Hauled out to new life

THE borrowed baptistery took two hours to fill, and they had a heater in the water for some of the time; so it was “not quite freezing”, says the Team...

Looking for the past

CREDITON has a proud and ancient Christian history. It is traditionally the birthplace of St Boniface, and a monastery was founded there in 739.

Island hidey-hole

THEY have one of the few remaining really large rectories with outbuildings and a large garden, says Terry Bond, wife of the Revd Mark Bond, Rector of...

Fair trade for baptisms

NOW CHURCHES everywhere are so committed to fair trade, fairly traded olive oil for chrism use seems the next logical thing.

Scouts’ good deed

THE cheerful hard work of this group of Scouts from Rugby, in Coventry diocese, is helping to replace some of the gargoyles and repair the balustrading...



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