News Stories
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18 Aug. 2023
Teenagers deepen discipleship on summer trip
Eleven to 18-year-olds from across our diocese spent five days on a summer residential organised by the team behind their High Tide youth services. They enjoyed mountain-biking, archery, baking and pottery, plus a murder mystery, water slide, paint party and silent disco. And there were regular sessions of worship, prayer and discussion based on the Christmas, Easter and Pentecost stories. Read more
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14 July 2023
Parents, churches and schools to work together on ‘Chatting Faith’
Our diocese is launching a new project to link parents, churches and schools – using reflections on secular storybooks that they are reading anyway. ‘Chatting Faith’ will be part of the national C of E’s ‘Growing Faith’ movement. Read more
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10 July 2023
Children enjoy animals, flowers and plants at ‘Muddy Church’
This Gosport church has welcomed chickens and tortoises to its allotment space. It will use these animals, as well as plants, flowers and vegetables, to help teach local children and families about how to care for God’s creation. Read more
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16 June 2023
Connecting with God through nature and sausage butties
St James’ Church, Emsworth, provides alternative worship spaces for children and families using their church gardens and cooked breakfasts. Read more
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30 May 2023
Church is packed with toddlers
St Jude’s Church in Southsea hosts Little Tiddlers – a baby and toddler group that echoes the thinking of the national C of E’s Growing Faith movement Read more
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28 April 2023
Young people ring for the King
Young bell ringers Pollyanna and Maxim will be among those ringing church bells to celebrate the Coronation of HM the King. They joined the newly-formed Droxford Bellringers as part of the national drive to find more people to ring bells to mark the Coronation. Read more
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24 April 2023
Our diocese chosen as Growing Faith hub
Our diocese has been chosen as one of 12 Growing Faith hubs across the country, we seek to make ministry and mission to children and young people integral to the work of the Church of England. Read more
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8 April 2023
Families pack church for Easter fun day
More than 100 children packed into St Faith’s Church, Lee-on-the-Solent for an Easter extravaganza that included crafts, songs, activities and fun. The two-hour session in Holy Week involved families decorating Easter biscuits, experiencing the sensation of hammering nails into wood and creating Easter gardens. Read more
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25 Feb. 2023
Sixteen-year-old preaches to teenagers at latest High Tide event
The latest High Tide West youth service included pizza, hot dogs, games, worship and prayer - plus a talk about the Bible passage from 16-year-old Oscar Mellers. It was the latest in a series of High Tide youth events that are helping to shape the new generation as disciples of Jesus. This one brought together youth groups from churches across Fareham and Gosport for an event at Holy Rood, Stubbington. Read more
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17 Feb. 2023
Excited children enjoy holiday club fun
Children aged four to 11 enjoyed songs, games, drama, craft – and a gunge tank – at the annual holiday club hosted by Church of the Good Shepherd in Crookhorn. Although it has been running each February half-term for more than 20 years, this was the first proper, four-day holiday club since before the pandemic. Entitled ‘The Great Transformer’, this year’s looked at Bible stories in which people were transformed by meeting Jesus. Read more