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Reflections Thirty Years After the First Ordinations of Women as Priests
5th Mar 2024 / 2 Minute Read

Reflections Thirty Years After the First Ordinations of Women as Priests

To mark 30 years since the first services to ordain women as priests in the Church of England, we spoke to two women in our diocese who were ordained...

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Unsung Heroines: Those Who Paved the Way for Women’s Ordination 
5th Mar 2024 / 2 Minute Read

Unsung Heroines: Those Who Paved the Way for Women’s Ordination 

On 12 March 1994, the first 32 women were ordained as Church of England priests at a service at Bristol Cathedral. Thirty years on, we look at the lives...

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Putting Young People at the Heart of Worship Through Parish Church Choirs
28th Feb 2024 / 2 Minute Read

Putting Young People at the Heart of Worship Through Parish Church Choirs

The Church of England is seeking to address the fact that fewer children and young people than ever are coming to church, with Covid-19 having negatively impacted youth ministry...

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Lent Reflections 2024: Lent 3 – Interrupting Business as Usual
28th Feb 2024 / 2 Minute Read

Lent Reflections 2024: Lent 3 – Interrupting Business as Usual

Jean Burgess, Archdeacon of Bournemouth, reflects on John 2:13-22, the passage where Jesus overturns the tables in the Temple, and its invitation to allow Jesus to interrupt our lives...

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Bishop Philip Visits Hampshire & Isle of Wight Police Chaplaincy
28th Feb 2024 / 2 Minute Read

Bishop Philip Visits Hampshire & Isle of Wight Police Chaplaincy

On 21 February, the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary (HIOWC) Chaplaincy was delighted to welcome the Bishop of Winchester who wished to recognise those involved in such vital...

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Lent Reflections 2024: Recognising Jesus
23rd Feb 2024 / 2 Minute Read

Lent Reflections 2024: Recognising Jesus

Bishop Geoff reflects on the issue of identity, and how we recognise others. He asks us to consider how we recognise Jesus this Lenten period… Text below: I was...

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Bishop Philip Unveils Stained Glass Window in Honour of Beaulieu Motor Museum Founder
21st Feb 2024 / 2 Minute Read

Bishop Philip Unveils Stained Glass Window in Honour of Beaulieu Motor Museum Founder

Bishop Philip had a great privilege of attending a special service at Beaulieu Abbey Church where he unveiled a new stained glass window in memory of Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu who...

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Launch of the EDGE Hub Café in Southampton
21st Feb 2024 / 2 Minute Read

Launch of the EDGE Hub Café in Southampton

EDGE is a Christian missional community group, based on the Townhill Estate Southampton, who have been involved in the local area for around seven years, working in conjunction with Ascension...

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Making Progress in Engaging with Neurodiversity
14th Feb 2024 / 2 Minute Read

Making Progress in Engaging with Neurodiversity

Ahead of the next Neuro-Divergent Clergy Lunch on 7 March, the Revd Rachel Noël writes about how the church can better value neuro-divergent people and the small steps our...

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