Category Archives: News from the Diocese

We have had an invitation from the diocese to join a special service a day ahead of the funeral of HRH Prince Philip. A pan-diocesan Service of Prayer We have decided it would be appropriate to arrange a pan-diocesan online … Continue reading →

As our Diocesan Bishops, Robert and David, wrote to the clergy, lay readers and church wardens, “in this Easter week of Resurrection hope, we have all heard with sad hearts of the death of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh.” For … Continue reading →

CHRISTMAS MESSAGE 2020 In one of our best-loved carols, Christina Rossetti situates the birth of Jesus ‘in the bleak midwinter’. She paints a severe and freezing manger scene, with howling wind and deep snow. She represents the frosted earth and … Continue reading →

‘Journeying into Advent with Mark’ A Service of Meditations for the Beginning of Advent Monday, 30 November 2020 – 18:00 CET (17:00 GMT) Led by Rt Rev’d Dr Robert Innes Reflections by Dr Clare Amos (Director of Lay Discipleship, Diocese … Continue reading →

dear browsers and readers the violent events and demonstrations around racial differences seem a long way back in the summer now and as ever other news events have taken their place but the effect of racial differences for individuals and … Continue reading →

‘Jubilee for the Earth’ – A Service to Mark Creationtide Led by Rt Rev’d Robert Innes and Rt Rev’d David Hamid Preacher – Rt. Rev’d Nicholas Holtam – Bishop of Salisbury and the Church of England’s lead bishop on environmental … Continue reading →