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Latest Articles
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New Director of Communications Appointed
25th July 2024
Harriet Roberts has been appointed as Director of Communications on an interim basis for 12 months. Many will remember Harriet who led the Casting the Net Wide process to discern the Diocesan vision....
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Funeral of Revd Tom Ryan
23rd July 2024
Friends, family and colleagues from across the Diocese gathered at Chester Cathedral for the funeral of Revd Tom Ryan, Assistant Curate at St Alban’s Broadheath on Monday 22 July. The service was led by the Bishop of Chester, Mark Tanner with a eulogy from Tom’s son, Joseph and an address from Revd Canon Richard Pike. ...
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Consultation for a new Diocesan Secretary
19th July 2024
We need to appoint a new Diocesan Secretary / Chief Executive of the Diocesan Board of Finance, and Bishop Mark is asking us all to be part of that process....
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Revd Joe Kennedy to be consecrated on 19 July.
16th July 2024
Revd Joe Kennedy, previously Vicar of Oxton St Saviour, is to be consecrated as the Bishop of Burnley this coming Friday 19 July 2024 at 11am. The service will take place in York Minster. Here, Mark Tanner, Bishop of Chester asks Joe what called him into this new role....
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Training as a Reader
16th July 2024
Readers in the Church of England are lay people who serve in a vital ministry role. Bip Choudhury, a teacher of Anatomy at Manchester University, explains what studying to be a Reader is like....
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Church video streaming leads to degree
3rd July 2024
Sam Loach, son of Mike Loach, Vicar at Christ Church, Higher Bebington, helped to establish a video streaming service for the church during the pandemic lockdown. This inspired him to study film and media at Liverpool John Moore's University....
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Cycle of Prayer
The Cycle of Prayer is now available via Prayermate, a free app that you can download to your mobile phone. Once you have downloaded the app, just search for the Diocese of Chester and add us to your prayer list.
We will continue to provide the Cycle of Prayer as a PDF which can be downloaded below.
Cycle of Prayer 01 - 31 July 2024
Cycle of Prayer 01 - 31 August 2024
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