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• Mac Leonard: My faith at work

  
  I WAS brought up as the adopted son of a working class family. I learned I was adopted the night after I saw the lady I knew as mother die, at the age of 17. My father was a labourer for British Railways as it was then, and my mother a school dinner lady.

• Today's lesson is... weddings

  
  CHILDREN from Millfields primary school have been pronounced ‘special friends’ in a mock-wedding ceremony performed by Revd David Thomas at St Mary's church in Wivenhoe.

• New courses brochure sent to church schools

  
  CHELMSFORD Diocese has published a new learning and development brochure ready for the start of the new school year.

• Fancy changing your world?

  
  HAVE you ever wondered how you can be involved in changing your world for the future?

• Tiddlywinks training day

  
  IF you work with children under the age of 5, don't miss the Tiddlywinks training day at Colchester Baptist Church, Eld Lane, on Saturday, April 19 (10am-4pm).

• Emma's award assists her students

  
  A CHURCH youth worker has won a £1,000 award for her leadership skills which will be spent on the youngsters she helps.

• Higher education chaplaincies merit greater support, says CoE report

  
  A MAJOR report, commissioned by the Church of England and supported by many of the main faith communities in the UK, offers a tutorial in the valuable work of university and college chaplains.

• College Chaplains Build Bridges, says report

  
  A major report commissioned by the Church of England and supported by many of the main faith communities in the UK, offers a tutorial in the valuable work of university and college chaplains. Faiths in Higher Education Chaplaincy calls on Higher Education Institutions and the government to continue to invest in chaplaincies to help them further their significant contribution to social cohesion, at a time when 43 per cent of young people in England and Wales have experienced higher education.

• Cathedral School's new head commissioned

  
  COMMISSIONED by the Dean at Chelmsford Cathedral on Education Sunday - Mrs Marian Emuss ,new head teacher of the Cathedral School in Victoria Road, the Dean (the Very Revd Peter Judd) and the new chair of governors, Mrs Ann Whelpdale.

• Diocese is learning to help parishes develop stronger school links

  
  MANY church members visit schools regularly and many Christian parents work hard for their local schools too.

• Choristers unite for awards ceremony

  
  DECEMBER marked the first joint presentation of Deans' and Bishops' Chorister Awards for the Dioceses of Brentwood and Chelmsford.

• 'O Little Town of Walthamstow' joy

  
  ST Mary's Church in Walthamstow hosted an exciting one-week schools' programme for a week in December called ‘O Little Town of Walthamstow'.

• Songs of Praise star opens new centre

  
  SONGS of Praise and former Blue Peter presenter Diane Louise Jordan, accompanied by the Bishop of Chelmsford, the Rt Revd John Gladwin, has officially opened the new Arts & Crafts and Environment Centre at St Mark's College, Audley End, Saffron Walden.

• Buttsbury bags schools honour

  
  BUTTSBURY Junior School, Billericay, has gained the International Schools Award, issued by the British Council.

• Cards are winners

  
  THE Bishop of Barking has presented the winning artists of his Design the Bishop's Christmas Card competition with their prizes - a book token, some art materials and, best of all, a pack of 50 of her own card designs.

• 'Christians in Workplace' resource pack is launched

  
  EVER wondered whether your work matters to God . . . why you spend 60-70 per cent of your waking life at work . . . what your work is for?

• Hilary's on a mission

  
  HILARY Musker is a woman on a mission - she wants every young person to hear about Jesus.

• Youngsters get to grips with God's call to them

  
  SIXTEEN young people aged between 13 and 18 made good use of half-term when they gathered for two days at St Mark's College, Saffron Walden, to consider their 'Essential Calling', exploring how God may be calling them to serve Him.

• Pupils illustrate school travel plans

  
  PUPILS at St John's C of E Primary School at Danbury have used the school's travel plan as a topic for an art project. The plan features car sharing and crossing the road safely as the artwork illustrates.

• Rickling dishes up healthy awards

  
  YOUNGSTERS at Rickling C of E Primary School are healthy eaters.

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