Diocese of Lincoln
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Join us at Lincoln Cathedral on Saturday 29 November for a candlelit Advent service featuring carols, hymns, and readings to kick off the Christmas season.
In partnership with St Barnabas Hospice, the event is free, with a collection supporting their palliative care. No booking required.
In partnership with St Barnabas Hospice, the event is free, with a collection supporting their palliative care. No booking required.
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Join us at Lincoln Cathedral on Saturday 29 November for a candlelit Advent service featuring carols, hymns, and readings to kick off the Christmas season.
In partnership with St Barnabas Hospice, the event is free, with a collection supporting their palliative care. No booking required.
In partnership with St Barnabas Hospice, the event is free, with a collection supporting their palliative care. No booking required.
Last month, our first Diocesan Safeguarding Conference gathered nearly 100 people to recommit to protecting vulnerable people in Greater Lincolnshire.
This positive event marks the start of future conferences. Take a look at our reflections on the day: https://shorturl.at/Fl38e
This positive event marks the start of future conferences. Take a look at our reflections on the day: https://shorturl.at/Fl38e
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Last month, our first Diocesan Safeguarding Conference gathered nearly 100 people to recommit to protecting vulnerable people in Greater Lincolnshire.
This positive event marks the start of future conferences. Take a look at our reflections on the day: https://shorturl.at/Fl38e
This positive event marks the start of future conferences. Take a look at our reflections on the day: https://shorturl.at/Fl38e
Our first Strategy Engagement Event was last Monday in Lincoln. We're at All Saints, Gainsborough from 7pm tonight!
Thanks to everyone who attended. Your feedback is crucial.
More events are happening this month and in December, including on Zoom.
Sign up: https://shorturl.at/QGNwM
Thanks to everyone who attended. Your feedback is crucial.
More events are happening this month and in December, including on Zoom.
Sign up: https://shorturl.at/QGNwM
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Our first Strategy Engagement Event was last Monday in Lincoln. We're at All Saints, Gainsborough from 7pm tonight!
Thanks to everyone who attended. Your feedback is crucial.
More events are happening this month and in December, including on Zoom.
Sign up: https://shorturl.at/QGNwM
Thanks to everyone who attended. Your feedback is crucial.
More events are happening this month and in December, including on Zoom.
Sign up: https://shorturl.at/QGNwM
The first regional Cranmer Award heat took place at St Botolph’s, Boston.
Congrats to the winners heading to Hampton Court Palace in Feb 2026!
Thanks to all who took part.
The Cranmer Award is a public-speaking contest for 11–18s using the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.
Congrats to the winners heading to Hampton Court Palace in Feb 2026!
Thanks to all who took part.
The Cranmer Award is a public-speaking contest for 11–18s using the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The first regional Cranmer Award heat took place at St Botolph’s, Boston.
Congrats to the winners heading to Hampton Court Palace in Feb 2026!
Thanks to all who took part.
The Cranmer Award is a public-speaking contest for 11–18s using the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.
Congrats to the winners heading to Hampton Court Palace in Feb 2026!
Thanks to all who took part.
The Cranmer Award is a public-speaking contest for 11–18s using the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.
Exciting opportunity: Rural and Agricultural Chaplaincy in Lincolnshire!
Strengthen the Christian presence, offer pastoral care, advocacy, and express faith and hope in farming communities.
More info: https://lrac.org.uk/part-time-agricultural-chaplain-for-lincolnshire/
Strengthen the Christian presence, offer pastoral care, advocacy, and express faith and hope in farming communities.
More info: https://lrac.org.uk/part-time-agricultural-chaplain-for-lincolnshire/
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Exciting opportunity: Rural and Agricultural Chaplaincy in Lincolnshire!
Strengthen the Christian presence, offer pastoral care, advocacy, and express faith and hope in farming communities.
More info: https://lrac.org.uk/part-time-agricultural-chaplain-for-lincolnshire/
Strengthen the Christian presence, offer pastoral care, advocacy, and express faith and hope in farming communities.
More info: https://lrac.org.uk/part-time-agricultural-chaplain-for-lincolnshire/
Congrats to St Peter & St Paul, Old #Bolingbroke, for winning Church of The Year!
Their creativity and community spirit, from pet services to pop-up pubs, impressed judges. A true model of history, heritage, and heart.
More info: https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/winners2025
Their creativity and community spirit, from pet services to pop-up pubs, impressed judges. A true model of history, heritage, and heart.
More info: https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/winners2025
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Congrats to St Peter & St Paul, Old #Bolingbroke, for winning Church of The Year!
Their creativity and community spirit, from pet services to pop-up pubs, impressed judges. A true model of history, heritage, and heart.
