Please click the '+' icons below to view campaign resources that can be used across your parish communications
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WePray and The View adverts
Adverts for our regular mailings
Are there people in your parish or worshipping community who may like to receive communciations from the Diocese of Chelmsford?
This poster/flyer can be downloaded for display on noticeboards, or to be put out on tables in churches or church halls. The image can also be included in parish magazine articles.
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Travelling Well Together
Travelling Well Together
These resources have been produced to help you encourage engagement with Travelling Well Together in your church community.
Introducing 100 Days of Listening - 6 September to 15 December 2026
This autumn, parish communities across Chelmsford Diocese are invited to pause, pray, and talk together about how we can be an enduring missional presence in Essex and East London in the times and context in which God has placed us.
On 6 September, we will begin a period of 100 Days of Listening. This follows a period of 100 Days of Prayer that took place earlier this year.
Across the Diocese of Chelmsford people are faithfully serving God in their parish communities. There is much to give thanks for, but at the same time many parish communities are facing real pressures.
Below are resources that your parish may be benefical during 100 Days of Listening.
Discussion Resource for Church Communities
The Discussion Resource has been written to support church communities as they take part in the 100 Days of Listening. The document introduces key themes as well as suggestions and ideas to support conversations in your church communities: Access the resource here.
Guide to reflective listening
Taking time to listen to one another when we are talking about difficult subjects can be challenging. It is difficult to listen when our heart is stirred, and we want to tell other people what we think because we are worried we won’t be listened to or our view won’t be heard.
Joe Holland & Peter Henriot and John Stott offer two practical frameworks for discussing change, challenge and discernment together. The two models outlined in this resource are not only designed to help us focus on one challenging discussion item at a time so that we can listen to one another, but importantly at the heart of each model is prayer, scripture, and reflection, to help us listen to God as we listen to one another. Access the resource here.
For more information or to access further Travelling Well Together: Sustaining Ministry resources, please visit the following link: Travelling Well Together: Sustaining Ministry.
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Generosity and Giving
Generosity and Giving
Communicating a message of generosity is key for your congregation and wider community to understand both the need and impact of their giving, as well as providing them with access to various mechanisms to donate in a way that suits them.
The information below suggests ways you can promote giving in your church communications. It includes copy for promoting the Parish Giving Scheme and information about a variety of templates that can be customised with your church colours and logo, online giving links and QR codes.
Regular and one-off giving
It’s important to both explain the need of regular giving and the impact that it has to your church community, as well as providing clear information about how to give. We have numerous templates available on our website for you to use for your church. If you’d like help with creating these, please contact our Parish Giving Advisors via giving@chelmsford.anglican.org.
Parish Giving Scheme
If your parish is registered for the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS), make sure you publicise this on your website, A Church Near You and your printed materials. Did you know, you can also accept one-off card donations through your donation page on the PGS website, and the Statement Receiver can download a QR code to use on printed materials.
Sample text for PGS giving:
A monthly gift by direct debit is the most effective way to give to the life and work of our church, especially through ways which reduce administration for our parish, as it helps us to fund our mission, budget and use resources wisely. We are very grateful for all donations, small or large - thank you.
The Parish Giving Scheme (PGS) is a mechanism for regular giving, which we encourage you to use. Once you have decided on your gift amount, you can set up your regular gift to [church name] either:
- Online, visit www.parishgiving.org.uk.
- By phone, call 0333 002 1271, quoting code XXXXXXXXX.
- By post, ask our treasurer for a paper form.
Online Giving
If you accept card donations online (for example via PGS, Give a Little, Just Giving or Stewardship), use a QR code on your newsletter to link to your giving page. You can find out more about QR codes and digital giving on our website.
Don’t forget to also update your ‘A Church Near You’ page to accept online donations. Follow the instructions on the ACNY website.
View or download this content in PDF format.
For further advice, please visit the generosity and giving section of the diocesan website or contact our Parish Giving Advisers on giving@chelmsford.anglican.org.
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Thanking church communities for their giving and explaining Parish Share
Parish Share 2026
We’ve prepared a short article for use across your church communications - whether in newsletters, magazines, or on your website - to help parishes thank their church communities for their generous giving. It also highlights our new Parish Share 2026 video, which you can use as a resource to continue important conversations about generosity and giving.
The video thanks people for their contributions and offers a clear, accessible explanation of Parish Share – what it is, how it works and how the funds are used across our diocese.
The article and an accompanying image can be downloaded from the links below:
Download the article - 'A Huge Thank You for Your Generosity!'
Download image - 'Thank you’
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Called to Serve: Young Vocations
We are working to encourage young people to explore their sense of calling and vocation. If you would like to support us in this, we have created a range of resources for parishes to help promote young vocations in churches and worshipping communities across Chelmsford Diocese.
A poster for church notice boards
A graphic for digital display screens (design 1)
A graphic for digital display screens (design 2)
Called to serve: Young Vocations article for church magazines, newsletters or websites
Photo of Will to accompany the Called to serve: Young Vocations article
Called to serve: Young Vocations Stories
Ministers from across our Diocese share their young vocation stories in our 'Called to Serve: Young Vocations' video series.
Revd Will Rose Moore, Curate at St John the Baptist Church in Loughton shares his experience of responding to God’s call, training as a young ordinand, and navigating his first year in ministry.
The Revd Sharon Ejinkonye, former Curate in the Grays Team Ministry, shares her story of being called to serve as a young ordained minister:
If you would like to promote the young vocations and our Called to Serve: Young Vocations video series through your Church or personal social media accounts, the links below contain some ideas for the copy you might use.
Download suggested text for social media posts
Download social media graphics
To find out more visit the young vocations page of the diocesan website