iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by St Nicholas Church, Leicester

Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Thanks @stnicholasleics.bsky.social for another lovely residency. It's truly a joy and a privilege to be so welcomed. Back in late June or early July (surprise!)

0171

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

You can find out more about the 'We Dare To Pray' event series, and other events and services at St Nicholas Church, Leicester, by going to our website: stnicholasleicester.com/whats-on

WE DARE TO PRAY: PRAYING WITH THE SAINTS

FRIDAY OCTOBER 30TH, 18:30 - 19:30

ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, LEICESTER CITY CENTRE, LE1 4LB

FIND OUT MORE: STNICHOLASLEICESTER.COM

We Dare To Pray is a monthly event where we explore different kinds of prayer

In October we'll be exploring the lives of the Saints, looking at the ways in which they lived and prayed, and thinking about how we can try to learn from their example, so that we may better follow Christ in our own lives.

WE DARE TO PRAY:
DAILY PRAYER
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27TH, 18:30 - 19:30
ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, LEICESTER CITY CENTRE, LE1 4LB

We Dare To Pray is a monthly event where we explore different kinds of prayer

In November we'll be exploring the rhythm of daily prayer, and how we can discover a version of the Monastic Offices which works in our day to day lives.

FIND OUT MORE: STNICHOLASLEICESTER.COM

131

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Join us on the last Friday of the month, from 18:30-19:30, to grow your experience and understanding of prayer, engage with something familiar, or try something completely new... and if you want to, you can stay for a short service of Compline which will be held immediately afterwards.

WE DARE TO PRAY:
Prayer with icons
FRIDAY AUGUST 28TH, 18:30 - 19:30
ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, LEICESTER CITY CENTRE, LE1 4LB

We Dare To Pray is a monthly event where we explore different kinds of prayer

In August we'll be exploring different ways in which we can use icons, and other visual media, to enrich our prayer lives

WE DARE TO PRAY:
Tactile prayer
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25TH, 18:30 - 19:30
ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, LEICESTER CITY CENTRE, LE1 4LB

We Dare To Pray is a monthly event where we explore different kinds of prayer

In September we'll be exploring different forms of tactile prayer, using objects such as the Rosary, Komboskini, holding cross, and other ancient and modern prayer aids

131

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Introducing: We Dare To Pray A new series of events at St Nicholas Church, Leicester, held on the last Friday of each month, where we gather together to explore different ways of praying.

We dare to pray: Ignatian prayer

Friday June 26th, 18:30 - 19:39

St Nicholas church Leicester city centre, LE1 4lb

We Dare To Pray is a monthly event where we explore different kinds of prayer

In June we'll be exploring Ignatian Prayer, sometimes called Imaginative Prayer.

In the Ignatian Prayer Method, we enter into the story to learn more about and participate more fully in the mind, heart, and work of Christ. As we read the scripture we will imagine ourselves in a Bible story, using our senses to form a full and intimate picture of the scene in our minds, and connect more deeply with God.

Imaginative prayer is not an attempt to discover "what really happened." It is an effort to enter more deeply into Scripture and to get to know Jesus more intimately.

FIND OUT MORE: STNICHOLASLEICESTER.COM

WE DARE TO PRAY:
Prayers in scripture
FRIDAY JULY 31ST, 18:30 - 19:30

ST NICHOLAS CHURCH, LEICESTER CITY CENTRE, LE1 4LB

FIND OUT MORE: STNICHOLASLEICESTER.COM

We Dare To Pray is a monthly event where we explore different kinds of prayer

In July we'll be exploring prayers which can be found in Scripture itself, from the Lord's Prayer, to the Magnificat, the Song of Simeon, and so many more.

172

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

We've got something going on every day during Holy Week - if you're in Leicester why not come on by?

