Diocesan News
What's Going On
As churches we are simply called to be faithful. Some of us have the resources and ability to do stuff with live-streaming, while some of us can spend all day on the landline to elderly people who need a call. Some of us can simply pray for those in need.
Renewing Hope
The virtual lockdown has affected communities across the Diocese, but clergy who minister to large multi-parish benefices are seeing first-hand how communities and villages are renewing hope through supporting one another at this time.
Sleepsafe says thank-you
The organisers of Sleepsafe in Dorset have thanked the churches and volunteers who helped provide temporary accommodation for the county's rough sleepers.
Routes to Roots closes - but will re-open!
The rough sleeper outreach team, St Mungo’s, has sourced temporary accommodation for Poole’s rough sleepers and they are being provided with food, medical support and 3 times daily contact.
New audiences thanks to live streams
St Paul's in Salisbury is certainly learning on the road when it comes to the best way to live-stream.
Making Positive Headlines
Our buildings may have closed, but our churches and their social media presence are making much more positive headlines.
No priest doesn't mean no outreach
Being in an interregnum (and therefore without a parish priest) and having a congregation that isn't all tech-savvy, hasn't prevented one Wiltshire church harnessing new technology to reach out to their community - and it is working.
Coronavirus doesn't stop vandalism
A Dorset church has been vandalised just hours after the Prime Minister announced that the country was going into lockdown.
Worship no matter what
Despite having to close their doors, the 5 churches in Weymouth say they are not deterred, and have turned to a whole range of technology - old and new - to keep renewing hope and spreading a message of hope and God’s love.
A Letter from Africa
The focus for many of us may well be how the coronavirus is affecting our families, friends and churches here in the UK, but the letter below, from Fred Taban in South Sudan, reminds us that we are fighting a common enemy.
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