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Birmingham City Council has announced £0.8m emergency funding to help children and families. Community, voluntary and faith groups who are helping children, young people and families through the challenges of Covid-19 are invited to apply for grants of up to £10,000 to continue supporting families through this difficult period. Birmingham has flourishing communities which have … Read more
The Saltmine Theatre Company is making an audio/picture presentation of the events of Holy Week freely available. The professional presentation comes in three episodes, each of which are based on recordings/photography at the Birmingham Passion Play of Holy Week 2019. That unique, contemporary re-telling of the Easter story was performed live to over 3,000 people … Read more
Rachel Matthews, Premier Christian Radio’s Co-ordinator for Central England, has produced a series of 14 short recordings based on the Stations of the Cross. The reflections will be aired on Premier Christian Radio at 3.00pm on Good Friday. They are available online now at https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Easter-2020/Stations-of-the-Cross. The recordings were made in Birmingham. Speakers include Fr Tim … Read more
After 14 years as the Ecumenical Development Officer for Birmingham Churches Together it is with very mixed feelings that I hand over to Robert Mountford who will be monitoring emails and ensuring communications continue until a new Officer is appointed. I have got to know Robert well in recent years as the Ecumenical Officer for … Read more
While the country continues in lockdown, many local churches have moved online, offering daily reflections, or live streaming prayer and communion services. While it is not possible to list also such broadcasts here are links to a few of the various opportunities to join together across the city: A list of all live-streamed services from … Read more
Pope Francis has appointed Canon David Evans to be a new Auxiliary Bishop to serve the Birmingham Archdiocese. Canon Evans will take pastoral responsibility for the deaneries of Birmingham and Worcestershire, which were overseen by Bishop Robert Byrne until his appointment to Hexham and Newcastle in March 2019. If the current restrictions are lifted, the … Read more
A brand new website has been created by the Good Faith Foundation, in partnership with Churches Together in England, Baptists Together, the Salvation Army, Assemblies of God, the Cinnamon Network, the Diocese of London, the Evangelical Alliance and many more. Yourneighbour.org is working with these church networks and other community partners across the UK to … Read more
‘Sing resurrection’ Easter Sunday, 12 April 2020, will be unlike any other. We will not be able to celebrate together in our church congregations, but the suggestion is that, at 10.00am on Easter Sunday morning, Christians all over the country celebrate the resurrection by going outside and singing the well-known hymns ‘Jesus Christ is Risen … Read more
At the start of Holy Week, as Christians follow in the footsteps of Jesus as the events that lead to Good Friday unfold, followed by the hope of Easter Day, leaders of churches throughout the British Isles have issued the following statement and call to continued prayer as we face the Covid-19 pandemic. They write… … Read more
Manresa Link has been offering Retreats In Daily Life in the Midlands since the 1980s, based on Ignatian Spirituality. These have usually been parish-based, or within a variety of organisations, giving participants weekly meetings with a trained prayer-guide to help them deepen their relationship with God. Now you can do this online, from your own … Read more