Diocesan News
Award-winning Lay Chaplain goes above and beyond
A Dorset Community Chaplain has been given the Good Citizen Award by the Mayor of Weymouth and Portland.
Raising funds and raising awareness in Bradford
A chance to pick up a Fairtrade bargain over coffee and cake, worship informed by the charity, and a display of products for sale in local supermarkets were among the things that helped to raise funds in a packed Fairtrade Fortnight 2019 in one Wiltshire Benefice.
Delivering Hope in Sierra Leone
The harsh reality of giving birth in Sierra Leone, West Africa, where ten women die from giving birth each day, will be brought to life when a Christian Aid worker shares stories from the frontline of maternal health in her country.
Miss Ashworth's A-pealing Legacy
The bells of a Warminster church that have rung out to announce weddings, have called people to worship on Sundays and in recent years have been rung as a farewell to the town’s regiment departing for Afghanistan, and again in celebration of its return, are now silent.
Getting a Big Sleep outside
Over 220 brave participants and their dogs finally got the chance to sleep out at Salisbury Cathedral in the name of charity.
Racing Ahead
It was back to normal race conditions this year for Wimborne Minster's 22nd Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race.
Vicar's husband's 165-mile walk
The husband of a Salisbury Vicar is walking 165 miles from Canterbury to Salisbury in Holy Week to raise funds for his local Parish Hall, despite only ever attempting a sixth of that distance before.
Cast Away at our Cathedral
Creating a desert island in Salisbury Cathedral raised more than a thousand pounds for Cathedral funds.
Cursillo Appeal
The new South West Rep for the Cursillo Movement has issued an open invitation for churches in our Diocese to contact her about how they might hold Cursillo weekends or reunions here in Wiltshire and Dorset.
Share Count moved forward
To help with an ongoing discussion on possibly changes to the Fairer Share process, churches are being asked to bring forward their Share counts to before Easter.
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