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The Weekly Bulletin, 28 February 2023

Message from Bishop Rachel

I suspect that if you have given anything up for Lent it probably isn’t the mirror. Most of us during Lent will look in the mirror at least once a day, and I wonder if this in itself might be the reminder we need to allow Lent to be a time when we look beyond the surface of our external reflection and discover more of who we are within, and who God is, who knows us inside out and loves us....
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Helpful information


Love Your Burial Ground Week registration opens on Wednesday 1 March. 
Churches Count on Nature – Caring For God's Acre – the conservation charity for burial grounds across the UK

Coronation of King Charles III

Coronation activities for worshipping communities
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LIFE Together: Engagement

Welcoming asylum seekers into worshipping communities
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LIFE Together: Leadership

Bishop Rachel responds to domestic abuse measures
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LIFE Together: Engagement

Laura receives High Sheriff Award for services to Ukraine
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Events near you: click here to see the full list

 
Gloucester Cathedral is holding two Lent courses - one in person, one online, over six weeks. Open to all.
 
2 March: The Uneasy Sleeps of Max Maxwell
Are you interested in Artificial Intelligence and how it is increasingly part of our lives? Or want to think more about science and faith? Riding Lights Theatre Company will be performing a new one-act play by Richard Hasnip, followed by conversations with leading scientists.

Easter 2023


Is your church doing something a bit different for Easter this year? We are compiling a list of special services and activities being held across the Diocese during Holy Week, please send details to kowen@glosdioc.org.uk

Key training opportunity

This week's highlighted training opportunity: 

16 March: Raising awareness of domestic abuse
There is a requirement that this course is completed by all clergy, PTO, Readers, Bishop and Pastoral visitors, Parish Safeguarding Officers, PCC and lay chapter members.
 
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One thing to watch: The untapped opportunity of church toddler groups
Jennifer Fellows shares more about the untapped opportunity of welcoming new families through church toddler groups. There's still time to book your space on the Under fives and flourishing conference day on 18 March.

Book before 6 March here: gloucester.anglican.org/under-5s-and-flourishing

One thing to listen to


On BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Sunday Breakfast, Bill Crooks speaks to Jon Smith about his involvement in The Clewer Initiative's multi-media resource, Journeys, which aims to equip and inspire people in the fight against modern slavery.

Henrietta Cozens, from St Catharine's Gloucester, also joined Jon to talk about the church's flourishing relationship with asylum seekers through English classes.

The Messenger


The Messenger is a themed publication for parish and village magazines, which can be printed out, or the content copied into magazines or pew sheets. The Messenger is produced once per month and freely available to download:

Vacancies

In the media

Clergy news

  • The Revd John Ash, currently Chaplain of Dean Close School, is to become Associate Vicar of The New Forest Edge Benefice, Winchester from 1 July 2023.
  • The Revd Canon Andrew Zihni will be installed as Dean of Gloucester at Gloucester Cathedral on Sunday 23 April 2023 at 3pm.
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