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Tower project at Norton Juxta Kempsey receives lottery support

Published: 2nd September 2019

St James the Great has received a National Lottery HeritageFund grant of 205,100 for urgent repairs and exciting heritage projects inNorton Juxta Kempsey, Worcester. Madepossible by money raised by National Lottery players, the project focuses on ess


Chaplaincy at Worcester Livestock Market

Published: 29th August 2019

An article from Canon Peter Lawrence who has recently retired from his role as Chaplain to Worcester Livestock Market after many years of listening and sharing the concerns of the livestock farming community.A typical market day... Lot after lot of


Mothers' Union 'Away from it all' scheme

Published: 29th August 2019

Mothers Union members here in the Diocese of Worcester regularlyprovide various types of breaks for many people a year through their long running"Away From It All" scheme, which is intended to supportfamilies who are experiencing stressful times and


Susan Price retires as Ambassador for The Children's Society

Published: 27th August 2019

Susan Price isretiring from her role as The Childrens Society Diocesan Ambassador after 18 years.Since moving toBewdley, Susan started fundraising for The Childrens Society by starting houseto house collections and making marmalade. In 1970, Susan an


New Safeguarding Independent Chair appointed

Published: 13th August 2019

Geoff will work closely with our Diocesan Safeguarding Advisers as well as other external bodies to ensure safeguarding in the diocese is as effective as possible and subject to robust and independent scrutiny.The Chair of the Safeguarding Advisory P


Funding to create biodiversity areas in Kempsey & Norton

Published: 8th August 2019

St Mary's Church in Kempsey and St James the Great Church in Norton have both received funding to enable biodiversity projects to take place in their churchyards and the surrounding areas. St Mary's, Kempsey has received 8,471of funding from the


All Together as Kingdom People

Published: 6th August 2019

Will your parish be coming along to the All Together as Kingdom People day?


Education Sunday 2019

Published: 6th August 2019

Sunday 8 September is Education Sunday.


Ride and Stride 2019

Published: 6th August 2019

The annual Ride and Stride takes place this year on 14 September.


Letter from the Dean of Worcester

Published: 6th August 2019

Using social mediaresponsiblySocial media havebecome a way of life for many people. And like any way of life, social mediaare an opportunity and a danger. Social media can do good and can cause harm.Using social media well is a craft that needs to be


New Youth and Children's worker at Top Church

Published: 6th August 2019

Clare Soar has been appointedas the new Youth and Childrens Minister at St Thomas and St Luke (TopChurch) in Dudley.Clare and her husband havebeen attending Top Church for the last few months and when she saw the postadvertised, she was keen to get i


Pickersleigh's holiday lunch club

Published: 1st August 2019

St Marys, Pickersleigh are running a lunch club for localchildren across three weeks during the school holidays. Helped by their Calling Young DisciplesMission Enabler, they are opening the church from 11.30am 2pm and providingprimary age children w


Great offer on contactless giving!

Published: 1st August 2019

If you're thinking of trying contactless, why not have a look at this new offer from the Parish Buying Scheme?


Will your church be open for the Heritage Open Days?

Published: 30th July 2019

This year, the national heritage open days take place from13 22 September. Its an opportunity for people to go and visit places ofheritage that they wouldnt normally get a chance to see and all for free!Running at the same time as the Ride and


Using secular books to reach baptism families

Published: 29th July 2019

A new project has been trialled in a couple of parishes in the Diocese as a way of helping churches keep their promise to baptism parents to welcome baptised children and uphold them in their new lives in Christ.


Mission Shaped Ministry Course running this Autumn

Published: 26th July 2019

The second Mission ShapedMinistry (MSM) course in Worcester Diocese begins in September 2019 in venues near Worcester and in the Black Country. The firstcourse 2017-2018 encouraged many groups from all over the Diocese and furtherafield looking


Diocesan Office restructuring update

Published: 26th July 2019

As many of you will be aware,there has been some re-organisation at the Diocesan Office. This provides anupdate on the outcomes of some of this, although a couple of elements are stillundergoing consultation.This post willbe updated from time to time


Christian Aid launches new appeal

Published: 25th July 2019

ChristianAid is urging churches to support an appeal offeringa lifeline to those impacted by torrential rain, floods and landslides thathave displaced millions of people across India, Bangladesh and Nepal.Minoritycommunities, such as those belonging


Rowing the Avon for Holland House

Published: 24th July 2019

On Thursday 1 August, threemen will be taking to the river Avon in a rowing boat to complete a 24.5 milerow from Stratford upon Avon to Cropthorne, just outside Evesham.They will be completing thissponsored row to raise money for our diocesan retreat


St Mary's, Oldswinford helped by Maintenancebooker

Published: 24th July 2019

In June, churchwardens at St Marys church in Oldswinfordnoticed a problem with the gutters and wanted to find a solution.They immediately turned to MaintenanceBooker,the new website which makes caring for churches much easier.Using MaintenanceBooker

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40 people from our diocese receive Maundy Money

28th March 2024

40 people from across Worcestershire and Dudley received ‘Maundy Money’ from HM the Queen this morning in recognition of their exemplary Christian service to church and community over many years....

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