HOLY WEEK at St Nicholas Church, Leicester

PALM SUNDAY: 29/03 18:30-19:30: Palm Sunday Eucharist

HOLY MONDAY: 30/03 17:30-18:00: Evening Prayer

HOLY TUESDAY: 31/03 17:30-18:00: Evening Prayer

HOLY WEDNESDAY: 01/04 17:30-18:00: Evening Prayer

MAUNDY THURSDAY: 02/04 18:30-20:00: Compline and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, followed by the Stripping of the Altars

GOOD FRIDAY: 03/04 18:30-19:30: Taize Service

HOLY SATURDAY: 04/04 12:00-15:45: Polish Easter Basket Making Workshop and Blessings 15:45-16:15: Evening Prayer

EASTER SUNDAY: 05/04 06:00-10:00: Easter Fire and Breakfast 18:30-19:30: Easter Day Eucharist

Find out more: www.stnicholasleicester.com/whats-on

1112

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

This Thursday is Transgender Day of Remembrance. To mark this we have a Taize service on the evening of TDOR itself. This mediative reading will include song, readings, and the reading of the list of names. On Sunday our Eucharist will also mark TDOR with a special sermon and prayers.

All are welcome to Mark transgender day of remembrance at our gentle and contemplative Taize service of music prayer and silence.

Thursday Nov 20th 19:39-20:30 St Nicholas church Leicester city centre
LE1 4lb

All are welcome to attend a eucharist at St Nicholas church, Leicester, with special prayers to mark transgender day of remembrance.

Sunday Nov 23rd

Service begins 18:30

Church opens 18:00

St Nicholas church, Leicester city centre, LE1 4lb

010715

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Join us for a little walk around our urban parish with ornithologist @thelabandfield.bsky.social. The last time we did this we found over 20 different species! Find out more here: stnicholasleicester.com/whats-on/urb...

Urban bird watch with Dr Alex Bond senior curator in charge of birds at the natural history museum, London.

18/10/25 @ 12:00

Meet at St Nicholas church from 11:30

A short 2km walk starting and ending at St Nicholas church, following the parish boundary along the canal and through the city of Leicester

163

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

We are here at Leicester Pride ready to help you have a fun and safe time - come and grab a cake, some water, earplugs, or anything else you may need!

A sign that says "free access packs here - helping you have a safe and fun pride, take what you need from bottled water, sun cream, tissues, snacks bars, ear plugs

The St nicks stall covered in pride flags

A st nicks banner with watercolour paintings below it

A close up of the St nicks stall with cake, flyers, zines, badges, etc available

1278

Reposted by St Nicholas Church, Leicester

Museum Bums @museumbums.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Happy Leicester Pride! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍🩷🩵 Check out @stnicholasleics.bsky.social 's queer zine for some "Church Bums" contributed by yours truly 😁👍⛪🍑 #MuseumBums

0256

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

They're great! A really lovely church! Also, they've counter-protested the homophobes during the pride march for the last few years now and we absolutely love them for it! They do God's work, in so many ways.

110

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Awesome! Which church is she heading down with?

110

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

But that's enough from us... Here's the introduction to this issue, to give you a little taste of what's inside!

WELCOMΕ ΤΟ COMMUNION

A QUEER CHRISTIAN ZINE

Whether you're Christian or not, LGBTQIA+ or not, an expert in queer theology, or completely new to the idea of affirming Christianity, we hope you'll find something to interest you in this issue.

We have pieces on ministering in London during the AIDS crisis, advice for Queer Christian stu-dents, academic research on transgender people in medieval hagiography, a feature on bums in Christian art, and so much more. There's even a cryptic crossword!

This zine has been created as part of Nicholas Church in the mission of St Leicester. At 1100+ years old St Nicholas is one of the ten oldest churches in the UK it's also an LGBTQIA+ inclusive church, and has been for well over half a century.

We believe that queer people have a place in the Christian church, that queerness itself is a gift from God to be celebrated, and that there is no conflict between being LGBTQIA+ and the Christian faith. We are informally known as an "LGBT sanctuary church", where LGBTQIA+ Christians can come and be exactly who God made them to be, without fear of bigotry or exclusion.

For many years we have had a presence at Leicester Pride, offering pastoral support and an affirming and celebratory presence for those who need it. This is often a surprise for people who have never encountered LGBT+ inclusive Christianity before, and this zine is an attempt to offer people the opportunity to explore a multitude of different experiences, ideas, and perspectives from across the broad spectrum of inclusive Christian LGBT+ theology and belief.

