News

Education Sunday 2026 – 13 September

Education Sunday Coordinator, Sarah Lane Cawte, encourages local churches and Churches Together groups to support this annual celebration of teaching and learning.

Silent walking vigil for peace – 19 September

One of the coordinators of this central London event, Andrew West, extends an invitation to all CTE national Member Churches and individual Christians.

CTE statement on the tragic accident at the Big Church Festival 2026

This statement was first issued on Sunday 30 August 2026 via Churches Together in England's social media channels.

Ecumenism ‘in the moment’

Dr Helen Cameron, Director of Research at Regent’s Park College, Oxford, shares her Reflection of the Month for September.

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.