Christ the King in Kettering is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a unique challenge – reading the whole Bible aloud in the entrance to the church in one week! From tomorrow (Saturday 14th) to Friday 20th September, members of the congregation will gather to read the Bible out loud in half hour shifts. The challenge will […]
The Diocese of Peterborough is presenting its first Mental Health Training Day on Saturday 19th October. Entitled ‘Binding Up the Brokenhearted’, the aim of the day is to provide practical advice for local churches to minister more effectively to those with emotional and mental health needs. The guest speaker at the event is Becky Harcourt, […]
In the opening scene of The Unseen, a novel by Norwegian author Roy Jacobsen – shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2017 – the local minister, Pastor Johannes Malmberget, is rowed across to a remote island called Barroy. After a difficult two-hour journey, he scrambles ashore – thankful to still be alive, teeters along […]
This weekend is going to be a busy one for members of Christ the King in Kettering as they prepare to take part in their ‘CtK 2020 Challenge’. A group of five families are aiming to travel from the church to Peterborough Cathedral on Saturday 7th September by cycling, swimming, canoeing and running. We caught […]
Congratulations are in order for our Finance Officer Suzanne Rodgers, who celebrated her 30th anniversary of working for the Diocese yesterday (Wednesday 21st August). A surprise celebration was set up for her by her colleagues in the Peterborough office, and as you can see, Suzanne was quite overcome with it! Well done Suzanne – what an amazing […]
Ben Kirk, Bass Lay Clerk at the Cathedral (and Acting Secretary to the Bishops’ Office), recently came third in the prestigious World Choral Conducting Competition in Hong Kong. An international field of 12 finalists were whittled down over three rounds by a nine-person jury – including Zoltán Pad, Chief Conductor of the Hungarian Radio Choir, and Leon Shiu-Wai Tong, Founder and President […]
A three-pronged initiative to give churches of any size or churchmanship confidence to seek growth has been underway in the diocese since Easter. Come and See (what God will do) has offered resources and ideas which are accessible to any church, under the three headings ‘Come and Pray!’, ‘Come and Read!’ and ‘Come and Tell!’. […]
In June we celebrated the 900th anniversary of the original founding of Launde Abbey, now our wonderful retreat and conference centre which we share with the Diocese of Leicester. It was a super weekend of special events involving our own Bishop Donald and Bishops Martyn and Guli from Leicester. The choirs of both cathedrals sang […]
There was a joyful atmosphere at the Cathedral on Tuesday (16th July) as the Diocese’s 11 Echo interns and Xpect apprentices came together for an end-of-year worship, Eucharist and celebration service. 40 people attended the event in the Cathedral’s North Transept. Revd Canon Tim Alban Jones, Vice Dean and Chaplain to the Bishop of Peterborough, […]
Last Sunday (15th July) was a very happy day at Peterborough Cathedral as the Ordination of Priests and Deacons services took place. The Cathedral was packed out at both 11am and 4pm to see six curates and eight ordinands make their ordination vows before family, friends and God. The six curates ordained as priests were […]