More info: https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/winners2025
Their creativity and community spirit, from pet services to pop-up pubs, impressed judges. A true model of history, heritage, and heart.
More info: https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/winners2025
All Saints Church Holbeach celebrated their Patronal Festival with the Bishop of Lincoln, on All Saints Sunday.
He delivered a hopeful sermon on Christ’s light.
A local community arts project, Transported, showcased artwork made with local schools, now displayed in the church.
He delivered a hopeful sermon on Christ’s light.
A local community arts project, Transported, showcased artwork made with local schools, now displayed in the church.
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
All Saints Church Holbeach celebrated their Patronal Festival with the Bishop of Lincoln, on All Saints Sunday.
He delivered a hopeful sermon on Christ’s light.
A local community arts project, Transported, showcased artwork made with local schools, now displayed in the church.
He delivered a hopeful sermon on Christ’s light.
A local community arts project, Transported, showcased artwork made with local schools, now displayed in the church.
Threekingham Church has received a detailed record book from the Church Recorders Society.
Local volunteers spent months documenting the church's features, preserving its heritage.
This is a rare honour, as Threekingham is only the 32nd church in Lincolnshire to receive such a record in 40 years.
Local volunteers spent months documenting the church's features, preserving its heritage.
This is a rare honour, as Threekingham is only the 32nd church in Lincolnshire to receive such a record in 40 years.
October 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Threekingham Church has received a detailed record book from the Church Recorders Society.
Local volunteers spent months documenting the church's features, preserving its heritage.
This is a rare honour, as Threekingham is only the 32nd church in Lincolnshire to receive such a record in 40 years.
Local volunteers spent months documenting the church's features, preserving its heritage.
This is a rare honour, as Threekingham is only the 32nd church in Lincolnshire to receive such a record in 40 years.
Join Green Christian's conference on Sat, 15 Nov, 11am-4:30pm at St Mark’s Church, Peterborough. Discuss church roles in climate change with experts. Discover Inspiring talks and faith-based responses.
🎟️ Tickets: £10-£20
🚆 Travel support for under-30s
Sign up: https://shorturl.at/AGnlG
🎟️ Tickets: £10-£20
🚆 Travel support for under-30s
Sign up: https://shorturl.at/AGnlG
October 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Join Green Christian's conference on Sat, 15 Nov, 11am-4:30pm at St Mark’s Church, Peterborough. Discuss church roles in climate change with experts. Discover Inspiring talks and faith-based responses.
🎟️ Tickets: £10-£20
🚆 Travel support for under-30s
Sign up: https://shorturl.at/AGnlG
🎟️ Tickets: £10-£20
🚆 Travel support for under-30s
Sign up: https://shorturl.at/AGnlG
Join Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch for the annual St Hugh's Day Lecture at Lincoln Cathedral on 17 November at 3.15pm. The theme of the lecture is: ‘Unsettling many settled facts: histories of sex, marriage and Christianity’.
Book your free tickets today: https://shorturl.at/s8HXa
Book your free tickets today: https://shorturl.at/s8HXa
October 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Join Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch for the annual St Hugh's Day Lecture at Lincoln Cathedral on 17 November at 3.15pm. The theme of the lecture is: ‘Unsettling many settled facts: histories of sex, marriage and Christianity’.
Book your free tickets today: https://shorturl.at/s8HXa
Book your free tickets today: https://shorturl.at/s8HXa
Andrew Drummond-Hunt is retiring in December after nine years as our Diocesan Surveyor and Director of Property.
He's been a dedicated colleague and support to parishes.
We wish him joyful rest and new adventures in retirement.
He's been a dedicated colleague and support to parishes.
We wish him joyful rest and new adventures in retirement.
October 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Andrew Drummond-Hunt is retiring in December after nine years as our Diocesan Surveyor and Director of Property.
He's been a dedicated colleague and support to parishes.
We wish him joyful rest and new adventures in retirement.
He's been a dedicated colleague and support to parishes.
We wish him joyful rest and new adventures in retirement.
We welcomed Kate Freeman, Shona White, and Marcin Salachna as Ministry Experience Students in our diocese. They were commissioned by the Bishop of Lincoln at St John the Baptist Church. Ermine, Lincoln.
We pray for their enriching year and clarity in their vocational calling.
We pray for their enriching year and clarity in their vocational calling.
October 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We welcomed Kate Freeman, Shona White, and Marcin Salachna as Ministry Experience Students in our diocese. They were commissioned by the Bishop of Lincoln at St John the Baptist Church. Ermine, Lincoln.
We pray for their enriching year and clarity in their vocational calling.
We pray for their enriching year and clarity in their vocational calling.
