Forthcoming Events & Recent News
Forthcoming Events & Recent News
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Good Friday 2025 - United Services and Acts of Witness
Good Friday 2025 - United Services and Acts of Witness
On Good Friday Christians across Cambridgeshire met together and held public acts of witness. Our own County Ecumenical Officer, Mark Burleigh, preached at the Free Churches United Service in Cambridge, which preceded a public act of witness with a wider group of churches in the Market Square. This brought together Anglican, Baptist, Methodist, German Lutheran and United Reformed churches.
Pictured are those who led the Cambridge service, Pastor Kerstin Othmer (German Lutheran), Revd Mark Burleigh (Churches Together in Cambridgeshire and a Baptist) and Revd Nigel Uden (URC). The service can be viewed here.
Forum 2025 - Churches Together in England
Forum 2025 - Churches Together in England
A number of us from Cambridgeshire were pleased to be able to attend the CTE Forum in Swanwick, Derbyshire, in March 2025. This event takes place every three years and is the main ecumenical gathering of churches across England. It was a great opportunity to find out more about how churches across England are working together – nationally, at a county level and locally. We were treated to a hugely diverse range of speakers, worship and workshops - as well as browsing stalls run by many charities with a national reach.
Many of the sessions were recorded and are available to watch here.
You can watch a 3 minute video of the Forum here.
You can see a photo of the Cambridgeshire participants here.
Shared Bible Studies with the Diocese of Vellore
Shared Bible Studies with the Diocese of Vellore
Throughout January to March 2025 we are sharing in a series of six Bible studies over Zoom, using material prepared by our brothers and sisters in Vellore. The theme of the studies is "Gender Justice" and we have been able to bring together our perspectives and insights from both our contexts.
The studies have been a great way to get to know each other across our time zones!
If you would like to join the Zoom sessions email for more information.
Modern Slavery and Church Responses Conference
Modern Slavery and Church Responses Conference
On Saturday 22nd February 2025 we supported an online conference aimed at equipping churches and trainee ministers to know about modern slavery and human trafficking.
It helped those who attended to identify people at risk and to safeguard them. It included contributions from Together Free and Churches Together in Cambridgeshire.
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - 18th-25th January 2025
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - 18th-25th January 2025
Each day of the week we posted a prayer for Christian unity on this website and on our Facebook page. They were selected by the members of the the Standing Committee of Churches Together in Cambridgeshire, representing seven denominations between them.
A number of ecumenical services were held across Cambridgeshire, bringing together Christians from many denominations - all seeking the unity of the churches working together.
Northstowe Church Partnership Celebration
Northstowe Church Partnership Celebration
On Sunday 20th October a joyful occasion marked the commissioning by the three partnership denominations (Baptists, Church of England and United Reformed Church) of Beth Cope as minister of the Local Ecumenical Partnership church. The Methodist and Quaker support was also celebrated.
The afternoon featured all-age learning options and a bonfire lit from the Easter candle - and of course cake!
Ecumenical Conference
Ecumenical Conference
In September three representatives from Churches Together in Cambridgeshire took part in the Churches Together in England conference held in September at the Hayes Conference Centre in Derbyshire. It was a valuable opportunity to form relationships with others working to support Christians working together . It was especially enriching to listen to Rev Dr Susan Durber, the World Council of Churches president for Europe.
Promoting Church Unity
Promoting Church Unity
Churches Together in Cambridgeshire promotes the visible unity of God’s Church within the Cambridgeshire.
Local Churches
Local Churches
Supporting Local Ecumenical Partnerships (LEPs) and Emerging Partnerships
Supporting Local Ecumenical Partnerships (LEPs) and Emerging Partnerships
We support local churches with ecumenical partnerships. Some of these are formal agreements, called Local Ecumenical Partnerships (LEPs).
Others utilise a newer framework called 'A Flexible Framework for Local Unity.'
We are especially excited to support emerging partnerships in new housing areas, like Northstowe Church Network.
Learn about all of these partnerships --- and how you can start your own! --- at the link below.
Churches Together
Churches Together
Celebrating Local Unity Movements
Celebrating Local Unity Movements
Churches Together in Cambridgeshire is a bridge. We form a link between the national ecumenical movement and local ecumenical movements. The national link brings expertise. The local links keep national ecumenism real.
A number of local Churches Together groups meet in the area that we cover. We celebrate, support, and encourage these groups as part of their ecumenical journey.
Global Partnership
Global Partnership
Mission and Unity are two sides of the same coin.
Mission and Unity are two sides of the same coin.
Churches Together in Cambridgeshire celebrates 30+ years of mutual learning and friendship with the Vellore Diocese in the Church of South India.
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