News Stories
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8 Jan. 2025
Cairns launched with clergy and lay leaders
Bishop Jonathan and senior staff gathered together clergy and lay leaders from some of the ‘Cairns’ formed as part of our diocese’s vision and strategy. The Cairns were officially launched with tea and cake at Harbour Church. Read more
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13 Dec. 2024
Youth worker to build new worshipping community
A new project will see a youthwork pioneer working within a school community to create a new worshipping community. The innovative project brings together St Francis Church in Leigh Park and Park Community School. Read more
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28 Nov. 2024
Paulsgrove project aims to create new congregations
Some of the strategic funding we’ve received from the national Church of England will go towards a new project in Paulsgrove. We’ll employ a new priest who’ll help to set up four brand new congregations connected to St Michael’s Church. Read more
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2 Nov. 2024
Major investment will help diocese to rejuvenate
The national Church of England has endorsed our diocese’s strategic plans for the next five years, offering an investment of more than £1m a year towards our projects. The diocese’s vision and strategy aims to rejuvenate our diocese by a programme that includes reviving our leadership to inspire mission, revitalising our parishes to create pathways to discipleship and renewing our diocese with church plants and new worshipping communities. Read more
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1 Nov. 2024
We’ll study, eat, pray and lament together
Clergy and lay leaders in the Western Wards of Fareham are already meeting to eat and pray together and support each other in ministry. It’s this kind of mutual support that will help our leaders to Revive their faith, ready to lead our diocese’s revitalisation plans Read more
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1 Nov. 2024
Church provides pathways into new faith
Worshippers at St Jude’s Church in Southsea are created new pathways into faith for those who don’t currently come to church. They provide free events to attract people into the building, offer them a chance to find out more about faith and can then lead them towards discipleship, in line with the Revitalise strand in our strategy. Read more
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29 July 2024
We’ll create Choir Church from local singing groups
Our diocese’s strategy includes a commitment to create new worshipping communities based on a love of choral singing. Those Choir Churches will be created by some of our parishes, often working alongside their local schools. Read more
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22 March 2024
Bishop unveils our vision and strategy
Bishop Jonathan unveiled our diocese’s vision and strategy to members of Diocesan Synod, with the help of the Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight and our strategy programme manager. Read more
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29 Jan. 2024
New Fareham vicar is a church-planter
Bishop Jonathan has appointed the Rev Henry Kendal as the new vicar of St John’s Church, Fareham. Henry was vicar at St Barnabas, Woodside Park, in London, until 2022. In his 23 years at the church, they planted six new congregations. Read more
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18 Dec. 2023
New clergy chosen to lead Ryde project
Bishop Jonathan has appointed two new clergy to lead the project to help revitalise our churches in Ryde. The Rev Heath Monaghan will become team rector of the five churches in Ryde and the Rev Olly Mitchelmore will become team vicar. They’ll help to lead the project that aims to create brand new congregations and to help the existing congregations to engage with their local community. Read more