The Catholic Church in Spalding invites you to join them for a day together responding to an important issue facing rural communities on Saturday 1 November, Spalding from 1.45pm – 3.45pm.
https://learn.lincoln.anglican.org/learning-resources/welcoming-the-sacred-stranger/
https://learn.lincoln.anglican.org/learning-resources/welcoming-the-sacred-stranger/
October 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Catholic Church in Spalding invites you to join them for a day together responding to an important issue facing rural communities on Saturday 1 November, Spalding from 1.45pm – 3.45pm.
https://learn.lincoln.anglican.org/learning-resources/welcoming-the-sacred-stranger/
https://learn.lincoln.anglican.org/learning-resources/welcoming-the-sacred-stranger/
Join our strategy engagement events this November and December in Greater Lincolnshire!
Hear from diocesan leaders and share your insights to shape our long-term strategy. Sign up now: https://tinyurl.com/mr32s2jf
Hear from diocesan leaders and share your insights to shape our long-term strategy. Sign up now: https://tinyurl.com/mr32s2jf
September 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Join our strategy engagement events this November and December in Greater Lincolnshire!
Hear from diocesan leaders and share your insights to shape our long-term strategy. Sign up now: https://tinyurl.com/mr32s2jf
Hear from diocesan leaders and share your insights to shape our long-term strategy. Sign up now: https://tinyurl.com/mr32s2jf
For the very first time, St Botolph’s Church in Boston will host a regional heat of the prestigious Cranmer Award. It is a national public-speaking competition for young people aged 11–18, organised by the Prayer Book Society.
Go here for more info and to apply: https://tinyurl.com/599hpwdc
Go here for more info and to apply: https://tinyurl.com/599hpwdc
September 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
For the very first time, St Botolph’s Church in Boston will host a regional heat of the prestigious Cranmer Award. It is a national public-speaking competition for young people aged 11–18, organised by the Prayer Book Society.
Go here for more info and to apply: https://tinyurl.com/599hpwdc
Go here for more info and to apply: https://tinyurl.com/599hpwdc
Join us on Saturday, 27 September 2025, 10am-4pm for the Facing the Storm conference at Alive Church, Lincoln.
Open to all ages and faiths, learn about living resiliently in a changing world. More info: https://shorturl.at/qYCss
Open to all ages and faiths, learn about living resiliently in a changing world. More info: https://shorturl.at/qYCss
September 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Join us on Saturday, 27 September 2025, 10am-4pm for the Facing the Storm conference at Alive Church, Lincoln.
Open to all ages and faiths, learn about living resiliently in a changing world. More info: https://shorturl.at/qYCss
Open to all ages and faiths, learn about living resiliently in a changing world. More info: https://shorturl.at/qYCss
Join us for the annual Robert Grosseteste lecture on Saturday 4 October at 3pm at Lincoln Cathedral.
Professor Mark Harris from the University of Oxford will discuss artificial intelligence.
This event will take place in the Chapter House and is Free to attend!
Professor Mark Harris from the University of Oxford will discuss artificial intelligence.
This event will take place in the Chapter House and is Free to attend!
September 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Join us for the annual Robert Grosseteste lecture on Saturday 4 October at 3pm at Lincoln Cathedral.
Professor Mark Harris from the University of Oxford will discuss artificial intelligence.
This event will take place in the Chapter House and is Free to attend!
Professor Mark Harris from the University of Oxford will discuss artificial intelligence.
This event will take place in the Chapter House and is Free to attend!
Enjoy a Handel Concert at St Andrews Church, Folkingham on Sat, Sept 27 at 3pm! 🎶
Experience stunning music with piano, violin, and voice.
Tickets: £15 (includes refreshments).
Contact Peter Green to book: 07510 583264 or 01529 497361.
Experience stunning music with piano, violin, and voice.
Tickets: £15 (includes refreshments).
Contact Peter Green to book: 07510 583264 or 01529 497361.
September 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Enjoy a Handel Concert at St Andrews Church, Folkingham on Sat, Sept 27 at 3pm! 🎶
Experience stunning music with piano, violin, and voice.
Tickets: £15 (includes refreshments).
Contact Peter Green to book: 07510 583264 or 01529 497361.
Experience stunning music with piano, violin, and voice.
Tickets: £15 (includes refreshments).
Contact Peter Green to book: 07510 583264 or 01529 497361.
The Bishop of Lincoln addressed Diocesan Synod last Saturday.
“It is our calling as followers of Jesus to be agents of transformation, bearing the message of Christ crucified to a world that so desperately needs to hear it.”
Read the address and responses to questions: https://shorturl.at/i5nLM
“It is our calling as followers of Jesus to be agents of transformation, bearing the message of Christ crucified to a world that so desperately needs to hear it.”
