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I was wondering what engagement in your churches have been in the last 4 weeks or so. My impression is that any kind of formal worship has increased. Our YouTube connections are 3x the physical numbers that come through our doors, and those YouTube connections will have multiple people...

Just wanted to officially welcome you to STR. I hope you will find this forum to be a warm and welcoming place, that will contribute to your journey of faith. It certainly has for me. I am on the evangelical wing of the Church of England.

A STEEP rise in younger female ordinanation candidates at Trinity Theological College, Bristol, has had an unexpected consequence: a thriving women’s rugby side. The team was established three years ago by the Vice-Principal of Trinity, the Revd Dr Howard Worsley — a former PE teacher and...

We have a church website that doesn’t change as much as it should. It has details of our ministries and a generic schedule. It also has a private area with contact details with those who have signed up. We have a social media team who manage Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. On Facebook, we...

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AS ORGANISTS, priests, and parish administrators compile Christmas service sheets up and down Britain, many will wince afresh at particular lines in some of the most well-known carols. For some it will be the suggestion that Bethlehem was carpeted in snow (“In the bleak midwinter”), while...

There are two Christmases. One is gaudy and loud, drunk and tinsel-bedecked, belting out Slade at the office party. The other is still and introspective, silent nights and stars, carols and the quiet kindness of others. It is for this more elusive Christmas that thousands of us will head to...

Discuss.

Following on from the Hampton Court thread, here is a documentary about the development of Evensong, which is very much a product of Hampton Court.

What is your church doing on Sunday? We will have our normal Remembrance service (joint congregations with uniform groups), but anticipate that far more guests will come because of the centenary. As a church warden, I will be working hard to make sure that everyone is welcomed and...

The Church of England is highly active in the investment market. It’s a major vehicle for pension investments for clergy. However, much of the investment strategy (to make as much money for the charity as possible), is not necessarily gold standard ethical, such as investing in car companies...

What speaks more to you? I am probably in a Covenant season. I have my identity in God the father and try to be obedient to him. This manifests in doing my best to be a missionary in my local community.

Following on from ABC of Liturgy, let’s expand our Anglican/Ecclesiastical vocab by posting a word and definition. You never know, it might be useful in a pub quiz! By weird, I mean to anyone outside the church. Definitions may, and are welcomed to be, irreverent and self-deprecating :) I'll...

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This is a very interesting outreach ministry that I know lots of mission-focussed churches are rolling out. It tackles loneliness and hopelessness among older men in the community by teaching/encouraging woodworking skills. This means that those men can have fellowship with one another, learn...

I am not a big watcher of TV, but we have a few sitcoms here which basically poke fun at the church, but with the church’s blessings. Thanks to video sharing sites, these should be available worldwide, if not already on broadcast or cable. “Rev.” is a sitcom about an inner city London priest...

In our fellowship, we have a Light Party for community children on 31st October. Next we have a church family social event on Bonfire Night (nearest Saturday to 5th November). Then we have our biggest service of the year, Remembrance Sunday, which is a mix of sacred and secular. After that we...

What does your church fellowship do for Hallowe’en? We have had the import of “trick or treat” from North America in the last 10-20 years, but the young people have not got the nice message from America, so it’s trick or trick. Depending on when Hallowe’en falls, kids (and thugs) can be out...

Let’s get this board moving... Give a phrase from liturgy, ABC. Don’t worry about X or Z. Artistic license allowed. Keep it light. As it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for evermore.