Mission Theologian Licensed
The Right Revd Dr Graham Kings, the former Bishop of Sherborne and now Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion based at Durham University, has been licensed as Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of...
View ArticleOverwhelming response to help Middle East refugees
Story Supplied by St Paul’s Spennymoor. Picture By: Chris Luke Some of the volunteers who packed the banana boxes with people’s donations Refugees across the Middle East are set to receive help this...
View ArticleBishop of Durham visits the Kingdom in the Sky
Picture Supplied By: Send A Cow Bishop Paul is shown some of the project work by a Send a Cow Farmer The Right Revd Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham, paid a special visit to smallholder farmers who are...
View ArticleDurham Diocese signs accord with German counterpart
Picture By: Keith Blundy Bishop Paul with Bishop Magaard, Andrew Thurston – Diocesan Secretary and Margrit Semmler – Senior Diocesan Board Member Senior figures from the Diocese of Durham and their...
View ArticleBishop Opens New Beamish Church Attraction
Picture By: Keith Blundy Bishop Paul opens St Helen’s Church at Beamish Open Air Museum. The medieval church once stood derelict in Eston in York Diocese. Bishop Paul with Museum Director Richard...
View ArticleNSPCC Schools Service welcomes Bishop Paul to special assembly
Picture By: Keith Blundy Bishop Paul with Christine Danby-Platt, Revd Jeremy Chadd and Children from the Y6 class assembly. Children from County Durham have been given the chance to take part in a...
View ArticleBishop sets agenda for new Diocesan Synod
Video Frame Grab: Keith Blundy Bishop Paul delivers his Presidential Address In his Presidential Address to the newly constituted Diocesan Synod, Bishop Paul reminded the gathered members of the...
View ArticlePrayer spaces taster day is a big hit
Picture By: Keith Blundy Bishop Paul with Esh Primary Children, Jensen, Henry and Harry work on Play-Doh prayers Picture By: Keith Blundy Ian Ramsey C of E Academy students Phoebe (13) and Kimberly...
View ArticleBishop Speaks In Lords Welfare Reform Bill Debate
Bishop Paul rose at 8.50pm on Tuesday 17th November in the House of Lords to speak in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill Debate. The full address is reproduced below from the Hansard Official Transcript:...
View ArticleBishop Paul Addresss Schools Conference
The Right Revd Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham was a keynote speaker at an education conference in Derby Diocese on Monday 16th November. The conference attended by more than 400 people heard Bishop Paul...
View ArticleBishop calls for more volunteering during speech at national conference
Picture By: Keith Blundy Bishop Mark Advocates – Nightstop a project close to his heart. The Right Revd Mark Bryant, Bishop of Jarrow, has praised the work of volunteers in supporting important...
View ArticleArchbishop’s Youth Trust Delivers North-East Headteachers’ Conference
News from the Office of the Archbishop of York The Archbishop of York Youth Trust this week held its first regional North East Headteachers’ conference in collaboration with Joseph Swan Academy,...
View ArticleBishop Speaks on Founders and Benefactors at Cathedral
The Right Revd Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham has used his sermon at a service in Durham Cathedral today (Sunday 22nd November) to recognise the gift and labours of everyone no matter how big or small...
View ArticleBishop Paul Speaks to General Synod on Migration Crisis
Picture By: Keith Blundy Bishop Paul Addresses General Synod The Right Revd Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham made a speech at the Church of England General Synod, in London Wednesday 25th November 2015...
View ArticleDurham Diocese Available On Apple News
Durham Diocese are one of the first Church of England organisations to have an official Channel on the recently launched Apple News service. Readers of news from the Diocese of Durham can now subscribe...
View ArticleSecond round of church roofs fund opens
Applications to £25 million package for roof and gutter repairs to listed places of worship open from today The second round of the Listed Places of Worship Roof Repair Fund opens to applications...
View ArticleDurham Market Place to be transformed by City Nativity
Picture By: Keith Blundy Revd Steve Bellamy, Vicar of St Nics Durham City, with Abi Miles (Durham University Anthropology Student) Durham city centre will be transformed for the Durham City Nativity...
View ArticleThe Christmas journey
Parish News Story The Year 2 children of East Darlington have been on a Christmas Journey full of awe and wonder, which has increased their knowledge of the true meaning of Christmas. The children are...
View ArticleImages – Prayer Spaces Taster Day
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View ArticleImages – Durham Church Attraction Opening
Images from the opening of St Helen’s at Beamish Open Air Museum.
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