September 2026

Last Sunday evening, the benefice of St Mary Magdalene with St Leonard joyfully welcomed its new Rector, Revd Danny Marshall, at a Service of Institution and Installation at St Mary Magdalene, Newark. Parishioners, local residents, clergy, family and friends gathered to celebrate the beginning of this new chapter in the life of the parish. The service began with a welcome from the Reverend Canon Dr Neil Evans, Area Dean for Newark and Southwell Deanery. The Deputy Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire, Ed Attenborough,

This week, we were delighted to welcome a new cohort of interns onto the Apprentice Track. Over two days, they came together to worship, pray, learn and begin looking ahead to the year ahead. The induction was a chance for interns to meet their new cohort, form new relationships and step into their formation groups, setting the foundations for a year of discipleship, leadership and ministry. Alongside inspiring teaching, including from Bishop Andy, there was time for reflection and a panel featuring previous

Last weekend, a new year of Licensed Lay Ministry (LLM) training began at the beautiful Highgate House Christian Conference Centre in Creaton. It was a weekend of worship, learning, food and fun, as the new cohort came together to get to know one another, share in prayer and worship, and focus their hearts on the God who loves them and has called them to serve Him. We’re delighted to welcome 18 new first-year students, alongside 12 returning second-year students! Revd Maureen, LLM Programme

PARISH NEW PRIEST-IN-CHARGE FOR BILSTHORPE & EAKRING Revd Dr David Emerton to be Priest-in-Charge of the Benefice of Bilsthorpe & the Benefice of Eakring. David will be licensed on 13th September at 6pm at St Andrew's Eakring. Please join us in praying for David as he steps into this new role. NEW MISSION ASSOCIATE IN CHILWELL BENEFICE Revd Claire Tufnell at present Curate in the Benefice of Chilwell has become Assistant Curate (known as Mission Associate) of the Benefice of Chilwell. This role is

Tuesday evening was a wonderful occasion as friends, family and members of the local community gathered at Southwell Minster for Evening Prayer and the licensing service of the Revd Jim Prestwood as Associate Archdeacon of the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham. Jim was licensed and commissioned by Bishop Paul. The congregation received a warm welcome from the Very Revd Dr Stephen Evans, Dean of Southwell. The first reading, from Haggai 1:12–2:9, was followed by a reading from Luke 1:46–55. Archdeacon Phil

The Church of England is introducing the Building Management Portal, a new national digital system for managing applications relating to works on churches, their contents, and churchyards, with a planned release date of 6th October 2026.  The new portal has been designed to make the application process easier to follow and to improve consistency in the way casework is managed. It will give users clearer information about application stages, supporting documents and the actions needed as an application progresses. The portal will