We are so grateful for the impact of Launchpad in catalysing youth work in The CofE in Lancashire (Blackburn Diocese) Youthscape

Thankful for time with fellow North West Bishops today. Including the home made cooking of David Walker who does a tasty rhubarb crumble and veggie stew #BishopforFood as well as #BishopforFun

As a recent The Telegraph article announces that “Britain has a boy problem”, and statistics show men and boys lagging behind, James Mildred says one answer is for the Church to be bolder in speaking God’s truth about marriage and equality
premierchristianity.com/christians-can… James Mildred

'The wonderful thing about praying is that you leave a world of not being able to do something and enter God’s realm where everything is possible. He specializes in the impossible. Nothing is too great for His almighty power.'

- Corrie Ten Boom

#WednesdayWisdom 🙏

Welcome James & Sarah! Thrilled to welcome you to The CofE in Lancashire (Blackburn Diocese)

Delight to license Alice Cole @staidanmillhill The CofE in Lancashire (Blackburn Diocese) #FireHill
with beautiful prayer support from 4yo Joseph #ClergyMums

Thank you THANK YOU!
This is absolutely en pointe.
So grateful for your courage, Fr Alex, in speaking so bravely & fluently against the tide. May this help unleash the #UndergroundArmy and excavate his #HiddenGems for the renewal of our nation Michael J. Leyden

Encouraging piece about gentle church growth in The CofE in Lancashire (Blackburn Diocese) by my dear colleague, Joy Rushton, who excels at spotting buried treasure Emma Fowle Premier Christianity

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En pointe from Justin Brierley
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Always a delight to be with my friend the RC Bishop of Lancaster
Great to minister together at the Churches Together in Lancaster Good Friday walk today CTE The CofE in Lancashire (Blackburn Diocese)

Delighted that our next Bishop of Burnley The CofE in Lancashire (Blackburn Diocese) will be Joe Kennedy Diocese of Chester

COMING SOON 📷

Revd Charlotte Rushton shares her God Story.
The trailer below and the full interview (released in a couple of days) are a must watch.

Charlotte is the Pontypridd Ministry Area Leader, Llandaff Diocese ✝️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 The Church in Wales | Yr Eglwys yng Nghymru

Cherry Vann Archbishop Andrew John Jill Duff

Very thankful for 30 years of women’s ordination The Church of England. For the pioneers who campaigned so the door was already open for me as priest & bishop; for delightful sisters today The CofE in Lancashire (Blackburn Diocese); for the mysterious work of the Spirit entrusting women w front row seats #Luke1v45

Delighted to join with Ripley St Thomas CE Academy Slyne-with-Hest Leah Vasey-Saunders The CofE in Lancashire (Blackburn Diocese) for BBC Radio 4 James Mountford service for Mothering Sunday. Esp thanks Don Gillthorpe for conducting & pupils for stellar faith & voices
#JoyAndPain #AmazingLancsCoESchools

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Ruth Bushyager Christian Selvaratnam Rachel Gardner Agu Irukwu Matthew Porter Laura Gallacher Hannah Miller — sidekick Jack Wakefield Esther Swaffield-Bray Kate Wharton Joe Hardy Lynne Parkinson Lee Edward Kirkby Rick Otto Kath Johnson New Wine

“Why would we want to be in control when Jesus is in the room?” Rachel Gardner giving our faith-filled evening keynote New Wine #NationalLeadersConference
Quietly roaring over our stellar church leaders The CofE in Lancashire (Blackburn Diocese) inc St Luke’s Church Blackburn and their #UndergroundArmy

“Faith that restores is not muscular but mustard seed. She is re-aching for Jesus. Too often we don’t need to pray. What if we said I’m aching for you. I am re-aching for you to do what only you can do” Ruth Bushyager on Mark 5 at #NewWineLeadersConference New Wine 🔥

‘I’m convinced there’s an underground army of evangelists, prophets and leaders in our estates and deprived communities that our middle class church is missing.’

Stirring stuff from Bishop Philip as he urges Synod to ‘renew church life on our estates…’

Thank you Richard Pennystan for this super insight:

“Beacons need dry kindling..
Beacons pass messages if the wood in one beacon is damp that fire cannot be lit. Lent is a time to dry the kindling in our hearts, to be prepared for the fire of the Spirit to fall.“ #Lent SPCK Publishing

Fabulous read: the Beatitudes as model for Christian maturity.

“Christians are always going to be living at an angle to the mainstream… insisting that they ‘march to a different drum’ … a consequence of recognising the final & unsurpassable authority… of Jesus of Nazareth”