Happy 10th birthday to the toddler group in Webheath
Published: 22nd January 2023Bumps, Babes and Toddlers at St Philip’s, Webheath celebrated turning 10 with cake and balloons last week!
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Bumps, Babes and Toddlers at St Philip’s, Webheath celebrated turning 10 with cake and balloons last week!
Great Malvern Priory used leftover Christingle oranges to create some limited-edition Christingle Marmalade which was then sold to raise money for the church!
Plough Sunday was marked in rural parishes across the Diocese yesterday with the blessing of the plough and prayers for our farmers.
Groups of people in Malvern have knitted three Nativity sets to give to Care Homes this Christmas. They are about five or six inches high and were packed into shoe boxes for storage so they can be used from year to year.
A £1,500 grant has been awarded to the bell ringers of St Michael’s Church to enable them to buy equipment that allows them to practice in silence and as individuals outside of group gatherings.
Congratulations to St Peter’s Church in Pedmore who have achieved their silver Eco Church award from A Rocha. The church were delighted to receive the award before Christmas after submitting all their evidence.
For the last few years, St Nicholas Church in Warndon has gone out under the cover of darkness at the beginning of December to leave small, knitted gifts around the local community for people to pick up the following morning.
The Christmas season at St John the Baptist Church in Suckley starts by bringing to life a Tree of Light with each bulb dedicated to someone no longer with us.
The Revd Becky Elliott, Vicar of Holy Trinity and St James on the edge of Malvern will soon be serving behind the bar in her West Malvern local, the Brewers Arms.
The bellringing team at Eckington Church recently won two striking competitions held by the Southern Branch of the Worcester Diocesan Association of Bellringers with teams from Bredons Norton, Great Comberton and Pershore coming second.
The Churches of St Wulstan and St Barnabas in Worcester have started to come together to take part in diocesan training over Zoom.
For the past few months, there has been a new feature in the Alvechurch parish magazine which explores how people are living out their faith in their everyday lives.
The Halesowen Welcome Group was opened in 2008 with the aim of helping combat social isolation and financial exclusion of refugees locally. Started by Churches Together in Halesowen, they now support over 200 refugees and asylum seekers a year with many attending their Monday sessions each week.
31 people from across the Diocese were confirmed yesterday evening in a service at the Cathedral for the Feast of Christ the King. Those being confirmed ranged from age 11 to 77 and came from 16 different parishes.
Keith Williams and Shane Harrison were both confirmed at the Cathedral on Sunday evening. Both men only came to faith over the last few months after joining the ‘Worship Wednesday’ sessions at The Community Link, Cradley Heath.
Faith Leaders gathered at Dudley Council House yesterday to mark Inter Faith Week. Representatives from all the major faiths were present along with the Mayor of Dudley and Deputy Lieutenant for the West Midlands.
Elmley Castle, has started a new worshipping community at St Mary’s Church. The service takes place outside – ‘Messy Church goes Wild’!
Over 50 people gathered at Worcester Bosch yesterday to celebrate the Calling Young Disciples project as the main part of it comes to an end.
St Godwald's Church in Finstall, Bromsgrove has been running Café Church since January & the new congregation continues to grow!
Friday 2 December is Fuel Poverty Awareness Day.
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