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Our new Licensed Lay Minster Candidates! Please scroll below to read each person's story, and join us on prayer for their licensing on the 5th October at Southwell Minster, 11:00am. NEIL APPADURAI was born in Madurai, India and grew up in Chennai for the first 27 years of his life. He grew up in a Christian family, his Dad (Late Mr John Appadurai) being the inspiration of his faith. His faith is not a single day conversion rather it’s like building a house brick after brick over time. After University

We’re pleased to announce news of the upcoming ‘Diocese Prayer Run’ that will be taking place over October half term 21st-26th. Following the launch of the refreshed vision earlier this year we want to pray together for living hope across the city, towns and villages of Nottinghamshire and beyond. This will be opportunity to do this in the churches, fields, paths and streets of our diocese. The 120km prayer run route will be spread over 6 days and will stretch from

We're excited to announce a series of Deanery Roadshows focused on encouraging generosity across our diocese. Aimed for clergy, church wardens, treasurers, and PCCs these events will provide important information about Parish Share for the next 10 years, helpful insights into our vision over this time, and the shared responsibility to ensure that ministry continues to reach the 1.1 million people within our diocese. At each event attendees will gain access to resources that can support their parish's journey towards greater generosity. The

It's been exciting to hear about the holiday clubs for children and families happening across our diocese over the past few weeks. These events have been filled with fun activities, plenty of food, and, most importantly, opportunities to learn more about the good news of Jesus!  ‘Make Your Mark’ at St Stephen’s Sneinton  St Stephen’s hosted a free 3-day holiday food club focused on teaching children about Jesus' love, providing meals for families, and offering fun activities for the local community and

As we continue the journey of caring for creation in our diocese, we're pleased to announce that 91% of churches have completed their energy footprint tool. This is significantly up from the 79% in 2023, and reaches the target set out in the Diocesan Net Zero Carbon Action Plan. The Church of England’s Energy Footprint Tool is way for churches to enter fuel and power use for the previous year. The data collected from the tool helps churches to understand their

Applications are open for the School of Worship leadership programme run by Trinity Church Nottingham. Originally launched in 2023, the course invites contemporary worship leaders and teams from across the Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham and beyond to deepen their skills in leading worship and guiding others to encounter God. Hannah, a participant of the School of Worship 2023 programme, shared: “Sometimes we rush the process of worship, make it something that it's not, and we forget the heart of worship,

Monday was such a joyful day as female clergy and ordinands came together to celebrate 30 years of women’s ordinations as priests. The time together began with a wonderful afternoon tea, followed by Festal Evensong in Southwell Minster.  We've shared some of the story of the day below. There was a palpable sense of celebration in the air as women began to arrive at the garden party hosted by Bishop Paul and Sarah. Some of those travelled in from around our

Please join us in praying for the candidates who will be ordained as Deacons and Priests on the 29th and 30th June. PRIEST CANDIDATES   DAN BISHOP grew up in Cheshire in a Christian family. At the age of 18, he went to the University of Chester to train as a youth worker, where he met his wife, Anna. They got married in 2016. After university, he served as a lay chaplain in two schools: St. Michael's High School in Chorley, in

Sometimes described as the 'birthday of the Church' Pentecost is a special time where we celebrate the Holy Spirit poured out on all believers. With 10 days of prayer between Acension and Pentecost, there's been some great stories of baptisms, prayer and 'pentecost parties' across our Diocese. Courageous Baptisms at The Orchard, a new worshipping community in Chilwell The Orchard is a new worshipping community that launched in June 2023, in Inham Nook, Chilwell to the west of Nottingham. Their prayer