Celebrate the 2012 Games with the C of E; Churches set for record outreach during Games; Priest welcomes sports journalists to London; Church of England pension board puts faith in hedge funds; Only traditionalist Archbishop of Canterbury can save Anglican church
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Christian Aid Ireland’s New CEO; Parish team leaves for Zambia; Partnerships great for children and young people; Zimbabwe trip brings ‘many wonderful experiences’; Gospel Choir Auditions; Lunchtime Recital; The church in the dock; Catholic Diocese suffering due to decline in priest numbers; New standards for child protection services unveiled; Surge in fears over sexualisation of children; Multi-denominational Educate Together to run secondary schools
Church of England congregation numbers rise in Devon; David Cameron warns Church of 'repeating Tory mistakes' with LGBT community; Statement from Reform in response to Prime Minister’s statement on “gay” marriage; Scotland to bring in gay marriage; Scottish Episcopal Church response; Church concern over high street gambling; Church of England publishes discussion document on women bishops' legislation
Archbishop welcomes decision on new Post Primary School; Christchurch former organist takes Cathedral to tribunal; We can learn from Harry Potter, monk tells academics; Down institutions; No way church can put abuse behind it - Archbishop; Higher suicides in Troubles group; NI drink laws review
Tony Blair says Christians should “speak up and speak out”; MPs In Bid To Relax 'Outdated' Gambling Laws; Local casinos: John Whittingdale’s crazy plan to extract revenue from human misery; Christian campaigners hit out tax evasion; New Archbishop of Glasgow announced; Tearfund calls for prayer to end hunger
Bishop’s partnership visit to Germany; Roscrea Flower Festval; Lottery grant to make parish hall more energy efficient; Views sought on sale of alcohol in NI; Appeal over at risk young people in NI; Network set up to support those working with grieving young people; TD says new law should give parents access to sex offender details; Cleric has yet to face Cloyne tribunal on abuse
Cleric attacks church over gay marriage; Bristol of Bristol appeals for Christians to support Control Arms campaign
Canon Duncan Green, CofE Olympics Coordinator and LOCOG's Head of Multi Faith Chaplaincy Services, said: "The Church of England is making a massive commitment to the Games. It is very exciting to see so many Games-related outreach projects planned throughout the country. The Church will come into contact with many thousands of people through these exciting initiatives." The details below are a sample of how Church of England churches are organising or supporting community initiatives.
See World news this site. Reports on: Syria's Christians fear being attacked; Global South Primates issue a Communiqué from Bangkok; Arms Trade Treaty must regulate ammunition say religious leaders; Faith-based groups 'strong allies' in AIDS fight; Saskatchewan to elect indigenous bishop; French town creates 'Esplanade of Religions' for greater understanding; Tutu supports decriminalisation of homosexuality worldwide
West Cork Ringing Festival; Fairtrade shop and church in dispute; Lunchtime Concert; Orders €400m short of abuse redress target; Intractable dispute; How gay marriage went mainstream
Evangelical Alliance rejects ‘extremist’ claim; Poll shows public 'uncomfortable' with private prisons; Charity demands tight controls over private military and security firms; Teenagers ‘can be corrupted’ by Hollywood sex scenes
I watched a group of youngsters playing volleyball and other activities on one of our beaches this week. I knew that they had come from a local church’s holiday club. The leaders were in their late teens and the way they took care of the youngsters when they were leaving the beach and crossing the road was exemplary.
Longford Church re-dedicated; Church Festival of Music; Republican mob attack3ed nuns’ home; Memorial for abuse victims unveiled; Report on Irish agency for children ‘a major step’
‘No giving up’ urged - The Archbishop of Canterbury; Age of mystery for Archbishop of York; Positive developments at Auckland Castle; Problem families 'have too many children’; Child support 'loss for 100,000' ; Funding to tackle domestic abuse in Scotland
Connor parish team helps build new church in rural Kajiado; Children’s Leaders Resource Evenings planned; Lord Eames concerned over Forces' chaplains cuts; Lunchtime Concert; One year on: What’s happened since Enda Kenny’s landmark Cloyne speech?; IMF proposal on child benefit will ‘victimise children’
Radical plan to modernise Church in Wales; New Director RSCM; Awards seek Christians passionate about change
See World News this site - Anglican Communion weekly news review; Anglicans to host major conference on health and healing; Korean church group proposes peace projects for WCC's 10th Assembly
This year’s C of E General Synod’s indecision on the ordination of women as bishops was in fact a demonstration of hens coming home to roost.
Fairtrade taking off in new countries; On patrol: the seaside God squad; Muslims warn gay marriage plan will cost SNP votes; Welcoming the Olympics: All the Bells; Steel-worker's son is new vicar at Port Talbot; Once, the chief rabbi represented all British Jewry. No longer
See Music this site - Conductor and Organ Scholar appointed at Trinity College Dublin Chapel; Fifty Shades of Grey helps The Tallis Scholars rise up classical music charts; Cookstown Youth Choir set to perform at Olympic festival event in Belfast; Greater Harmony Chorus to Tour Ireland; Owl City announces world tour dates; Live performance video from MercyMe
‘Hope & Soul’ opens in Dromore; Family Fun Day at St Nicholas, Belfast; Number of children taken into care doubles; Call for all foster carers to be vetted
National adviser to support catholic Church of England parishes; Church failing to prepare people for suffering; Churches receive half million pound boost to repairs; 'Troubled families' highlighted; Scotland delays same-sex marriage legal decision; What's in A Name? A report on Equal Marriage
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Archbishop’s concern for Iraq camp; Clergyman says post office robbers were 'vermin' who should be flogged; St Werburgh’s Church Restored & Reopened; Music; Shatter ‘prejudiced’ against Catholics; Research highlights alcohol link to suicide; Proposals for cemetery beside Children’s Hospice spark fury; C of I falcon
Bishop to serve on parliamentary banking enquiry; Prayer and bell ringing to kick off Olympics; London churches open doors to Olympics visitors; Street Pastors head to the seaside; Internet Revolution spearheaded by Church; Christian challenge to drone war - 'Playstation mentality’; Scottish Cabinet discussing gay marriage
On the internet at present. Plus video reports on Westminster Abbey Choir’s visit to St Peter’s - see Music section today
Devon Church of England churches face £620000 shortfall; C of E and wind farms; Tunbridge Wells church hit by defections to Rome appoints new vicar; Start of an 'exciting journey’; Cardinal in gay wedding vote call
Sudan refugee crisis 'worsening’; Church leader hopeful about Egypt's future; Million+ Brazilians march for Jesus; Anglican Church assisting amid conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo - see World News section this site
Irish linked dioceses in dispute with Episcopal Church; Grand revival at first Huguenot day in Cork; Catholic, Protestant teens from Northern Ireland serve side by side in Arlington; Shameful display by band outside Catholic Church; Loyal order opposes gay marriage; Children placed in unfit foster families; RC Bishop’s warning on secularising schools