You may be reading this zine somewhere far from Leicester, and that's because it has been created with an ethos of grassroots community organising, meaning that not only is it completely free to you, it's also free for anyone to print and distribute. More specific information about this can be found at the back. Our hope is that this form of radical sharing will enable other churches and inclusive Christian communi…

2476

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

If you want to find out more about 'Communion: A Queer Christian Zine', how it came into being, and how to share it with your own community, then you can go to stnicholasleicester.com/magazine

The front cover of Communion a queer Christian zine, with a collage of a painting of a saint juxtaposed with a sketch of a nude man, reaching out

What is 'Communion: A Queer Christian Zine'?

'Communion' is a 'Zine' or magazine affirming LGBT+ Christianity in all it's weird and wonderful holiness. It has been created as part of the mission of St Nicholas Church in Leicester.

The intention for the zine is for it, like Communion itself, to be shared and offered to all who wish to take it -especially those with whom Christ would have been condemned for feeding, for those are the most worthy of all.

With that in mind it has been created with an ethos of grassroots community organising and radical sharing, meaning that not only is it completely free to the person reading it, it's also free for anyone to print and distribute. More specific information about this, and the files you need to enable that sharing, can be found lower down this page.

Why does this zine exist?

St Nicholas Church has been welcoming and affirming LGBT+ people since the 1960's, and has long been known as an 'LGBT+ Sanctuary Church', offering a spiritual home and pastoral support to those who needed it. Because of this we have, for many years, had a presence at Leicester Pride, offering pastoral support and an affirming and celebratory presence for those who need it.

This is often a surprise for people who have never encountered LGBT+ inclusive Christianity before, and Pride isn't really the place for those deep conversations they want to have (especially when we're given a stall near the loud main stage), so this zine was originally conceived as an attempt to remedy that by offering people an opportunity to explore a multitude of different experiences, ideas, and perspectives from across the broad spectrum of LGBT+ inclusive Christian theology and belief.

The back cover of Communion

FEATURING

RIGHT REVEREND PAUL BAyES

REV'D DR TINA BEARDSLEY

JOY BROOKS

REV'D DR SARAh BRUSH

DR BLAKE GUTT

AMANDA hIGGIn

JAY HULME

REV'D LIZZIE MCMANUS-DAIL

REV'D DR JENNY MORGANS

REV'D CANON DR nIGEL ROOMS

JACK SHOULDER

MARK SMALL

DR ALICIA SPENCER-HALL

25410

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

"Communion" is designed to cover a range of inclusive Christian thought and serve a wide audience, with articles ranging from the deeply academic to the very silly, and there's even a crossword! As part of the ethos of radical sharing all of the contributors have offered their work for free.

The front and back cover of Communion: a queer Christian zine"

The back cover has a list of contributors
The right reverend Paul bayes
Revd Dr tina Beardsley
Joy brooks
Revd Dr Sarah brush
Dr Blake gutt
Amanda higgin
Jay Hulme
Revd Lizzie McManus-dail
Revd Dr Jenny Morgans
Jack shoulder
Mark small
Dr Alicia spencer-hall

1374

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

To coincide with Leicester Pride this year we're debuting a new project: 'Communion: A Queer Christian Zine', created with an ethos of grassroots organising and radical sharing, with the finished product being freely available for anyone to print and distribute among their own communities.

The front cover of Communion a queer Christian zine, issue 1

With a painting of a saint walking through the wilderness, and collaged on top a sketch of a nude man from the waist up, reaching out, halo on his head

312726

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

We regret we're unable to livestream the service due to a combination of technological and privacy constraints.

000

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

On Sunday we're celebrating our annual Rainbow Eucharist, a joyous celebration of the diversity of God’s creation. The Preacher this year will be Fr Jarel Robinson-Brown, Author of 'Black, Gay, British, Christian, Queer'. Come as yourself, and be who God created you to be.

