🚨The Government has cut vital VAT relief on church repairs, forcing small towns and villages to spend tens of thousands on conservation projects. The @Daily_Express covers the devastating changes to the Listed Places of Worship Grants Scheme ⬇️ https://t.co/OUMZWGhyyc
Tonight was our @StroudwaterTeam cluster meetings planning how we connect care and celebrate in our communities during autumn & Christmas. Some fab creative ideas emerged.
Congrats to Leah -ordained deacon today and who will serve her curacy here in @StroudwaterTeam Grateful to my training incumbent, and hope I can be the training incumbent to Leah that Fr Michael Cozens was to me
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
Great morning with patners in mission & ministry in @StroudwaterTeam dreaming dreams for the longer term future and setting priorities for the coming year @GlosDioc@BishGloucester @bptewkesbury
Sad to hear news of the death of Geoffrey Tattersall I watched his chairing of the LLF debate in General Synod - a wonderfully sensitive, generous, prayerful example of how we should be as church @StroudwaterTeam@GlosDioc@synod
I’m deeply grateful to @justinwelby for many reasons:
- His grace in handling the very public revelation about his biological father, affirming that his true identity rests in God.
- His strong, principled stance against the harmful Rwanda immigration deal.
- His openness about his personal struggles with mental health, which has encouraged others to do the same.
- His passion for sharing the good news of Jesus.
While his decision to step down due to this terrible safeguarding crisis was necessary, this moment must be a beginning for the @churchofengland to genuinely address and correct these issues—not the conclusion.
What shameful comments. Are women in @churchofengland just expected to accept this with ‘gracious restraint’? We won’t get rid of misogyny while we still have institutional discrimination. #NotEqualYet