Street life: the Bishop
of Jarrow, the Rt Revd Mark Bryant, has become the first cleric to
become a guest blogger forCoronation Street. A fan of the soap
opera for more than 20 years, he writes about favourite moments,
including the Duckworths' getting the Rovers Return pub in 1995
("patron saints of those who never quite make it"). On a recent
visit to the set, he kissed the street: "The Pope used to kneel and
kiss the ground every time he arrived in a new country; so what
else could I do on setting foot on those famous cobbles for the
first time?"
http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/exclusive-coronation-street-vip-blogger.html
Street life: the Bishop
of Jarrow, the Rt Revd Mark Bryant, has become the first cleric to
become a guest blogger forCoronation Street. A fan of the soap
opera for more than 20 years, he writes about favourite moments,
including the Duckworths' getting the Rovers Return pub in 1995
("patron saints of those who never quite make it"). On a recent
visit to the set, he kissed the street: "The Pope used to kneel and
kiss the ground every time he arrived in a new country; so what
else could I do on setting foot on those famous cobbles for the
first time?"
http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/exclusive-coronation-street-vip-blogger.html
Guildford Cathedral passes £1.3-million
milestone
AN APPEAL by Guildford Cathedral has raised £1.3 million,
enabling an application for a multi-million-pound grant to be
submitted to the Heritage Lottery Fund next month. The total appeal
target is £7 million. The most urgent task is to replace plaster in
the vaults which contains asbestos (News, 25 October).
Join fight for nature, Sir David Attenborough
says
SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH has joined the Christian conservation
charity A Rocha UK to urge faith groups to engage in environmental
work. Shortly before addressing the Conference for Nature at Church
House earlier this month, he said: "From business magnates to
politicians, and from farmers to faith leaders, everyone has an
opportunity to save nature." Work showcased by A Rocha UK at the
conference included a scheme to turn a former west-London drug den
into a community garden. "The Church is both willing and able to
get its hands dirty for God's incredible world," said A Rocha's
conservation director, Andy Lester.