Working for urban and rural areas

• Economic slowdown hits poorest families

  
  The Right Revd Christopher Morgan Bishop of Colchester (Signed on behalf of Bishop Christopher)

• Stratford's Olympic site is offering new opportunities

  
  By REVD KEVIN WOOLMER Priest-in-Charge of Stratford St Paul's and chaplain to the Olympic and Stratford City construction sites.

• CUF campaign gets off to encouraging start

  
  THE Chelmsford campaign to raise £500,000 for the Church Urban Fund is gathering pace.

• Bishop welcomes county council move to halt Post Office closures

  
  THE Bishop of Colchester has welcomed the move by Essex County Council to halt the closure of 32 Post Offices across the county. Rt Revd Christopher Morgan, had expressed his dismay at proposals to close Post Offices in Essex and called on the Post Office to recognise itself as a service to the community.

• C of E "Olympic tsar" is licensed at St Paul's

  
  REVD Canon Duncan Green was licensed at St Paul's Cathedral by the Bishop of Chelmsford and the Bishop of London as the Church of England's Olympic Co-ordinator for the 2012 London Games.

• John Spence: Diocese has a sound financial basis on which it can develop

  
  The new chair of the Chelmsford Diocesan Board of Finance is retired banker, Canon John Spence OBE, deputy chair of Business in the Community and former chief executive of Lloyds TSB Scotland. As well as chairing CDBF, the charitable company that manages the financial affairs of Chelmsford diocese and its assets, he is leading a campaign to raise £500,000 for the Church Urban Fund from the diocese this year.

• CUF challenges deprivation

  
  THE Church Urban Fund supports faith-based social action projects in their mission to be good news to the poor.

• Visitors to Constable Country's church invited to Bible marathon

  
  CHELMSFORD diocese includes some of the loveliest countryside in Britain. One of our special areas is ‘Constable Country’ which is situated in the picturesque Dedham Vale – a special landscape officially designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

• Church link supports rural communities

  
  THE rural communities of Essex deserve a thriving and sustainable future. And the Rural Community Council of Essex (RCCE) is there to provide them with the skills, resources and expertise necessary to achieve one. RCCE is chaired by Revd Canon John Brown who is the Bishop of Chelmsford's rural officer.

• Plough Sunday tractor blessing

  
  THE Plough Sunday congregation at Burnham-on-Crouch were treated to the real thing thanks to local farmers John and Andrew Sadler who loaned their tractor and plough.

• Mission shaped goes rural

  
  Two new books from Mission Shaped Church.

• Blythe spirit of country

  
  Devotees of Ronald Blythe will devour this sparkling new collection of 60 "Word From Wormingford" columns from the Church Times back page.

• Ex-policeman changes uniforms to join Olympic site hard hats

  
  A police sergeant with 30 years service in the Metropolitan Police has a new beat, serving the people of Stratford in a dual role - as Priest-in-Charge of St Paul's, Stratford and as chaplain to Stratford City construction workers.

• East London churches to champion social regeneration

  
  East London is facing challenge and transformation.

• Forest Gate project opens up opportunities

  
  St Mark's Youth and Community Project run by St Mark's church in Forest Gate works with young people to improve their life chances.

• Rapping out message

  
  Waltham Forest Youth For Christ supported a summer programme with members of TRUCE, a multi-racial team of young Americans, former gang members and drug dealers who are now committed Christians.

• Glory to God in the High Street

  
  Message from Bishop Laurie.

• Is there a supermarket problem?

  
  

• Rural Issues

  
  We are committed to rising to the challenges of rural areas and to helping these areas to fulfil their potential by serving the needs of rural people.

• Act now to support local shops and communities before oil prices hit the supermarkets

  
  The Church of England in Essex and East London has alerted policy-makers to the impact that a reduced oil supply will have on supermarkets and local shops.

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