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Well done to the team who created this beautiful carpet of flowers in Thaxted Parish Church ahead of their Corpus Christi service earlier this month. 🌹🌼🌻🌷🪻 #ChelmsDioLife #CorpusChristi #FloralArrangement #ChurchService #Flowers

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On #RefugeeSunday and #SactuarySunday we pray: God of justice, God of love, in whose image all are made. We bring before you all who have been forced to leave their homes, and have lost livelihoods, as a result of war, drought, famine, persecution and poverty. 1/6 📸: @ctbi.bsky.social

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The Revd Darren McIndoe, Area Dean of Harlow, has recorded our #ChelmsDioSermon for today titled ‘Following Christ after the example of St Francis’. Watch here: buff.ly/6Qon8M1 🙏

St John's Leytonstone enjoyed food & fellowship at their #Pentecost Sunday Barbecue Celebration last month. 🔥 #ChelmsDioLife #ChurchFamily #Community #Fellowship

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The Diocesan Retreat House in Pleshey is a place where people from all walks of life come to seek God and to search for the spiritual in their lives. Discover upcoming retreats and quiet days at buff.ly/snb8cb3

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The Revd Bethany Joss-Pothen, Vicar of St Andrew’s Romford and Racial Justice Advocate for the Havering Deanery, has recorded our #ChelmsDioSermon for today titled ‘Learning to Improvise’. Watch here: buff.ly/wzKlzd0 🙏

As the 'It's Not Just Policy, It's Personal' safeguarding campaign continues, please join us in #prayer: Loving God, we pray that Your church may be a place of welcome, security and compassion. 1/4 #Safeguarding #LetUsPray

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All are invited to join us for the annual Bradwell Pilgrimage & Gathering on Saturday 4 July. The pilgrimage follows a scenic route from St Thomas’ Church in Bradwell-on-Sea to the ancient Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall, and is a family-friendly day of faith, fellowship, and reflection. 1/2

Thank you to everyone who completed the Energy Footprint Tool (EFT) so far this year! The closing date for submissions is 30 June. 1/3 #FaithInAction #ClimateCrisis #Stewardship .

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"If you sense an echo of a whisper of a call, don't dismiss it ..." In her 'Called to Serve: Young Vocations' video, Revd Sharon Ejinkonye, former Curate in the Grays Team Ministry, offers encouragement and advice to young people who think God might be calling them to ministry. 1/5

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"I think people expect to see a massive sign from God or hear the voice of God really loudly and clearly ... There were alot of times I waited for a door to open and I think God was waiting for me to open that door." 1/5

A huge thank you to everyone who has donated or helped to promote this year's Bishop of Chelmsford’s Lent Appeal so far! 1/3

Christian pilgrimage has roots in the earliest centuries of the church, when believers travelled to places linked with Jesus and the apostles and, later, saints. 1/4

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The Revd Olivia Maxfield-Coote, Environmental Advocate for the Chelmsford Deanery, has recorded our #ChelmsDioSermon for today – Environment Sunday. Watch here: buff.ly/wH4XgO0 🙏

Setting up for services & events, caring for the churchyard, running children’s & youth activities, singing in the choir, making refreshments and more — #volunteers across our diocese serve with love. 1/2 #NationalVolunteersWeek #FaithInAction #SaltAndLight

The Chelmsford Diocese annual service of thanksgiving, prayer and recommitment for all who are involved in safeguarding will take place on Monday 8 June at 7pm in Chelmsford Cathedral. All are welcome to attend. 1/4

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The Leading Your Church into Growth (LYCIG) team has a track record in encouraging and equipping local church communities in mission from across the different traditions within the Church of England. A number of LYCiG conferences will be taking place in our diocese this year. 1/2

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Earlier this year, for the second time, a group from both St Lukes and St Matthias in Canning Town, embarked on a transforming mission trip to northeast of Brazil. They spent the first week serving alongside the Jocum mission base in Recife. 1/2 #ChelmsDioLife

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The Revd Jonathan Evens, Area Dean of Basildon, has recorded our #ChelmsDioSermon for today – Trinity Sunday, titled ‘The Trinitarian Grace’. Watch here: buff.ly/nGHCoys 🙏

Welcome Churches have produced a range of resources to support churches during Refugee Week, from 15 - 21 June, and Refugee Sunday on 22 June. Discover real-life stories of what 'home' means to displaced people and explore what roles your church community can play in welcoming them. 1/2

The Bishop of Bradwell, the Rt Rev'd Adam Atkinson and the Bishop of Barking, the Rt Rev'd Lynne Cullens have issued a joint statement after a man who worships and serves in a South Essex parish was racially attacked at East Ham station this week. Read the statement here - buff.ly/UPLl6D6

The latest edition of WE PRAY is now available on our website. As well as prayers, WE PRAY contains news and stories from across our diocese. WePray is available is a variety of formats so you can easily read it online or create your own printed prayer booklet. www.chelmsford.anglican.org/wepray

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Last month the Rev'd Canon Rod Reid, Area Dean of Braintree and Vicar of St Mary Bocking and St Mary and St Christopher Panfield, completed the London Marathon - raising over £5000 for Mid and North East Essex Mind! Read the full story at buff.ly/txqQPpA 🏃🏼‍♂️ #ThrowbackThursday #ChelmsDioLife

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