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young people playing along at a holiday club
Grants help Captain Ketchup, Mrs Tagliatelle and others make childhood better
Claudia Moynihan reports on one of our first projects to receive a grant for a local community project, and that more funds are available.
24 November 2011, 2 comments
Claudia Moynihan, Good Childhood Conversation Co-ordinator
Church team
Henry Katende standing beside the Archbishop of York
I met the Archbishop
At this year's Edward Rudolf Lecture, Henry Katende listened to and met a man he had admired for years.
02 February 2012, 1 comment
Henry Katende, Young Person
Guest bloggers
four lighted candles that are part of an Advent wreath
Looking backwards and forwards
Advent readings invite us to look backwards and forwards in many ways, Paula Gooder writes.
03 December 2012, 1 comment
Dr Paula Gooder, Freelance writer and lecturer in Biblical Studies
Guest bloggers
young girl smiling
Where does true wealth lie?
Jesus chose to be poor so that we might be rich. In our context, where we are so encouraged to aspire to financial wealth this can be deeply challenging.
21 December 2012
Jim Davis, Good Childhood Adviser
Church team
Four young people holding Christingle candles
Sowing seeds
Christingle is one way that we can give generously and sow seeds, but there are many other ways of giving.
22 December 2012
Jim Davis, Good Childhood Adviser
Church team
Three lit candles against a black background
Crying out for justice
The third week of Advent focuses on John the Baptist, whose message of repentance may be as hard for us to hear today as it was for his first listeners.
16 December 2012
Nigel Varndell, Director of Church Partnerships
Church team
young girl looking through window
Righteousness and equity
The characterisation of people living in poverty as lazy is deeply unbiblical.
19 December 2012
Nigel Varndell, Director of Church Partnerships
Church team
young girl looking through school gates
Change is hard
How willing are we to make changes that affect the core of our lives?
18 December 2012
Nigel Varndell, Director of Church Partnerships
Church team
boy leaning against a fence
The challenge of forgiveness
In the end, a legalistic response to young people who do us harm will always be inadequate.
20 December 2012
Nigel Varndell, Director of Church Partnerships
Church team
Sophie Brightwell smiles at the camera
Mud, hail and flooding . . . a great weekend at the Greenbelt festival!
Following this year's Greenbelt, Sophie Brightwell writes about abundant mud, a home away from home and young people's illustrations of paradise.
31 August 2012
Sophie Brightwell, Church Partnerships Coordinator
Church team

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Informative. I clicked for the pun in the title and stayed for the graphs.

The kids are all Wight: Gauging children’s well-being on the Isle of Wight

Great idea to map your run with the icons of London. Well done for finding the mental strength to run the VLM AGAIN, especially now you are an old man!

Mapping my route as I prepare for the London Marathon

Well done Joe, all in a good cause and will be thinking about you on the day.

Mapping my route as I prepare for the London Marathon