Ron Morgan Takes on a 274km Pilgrimage to Support Encounter Christianity

We’re delighted to share that Ron Morgan will be walking 274 km (170.3 miles) from Florence to Assisi to raise funds for Encounter Christianity.

Many of you know firsthand the impact of Encounter Christianity’s dynamic, interactive RE sessions offered free to schools across Bristol. And for those of you who don’t know, our team works with pupils from Early Years to Sixth Form, helping them engage with creative workshops that bring the Christian faith to life, including specialised sessions for SEND students.

Ron’s pilgrimage is a wonderful way to support this work and help it reach even more young people.

If you’d like to encourage Ron and help fund this mission, please consider donating. Every gift makes a real difference.

Exciting Opportunities

We’re Hiring! Two New Teaching Roles at Encounter Christianity

We’re excited to share that Encounter Christianity is growing, and we’re now recruiting for two part‑time teaching positions to help us continue bringing high‑quality, engaging Christian RE into Bristol’s schools.

Secondary Teacher (2 Days per Week)

We’re looking for a creative and confident Secondary Teacher to help expand our KS5 work and deliver dynamic Christian RE sessions across local secondary schools. If you love inspiring teenagers and developing fresh workshop ideas, this could be a great fit.

Deadline: 28 April 2026
Interviews: 12 May 2026
Start date: September 2026

Primary Teacher (2 Days per Week)

We’re also seeking a warm and imaginative Primary Teacher to develop new workshops and teach engaging RE lessons for KS1 and KS2 pupils. This role includes building relationships with schools and contributing to the wider work of our charity.

Deadline: 23 April 2026
Interviews: 5 May 2026
Start date: 1 September 2026

If you’re passionate about education, enjoy being creative, and want to make a meaningful impact in schools across Bristol, we’d love to hear from you.

Full job descriptions and application forms are on Vacancies page on our website.
Please email completed applications to sharon@encounterchristianity.co.uk.

Stepping into Easter

It was an absolute joy to take children round today on our Easter trail. We have partnered with the fabulous St. Mary’s, Stoke Bishop in their beautiful building. 3 different schools have visited to experience the wonder of the Easter story.

The trail begins with Palm Sunday- Jesus comes into Jerusalem and the children wave palm branches.

Children sit around the table to experience the Last Supper.

He is not here, He has risen!

The backdrops and props really help bring it to life!

What a brilliant term 3!

As we finish up for February half term, we are reflecting on a very busy and wonderful term 3. It has been such a joy to meet so many children and young people, as well as their teachers. We hope that all school staff and children have a restful break next week.

Our final lesson of the term was one of our sensory workshops. It was fabulous to interact with the children as they discovered some of the stories Jesus told through sights, sounds and lots of things to squish!

Where is the Lost Sheep? Children love opening the boxes and finding the squishy animal inside!

Such a great way to tell the story- the children are enthralled with these colour changing lights.

The Plinko board was a success!

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It's the start of a New Year!

We hope you have had a positive start to 2026. As has been the case every term this year, this is our busiest Term 3 ever!

In Secondary we are doing lots of our popular GCSE sessions, including Mission and Evangelism. We use Jackie Pullinger as a case study and students do an investigation task to find out more about her. We recommend her book, ‘Chasing the Dragon’ to students, so we are reminding ourselves to read it again as well!

Decoding a Bible teaching - The Great Commission - which underpins the topic.

Happy Christmas!

Sending Christmas greetings to all our supporters at this special time of year. We have so enjoyed all our Christmas lessons, workshops and trails this year. It has been a fabtastic run up to the end of term.

We topped it all off today with our wonderful sensory Christmas workshop at Redland Church, full of twinkling lights, smells of frankincense and sounds of carols with accompanying bells!

Christmas Through The Keyhole

We have loved partnering with 3 different churches this year to host our magical Christmas Through The Keyhole trail. Children from a variety of schools across Bristol have stepped into the Christmas story, experiencing the sights, sounds and smells of the different people and places on the way to Bethlehem. It has been a joy to see and hear their reactions and they have asked some really thoughtful questions. Teachers and parents have commented on how interactive and accessible it was, and one child said: "This was the best Christmas thing ever!"

It has been wonderful to work alongside different churches as they have shared their space and time, to bring the reason why Christians celebrate Christmas to life.

At the home of the Magi- lots of different things to smell in here!

At Mary’s house, but we need to find out where she has gone.

The children enjoyed doing crafts after the trail and made some beautiful decorations to take home.

At St. Stephen’s Church in Southmead.

The end of the trail: The Stable. We enjoyed dressing up and discovered lots of budding actors!

Tis the Season...

It’s that time of year again, we can’t believe it! As we kick off our various Christmas lessons this week, the team are enjoying lots of dressing up. Here is ‘Herod’ in our ‘Christmas: What’s all the fuss?’ lesson. Do you know which team member this is?!

Our Christmas lessons are jam packed with interactive activities, crafts and drama, and we so appreciate our volunteers at this time. It’s full on, but lots of fun!

It was a Kind of Magic!

We had a fantastic time on Saturday night at our "It's a Kind of Magic" show! Professional magicians wowed the crowd with unbelievable illusions, and fun and laughter were had by all. The team also had some training from the magicians before the show, so we are looking forward to using some tricks in our lessons!