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At 7.00pm on Wednesday (7 June), at Lodge Road Community Church, Hockley B18 5BU, Shane Claiborne will deliver the 2023 Newbigin Annual Public Lecture. The annual lecture is sponsored by Seedbeds, a group that grows leaders and communities locally, nationally and internationally. Each lecture features a high profile Christian leader who embodies the spirit of … Read more
Christians and churches are invited to join together to light a candle, pray for racial justice and commit to taking action. Join Churches Together in England on Thursday 25 May for the #CandleOfJustice as we focus on racial violence towards young people and renew the nation’s commitment to tackling racism. Our #CandleOfJustice theme this year is … Read more
A ‘Church of Sanctuary’ training event will take place from 7.00pm to 9.00pm on Wednesday 31 May via Zoom. At the event, Revd Dr Inderjit Bhogal, head of the Church of Sanctuary movement, will outline the key steps that enable places of worship to offer greater welcome, hospitality and safety to those fleeing violence and … Read more
From Churches Together in England Christian leaders from across the traditions will give a blessing to King Charles III in the ceremony on 6 May 2023. For the first time, leaders representing many of our national Member Churches will play an active role in the monarch’s coronation. CTE Presidents Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop Nikitas and … Read more
Sports Chaplaincy UK is inviting churches and individuals across the UK to get involved in National Sports Sunday on 14 May 2023. Research shows that more than 25 million people participate in a sports community each week – whether as a participant in a game, as a parent watching their child play in a school game, … Read more
‘Working alongside and walking alongside the homeless community in Birmingham City Centre’ Street Banquet is a Church of the Margins project of Birmingham Methodist District ‘Street Banquet is rooted in Jesus’ Parable of the Great Feast as recorded in Luke 14:15-24. Here is a vision of a table where the most marginalised and disempowered people … Read more
Thy Kingdom Come is a global ecumenical prayer movement that invites Christians around the world to pray for more people to come to know Jesus. What started in 2016 as an invitation from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to the Church of England has grown into an international and ecumenical call to prayer. Join … Read more
The ‘Unity Prayer: East Birmingham’ network is organising a gathering of church and Christian ministry leaders from 9.00am to 3.00pm on Tuesday 6 June at Kitts Green Church, Kitts Green Road, Birmingham B33 9SA. Leaders attending will be joined by three special guests. Pastor Jonathan Oleyede, founder of The National Day of Prayer and Worship, … Read more
St Chad’s Cathedral will host a ‘LOUDfence’ event from Sunday 7 to Saturday 13 May. ‘LOUDfence’ involves tying brightly-coloured ribbons and messages of support in public spaces to show support for victims and survivors of child abuse. The aim is to give survivors a voice, to create awareness in the community and to work to … Read more
From Churches Together in England To mark The King’s Coronation thousands of organisations across the country are getting together to help out in their own local communities. The Big Help Out is a volunteering initiative led by the Together Coalition. Brendan Cox, who is a co-founder of the Together Coalition, said that it was important to make … Read more