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January 2010

The Solas Festival is a new independent festival 'made with the same spirit as Greenbelt'

29/01/2010 13:00:00 | 3 comments | Email a friend

Last week's Church Times cartoon

29/01/2010 08:40:00 | 4 comments | Email a friend

Today's Church Times has news of a new report from the Children's Society, entitled 'Understanding Well-Being'. See Children ‘happier if families get on’.

29/01/2010 08:00:00 | No comments | Email a friend

Twitter can be incredibly useful for finding resources, but the conversations can be hard to follow. Here's a selection of tweets suggesting resources for a 'house blessing' liturgy.

27/01/2010 13:25:00 | 1 comment | Email a friend

Nationwide Christian Trust have issued a press release (pdf 241kb) and brochure (pdf 1.5mb) detailing their plans to take on many of the former Wesley Own shops.

27/01/2010 10:00:00 | 3 comments | Email a friend

The Government was defeated in the House of Lords this evening as amendments to the Equality Bill were voted upon. This means, as far as I understand it, that the law regarding church employees remains the same. It has been a confusing debate to follow so hopefully these links will help.

25/01/2010 21:20:00 | 2 comments | Email a friend

Christians have been at the forefront of a new campaign against billboard posters advertising a 'marital affairs' website.

25/01/2010 07:00:00 | 13 comments | Email a friend

The Shop which was managed by St Stephen the Great is now closed. A new shop under the management of The Cathedral Chapter will open in due course.

22/01/2010 17:50:00 | No comments | Email a friend

Rejecting offers to evacuate him from Port-au-Prince, Episcopal Diocese of Haiti Bishop Jean Zaché Duracin said Jan. 18 that he must remain in the Haitian capital.

22/01/2010 13:30:00 | 2 comments | Email a friend

Churches could face large bills for retuning digital equipment when changes to the way that radio frequencies are allocated come in

19/01/2010 15:00:00 | 1 comment | Email a friend

A new video from the Archbishops' Council: A very short introduction to the CofE

19/01/2010 11:30:00 | 3 comments | Email a friend

Christian bookshops, bishops palaces, street pastors, gay clergy partners

18/01/2010 09:25:00 | No comments | Email a friend

The official Wintershall poster for the forthcoming Trafalgar Square Passion, to take place on Good Friday this year.

18/01/2010 09:15:00 | No comments | Email a friend

The draft legislation on women bishops will not be debated at General Synod next month as had been scheduled. From today's Church Times: Women face another delay as committee misses deadline.

15/01/2010 12:30:00 | 2 comments | Email a friend

From the Archbishops of Canterbury and York

14/01/2010 14:00:00 | No comments | Email a friend

From Lauren R. Stanley, an Episcopal Church missionary working in the Diocese of Haiti: Terrible news ....

13/01/2010 16:30:00 | 2 comments | Email a friend

Christian Aid has launched an emergency appeal for Haiti after a major earthquake struck the country.

13/01/2010 10:00:00 | No comments | Email a friend

The Thinking Anglicans were quick off the mark posting the General Synod agenda after the close of business on Friday

12/01/2010 15:00:00 | No comments | Email a friend

Today's story reports that the Bishop of Ripon & Leeds, the Rt Revd John Packer, has rejected claims by the Unite trade union that bullying among the clergy is “rife”.

08/01/2010 17:00:00 | 2 comments | Email a friend

Today's Church Times contains details of expenses paid to bishops attending the House of Lords in the past financial year. See Bishops in Lords receive £135,000

08/01/2010 08:50:00 | 3 comments | Email a friend

Stained glass image from the Flickr photostream of Br Lawrence Lew, O.P.

07/01/2010 11:00:00 | No comments | Email a friend

The New Year's Eve issue of the Church Times (31 December) included a story about Revd Tim Jones, who received extensive media coverage after suggesting in a sermon that destitute people with no other sources of help could take food from supermarkets.

06/01/2010 18:50:00 | 1 comment | Email a friend

I'm currently using Twitter to post links to Church Times blog posts, other Church Times content, as well as posting links quickly in far less time than it would take to write a full post.

06/01/2010 12:00:00 | No comments | Email a friend

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