Parish story: The Story of the Six (Babcary) and associated complaint
The Six Pilgrims The Six Pilgrims last had a stipendiary priest over thirty years ago. Since then we’ve worked very well with four “house for duty” priests who have mostly…
The Six Pilgrims The Six Pilgrims last had a stipendiary priest over thirty years ago. Since then we’ve worked very well with four “house for duty” priests who have mostly…
Ossington is one of six rural churches forming the Beck and Trent Benefice in mid-Nottinghamshire, in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham. The church was a peculiar, though some years…
On the 31 March 2023, The Church Times carried a leader suggesting Money to turn the C of E more outward looking. Announcements of new funding under the umbrella of…
Steps in the Destruction of a Parish Church: St Jude’s Shirley Warren in Winchester diocese. This sad story is worth reading in its entirety to make you aware of how…
The following are short stories from parishes up and down the country., submitted by STP supporters. Parishes are the centres of so many communities at Christmas time. They are places of reflection, sanctuary and shared joy.
The PCC have therefore decided that continuing payment of the Common Fund (2023 – £7,754) is unsustainable and, until they know the cost of stage 2 of the repairs to the tower in July 2023, they will limit their Common Fund contributions to £100 per month from January to June 2023.
St Cuthbert’s Darlington has been awarded £2,000,000 by the CofE to renovate the building and to appoint a pioneer chaplain, youth worker, operations director, and director of music, all for…
In the Diocese of Gloucester’s Cotswold parish of Saint Peter, Willersey with Saintbury, the announcement of the most sad death of Our Sovereign Lady, Queen Elizabeth initiated an urgent and…
We are in a benefice of four churches and have been in vacancy for two years. There are three benefices in this deanery amounting to eleven churches, in vacancy. In…
What has been achieved in this year [by STP] is very inspiring and hopeful. People do care passionately about their local churches and local ministry based in the parish church…
Parishes from accross the country write in to share how they commemorated Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Submit your own.
My local parish is undergoing significant changes. For a long time, our local church in Roos, East Yorkshire has been without a priest and we rely on a rural dean who travels to all of the different churches in South Holderness. Roos church relies on support from the Diocese of York to survive but due to the proposed funding changes, it is unlikely that we will be able to afford to pay for the employment of the clergy.