Claire Rushton took up her post as the new Finance Manager of theDiocese of Worcester Multi Academy Trust (DoWMAT) on Monday 5thNovember, this year. Claire joins the DoWMAT from Pershore High School, where shespent 13 years, progressing from School F
All Saints was packed on Sunday morning as the congregationgathered to officially launch the church as one of two resourcing churches inthe Diocese of Worcester. As aresourcing church, All Saints will receive investment of 2.2m thanks to agrant from
A small group from our diocese are currently on a visit to our friends in the Diocese of Peru. Here you can read more about what they're doing. On Saturday 10 November, Phil Bradford and Doug Chaplin write:A six hour bus journey from Perus secon
At the first meeting of the new Diocesan Synod last week, newChairs for the Houses of Clergy and Laity were appointed.Hugh Richards from Chaddesley Corbett will head up the House ofLaity and the Revd Claire Lording from Pershore has become Chair of t
Fabulous Festive Fayre - and a New Organ Too!
The PCC of St James' Church in Norton Juxta Kempsey, just outside of Worcester, has beensuccessful in securing a grant of 9,800 from Heritage Lottery Fund Awards forAll to support the Benefices early intervention mentoring work in localschools. Over
Raise the Rafters - We've got a new roof!
"If Diocesan Synod were not to exist there really would be no forum where we could make decisions, reflect upon, and think about wider issues." (Bishop John)The video can be downloaded from Vimeo or if you'd like it as a DVD to show at your chur
A new childrens choir has been started in the church ofLeigh, Southwest of Worcester in the Worcestershire West Rural Team.Animato childrens choir is not explicitly a church choirbut was set up by a member of Leigh Church, Claire Jaggers, as a way of
Combatting domestic violence is at the heart of what many Mothers Union members do around the world - whether it is supporting women with practical help at a local level or lobbying governments for fairer treatment of women marginalised as a result o
You can take your churchcollection by contactless card this Christmas!As less and less people carrycash, its becoming increasingly important for parishes to look at alternativeways to receive donations. Theres a new category on the Parish Buying webs
Today is World Toilet Day, which is about taking action toensure that everyone has a safe toilet by 2030. Over 62% of people around theworld dont have access to safe sanitation with 4.5 billion living withoutaccess to a safe toilet.As churches work t
An announcement from the Bishop.
An announcement from the Bishop.
An announcement from the Bishop.
A new cookbook israising funds for Mission Morogoro, a Worcestershire based charity whichsupports projects in our partner diocese of Morogoro in Tanzania, East Africa. In 2016 astorm devastated the church building in Tunguli, a village in Morogo
Thousands gathered in Worcester on RemembranceSunday to mark the exact centenary of the Armistice at the eleventh hour of theeleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. I have to confess that I wasabsent. Not I hasten to add, because I was nervous of
Many of our churches commemorated 100 years since the end of the First World War on Sunday. Here's what happened at St. John in Bedwardine Church in Worcester. Being the 100th Centenary of the end of the Great War (World War 1), members of the c
A total of 703,209 was received by DoWMAT and was used to complete projects including fire safety work, the replacement of structural features and cloakroom refurbishments. The majority of projects were completed over the summer break, with the remai
Astley CE Primary School have marked the centenary of the end ofWorld War One with a poppy installation of their own.Children in Stay and Play and Elm Class have been busyrecently turning the bottom of plastic bottles into poppies. These were thendis
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