In Bath and Wells we are blessed to have 182 Church of England schools. While they each support their children in their own unique way, their values are underpinned by the Church of England’s values of wisdom, hope, community and dignity. Supporting our schools with their own unique talents are our school governors.
Every school and church dedicated to St Aldhelm was invited to Sherborne Abbey for a mini festival on the green followed by a service in the Abbey.
Bryan Wong is a School Foundation Governor at St Andrew’s Church School, Bath. He spoke to Manna about his role as a school governor.
10 priests and 13 deacons are ordained
Bishop Michael has responded to the announcement from the Church of England regarding the Independent Safeguarding Board.
Find out more about our training day on addiction that is essential for awareness of addition that will be of benefit to everyone, especially those in leadership.
Exford Church of England First School serves the surrounding villages and outlying farms across central Exmoor.
Young and old take part in the 'spend a penny' challenge to raise funds for a new church toilet.
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Eight clergy families with children of various ages joined the Go Team at the outdoor centre just outside of Churchill for Family Max for fun and a whole lot more...
This week we welcomed Kelvin Munsongo, Head of Programmes for the Zambia Anglican Council to Bath and Wells who is in the UK to attend USPGs annual conference, which this year focused on the theme of justice – for climate, gender and race. Kelvin came across to Bath and Wells to meet with Bishop Michael and Sara Emmett, our Adviser for Climate Justice and Environment.
I look forward to serving God and the people of this rural benefice, as we journey together and grow into the people God created us to be.
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Bishop Ruth recently (17 June) joined Safe Families to mark their five-year anniversary working with the local authority in Somerset in a service at Taunton Minster. They are also holding an online information evening on Thursday, 22 June at 19:30 for anyone interested in hearing more about the charity’s work.
The Church will be well represented at Glastonbury this year. The Church Tent returns and you may also see Revd David McGeoch, St John's Glastonbury, on his rounds around the site as Chaplain as well as Revd Diana Greenfield, Pioneer Chaplain.
As we continue to pray for all those affected by the stabbings in Bath and Nottingham, Bishop Ruth spoke to BBC Radio Somerset on Sunday, reflecting on how we can support one another, especially our young people, especially in the light of such tragic incidents.
Earlier this year Bishop Michael asked people across our diocese to consider how we are living out our vision of living and telling the story of Jesus in response to God’s immense love for us, and to consider how we might best do that in the next season of our diocesan life together.
From the outdoors to the church door.
Emma is passionate about community and is looking forward to working at the heart of the community in All Saints, Weston, Bath with North Stoke and Langridge where she will serve her curacy.
‘I started to pray more and began to see the renewal of my faith transform my outlook and the way I perceived the world around me.’
Harry will serve his curacy in the Benefice of Christ Church and St Mary’s, Frome and will continue to run his bookshop alongside his role as a self-supporting minister.
Bishop Michael has written to all parishes in the diocese to share the latest financial position of the diocese and to stress the vital role that parishes play in enabling mission and ministry across the diocese, through all the work done including meeting their parish share contributions to our Common Fund.