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First Class Foundation

A Night of Thanksgiving, Testimony & Praise will take place at The Transformation Centre, 6 Rocky Lane, Aston B6 5RQ (home of the New Jerusalem Community Church) on Friday 25 July to celebrate 20 years of God’s faithfulness to/through the First Class Foundation. Over the past two decades, founder and director Nathan Dennis has led … Read more

Growing churches

More than £17.8m of funding has been awarded from the national Church of England to the Church of England Birmingham for the next phase of its strategy to ‘grow churches at the heart of each community.’ The grant will underpin the Church of England Birmingham’s four key strategies: Sustainability – £2.4m has been awarded to support … Read more

Manresa Link, Prayer Training Course

PRAYER GUIDE TRAINING COURSE 2026 This course is designed to enable you to begin guiding/accompanying others as they take part in Ignatian-based retreats. It has been continuously evolving since the first such training in Birmingham that was introduced by Fr Gerry Hughes, SJ and associates in the late 1980s. It is a starter course which … Read more

Archbishop Bernard Longley

Prayerful congratulations to Archbishop Bernard Longley, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham, who has been appointed by Pope Leo XIV to two Vatican Dicasteries (departments in the central administrative function of the Catholic Church). Archbishop Bernard is to serve as a member of both the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue and the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity. Responding to … Read more

Disability Awareness Sunday

This year Disability Awareness Sunday falls on Sunday 28th September, or other Sunday to suit your Church and resources are available now from Through the Roof. The theme for 2025 is ‘Made in God’s Image’. This year’s theme reminds us that every person, disabled or not, reflects the image of God. What resources are available? … Read more