Jo Chamberlain

What have flowers got to do with acting more sustainably in our churches? - Diocese of Worcester As General Synod prepares to consider our diocesan motion on Sustainable Church Flowers (SCF) on Thursday, Kate Hurst, churchwarden in The Shelsleys and founding member of the SCF Movement, explains w...

As General Synod prepares to consider our diocesan motion on Sustainable Church Flowers (SCF) on Thursday, Kate Hurst, churchwarden in The Shelsleys and founding member of the SCF Movement, explains why she got involved and why all churches can benefit.

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Final score: Oxford United 0-3 Norwich City Scorer: Mohamed Touré (1', 19', 47') #NCFC

Final score:

Oxford United 0-3 Norwich City

Scorer: Mohamed Touré (1', 19', 47') 🎩

#NCFC

Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security This strategic assessment explores how global biodiversity loss and the collapse of critical ecosystems could affect the UK’s resilience, security and prosperity.

This analysis of how global biodiversity loss & ecosystem collapse could affect UK national security is deeply troubling. It’s an urgent wake up call.
Environmental degradation disrupts food, water, health & supply chains, & trigger wider geopolitical instability.
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C of E bishops criticise UK inaction over Israel’s ‘West Bank de facto annexation’ Three bishops accuse British government of contributing to ‘culture of impunity’ in the occupied territory

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A treat to be at Windsor Castle for the Royal Premiere of Finding Harmony - A King’s Vision. “We are nature ourselves - we are a part of it, not apart from it”, said King Charles, “we’re actually destroying our means of survival.”

Today in Hebron we visited the tombs of the Patriarchs & Matriarchs, walking the streets near settlements where Palestinians are not allowed which has resulted in a ghost town. Former IDF soldier from ‘Breaking the Silence’ shared harrowing soldiers’ testimonies. Then lunch in South Hebron Hills.

It was so good to celebrate the Conversion of St Paul with the Anglican community at St Philip’s Nablus and then to pick lemons in their garden. Their welcome was so warm.

A rich but heavy few days listening to Palestinian Christians in Jerusalem, Nablus, Ramallah and Bethlehem. The “slow suffocation” (words said to us) of the occupation is accelerating in the West Bank. “They are doing their best to ruin our lives here to make us want to leave.”

In an act of faith-based activism, three bishops and some rabbis (from Rabbis for Human Rights) spent a morning planting olive trees on a Christian Palestinian farmer’s land in the beautiful Al Makhrour valley near Beit Jala. Nearby Israeli settlers are frequently violently threatening these farmers

The joy of planting olive trees with rabbis and my colleagues, the bishops of Gloucester and Chelmsford.

This weekend marks the RSPB #BigGardenBirdwatch — an opportunity to pause, notice the beauty of creation, and help protect it. 🐦

One of our team at Bishopthorpe Palace will be taking part, joining thousands across the country in watching and counting garden birds.

https://www.rspb.org.uk/

Great to see the #CofE doing its bit!

Thank you Ripon Cathedral for the warm welcome this Plough Sunday. As we gathered to bless the plough and give thanks for those who work the land, let us pray for our rural and farming communities.

Photo: Bill Swan

Vicar, St Jude’s Church, Southsea - Diocese of Portsmouth St Jude’s is a warm, lively, evangelical church seeking a prayerful, Christ-centred Vicar to lead us into the next season of our life and mission. At the heart of vibrant Southsea, with the seafront, ...

Any vicar friends looking for a new job?
Check out this vacancy at St Jude’s Southsea
#CofE

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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.

Anglican delegation make their voices heard at COP30 climate talks Church leaders and Indigenous groups press developed countries to agree on the funding needed to accelerate the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables

The #AnglicanCommunion delegation to the #COP30 #climatetalks in Belem, Brazil, “are here to bring a bit of soul, a bit of spirituality, a bit of heart”, one of the group, the Revd Ray Minniecon, an aboriginal pastor, has said

#brazil #climatechange #unsummit #churchnews #churchtimes

Anglican bishop shaken ‘to the core’ by home secretary’s asylum seeker comments Bishop of Edmonton says people coming to UK are being ‘scapegoated’ for years of policy failures

Well said, Anderson …

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I would never have believed we would see a headline like this under a Labour government

Once again, #SadButTrue
#ShameShameShame on #UKLabour
#CofEpeeps

COP30: Climate protest in Brazil's city of Belem aims to hold governments' feet to the fire After a week of dreary negotiations at the COP30 climate talks, the streets were alive with the drumming of maracatu music and dancing to local carimbo rhythms on Saturday.

Colourful protests at COP30 in Brazil
Great to see the COP hosted in a place where civil society can make its voice heard - unlike the last 3 years!

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It was good to be part of a delegation of faith leaders meeting Katie White MP, the Climate Minister, in advance of COP30 in Brazil. We were able to express our shared commitment to work together on climate change, seeking the wellbeing of our global neighbours.

Billie Eilish Calls on Billionaires to Support People in Need: 'No Hate, But Give Your Money Away' Billie Eilish donates $11.5 million from 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' tour to charity and calls on billionaires to support people in need during hard times.

I don't see a lot of people talking about this, so I want to highlight something GOOD

Billie Eilish stood in a room full of billionaires and said "you're billionaires... Why?"

She donated 11.5 MILLION DOLLARS to food equity and climate orgs, which Stephen Colbert announced to said billionaires.

Bishop of Norwich wins Lords backing to protect rare rivers | The Church of England Nature-rich rare chalk streams could gain legal protection after an amendment to planning legislation, put forward by the Bishop of Norwich, was passed in the House of Lords.

Great to see @bishopnorwich.bsky.social get his amendment on protecting rare chalk streams through in the Lords!
#CofE

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It’s wild out there! This morning, wind contributing to more than 50% of the UK’s electricity

"I think God's calling me!"

Meet Rev Sarah Maughan, from the Diocese of Sheffield, as she shares her journey to priesthood.

#AskARev #priesthood #anglican

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YouTube video by Vatican News Vatican Media Live

At midday today in the Sistine Chapel, as part of the historic State Visit to the Holy See by the King and Queen, Archbishop Stephen will join the Pope in leading an Ecumenical Service focused on ‘Care for Creation’.

You can watch the service live here 👇

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'A Church that sets no limits to love, that knows no enemies to fight but only men and women to love, is the Church that the world needs today.' - Dilexit Te pulls no punches on how this love, esp. extended to the poor and migrants, is the heart of the faith 🔥

This weekend, Tuvalu’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Maina Vakafua Talia held a bilateral meeting with His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See and Principal Advisor to His Holiness Pope Leo.