Thursday 15 October 2026
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Cally Hammond reflects on the lectionary readings for 18 October
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Mark Oakley on reading, St Columba, prayer, and elegant cocktails
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An exciting opportunity has become available for a permanent Alto Lay Clerk to join us at the Cathedral, working an average of 16 hours per week on an approximate annualised salary of £20,258.95 per annum.
Holy Trinity & St Peter's, Ilfracombe
The Lord Chancellor and Bishop of London wish to appoint a Guild Vicar for The Guild Church of St Margaret Pattens
St Mary’s sits in the centre of our lively suburban village by the city of Chelmsford. With a committed congregation and active lay leadership, we long to see others come to know Jesus and the Kingdom of God grow in Great Baddow.
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James Roberts celebrates 500 years of a publication that changed the world
COULD anyone have rescued the Church of England? I have been arguing with another journalist who seems to believe that the collapse of the past 30 years was due to poor leadership; but this is like blaming a ship that founders on the lookout at the top of the mast when it
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