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.
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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.
An article from Archdeacon Nikki Groarke for December editions of parish magazines.
All Saints in Sedgley have launched an innovative new project to see how nostalgic films might help those with dementia. The launch was visited by the Mayor of Dudley.
St George’s Church in Kidderminster was recently a winner in the National Churches Awards run by the National Churches Trust, winning the 2022 Nayler Award for Excellence in Church Maintenance.
Recently, over 330 children from Jesson’s CE Primary School visited Top Church for an ‘Experience Dudley’ week. The school’s entire Key Stage 2 visited the church over 4 days to learn about faith and the role of the church community throughout the town’s history.
Severnside parishes, on the edge of Worcester have been fundraising to help the parish of Chamwino in Morogoro, Tanzania to provide two classrooms so local children can attend school.
People from across the Diocese have received a certificate from Bishop John, marking the completion of a course designed to help them relate their Christian faith to their own life and locality.
Congratulations to the Kidderminster West Team and also All Saints, Bromsgrove for recently achieving Eco Church Awards. All Saints in Bromsgrove along with St John’s and Holy Innocents Churches in Kidderminster have achieved their bronze award with St Peter’s Church in Kidderminster achieving silver.
All parishes have the opportunity to receive support in the form of a Mission Accompanier. Read about how it's going for two of our Mission Accompaniers working in parishes in Dudley.
Today (18 October) is anti-slavery day. Worcester Diocesan Mothers’ Union have been working on a special awareness raising campaign across our 50 Mothers’ Union Groups and churches where the Mothers’ Union has a presence, for the week around this day.
A new sculpture has been unveiled in the churchyard of St Laurence's Church in Alvechurch during Baby Loss Awareness Week as a memorial to children who died too soon.
St Helen's Church in Worcester is part of All Saints' parish, one of our two resourcing churches. This week, a major refurbishment project has begun in order to restore the church back to its original layout and to provide an accessible, multifunctional and comfortable space in the very centre of city.
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11th February 2025