Dear Friends,   This week Archbishop Justin launched Daily Hope, a free national phone line offering music, prayers and reflections as well as full worship services by telephone. As much of our ministry has moved online due to the closure of churches, we know that many of you have concerns for those members of our communities […]

https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer/todays-prayer Almighty Father,who in your great mercy gladdened the discipleswith the sight of the risen Lord:give us such knowledge of his presence with us,that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen lifeand serve you continually in righteousness and truth;through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,who is alive and reigns with you,in the unity […]

We write to let you know our thinking as to Thy Kingdom Come 2020 which runs from Ascension [21 May] to Pentecost [31 May]. Every single day hundreds of millions of our brothers and sisters around the world say the prayer Jesus put on our lips, praying ‘Thy Kingdom Come’. In the past few years, the focus of our […]

Join the Church of England for weekly online services, streamed each Sunday. This page also lists a range of resources to help you walk with Jesus Christ, who is the light of the world. https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/church-online

Bt Martin Wroe I lift up my eyes from this lockdownOutside, I cover my faceMy friends become dangerI become threatInside, these walls close inThis safety and this cageInside, we’re too closeAnd, a little distantInside, I’m alone, I’m scaredOutside, I step aside from youHold my breath as you pass I lift up my eyes from this […]

https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/news/archbishop-canterbury-launches-free-dial-worship-phone-line-during The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has launched a free national phone line as a simple new way to bring worship and prayer into people’s homes while church buildings are closed because of the coronavirus. Daily Hope, which is available from today, offers music, prayers and reflections as well as full worship services from […]

A prayer for each of us in this time when we combine living in lockdown and the hope of the Resurrection: Risen, Jesus, Give me courage, strength and generosity to let go and move on, leaving the past behind me, and living the present to the full. Lead me always to be positive as I […]

https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer/todays-prayer Almighty God,who enlightened your holy Churchthrough the inspired witness of your evangelist Saint Mark:grant that we, being firmly grounded in the truth of the gospel,may be faithful to its teaching both in word and deed;through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,who is alive and reigns with you,in the unity of the Holy Spirit,one God, […]

Dr Charlie Bell, Girton College, Cambridge