ALL ARE WELCOME AT THE ANNUAL

RAINBOW EUCHARIST HELD AT ST NICHOLAS CHURCH

Sunday 31/08/2025

Service begins: 18:30pm

Doors open: 18:00pm

Guest Preacher:

Fr Jarel Robinson-Brown

Author of 'Black, Gay, British, Christian, Queer'

St Nicholas Church has been welcoming and affirming LGBT+ people in all parts of church life since the early 1960's.

St Nicholas Church, Leicester City Centre, LEI 4LB

1566

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

This Saturday is Leicester Pride! Come and find us on the march or at our stall in Abbey Park where we will have hundreds of cupcakes and badges to give away, as well as access packs full of things like water, earplugs, and suncream, to help you have a fun and safe Pride.

St Nicholas church Leicester
Ancient building
Living faith
Inclusive community

14910

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

You can find out more about these, and all of our events, at stnicholasleicester.com/whats-on

stnicholasleicester.com

What's on — St Nicholas Church, Leicester

010

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

✝️🏳️‍🌈 On Sunday the 31st of August we will have our annual Rainbow Eucharist. All are welcome at this joyous celebration of God's expansive love, and we're delighted to have Fr Jarel Robinson-Brown as our guest preacher this year! Our doors will open at 18:00 and the service will begin at 18:30.

2425

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

🎪💬 We will also have a stall at Leicester Pride, where we'll be giving out goodies such as badges and cupcakes, as well as access packs with things like water, ear plugs, etc, to make your Pride experience as fun and safe as it can be! Drop by for a chat, or to grab some stuff - it'll all be free!

120

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ On Saturday the 30th we'll be marching in Leicester Pride. Get in touch if you or your church wants to march alongside us- over the last few years the inclusive Christian presence has grown and grown and last year we had six different denominations represented!

120

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

🧁🪧 On Friday the 29th of August we're being hosted by our friends at Christ The King Beaumont Leys to use their big hall for our final Pride prep. We'll be decorating cupcakes, preparing access packs to give out, making placards, etc. Drop by any time between midday and 6pm. Food will be provided.

120

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

🖍️🖌️ On Saturday the 16th of August we have our Pride Craft & Chat. This is a relaxed community event where we'll make things to give out at Pride (including lots of badges) while chatting about inclusive theology. Drop by any time between midday and 2pm.

120

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Calling all Inclusive Christians! Leicester Pride is at the end of August, so here is a thread of all the Pride events we have planned for August here at St Nicks 👇👇👇

SATURDAY 02Nd

14:00 16:00: OPEN CHURCH 15:45 16:15: EVENING PRAYER

SUNDAY 03Rd

18:30-19:30: SUNDAY EUCHARIST

SATURDAY 09th

14:00-16:00: OPEN CHURCH 15:45 16:15: EVENING PRAYER

SUNDAY 10TH

18:30 19:30: SUNDAY EUCHARIST

SATURDAY 16Th

12:00 14:00: PRIDE CRAFT & CHAT

14:00 16:00: OPEN CHURCH

15:45-16:15: EVENING PRAYER

SUNDAY 17Th

18:30-19:30: SUNDAY EUCHARIST

SATURDAY 23Rd

14:00 16:00: OPEN CHURCH 15:45 16:15: EVENING PRAYER

SUNDAY 24TH

18:30-19:30: SUNDAY EUCHARIST

FRIDAY 29TH

12:00 18:00: PRIDE PREP & CRAFTS (EVENT HELD AT CHRIST THE KING BEAUMONT LEYS)

SATURDAY 30TH

12:00 17:00: LEICESTER PRIDE THE CHURCH BUILDING WILL BE CLOSED FODAY PLEASE COME AND FIND US ON THE MARCH OR AT OUR STALLI

SUNDAY 31ST

11:00-15:30: HISTORY OPEN DAY WITH THE FRIENDS OF JEWRY WALL

18:30-19:30: RAINBOW EUCHARIST (GUEST PREACHER fr JAREL ROBINSON-BROWN)

2202

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Don't forget that we have the friends of Jewry Wall Museum visiting us at the end of the month for a day of historical fun!

