Welcoming Bishop Hugh
Published: 18th January 2026Hundreds of people from across Worcestershire and Dudley gathered in Worcester Cathedral on Saturday to welcome Hugh Nelson to the Diocese as the 114th Bishop of Worcester.
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Soul Food NWC demonstrates the value of connection in Wall Heath
Published: 13th January 2026Church of the Ascension in Wall Heath host ‘Soul Food’ NWC every other Tuesday evening from 5pm. In their last session before Christmas the theme was ‘joy and connection’. As well as discussing this theme, they also demonstrated it, filling shoeboxes with gifts for families in need.
Bishop Hugh arrives in the Diocese
Published: 6th January 2026On 17 January, we will officially welcome Hugh Nelson as the next Bishop of Worcester. As he joins us, he will be spending time getting to know Worcestershire and Dudley and its people as well as finding out more about what’s happening in our churches.
Making the most of Christmas opportunities to fuel growth
Published: 17th December 2025Many people will come into our churches for Christmas services who might not attend at other times of the year. This provides great opportunities including informing your local community of exciting things coming up. Here are some ways in which our renewal churches are planning to do that.
Diocesan office staff volunteer at ‘bigger than ever’ Toy Appeal
Published: 16th December 2025The Redditch Toy Appeal organised by the Redditch Mission Area has helped provide Christmas presents for over 1000 children this year! With more referred than ever before, staff from the diocesan team, including Archdeacon Nikki volunteered to help.
Debra Hill: Boosting Family Ministry Across Five Worcester Churches
Published: 4th December 2025Debra Hill is Children, Families and Youth worker for five churches in the Worcester South East team with St Barnabas, in a post that is in part financed by the Healthier Churches Fund. Here Debra reflects on her first year in the role.
Update on our transformation journey
Published: 19th November 2025As another year draws to a close, Archdeacon Nikki provides an update on our journey of transformation and change. Where have we reached key milestones? What does the next stage of the journey look like? Are we still heading towards the same ultimate destination?
Joyful Light Trail event for families in Claines
Published: 13th November 2025Claines played host to a joyful family ‘Light Trail’ during the half term holiday, which ninety people participated in. Ten households in Claines decorated their homes as “light stops,” each displaying a word that formed part of a Bible verse, for participants to unscramble.
Partnership with iSingPOP has successful first year
Published: 6th November 2025Parishes across the Diocese working with Kirsty Pierson from iSingPOP this year, have reported how much this support has helped them reach new families and children. We hope it will be possible to extend the pilot to see how this initial success can be further embedded and built on.
Claines Church to launch new ‘Bubble Church’ service thanks to grant funding
Published: 6th November 2025In January 2026 Claines Church, will be launching a new and exciting church service for children called ‘Bubble Church’. This has been made possible thanks to a grant from the ‘Healthier Churches Fund’.
New Children and Families Worker for St Peter’s Bengeworth
Published: 29th October 2025Former primary school teacher Emily Holmes has recently joined St Peter’s Bengeworth in Evesham as ‘Children and Families Worker’. Emily is keen to bring more families into church and has a real heart for creating neurodiverse-friendly spaces where all children feel safe and valued.
Getting the October count right
Published: 20th October 2025Each October, churches are asked to count the numbers of children and adults attending different services to feed into the Church of England’s Statistics for Mission which need to be submitted before the end of January.
Kingswinford Operations Manager
Published: 17th October 2025Former Corporate HR Manager, Grace Wrigglesworth, has been Operations Manager for Kingswinford parish for just over a year and her work is already making a difference to the whole Kingswinford community about which she is so passionate.
New Halesowen Children and Families Worker helps launch first Messy Church
Published: 1st October 2025Former CE primary school teacher Louise Hicklin recently started as Children and Families’ Worker at St John the Baptist Church in Halesowen. Thanks to this appointment and the installation of new toilets, St John’s Church have been able to launch their first Messy Church.
Revd Giles Joiner installed as Team Vicar in Gornal and Sedgley
Published: 25th September 2025At All Saints church in Sedgley on Sunday 21st September, Giles Joiner was installed as Team Vicar in the benefice of Gornal and Sedgley by Bishop Anne Hollinghurst. It was a joyful service, designed to offer a warm welcome to Giles and his family.
The Chase Team Malvern give away hundreds of ‘Easy to Read’ bibles
Published: 23rd September 2025The Chase team in Malvern have given away hundreds of ‘Easy to Read’ Bibles in their communities so far this year, to raise awareness of God’s message and the hope that Jesus brings.
Commissioning Service for St Clement's CE Primary School
Published: 10th September 2025Last week, staff at St Clement’s CE Primary School, were formally commissioned into their roles for the new academic year during a special service held at St John-in-Bedwardine Church in Worcester.
What makes a good Church Noticeboard?
Published: 10th September 2025A number of our churches have applied to the Kingdom People Fund for a grant to replace their external church noticeboards. Here are a few pointers on how to make your church noticeboard as effective as possible.
St John's Halesowen Step In To Host Uniform Exchange
Published: 4th September 2025St John’s Church stepped in to host the Halesowen Uniform Exchange during the school holidays, after the usual venue had become unavailable at short notice.
Holiday club in Wyre Forest West
Published: 26th August 2025Children from Wyre Forest West Churches have enjoyed a summer activity day on the theme of Kingdom Builders (based on the Roots Kingdom Builders Holiday Club resource).
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Wulfstan Cross presented to Dick Johnson
20th January 2026
Bishop Hugh has presented the Revd Dick Johnson with the Cross of St. Wulfstan. This award pays tribute to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the Church’s ministry in the Diocese of Worcester.