Rev April Gold
@aprilgold.bsky.social
Director of Education for Coventry. SSM Priest planting a new Church community in our local CofE School. Working to see a generation of #worldchangers formed in our schools. Hoping for the Kingdom to come. https://coventrydbe.org/alive-praise-party-2023/
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Rev April Gold
@aprilgold.bsky.social
· Dec 24
Such a treat to lead Carols by candlelight this evening. Two services 500 people. I had the best view in the house! 800 years of Christmas Eve celebrations in this wonderful building. “The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.”
John 1:9.
John 1:9.
Iceland got the memo this is Eurovision! #eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Iceland got the memo this is Eurovision! #eurovision
Just watching this ready for a rather special event in my parish school on Friday! Can’t believe we actually did this in June 2023 - that is the sound of 2,500 children wanting to be world changers! Enjoy the ear worm - it’s a banger! youtu.be/uKE9U7Tj_QI?...
World Changers @ ALIVE 2023-WITH LYRICS
YouTube video by ALIVE Kids
youtu.be
April 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Just watching this ready for a rather special event in my parish school on Friday! Can’t believe we actually did this in June 2023 - that is the sound of 2,500 children wanting to be world changers! Enjoy the ear worm - it’s a banger! youtu.be/uKE9U7Tj_QI?...
This is who I am. Obvs not as old as Hendos but the same character - born across the road from the factory.
April 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is who I am. Obvs not as old as Hendos but the same character - born across the road from the factory.
Spent an evening on my iPad! It felt like the first year or ordination training in 2020! But better! I love Julian and Hannah Lewis did a great job! So that’s Hildegaard, Claire of Assisi and Julian - half way through my Sarum Female Mystics Course for fun!
March 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Spent an evening on my iPad! It felt like the first year or ordination training in 2020! But better! I love Julian and Hannah Lewis did a great job! So that’s Hildegaard, Claire of Assisi and Julian - half way through my Sarum Female Mystics Course for fun!
Preached at 3 services today - still went for a swim after St Gabriel’s - now time for a beer!
March 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Preached at 3 services today - still went for a swim after St Gabriel’s - now time for a beer!
And now more culture - not medieval - guess the musical…
February 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
And now more culture - not medieval - guess the musical…
This is just too exciting! If you know you know!
February 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is just too exciting! If you know you know!
Part one of our London day out! British Library exhibition on Medieval Women. With my lovely daughter Niamh Colbrook - then off to see a show!
February 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Part one of our London day out! British Library exhibition on Medieval Women. With my lovely daughter Niamh Colbrook - then off to see a show!
Reposted by Rev April Gold
My open letter to the Diocese of Newcastle following this week’s General Synod debates on safeguarding ⬇️ www.newcastle.anglican.org/news/an-open... ‘This is indeed a watershed time for the Church and I do not think my episcopal colleagues in particular grasp this’.
An open letter from Bishop Helen-Ann - Newcastle Diocese
An open letter from the Bishop of Newcastle to the Diocese of Newcastle reflecting on General Synod.
www.newcastle.anglican.org
February 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My open letter to the Diocese of Newcastle following this week’s General Synod debates on safeguarding ⬇️ www.newcastle.anglican.org/news/an-open... ‘This is indeed a watershed time for the Church and I do not think my episcopal colleagues in particular grasp this’.
A great Head Teacher’s briefing today. We shared Psalm 147:1-11 and spent time thinking about Flourishing for All CofE anti- bullying guidance for schools, how we might gather pupil voice and a case study of amazing courageous advocacy in one of our schools. So proud of our school family!
January 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A great Head Teacher’s briefing today. We shared Psalm 147:1-11 and spent time thinking about Flourishing for All CofE anti- bullying guidance for schools, how we might gather pupil voice and a case study of amazing courageous advocacy in one of our schools. So proud of our school family!
What a great day for an SSM priest determined to share the gospel with the next generation. Presiding at Communion at Rugby school Chapel and then working with the kids at St Gs our Church in schools this afternoon. 50% children aged 3-16 today - what a joy! God is good!
January 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
What a great day for an SSM priest determined to share the gospel with the next generation. Presiding at Communion at Rugby school Chapel and then working with the kids at St Gs our Church in schools this afternoon. 50% children aged 3-16 today - what a joy! God is good!
What a joy to preach to two very different congregations today on Isaiah 43:1-7. Do not be afraid I have called you by name you are mine! 14 children at St Gs this afternoon - our Church in school - producing their own reminders that God knows their name and calls them his own. YES and AMEN!
January 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What a joy to preach to two very different congregations today on Isaiah 43:1-7. Do not be afraid I have called you by name you are mine! 14 children at St Gs this afternoon - our Church in school - producing their own reminders that God knows their name and calls them his own. YES and AMEN!
Reposted by Rev April Gold
This article dares to dream of the radical hospitality offered to the most vulnerable child that was mentioned in a recent Sojourners article, the same that was offered to our Lord. Mary's yes was radical.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The image that speaks a thousand words about our inhumane migration debate | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
The birth of a baby boy on a dangerously overcrowded refugee boat should be a wake-up call to all of us, says Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
This article dares to dream of the radical hospitality offered to the most vulnerable child that was mentioned in a recent Sojourners article, the same that was offered to our Lord. Mary's yes was radical.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Such a treat to lead Carols by candlelight this evening. Two services 500 people. I had the best view in the house! 800 years of Christmas Eve celebrations in this wonderful building. “The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.”
