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Global Sports Sunday 2026 – 20 September

Sports Chaplaincy UK invites you to get involved with the greatest untapped mission field in the world.

Seascale’s solar eclipse

West Cumbrian eclipse event organiser Allison Hanshaw shares how local churches came to together to share "awe and wonder".

Christian witness in the West Bank

For almost a quarter of a century Christians from CTE's Member Churches have joined the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel.

SCM Bonhoeffer European Pilgrimage 2026

Student Christian Movement's Faith in Action Project Worker 2025/26, Catherine Whitehouse, shares her experience of the pilgrimage.

Homelessness Sunday 2026 – 4 October

This annual event is held to raise awareness of the issues around homelessness. The 2026 theme is 'Community Cohesion'

Safeguarding Sunday 2026 – 15 November

This year’s theme is ‘Love Protects’. It is rooted in the powerful words of 1 Corinthians 13.

Christian Forum for Safeguarding 2026

CTE Head of Operations, Ben Cross, reports on what was discussed at the group's annual in-person meeting this year.

Table fellowship and techno dancing

Head of Evangelism and Ecumenism at the United Reformed Church, Lindsey Brown, attended the Landessynode of the Evangelische Kirche der Pfalz in Speyer, Germany.

A new Faith Covenant and football

Churches Together in Cumbria has had an unusually busy start to summer 2026.

Towards a ministry of compassion and inclusion

Dr Racheal Adebayo, a pastor, minister and member of the Society for Ecumenical Studies, shares her Reflection of the Month on disability and the church.

Single Friendly Church Week begins this September

Single Friendly Church Network announces its first ever Single Friendly Church Week, from 27 September to 4 October 2026. Executive Director, Sorcha Connell, shares the vision behind the movement.

Outstanding Ecumenical Leadership Award for Bishop Dr Esme Beswick MBE

Churches Together in England Principal Officer for Pentecostal, Charismatic and Multicultural Relations, Min Shermara Hoyte, celebrates her extraordinary legacy.