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From stranger to friend: First encounters of faith journeys conference speakers

Wherever, and however we meet people, there are small things that make a big difference to how those new to ...

Relatable church, relatable Jesus

The Revd Sandra Millar, Head of Life Events
I feel as if I am late to the party with the word ‘relatable’. I’ve only just discovered how widely ...

Exploring Faith Journeys

Life Events Team
Benita Hewitt has been involved in research for 40 years and following a profound experience in her 40s which led ...

Life Events Ministry and GDPR

A Life Event service is a wonderful opportunity to show the warmth of God’s love, and to welcome those who ...

Generosity in Action: ministry around the BBC Children in Need Appeal

The Revd Sandra Millar, Head of Life Events
One of the recurrent memories of my childhood is doing things for charity – saving milk bottle tops for Blue ...

Godparents being baptised in same service as godchildren

The Revd Kate Stacey
It is my privilege as a local vicar to be there for families wanting to have their child christened. Often ...

The Good News of the Additional Texts for Holy Baptism

St Albans blog: the value of christenings

Children's Ministry Team, St Albans Diocese
This blog published via the Children's Ministry team in the Diocese of St Albans is packed with ideas from one ...

Life events make special memories

The Revd Canon Sandra Millar, Head of Church of England Life Events
I recently read a report which explored the psychology of memory and decision making:  it seems we make future decisions ...

The history of the words ‘baptism’ and ‘christening’

The Revd. Sarah Lawrence PhD Student, University of Birmingham
When I began my PhD research, I wanted to investigate the history behind the words 'baptism' and 'christenings' and what ...

Introducing The Life Events Diary

The Life Events Diary (LED) is custom-built online software with the potential to radically streamline administration for baptisms, weddings, banns ...

Godparents’ Sunday

The Revd Dr Sandra Millar, Head of Projects for the Archbishops' Council
The first ever Sunday to celebrate the unique role of godparents took place on May 1st 2016. Churches throughout the Church of ...

Stepping into the unknown

The Revd Canon Sandra Millar, Head of Life Events
Last week I was being royally treated by a diocese somewhere in England. Due to the pressure of time between ...

Families and Faith After Baptism Conference ‘Buzzing’

Life Events Team
Around 160 delegates were ‘buzzing’ with new ideas and thoughts on the subject of nurturing faith with families, after a ...

Christening or Baptism?

The Revd Dr Sandra Millar, Head of Projects for the Archbishops' Council
The Archbishops’ Council Project on the ministry of baptism with children has begun to trial a range of resources in 4 pilot ...

What does it mean to be a godparent?

Canon Sam Wells, Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
Canon Samuel Wells, Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, reflects on the deeper roles of godparenting in the Church Times (4/5/18).

The baptism that changed our life

This is a wonderful story of how a baptism service led to an amazing journey of faith for the parents, who were ...

It worked for us – baptism follow up

Parish in St Albans Diocese
After Sandra Millar’s wonderful day with us last November, I resolved to put a few of the tips from the ...

The changing season of Harvest

The Revd Sandra Millar, Head of Life Events
Harvest Festival is one of the special times in the church calendar, with some of the highest attendances of the ...

A Christmas Prayer for You

From the Life Events Team
During the busy time over the Christmas season, Life Events continue. This video was produced for Christmas 2018 for those ...

Warm contacts, wider contacts

The Revd Dr Sandra Millar, Head of Projects & Developments, Archbishops' Council
Every week the Church of England is involved with around 3000 funerals, 2000 baptisms of children under 12 and 1000 ...

Four-star rating for Starting Rite

Children's Evangelist Alison Clark
Alison Clark, a children's evangelist specialising in work with the under fives, has given a great review in the April 2016 ...

A Life Events Prayer for the Summer

The Revd Sandra Millar, Head of Life Events
Use this prayer any time you wish over the summer, for yourself and all your colleagues, who will be meeting ...

Building bridges: What does follow up look like? 

The Revd Sandra Millar, Head of Life Events
A quick look through my inbox reveals all the organisations that keep in touch with me – and some send ...

We’ve been hiding our light under a bushel for too long

Growing faith at home

Jane Butcher & Martyn Payne
I wonder how the Christian faith was passed on to you? Did you read Bible stories together at home? How ...

When and how to hire a BSL interpreter at a baptism

Rev Canon Gill Behenna, the Church of England National Deaf Ministry Adviser
British Sign Language is Britain’s fourth indigenous language, used by Deaf and hearing members of the Deaf community. Deaf people who ...