National Estate Churches Network

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  • Virtual Art Exhibition for St Michael’s Sheerwater

    Dear friends Most of you will probably know that the current Bishop’s Mission Order at St Michael’s, Sheerwater ends after 5 years, on 31 May 2021 and that a new BMO can only be put in place, with Gillaine as the Leader, if substantial finances are found. We are in negotiations with Woking Borough Council…

  • NECN Conference 2020…facts, figures, feedback and follow-up

    Huge thanks to all those who took part in our online NECN Conference on 1st July, both as delegates and as presenters. As with so many areas of current church activity, we learned a lot from the process and thought you might like to see some of the facts, figures, feedback and follow-up from the…

  • Kids Matter – Working with Estate Churches

    Kids Matter has a vision to see every child in need raised in a strong family.

  • Chelmsford Diocese Estate Churches Network Email Conference 2020

    The Chelmsford Diocese NECN Group had planned a physical conference for 25th March 2020. However, when COVID-19 struck this wasn’t possible. Instead they decided to have an email conference. Written presentations were circulated by email around 40 lay workers and clergy in estate parishes in the Chelmsford Diocese. The overall theme was “Growing the Estate…

  • Reaching the Unreachable 2020 Conference Summary Video

    Reaching the Unreached 2020 Conference summary Check out the You Tube video of people sharing highlights from this year’s Reaching the Unreachable Conference in London. Here are some of the things people have said: Ministry can be hard at times on the estates so it is great to be with people with similar struggles. The…

  • Finding the Treasure – More estate church podcasts

    Listen to the latest excellent podcast from Estate Churches

  • Group News

    news from some of our Estate Church Groups

  • Blessed are the Tea Makers

    It all began with the school run. Having dropped my eldest son off at school, the short journey to work would take me past the grounds of another local school. Day after day, I observed weary parents waiting dejectedly on the asphalt as they were battered by the elements. Each time I passed, I was…

  • Neighbourhood Prayer Network

    There are 260,000 streets in the UK. The vision of the Neighbourhood Prayer Network is for every street to be prayed for. Are you willing to pray for the street that you live on? Visit http://neighbourhoodprayer.net/ if you would like to sign up to that commitment.  

  • Parish nursing and estate ministry

    When we were drawing up our Mission Action Plan (MAP) for St Luke’s Downham we were eager to follow the example of St Luke and include something about health and healing. So it came as an answer to prayer when, entirely unprompted by us, a retired nurse contacted us to introduce Parish Nursing Ministries. Right…

  • We don’t need to bring Jesus to the urban estates

    links to an excellent article by Philip North on estate mission, and responses to it by Ian Paul

  • Podcast – Finding the Treasure

    Listen to the first in a series of podcasts – colleagues from Wythenshaw reflect on how the Estates Theology Project has helped churches and their neighbours to reflect on what gifts God has given them to share together.