John 1:9.
John 1:9.
December 24, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Such a treat to lead Carols by candlelight this evening. Two services 500 people. I had the best view in the house! 800 years of Christmas Eve celebrations in this wonderful building. “The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.”
John 1:9.
John 1:9.
Such a joyful time at St Gabriels on Sunday the Children treated us to the Nativity and the Vicar was the Donkey! The second photo is us finishing with our child led Grace - needing a much bigger circle! @dioceseofcoventry.bsky.social
December 24, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Such a joyful time at St Gabriels on Sunday the Children treated us to the Nativity and the Vicar was the Donkey! The second photo is us finishing with our child led Grace - needing a much bigger circle! @dioceseofcoventry.bsky.social
Christmas Service at St Peter’s with 250 children from Dunchurch CofE Junior Academy Wonderful singing and reading and we had a great discussion about Angel Gabriel and how God promises to be with us even when things take us by surprise! Looking forward to being with the Infant school on Monday!
December 11, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Christmas Service at St Peter’s with 250 children from Dunchurch CofE Junior Academy Wonderful singing and reading and we had a great discussion about Angel Gabriel and how God promises to be with us even when things take us by surprise! Looking forward to being with the Infant school on Monday!
Reposted by Rev April Gold
This is one of the most well-written explanations of certain kinds of AI errors I’ve seen to date. (The whole article is great too.)
www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
December 5, 2024 at 3:50 AM
This is one of the most well-written explanations of certain kinds of AI errors I’ve seen to date. (The whole article is great too.)
www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
St Gabriel’s CofE Academy at St John’s for the Christmas experience in the other Church building in the parish. Wonderful questions from year 3 - including if Jesus is God for Christians why do they call him king of the Jews? Lots of theological reflection going on! @dioceseofcoventry.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 12:49 PM
St Gabriel’s CofE Academy at St John’s for the Christmas experience in the other Church building in the parish. Wonderful questions from year 3 - including if Jesus is God for Christians why do they call him king of the Jews? Lots of theological reflection going on! @dioceseofcoventry.bsky.social
Reposted by Rev April Gold
In response to the investigation into the experiences of 193 children who were sexually abused by a family member,
@markrusselluk.bsky.social said: "This report lays bare a devastating truth: too many children at risk of sexual abuse are being failed by a system that reacts too late."
November 28, 2024 at 4:16 PM
In response to the investigation into the experiences of 193 children who were sexually abused by a family member,
@markrusselluk.bsky.social said: "This report lays bare a devastating truth: too many children at risk of sexual abuse are being failed by a system that reacts too late."
Today I eventually finished my photo memory frames of Alive 2023 for the DBE Office. Every time I walk in and out to my desk I will walk through the middle of them and say a prayer for the children who were there. #Worldchangers
November 26, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Today I eventually finished my photo memory frames of Alive 2023 for the DBE Office. Every time I walk in and out to my desk I will walk through the middle of them and say a prayer for the children who were there. #Worldchangers
Insightful and useful reflections
Suggesting there's more to it than a resignation...
huwnotes.wordpress.com/2024/11/16/n...
huwnotes.wordpress.com/2024/11/16/n...
Not Just an Archbishop
The response to the “Independent Learning Lessons Review” (or Makin Review) has become overly focussed on an Archbishop and resignations. It would be a shame if this political response were to domi…
huwnotes.wordpress.com
November 25, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Insightful and useful reflections
Reposted by Rev April Gold
Celebrating 1 month of my new book being published!
I’ve made the intro to the book free to read on my website. Please do share with folks who might be interested
#trauma #spirituality #theology
karenodonnell.org.uk/research-pap...
I’ve made the intro to the book free to read on my website. Please do share with folks who might be interested
#trauma #spirituality #theology
karenodonnell.org.uk/research-pap...
Survival: Radical Spiritual Practices for Trauma Survivors — Karen O'Donnell
For the last couple of years, I’ve been working on a new book focused on the task of post-traumatic remaking and how trauma survivors might be equipped to nurture their spiritual lives as they live wi...
karenodonnell.org.uk
November 20, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Celebrating 1 month of my new book being published!
I’ve made the intro to the book free to read on my website. Please do share with folks who might be interested
#trauma #spirituality #theology
karenodonnell.org.uk/research-pap...
I’ve made the intro to the book free to read on my website. Please do share with folks who might be interested
#trauma #spirituality #theology
karenodonnell.org.uk/research-pap...
Had a really exciting meeting this morning discussing possibilities for rolling out The Difference Course for Primary Schools across the Diocese next year. Placing reconciliation behaviours right at the heart of our schools as they educate a generation of #worldchangers
November 25, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Had a really exciting meeting this morning discussing possibilities for rolling out The Difference Course for Primary Schools across the Diocese next year. Placing reconciliation behaviours right at the heart of our schools as they educate a generation of #worldchangers