Life and architecture at the baths

Sunday 27th kg July, from 11:00 to 15:30 as st Nicholas church Leicester city centre LE1 4lb

A free Leicester festival of archaeology event with the friends of Jewry wall Museum - part of heritage sundays

040

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Today we are making origami birds and talking about Pentecost. Come and join us from 12-2! Or drop by from 2-4 for our weekly opening hours, or for Evening Prayer at 3:45. There's something for everyone at St Nicholas, Leicester - See you there?

PENTECOST CRAFT & CHAT

JOIN US FOR A RELAXED AFTERNOON OF CRAFT & CONVERSATION AS WE CHAT ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN FEAST OF PENTECOST.

SATURDAY JUNE 7TH

12:00-14:00

FREE EVENT

031

Reposted by St Nicholas Church, Leicester

Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Come along this evening!

083

Reposted by St Nicholas Church, Leicester

Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Folks! This is tomorrow at @stnicholasleics.bsky.social (18:30; £5 tickets, concessions available). Hear about our last field season, and how scientists persevere in the face of *gestures broadly* stnicholasleicester.com/whats-on/hop... #LeicsBirds #UKbirds #ornithology #PlasticPollution #ecogrief

068

Reposted by St Nicholas Church, Leicester

Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Next Friday evening, 23 May, I'm giving a public talk at @stnicholasleics.bsky.social as part of my ongoing residency - Hope in a Time of Planetary Emergency with Q&A to follow. £5 entry (concession available). Open to all. stnicholasleicester.com/whats-on/hop...

stnicholasleicester.com

Hope in a time of Planetary Emergency — St Nicholas Church, Leicester

A talk by world renowned Ecologist and Conservation Biologist Dr Alex Bond, Senior Curator in Charge of Birds at the Natural History Museum.

1157

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Join us on Friday evening for a talk by our Ornithologist in Residence @thelabandfield.bsky.social Alex specialises in the impact of oceanic plastic pollution on seabirds - you can find out more about Alex's work, and the talk, here: stnicholasleicester.com/whats-on/hop...

Hope in a time of planetary emergency
A talk by ecologist and conservation biologist Dr Alex bond, senior curator in charge of birds at the natural history museum in London

Friday 23rd of may @ 18:30

Doors @18:00
Tickets £5 online and otd - concessions available
Refreshments available
St Nicholas church, Leicester city centre, le1 4lb

More info: www.stnicholasleicester.com/whats-on

0186

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Coming up on the 12th, an opportunity to get creative as you help create a set of Stations of the Cross during this relaxed afternoon of craft and conversation. Find out more: stnicholasleicester.com/whats-on/sta...

Stations of the cross craft & chat

Saturday 12th of April, 12:00-14:00
Join us to explore the stations of the cross, how and why we pray them, and what each of the 14 stations is, as we work together to create our own set of 14 images, just in time for Holy Week

030

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Our daily Lent newsletter will be sent out each morning from the beginning of Lent on the 5th of March, through Holy Week, and all the way to Easter Day on the 20th of April. You can sign up to receive it here: stnicholasleicester.com/lent-newslet...

stnicholasleicester.com

Lent Newsletter Sign Up — St Nicholas Church, Leicester

020

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

If you sign up for our daily Lent newsletter each day you’ll receive a newsletter containing an image, a prayer, a Bible reading, and a Psalm. You can engage with all of those sections, or just the ones that speak to you, knowing that other people are sharing the journey through Lent alongside you.

130

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

People always talk about giving things up for Lent, but there’s a parallel practice of taking something up instead - this is usually something that will help enrich your spiritual life. With that in mind, we're sending out a daily newsletter during Lent that anyone can sign up for.

