{"id":148135,"date":"2026-10-19T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T21:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148135"},"modified":"2026-10-19T18:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T22:25:35","slug":"church-times-sheffield-cathedral-launches-pioneering-christian-mission-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148135","title":{"rendered":"(Church Times) Sheffield Cathedral launches pioneering Christian mission community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Community of St Paulinus (CsP) held a service at the cathedral on Sunday, which was attended by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/bishop-of-sheffield\">Bishop of Sheffield<\/a>, Dr Pete Wilcox; parish partners; members of the civic and cultural world in Sheffield; representation from the lieutenancy; and other members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/diocese-of-sheffield\">diocese<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Canon Missioner and Prior of the CsP, the Revd Dr Justin Dodd, told the <em>Church Times<\/em> on Tuesday 13&nbsp;October that it was a \u201cjoyful and prayerful moment\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Describing the CsP, he said: \u201cIt\u2019s the first mission community, as far as we know, that is with a specific purpose of resourcing and supporting inclusive sacramental mission in a diocese that\u2019s going to be based at a Church of England cathedral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat\u2019s unique is that it\u2019s a mission community with that particular role, but also that it\u2019s got quite a specific focus on inclusive sacramental work. We\u2019re working with parish partners, where parish churches are located in some of the more economically deprived parts of the city. We want to be the gift in many ways to support those churches, congregations, and local communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/articles\/2026\/16-october\/news\/uk\/sheffield-cathedral-launches-pioneering-christian-mission-community\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Enjoying the festive spirit &#x1f384;a peaceful moment at Sheffield Cathedral this afternoon &#x1f54a;&#xfe0f;\n\u2066@sheffcath\u2069 \n\u2066@VisitSheffield\u2069 https:\/\/t.co\/hqBFGp1sGW<\/p>&mdash; doristhehat (@doristhehat) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/doristhehat\/status\/1995866004065227144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Community of St Paulinus (CsP) held a service at the cathedral on Sunday, which was attended by the Bishop of Sheffield, Dr Pete Wilcox; parish partners; members of the civic and cultural world in Sheffield; representation from the lieutenancy;<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148135\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[324,184],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-of-england","category-parish-ministry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148135"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148138,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148135\/revisions\/148138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}