Church Times - Features


A helping hand to the children who run away from home DESPITE an increasing number of neighbourhood initiatives, there is little national provision for young runaways. Subscriber only	‘I did not feel exactly safe’ I left home when I was about 13. Subscriber only	Old way of being church THOSE who have ever turned heads by arriving late for a service in a small village church will empathise with the embarrassed incomer. Subscriber only

Interview: Gill Jackson director of social responsibility in Leicester diocese The award [Leicestershire Woman of the Year] came completely out of the blue. Subscriber only	A crown of thorns for a missionary bishop in India ‘For Eliza, the MDC’s resolution was a deliberate measure to subvert her crowning effort’ Subscriber only	Maggie Durran: Keeping a watch on the foundations We are about to begin extensive works at our church, which involve digging down for foundations for the new building. Subscriber only

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