📰 🚨 Church choirs receive £400,000 boost for programme to increase participation by children.
More than 200 church choirs aimed at children and young people will be launched in a new programme
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You can read Archbishop Sarah's #synod address here:
www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/news/archbis...
Warm applause following the address too.
The new Archbishop of Canterbury receives a long ovation as she begins her inaugural Presidential address to #synod
If you're a newer arrival to Blue Sky and looking for a leg-up for some Church of England related accounts to follow, look no further:
(As always, suggestions for additions welcome)
#StarterPack #Church
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📰🆕General Synod welcomes new Youth Representatives
Motion finalises 2025 commitment to amplify young adults’ voices in decision making in the #synod - they immediately take their seats for the five-day meeting beginning today in London.
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Would anybody like to come and be our new vicar??
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A data update on this year's @churchofengland.org Christmas Campaign, as one post clocks up nearly 2 million engagements within 48 hours 👀
Read on...
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Christmas churchgoing is on the rise says a new @savanta.bsky.social poll for @tearfund.bsky.social with nearly one in two UK adults (45%) planning to attend a church event or service this year, up from 40% last year. 🎅🌲⛪📈
Find out more...
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A thing we did..
Over £500 raised! Thank you so much to everyone who donated - it's a-mo-zing what a tache, and your generosity, can do.
But since you're here if you or someone close to you is in the risk categories, then speak to your GP and get checked.
Mo-out. 🫶🥸
uk.movember.com/team/2489717
"God wants us to wear tacky Christmas jumpers, says Dean of Salisbury" ✍️ @kayaburgess.bsky.social
Very Rev Nicholas Papadopulos says God is ‘tasteless’ and does not make aesthetic judgments even with the most lurid festive knitwear...
@salisbury.anglican.org
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Here we go.... 🎅🌲🎁The Church’s biggest-ever Christmas campaign will feature a newly illustrated children’s storybook, daily reflections, online services, and a huge range of free resources for families, schools and churches, and is expected to reach millions.
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Ben Stokes. That's the post.
Is it me?? Maybe not! #Movember is well underway, anyhow, and behind the turgid tache is a serious opportunity to help improve outcomes for prostate and testicular cancer and for mental health.
It's #InternationalMensDay so a great time to raise the flag(/tache)
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The Guardian view on Christianity and the UK far right: churches must stand up to the false prophets of division
(Editorial)
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It would all be papered over with a bit of badge kissing, and he'd leave in Jan.
Him staying after this would now be a really bad outcome for villa.
I'm not sure Bizot was ever intended as (or looks like) a regular no. 1. He's great for what he's bought for which is an upgrade on Olsen, but he looked a bit unsure at moments last night without particular howlers.
Word.
Ancient Anglo-Saxon text sparks 5,200 per cent Instagram follower surge. 👀
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🙏🏼 Lord’s Prayer tops Shakespeare, Dickens, Churchill and National Anthem in public recognition poll.
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Amazing. He does well in that list too!
Membership of Canterbury CNC announced
The Canterbury CNC is made up of a diverse group of members, including representatives from the Church of England, the Anglican Communion, and members appointed by the Crown.
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Can you do a goals-per-minute line to this?
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The Archbishop of York's VE Day 80th Anniversary sermon calls for renewed commitment to peace, unity, and justice
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#veday #veday80
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"As we honour the past, so we renew our commitment to building a more peaceful and just world for all."
On 8 May, churches will mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day with commemorative services, bell ringing and prayers.
Read more at cofe.io/VEDay80th.
Feels a huge result that. What is it like 5 wins in a row now??