Read the address and responses to questions: https://shorturl.at/i5nLM
September 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Bishop of Lincoln addressed Diocesan Synod last Saturday.
“It is our calling as followers of Jesus to be agents of transformation, bearing the message of Christ crucified to a world that so desperately needs to hear it.”
Read the address and responses to questions: https://shorturl.at/i5nLM
“It is our calling as followers of Jesus to be agents of transformation, bearing the message of Christ crucified to a world that so desperately needs to hear it.”
Read the address and responses to questions: https://shorturl.at/i5nLM
We're delighted to share that a new cohort of Focal Ministers has been commissioned! 🥳
Each will be a pillar of practical leadership for their local church and community in Greater Lincolnshire. They bring unique gifts that will reveal the love of Christ and vitalise church life.
Each will be a pillar of practical leadership for their local church and community in Greater Lincolnshire. They bring unique gifts that will reveal the love of Christ and vitalise church life.
September 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We're delighted to share that a new cohort of Focal Ministers has been commissioned! 🥳
Each will be a pillar of practical leadership for their local church and community in Greater Lincolnshire. They bring unique gifts that will reveal the love of Christ and vitalise church life.
Each will be a pillar of practical leadership for their local church and community in Greater Lincolnshire. They bring unique gifts that will reveal the love of Christ and vitalise church life.
The Michael Cornish Care Grant enables grants of up to £10,000 to be applied for. This scheme is open to not-for-profit constituted community groups, registered charities and social enterprises delivering projects in Greater Lincolnshire.
Apply at: https://lincolnshirecf.co.uk/grants/mccgp/
Apply at: https://lincolnshirecf.co.uk/grants/mccgp/
September 8, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The Michael Cornish Care Grant enables grants of up to £10,000 to be applied for. This scheme is open to not-for-profit constituted community groups, registered charities and social enterprises delivering projects in Greater Lincolnshire.
Apply at: https://lincolnshirecf.co.uk/grants/mccgp/
Apply at: https://lincolnshirecf.co.uk/grants/mccgp/
Join us in celebrating the Season of Creation until October 4, focusing on "Peace with Creation." Reflect, pray, and act for justice and restoration.
Access resources and guides on our Digital Learning Platform: https://shorturl.at/0MlMr
Access resources and guides on our Digital Learning Platform: https://shorturl.at/0MlMr
September 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Join us in celebrating the Season of Creation until October 4, focusing on "Peace with Creation." Reflect, pray, and act for justice and restoration.
Access resources and guides on our Digital Learning Platform: https://shorturl.at/0MlMr
Access resources and guides on our Digital Learning Platform: https://shorturl.at/0MlMr
We're developing a new 10-year strategy for our diocese. In the meantime, we've created a simple guide reflecting on 'Time to Change Together', which has been an important period on our journey.
Check out the guide: https://shorturl.at/0iTAl
Check out the guide: https://shorturl.at/0iTAl
September 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We're developing a new 10-year strategy for our diocese. In the meantime, we've created a simple guide reflecting on 'Time to Change Together', which has been an important period on our journey.
Check out the guide: https://shorturl.at/0iTAl
Check out the guide: https://shorturl.at/0iTAl
We're excited to share that "Set Our Hearts on Fire" is the upcoming Diocesan Course for Advent and Lent, aimed at igniting our love for worship and others.
The course will help raise our spiritual temperature. Stay tuned for more details in October...
The course will help raise our spiritual temperature. Stay tuned for more details in October...
September 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
We're excited to share that "Set Our Hearts on Fire" is the upcoming Diocesan Course for Advent and Lent, aimed at igniting our love for worship and others.
The course will help raise our spiritual temperature. Stay tuned for more details in October...
The course will help raise our spiritual temperature. Stay tuned for more details in October...
The closing date to book onto our safeguarding conference is the 18th of September - you don't want to miss it!
For further information, or to reserve a space, please contact Felicity Borkertas (the Safeguarding Administrator) on 01522 452049 or email felicity.borkteras@lincoln.anglican.org.
For further information, or to reserve a space, please contact Felicity Borkertas (the Safeguarding Administrator) on 01522 452049 or email felicity.borkteras@lincoln.anglican.org.
September 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The closing date to book onto our safeguarding conference is the 18th of September - you don't want to miss it!
For further information, or to reserve a space, please contact Felicity Borkertas (the Safeguarding Administrator) on 01522 452049 or email felicity.borkteras@lincoln.anglican.org.
For further information, or to reserve a space, please contact Felicity Borkertas (the Safeguarding Administrator) on 01522 452049 or email felicity.borkteras@lincoln.anglican.org.