Items filtered by date: June 2025

Ossie’s Kitchen, the community café of Ashbourne, has officially opened its doors.

The low-cost, sociable eating space will open once month and will help tackle loneliness and social isolation by providing opportunities for local communities to forge new friendships.

Elaine Jones: ordained deacon on 30 June 2019

"I met Jesus sitting on a beach one evening at Easter"

I was born in Scotland and raised in the Church of Scotland, until the age of 9 when we moved to live in Cyprus after my dad was posted there. 

In between riding horses and enjoying the Mediterranean beaches I attended a Pentecostal church. 

Spirituality Statement

The Diocesan Spirituality Group have been reviewing its role and seek to closely align the spirituality work with the Diocesan Vision and Strategy.

A new statement was drafted at the November meeting which aims to explain the role of the DSG, which reads as follows:

‘We recognise that spirituality is something that every human being has and is something to be nurtured and developed in all of us regardless of age. The Diocesan vision of "transformed lives through growing church and building community" is rooted in our making and encouraging of Christian disciples. The diocesan spirituality group (DSG) seeks to offer ways to deepen your walk with God, following Jesus as the Holy Spirit works to transform your inner journey leading to outward faith’.

Cycle of Prayer

Please prayer for the ministry and mission of the diocese, the parishes, churches and individuals.

Many people still seem unaware of the diocesan Cycle of Prayer, this can be accessed via the Diocesan website.

>> Diocesan Cycle of Prayer (webpage)

Spirituality Newsletter

February 2025 [PDF]

May 2025

Contact

For more information about spirituality in the diocese please contact:

The Revd Canon Cameron Butlland
The Bishop’s Spirituality Adviser
Cameron.butland@derby.anglican.org

More about spirituality:

>> Prayer of the Heart - Sat, 15 June 2024 - Darley Dale [pdf]

>> The Art of Spiritual Accompaniment course 2025 [pdf]

>> Spiritual Companions 

>> Christian Writers Group

Spirituality learning

Anthony Till: ordained deacon on 30 June 2019

"I have a strong sense of needing to stand up for people and address social justice issues"

My Name is Anthony Till and I'm married to Sandra who is also an ordinand. We have three adult children and six grandchildren and Kazbah our 13 year old Border Collie.

I have always lived in Derby and my family have always had a connection with St Edmund's, Allenton & Shelton Lock. My Aunty Edna was a founding member of the Church even before they had the existing Church that was built in 1939.

Dawn Knight: ordained deacon on 30 June 2019

"I am completely open to what and where God's mission takes me."

I’ve been married to Kevin for nearly 30 years, and am mum to 3 adult children, two here on earth, and one in God’s care.

I grew up in a working-class family in East London. My only involvement with Church was through “Church parades” when I was in the Brownies and Guides. At the age of 11, I was presented with a New Testament at school, decided to read it, and began to pray.

2024

Peak Deanery Newsletter - Autumn 2024 [PDF]

Peak Deanery Newsletter - Summer 2024 [PDF]

Peak Deanery Newsletter - Spring 2024 [PDF]

2023

Peak Deanery Newsletter - Spring 2023 [PDF]

Derby Cathedral will host The Knife Angel when it comes to the city later this year.

Derby has been chosen to be one of the cities across the country to host the National Monument Against Violence and Aggression.

The spectacular 27ft sculpture, made from around 100,000 bladed weapons collected in knife banks during police amnesties across the country, will be based next to the Cathedral on Irongate, for 28 days in October.

The Knife Angel is being brought to Derby by a group of agencies and organisations across the city, including: Derby Cathedral, Derbyshire Police, Derby City Council, Police and Crime Commissioner Hardyal Dhindsa and University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.

More than 70 local church leaders from across the Diocese gathered together at St Werburgh’s Church in Derby on 15th May for the Diocese's first Missional Leadership Symposium.

The symposium, organised by the Mission and Ministry team, was the first of a series of gatherings designed to bring the nation's best and most creative missional thinkers together with local church leaders.

Bell ringers of all ages will be ringing bells across Derbyshire on Thursday, 6th June to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

Places where you can hear bell ringing in the evening include: Church Broughton, Cubley, Derby Cathedral, Eckington, Hayfield, Ilkeston, Kirk Hallam, Old Brampton, Old Glossop and Shirland. Long Eaton's bells will be ringing in the morning.

To find out more about bell ringing please visit the Bell Ringing Derbyshire Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BellRingingDerbyshire/

Image by Don Jones

Following her installation, Bishop Libby is visiting all the deaneries - to meet people, to worship and to get to know better some parts of the Diocese.

These visits co-incide with Thy Kingdom Come