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St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · 21h

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

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St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · Aug 30

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

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Museum Bums @museumbums.bsky.social · Aug 30

Happy Leicester Pride! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍🩷🩵

Check out @stnicholasleics.bsky.social 's queer zine for some "Church Bums" contributed by yours truly 😁👍⛪🍑

#MuseumBums

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · Aug 27

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

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St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · Aug 28

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.

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St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · Aug 28

Awesome! Which church is she heading down with?

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St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · Aug 27

We can mail one over if you'd like?

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St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · Aug 27

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…

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St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · Aug 27

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

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St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · Aug 27

"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

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St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · Aug 27

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.

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St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · Aug 27

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

St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · Aug 26

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

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St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · Aug 26

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

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St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · Jul 19

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

What's on — St Nicholas Church, Leicester

stnicholasleicester.com

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St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · Jul 19

✝️🏳️‍🌈 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.

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St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · Jul 19

🎪💬 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!

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St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · Jul 19

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 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!

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St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · Jul 19

🧁🪧 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.

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St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · Jul 19

🖍️🖌️ 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.

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St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · Jul 19

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

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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)

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St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · Jul 14

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

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St Nicholas Church, Leicester @stnicholasleics.bsky.social · Jun 7

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

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · May 23

Come along this evening!

Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · May 22

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

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · May 22

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

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · May 18

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...

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.

stnicholasleicester.com

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