160

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

There's lots happening at St Nicholas over the next two months, so here's some dates for your diary! Find out more about each event at www.stnicholasleicester.com/whats-on

March at St Nicholas church

SATURDAY 01ST

12:00-13:30: FAITH COURSE, SESSION 5

14:00 16:00: OPEN CHURCH

14:45 16:15: EVENING PRAYER

SUNDAY 02Nd

18:30-19:30: SUNDAY EUCHARIST

TUESDAY 04TH

18:30-20:30: PANCAKE PARTY

(EVENT HELD AT LEICESTER CATHEDRAL)

SATURDAY 08Th

12:00 14:00: PRAYER JOURNAL CRAFT & CHAT

14:00 16:00: OPEN CHURCH

15:45 16:15: EVENING PRAYER

SUNDAY 09th

18:30-19:30: SUNDAY EUCHARIST

SATURDAY 15TH

14:00 16:00: OPEN CHURCH

14:45 16:15: EVENING PRAYER

SUNDAY 16Th

18:30 19:30: SUNDAY EUCHARIST

SATURDAY 22Nd

14:00: 16:00: OPEN CHURCH

15:45 16:15: EVENING PRAYER

SUNDAY 23Rd

18:30-19:30: SUNDAY EUCHARIST

SATURDAY 29TH

14:00: 16:00: OPEN CHURCH

15:45 16:15: EVENING PRAYER

SUNDAY 30TH

18:30-19:30: SUNDAY EUCHARIST

April at St Nicholas church

SATURDAY 05th

14:00 16:00: OPEN CHURCH

14:45 16:15: EVENING PRAYER

SUNDAY 06th

18:30-19:30: SUNDAY EUCHARIST

SATURDAY 12TH

12:00 14:00: STATIONS OF THE CROSS CRAFT & CHAT

14:00 16:00: OPEN CHURCH

15:45 16:15: EVENING PRAYER

PALM SUNDAY 13Th

18:30-19:30: PALM SUNDAY EUCHARIST

HOLY MONDAY 14th

17:30-18:00: EVENING PRAYER

HOLY TUESDAY 15TH

17:30 18:00: EVENING PRAYER

HOLY WEDNESDAY 16Th

17:30 18:00: EVENING PRAYER

MAUNDY THURSDAY 17Th

18:00 19:00: TAIZE SERVICE

GOOD FRIDAY 18Th

18:30-19:30: AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS

HOLY SATURDAY 19TH

12:00 16:00: POLISH EASTER BASKET WORKSHOP

13:15, 14:15, 15:15: EASTER BASKET BLESSINGS

15:45 16:15: EVENING PRAYER

EASTER SUNDAY 20TH

06:00 10:00: EASTER FIRE & BREAKFAST

18:30-19:30: EASTER EUCHARIST

SATURDAY 26TH

14:00: 16:00: OPEN CHURCH

15:45 16:15: EVENING PRAYER

SUNDAY 27Th

18:30-19:30: SUNDAY EUCHARIST

150

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Any money donated to the church via the link below will go towards renovating the north aisle, and turning it into a comfortable community space. As this is a community focussed project, any extra will be redirected to our hardship fund, and given to people in need. givealittle.co/c/stnicholas...

givealittle.co

St Nicholas Church Fundraiser

Help us welcome more people this year

183

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Redoing the North Aisle isn't a big job. It'll cost around £1000 to turn it into a comfortable community space with chairs people actually want to sit on, a nice book case, a table that isn't an old desk - but that's just not in our budget for this year. So we're doing a little fundraiser...

150

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Many of you who've visited will have noticed that though our north aisle is the community gathering space, with the kitchen, toilet, and library, it's a bit grotty. We're hoping to do a small refresh of the space, making it somewhere more comfortable that people want to be. But we need your help...

The north aisle of St Nicholas church, with plastic chairs strewn everywhere, a large desk used as a table, piles of books, and a large cross

The western part of the north aisle of St nicks showing a toilet door, a cupboard topped by piles of books, a noticeboard, and a mini fridge

The eastern part of the north aisle of St nicks showing a cluttered windowsill, a countertop with sinks and a kettle, and colouring in stuck to the wooden backsplash

The north aisle again showing the table, and a pew at the back, covered in clutter.

1235

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Bishop Christopher (former Assistant Bishop of Leicester) will preside at the service, and instead of a sermon Rev Rob will give a series of short reflections throughout, explaining what is happening, and why. This is a great way to engage more deeply with what is happening when you come to church.

