited Winterbourne Earls Primary School in the second of his planned visits to hear what children and young people have to say about the world in which they want to live.
Last month, nine members of All Saints Church in Swanage put on their walking boots and set out to raise funds for the work of the Mission Aviation Fellows (MAF) by participating in their 'Time in Their Shoes' campaign.
Students from the Gryphon, Sherborne Primary, and Sherborne Abby Primary schools led the town’s first 'Children's and Young People’s Networking Event' earlier this week.
Amesbury Parish Church is celebrating after its major nave roof works were recognised with the King of Prussia Gold Award for conservation by the Ecclesiastical Architects and Surveyors Association, and a conservation award by the Salisbury Civic Society.
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This week we sat down with Brother Alasdair Kay, Rector of Wyke Regis, to find out more about his role in helping Ukrainian refugees settle into their new lives in the parish.
Five people from different churches across the diocese are to be awarded the Aldhelm Cross Award this weekend (30 October) for going far beyond what is expected in their contribution to life of the diocese.
In 2020, Revd Nick Webb, curate of the Purbeck Hills Benefice, pioneered 'Walking Church,' an initiative that encouraged the congregation to explore their spirituality by hiking through the Dorset countryside.
Bishop Canning's Primary School in Devizes had a positively 'souper' time on Saturday 8 October, holding the Big Soup Share Lunch for their local community. Pupils and staff from the whole school were involved in harvesting vegetables from the school garden and local allotments before turning them into delicious soup.
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One of the constant repeated cries whenever rural church members at deanery or diocesan level gather is how can sessions can be effectively communicated to share good practice, experiences and resources. This was strongly fed back to the diocese rural ministry team at the recent Rural Days in both the north and south of the diocese.
This October, local churches have been celebrating Harvest in colourful and abundant ways.
