Hinkledux Churches

05/09/2026

05/09/2026

This might be useful beyond Christian circles

📢 New publication: AI Guidelines for Christian Ministry

How should churches and Christian organisations approach the opportunities—and challenges—presented by artificial intelligence?

The AI Christian Partnership has published AI Guidelines for Christian Ministry, offering practical guidance around the benefits, costs and guardrails of using AI in Christian ministry.

This is a practical, non-academic publication.

The publication considers three key areas of church life where AI is already having an impact:

🔹 In the pulpit — sermons, prayers, liturgy, worship songs and more
🔹 In wider ministry — pastoral care, small groups, church meetings and other activities
🔹 In the back office — communications, data processing, policy creation and administration

It also recognises a fourth space: the congregation. As more people use AI in everyday life, churches will increasingly encounter questions about its practical, ethical and theological implications.

Primarily written for church leaders, the guidelines will also be valuable for leaders of other Christian organisations seeking to engage with AI thoughtfully and responsibly.

📖 Read the guidelines on The Faraday Institute website:
https://www.faraday.cam.ac.uk/posts/26007/

03/09/2026

Don't forget Tiddlers is today!

02/09/2026

As a reminder - we're meeting tonight in our 1st session after our August break! Come along for singing, cake, and coffee/tea in the 1/2 time break.

Come along and sing* normally meets for one hour on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm in St. Peter's church, Duxford. It's free and very simple.

We all sing together in a group karaoke sing-a-long as the song's words come up on a big screen and the music is played. We have a break in the middle of the session for a quick chat with coffee, tea, cake, biscuits.

During the break if people want to suggest songs for future sessions they do so on a sheet near the entrance. We'll try and include them, or get a close match. So what types of songs do we sing together? Pop songs from most decades like Abba, the Beatles, and big songs from musicals and movies.

If you want to invite neighbours, friends and family just point them at this sign up sheet https://hinkledux.us15.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=2494f9ee7c380037a64473386&id=7df4e0797a where they can opt into getting our email reminders. Plus if they do that it will make it easier for us to send reminder emails and it reduces the risk of our emails going straight into their spam folder.

Best Regards

Lydia (the Hinkledux vicar)
& Jon Smith (her husband)

PS Hinkledux is the name for the 3 CofE parishes in Hinxton, Ickleton and Duxford

PPS * even if you think you can't

01/09/2026

Don't forget that on Friday we have...

28/08/2026

Here's an intersting event next week

26/08/2026

Why not put the Tiddler's dates in your diary now? Next week Tiddlers, our free parent, carer and baby group starts up again after its summer break. Thursday 10am till noon @ St. Peter's Church, 1 Chapel St, Duxford CB22 4RJ

25/08/2026

Come along and sing* starts up again next week! Why not take the opportunity to put the dates frm September in your diary now? Whats it about? Come along and sing is basically a group karaoke where we project the words to various popular songs onto a screen with visuals, and then sing along, all together. We meet 7.30pm twice a month in St. Peter's church Duxford.

21/08/2026

Don't forget the applications deadline is coming up for entries to the fantastic Duxford Soap Box Derby

Not long now, get those registrations in and build build build. We are looking forward to seeing you all there in 3 weeks time.

20/08/2026

Don't forget to get your tickets for this great event on Friday 4th September