Out of sight, out of mind?
Canon Sandra Millar, Head of Welcome and Life Events
As June merges into July we should have been entering in to peak wedding and christening months. On Saturdays ...
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UK National Marriage Week 2020: 11th – 17th May. ‘The Forever Conversation’
Michaela Hyde, coordinator of UK National Marriage Week and Executive Director of Marriage Foundation
Every year, since 1997, the UK has had a week of celebration for Marriage. Up until last year, it was ...
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Celebrating weddings that are to come
The Revd Sandra Millar, Head of CofE Life Events
A couple of years ago I was with a church who had built up a very significant wedding ministry. ...
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Electronic registration of marriages: situation as at September 2019
The Revd Canon Sandra Millar, Head of Life Events
Over the summer there has been a lot of information circulating about the implications of the plans for the electronic ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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UK Marriage Week 2019: Recipe for a Healthy Marriage
Michaela Hyde, Project Director, the Marriage Foundation
If you’re anything like me, you’ll enjoy a happily-ever-after story when two people, desperately in love, decide they want to ...
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A Christmas Prayer for You
From the Life Events Team
During the busy time over the Christmas season, Life Events continue. We offer this prayer, signed by Penelope Beschizza, for ...
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Duncan MacInnes, from Marriage Prep In-a-day
The latest estimate of the cost of relationship breakdown in the UK is £51bn per annum according to The Relationships ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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The Revd Canon Sandra Millar
Recently, I took my first family wedding when my ‘niece-by-marriage’ married in St. Bartholomew’s, Nympsfield, a beautiful listed church in Gloucestershire.
It was ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Supporting couples financially
Tom Newbold, Centre for Theology & Community
The average cost of a wedding in the UK is somewhere between £17,000 and £24,000. Estimates differ depending on the ...
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Yourchurchwedding.org has changed
Suzanne Gray, Projects Officer, Archbishops' Council
Yourchurchwedding.org has been hugely popular ever since its launch, and is now averaging about 54,000 visits a month. In ...
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Supporting deaf couples and guests with a BSL interpreter
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 ...
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