2110

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

We know many of our community come from different traditions and experiences, as well as being new to faith, so on Sunday the 19th and 26th of January our weekly 18:30 Eucharist will be a 'Teaching Eucharist'. What is a Teaching Eucharist? It's explained in the next post!

A metal cross on a wooden pole, illuminated by a shaft of sunlight

2154

Reposted by St Nicholas Church, Leicester

nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I loved reading this piece. How fabulous that Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social is an Ornithologist-in-residence at St Nicholas Church in Leicester! Some bird joy and vital talks on how plastic is ruining the environment (and killing precious more-than-human species.) bsky.app/profile/stni...

162

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Did you know that we are possibly the only church in the UK to have an Ornithologist in Residence? You can read about it here: www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

churchtimes.co.uk

The fall of a sparrow observed

A Leicester church has a resident ornithologist. Jay Hulme explains

010025

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

To find out more about St Nicholas church, our beliefs and ethos, as well as the accessibility of our building, please head to our website: stnicholasleicester.com

stnicholasleicester.com

St Nicholas Church, Leicester

020

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

We know that the start of a journey of faith is a precious and fragile thing, and we want you to know that you're welcome among us, exactly as you are. At this church, and in these classes, there is no need to minimise or hide any part of who God created you to be.

ALL ARE WELCOME AT ST NICHOLAS, LEICESTER'S OLDEST CHURCH. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORSHIPPING GOD IN THIS BUILDING SINCE THE 800'S, AND WE CONTINUE TO OFFER A GENTLE AND WELCOMING SPACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN FIND GOD AND THEMSELVES THROUGH PRAYER AND REFLECTION. WE ARE A MEMBER OF THE INCLUSIVE CHURCH NETWORK, AND HAVE BEEN WELCOMING AND AFFIRMING LGBT+ PEOPLE FOR WELL OVER 50 YEARS. SITED IN THE CENTRE OF THE MULTICULTURAL CITY OF LEICESTER WE ARE ALSO PROUD TO BE PART OF THE DIOCESAN INTERCULTURAL WORSHIPPING COMMUNITIES PROJECT. HERE WE WORK TOGETHER AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, SO THAT AS A COMMUNITY WE MAY BETTER REFLECT AND CELEBRATE THE WONDROUS DIVERSITY OF GOD'S CREATION. COME AND BE WHO GOD CREATED YOU TO BE, WITHOUT FEAR OF JUDGEMENT OR EXCLUSION.

163

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

In February we're running classes to help you deepen your faith - these are perfect if you'd like to be baptised, confirmed, or received into the Church of England - they're also great if you just feel like doing some communal theological study. Find out more: stnicholasleicester.com/classes

INTERESTED IN
BEING BAPTISED,
CONFIRMED,
OR RECEIVED INTO
THE CHURCH OF
ENGLAND?
EXPLORE AND DEEPEN
YOUR CHRISTIAN FAITH
WITH CLASSES HELD AT
ST NICHOLAS CHURCH ON
SATURDAY AFTERNOONS
THROUGHOUT FEBRUARY FIND OUT MORE, REGISTER YOUR INTEREST OR JUST ASK ABOUT YOUR OPTIONS AT: Www.STNICHOLASLEICESTER. COM/CLASSES

CLASSES HELD IN
THE CHURCH ON
SATURDAY
AFTERNOONS,
12:00 TO 13:30

FIVE SATURDAYS:
01 FEB
08 FEB
15 FEB
22 FEB
01 MAR
DEPENDING ON YOUR GOALS AND CIRCUMSTANCES YOU MAY NOT NEED TO ATTEND ALL FIVE CLASSES

FIND OUT MORE, REGISTER YOUR INTEREST, OR JUST HAVE A CHAT ABOUT YOUR OPTIONS, AT:
Www.STNICHOLASLEICESTER. COM/CLASSES

111

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Has Christmas made you feel some unexpected feelings about Christianity? Is your New Years resolution to deepen and develop your faith? If you're in, or able to get to, Leicester, we'd love to help!

140

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

A reminder that St Nicholas Church is NOT open today - but that we do have a service on Sunday as usual.

011