My friend Kamran Shezad, Director of the Islamic Foundation for Ecology abd Environmental Sciences, and i have co-written this piece for The Muslim News to mark Lent and Ramadan coinciding this year.
muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/ra...

Hugely honoured, excited and grateful to have been elected. Grateful also for all I have learnt and received from the Diocese of Ely.

In the West Bank, this nightmare for Palestinians needs ending Planting an olive tree was meant to be an act of faith-based solidarity, says the Rt Revd Graham Usher, the Bishop of Norwich, but instead it exposed the injustices Palestinians face every day in the ...

For more than 30 years, Bishop of Norwich Graham Usher has been travelling to the Israel and Palestine region, but a recent trip, to the West Bank, was an epiphany about what is happening there www.independent.co.uk/voices/west-...

Bishops plant olive trees in solidarity with Palestinian farmers | The Church of England Church of England bishops joined an interfaith planting of olive trees in the Holy Land as a gesture of solidarity with Palestinian farmers under threat from settler violence in the West Bank.

www.churchofengland.org/media/storie...

Here's your Synod Spotlight 🎦

The Church of England's General Synod began today at Church House, Westminster.

We'll be sharing the key events and discussions taking place from Monday 9 February to Friday 13 February. Follow us to stay up to date.

#Synod

Jesus Christ is always at the centre of Christmas. And everyone's invited to experience it with us.

Come and celebrate Christmas at a church near you.

Find services and events in your local community at AChurchNearYou.com/christmas.

Delighted that my chosen Advent book this year - Listening to the Music of the Soul by Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani - is part of the Big Church Read. Each week of Advent includes free videos and reflections from Bishop Guli.

Join in at www.thebigchurchread.co.uk

Congregation attending a Christmas service at a Church of England church, with a promotional banner inviting all to join by finding services on AChurchNearYou.com.

Get ready to welcome your community to church this Advent and Christmas - add your services and events to AChurchNearYou.com. ⭐

Find out how at cofe.io/GetReadyForChristmas.

Please remember especially in your prayers the LNER staff member who is in life-threatening condition in hospital, for his loved ones and those treating him.

Prayers in churches this Sunday, esp in Huntingdon, with all those affected by the distressing train attack last night. We pray for all injured and caught up in this.
Our prayers express love and commitment to living in God's ways of light & peace.
@dioceseofely.bsky.social @churchofengland.org

Bishops welcome recognition of Palestinian state | The Church of England ‘A step towards the attainment of equal rights and the settling of a long standing debt that Britain owes the Palestinian people’

www.churchofengland.org/media/press-...

CEC endorses Ukrainian churches’ call for justice and peace | CEC Europe

ceceurope.org/cec-endorses...
vrciro.org.ua/en/statement...

Today we remember the 1995 #Srebrenica genocide, where over 8000 people were killed in Bosnia because of their ethnic and religious identity. We need to commit afresh to challenging racial and religious prejudice. We're all part of God’s one humanity; we belong to each other.

Join us in praying for the people of Iran 🙏🏽

A prayer by the Rt Revd Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop of Chelmsford.

Alex Ballinger

Without serious investment in peacebuilding, the UK ‘risks facing the conflict crisis with one arm tied behind its back.’ I am pleased to be a signatory to this letter to the Prime Minister today, calling for investment in peacebuilding as well as defence.

alexballinger.org.uk/work-in-parl...

A statement from the Archbishop of York | The Archbishop of York NEWS - The Archbishop has issued a statement following further bombing of the Anglican-run Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza.

The Archbishop has issued a statement following further bombing of the Anglican-run Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza.
www.archbishopofyork.org/news/latest-...

Read the illustrated Annual Report 2024 of the Conference of European Churches here. There is much going on and I am proud of @churchofengland.org support.
ceceurope.org/storage/app/...

TKC 2025 - Day 4 - Bishop Michael Curry

🕯️DAY 4: Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven…

The Most Reverend, Michael Curry, Former Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, shares a moving testimony on what it truly means to surrender to God’s will and seek His kingdom.

YouTube video by Conference of European Churches Pathways to Just Peace

An important and moving conference organized by the Conference of European Churches.
youtu.be/tZkKzVWQVWU?...

House of Bishops statement on Gaza | The Church of England 'Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God' (Matthew 5:9)

The House of Bishops, which has been meeting in York this week, has issued a statement on the situation in Gaza.

Read the full statement here cofe.io/GazaStatementHoB

YouTube video by United Nations Gaza: UN Urges Immediate Action to Save Lives - OCHA Briefing | United Nations

Please watch this speech by Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affrairs and Emergency Relief, as he lays out, with outstanding moral courage, the grim situation in Gaza. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqP4...

Church Of England - Diocesan Secretary (CEO)

We looking for a new Diocesan Secretary for the Diocese of Ely
who shares our passion for the church in this part of the world. See here:
cofepathways.org/members/modu...
If, after prayer and discernment, you can see yourself in this role, we very much hope to hear from you.
@churchofengland.org

A statement on the election of His Holiness, Pope Leo XIV

It's Earth Day 2025. We have only one "single island planet home", as Pope Francis called it. He said we need an "ecological conversion". We must steward earth's resources equitably, and care for land, people & nature. This is not an optional extra, but an imperative for the mission of God's Church.

Graphic image with text reading 'We Believe' in large, turquoise cursive font, followed by 'Exploring the Nicene Creed' in smaller print. The Church of England logo is at the bottom.

Join us for a special webinar on 1 May as we explore our new 'We Believe' resources, created to help churches celebrate the 1,700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed.

Find out more and sign up at cofe.io/NiceneCreedWebinar.

A statement on the events in Gaza.

archbishopofyork.org/news/latest-...

Church Of England - Personal Assistant to the Bishop of Coventry

Recruiting for an enthusiastic & hopeful PA to join me alongside a chaplain, building a great little team to serve @dioceseofcoventry.bsky.social Appreciate any shares across networks especially in the Midlands!

As we enter Lent, I want to assure the people & churches of Ukraine of the ongoing prayers & solidarity of @churchofengland.org. At this time of great political uncertainty & change, we stand with them in their call for a just & lasting peace.

www.archbishopofyork.org/news/latest-...

Promotional image for the Church of England's Living Hope theme for Lent 2025, featuring a close-up of a person with a cross marked in ash on their forehead. The smartphone screen shows an example of a reflection email.

Explore hope this Lent. 🍃

There's still time to sign up to receive #LivingHope reflection emails. Receive daily devotions straight to your inbox from Ash Wednesday to Easter Day.

Sign up at cofe.io/LivingHopeReflections.

Lovely day to be outside. Here at Byall Fen Reservoir near Wardy Hill.