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Congregations | Responses to Covid-19

25th March 2020

During the global Covid-19 pandemic HeartEdge is sharing resources for church services - which we'll keep here. These are free to download, distribute, share and use...

Lent, Quarantine and Hope | Responses to Lock Down

24th March 2020

"This is a great passage for this Sunday... We are in a Lenten quarantine..." Tuesday at 16.30 GMT and we are live at St Martin-in-the-Fields, with theological reflections and insights from Sam Wells and Sally Hitchiner. "Our congregations think about..."

8 tips for Leading Worship online | Responding to Covid-19

20th March 2020

Worship for many churches has been radically disrupted by the advent of COVID-19... technological adaptations to accommodate necessary social distancing feel like a denial of their liturgical identity..." Eight useful tips on leading worship online...

Supporting frontline homelessness workers | Responding to Covid-19

19th March 2020

The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak presents significant and fast-evolving challenges for the homelessness sector. The Frontline Network is conscious services are already...

Staying apart while making connections! | Responding to Covid-19

19th March 2020

Across the country online groups are rising up to deal with the crisis. "As normal life comes to a standstill, meaningful action... looks like supporting people near us, in our families, apartment blocks or streets. And...

Join a Choir | The Sofa Singers | Responding to Covid-19

19th March 2020

A choir from your sofa? And - something else. "...it might surprise you to know that The Sofa Singers has actually only just launched...."

Help for Charity | Responding to Covid-19

19th March 2020

Running or involved in a charity? The UK-based National Council for Voluntary Organisations have a useful website - now fully free to non-members - with tips on how to respond to Covid-19 including...

Subscribe to Pennington!

19th March 2020

HeartEdge partner St Mark's Pennington need your help to develop their own Pennington Church Youtube channel - Plus an update on this story...

Online sermon workshop

17th March 2020

At our first HeartEdge sermon workshop on our Facebook page, Sam Wells and Sally Hitchiner discussed the lectionary readings for Sunday...

Livestreamed sermon workshop today

17th March 2020

News of livestreamed sermon workshop beginning today on the HeartEdge facebook page.

Finding solidarity, kindness, generosity and love

16th March 2020

We thought we'd share these very 'HeartEdge' remarks made at St Martin-in-the-Fields on 15 March 2020 by the Revd Dr Sam Wells, about "the moment when the world finds out whether being a Christian makes any difference or not..."

#February HeartEdge Mailer

10th March 2020

The February Mailer is out. This month Hannah Malcolm on climate grief, Rosa Lee Harden on social business, Mark Vernon on silence and Richard Carter on community, plus...