Leicester Diocese
The Hub is a new resource for everyone in Leicester Diocese with courses, resources, and information to help you grow in your discipleship, to help the church be effective in serving the people of Leicester and
Leicestershire, and with resources and training for church leaders. It will grow and develop further over the coming weeks and months.
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Then click "Log In" and select ‘Register’. Please use the same email to register that you currently receive Diomail on. All diocesan events will be booked via The Hub in the future. If you have any problems registering, please email us on help@thehub.leicestercofe.org.

Bishop Martyn will licence The Revd Canon Karen Rooms as Acting Dean of Leicester at
the Cathedral service on 8 January 2023.

Lord Bishop of Leicester makes his maiden speech in the Lords

The Rt Revd Martyn Snow spoke about the principles behind the Government's policies on asylum seekers and refugees. You can watch it back here:

Launde Deanery Announcement: 23rd December 2021

It has been announced this week that Jonathan Dowman and Alan Humphrey will be new interim Co-
Area Deans of Launde Deanery for a 12-month period beginning in January. Jonathan is being seconded
one day a week from his diocesan role to be able to take this on, whilst Alan will also be offering around
one day a week to the role, alongside his current ministry at Launde Abbey.
Jonathan and Alan will share overall responsibility with Deanery Lay Chair Madeleine Wang for deanery
leadership through the deanery standing committee and synod. They will also share the convening and
leading of the Deanery Chapter and Greater Chapter.
Jonathan will offer pastoral support for the incumbents in the deanery and those lay ministers with
leadership responsibilities, together with welcoming any new clergy to the deanery. He will also
encourage shared learning within the deanery as church communities and ministers seek to respond to
the three key questions and the Shaped by God Together programme. Jonathan’s contact details are
Jonathan.Dowman@LeicesterCofE.org
Alan will have individual responsibility for supporting the Coplow Benefice in its vacancy. He will also
offer support to Julia Unna, the administrator for the deanery and Coplow Benefice, and to PTO clergy in
the deanery. Alan’s contact details are Alan.Humphrey@leicestercofe.org
Alan and Jonathan will be licensed as Co-Area Deans by Bishop Martyn, once a date for that early in the
New Year has been agreed. In the meantime, please do pray for them both as they prepare to take on
these new responsibilities.

Shaped by God Together Update:

The Diocese of Leicester Synod has voted in favour of a Minster Community framework, this will be a group of Churches, fresh expressions of church and Schools working together. The diocese will have around 20 Minster Communities each led by an Oversight Minister who is ordained and a team including a Growing Faith of children and young people within the ministry of our churches and fresh expressions. The other two posts will be an administrative ‘operations director’ and an ‘on the ground’ pioneer type minister.
The framework was overwhelmingly supported (72%) by Synod and it is intended it will gradually be brought into place by 2026, discussions between parishes, schools and fresh expressions working together to decide what their local leadership will be.