What it really means to be a community church
Article published on: 18th August 2025Rev Tara Hellings, vicar of Crondall and Ewshot shares her perspective of being a church for the community, and the encouraging signs of growth that have followed.
News and media
Bishop Andrew hosts “Better Together” Christian-Muslim Forum
Article published on: 7th August 2025Faith and community leaders gathered at Willow Grange in Guildford for a Christian-Muslim forum under the theme "Better Together – Strengths, Challenges, and Local Cooperation." Organised by Surrey Minority Ethnic Forum (SMEF) Faith Links Project with the Diocese of Guildford, the event fostered open dialogue, focusing on youth engagement and interfaith cooperation.
Anonymous £1,000 donation edges St John’s Church, Hale closer to funding goal
Article published on: 6th August 2025Following a big fundraising push across local media and social media, St John’s Church, Hale is closer to raising the remaining £5,500 needed to repair its nearly 200-year old crumbling tower.
Joyful Celebration of Lay Ministry at Guildford Cathedral
Article published on: 25th July 2025Our first ever Lay Ministry Celebration took place at Guildford Cathedral on Saturday 5 July, a service in which we honoured our Licensed Lay Minsters and our Lay Associate Minsters who had completed the inaugural two-year Foundations in Ministry course.
Leatherhead- a parish revitalised
Article published on: 14th July 2025Just a few years ago, Leatherhead Parish Church had a congregation of 40 and hadn’t held an adult baptism for generations. Since becoming part of the Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) network of churches, and being supported by the Diocese’s Revitalisation stream, Leatherhead has gone from strength to strength.
New campaign launched to promote a safer diocese
Article published on: 14th July 2025Today (Tuesday 15 July) the Diocese of Guildford has launched a diocese-wide communications campaign to boost the levels of awareness of safeguarding risks and encourage reporting.
Lay ministers ready to light up the diocese
Article published on: 2nd July 2025Saturday morning will see the diocese hold its first ever Lay Ministry Celebration service at Guildford Cathedral, as we mark the Foundations in Ministry's inaugural cohort completing the two-year course alongside the licensing and relicensing of our new and current Licensed Lay Ministers.
Celebrating our newest priests and deacons in the diocese
Article published on: 30th June 2025We celebrated 28 individuals this weekend who became the diocese's newest deacons and priests at our Petertide ordinations at Guildford Cathedral.
How Janet Williams was called
Article published on: 28th June 2025Today marks the start of our ordination services at Guildford Cathedral! This morning, we'll be welcoming our newest priests, and then tomorrow, we'll celebrate our deacons. Today we hear how Janet was called to ordained ministry ahead of her deaconing, with her fellow candidates tomorrow.
How Tom Wilcox was called
Article published on: 27th June 2025We're only one day away from the first of our ordination services, where we'll be welcoming our newest priests to the diocese. We've been celebrating our soon-to-be newest Reverends, our deacons, by sharing the stories of how they were called to ordained ministry. Today we hear Tom's story.
