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Our Renewing Hope Advent Calendar is back with its festive stories from around our Diocese.

Every day in the countdown to Christmas through Advent, we will be sending out a story that reflects this season in the life of our churches and communities. Stories that Renew Hope, that show how we Pray, Serve and Grow in our Diocese.

The stories will again feature on our website and Facebook page, and will be emailed out to those who receive our weekly Grapevine and others who would just like to subscribe for the season.

You can subscribe to our Renewing Hope Advent Calendar here.

But we still need your help to populate our Advent Calendar with those stories.

Your story should have a Christmas or Advent slant, and can be about a person, or an Advent or Christmas event or activity, or both.

Maybe someone reflecting on preparing for Christmas in their life or their church, maybe an event that churches or outreach groups are holding this Advent and Christmas.

We are happy to have stories about Christmas dinners for the homeless or lonely, a Christmas tree festival or a Nativity with a difference.

Maybe you just want to highlight a community event or a particular carol service that inspires.

We want to feature people and places from across our Diocese, so it would be great if we could have some outreach stories and an Eco Church story in the mix.

No story is too small for us - please send them in!

Details on what should be in your story and the deadlines for them can be found here.