Marking Pentecost through praying Thy Kingdom Come
Published: 4th May 2022The Day of Pentecost, this year on 5 June, marks fifty days since Easter Day and brings the Easter season to an end.
News
A call to prayer for Ukraine
Published: 24th February 2022Bishop John calls on all in the Diocese of Worcester to pray for the people of Ukraine and for peace, and for the leaders of the West as they deliberate on how to respond to the terrible unprovoked aggression of Russia.
Bishop Martin's pilgrimage of prayer and hope
Published: 15th September 2021Throughout Autumn, Bishop Martin will be journeying around the diocese in a pilgrimage of prayer and hope, spending two days in each of our deaneries and visiting as many churches as possible.
A Diocesan Prayer for Pentecost
Published: 23rd May 2021Watch our diocesan prayer for Pentecost, filmed across our six new deaneries.
Thy Kingdom Come 2021
Published: 26th April 2021There are lots of ways to get involved in Thy Kingdom Come from Ascension Day to Pentecost this year, praying for more people to come to faith.
Ordinations in Peru
Published: 8th January 2021This Sunday, 10 January, four people will be ordained deacon in the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Lima. Please pray for all the candidates.
#BlackLivesMatter
Published: 15th June 2020The Bishop and the Dean have ‘taken the knee’ outside the Cathedral to pray for all those affected by repression, discrimination and injustice in a special video ahead of the protest planned in Worcester over the weekend.
Being a Prison Chaplain during the Coronavirus pandemic
Published: 22nd May 2020Margie Schutte is the Managing Chaplain at HMP Hewell in Redditch. She tells us how their work has changed over the past few months of the Covid-19 crisis.
Setting up a Skype prayer group
Published: 25th March 2020Would you like to join a Skype prayer group?
Flooding in Powick
Published: 25th February 2020Vicar of Powick, Gary Crellin, reflects on last week's flooding in his parish.
Rejecting 'competitive coping'
Published: 20th May 2020A blog for Mental Health Awareness Week from the Revd Cassius Francis, Just Finance Development Worker for the Black Country.
A blog for Vocations Sunday
Published: 2nd May 2020Exploring Christian vocation during a pandemic.
Heaven in ordinary ... something understood
Published: 30th April 2020An article for June editions of parish magazines from the Archdeacon of Worcester.
Spiritual Communion
Published: 23rd March 2020The archbishops and others are presently encouraging people to attend acts of worship in their imagination, and online. People are asked to pray at home, but with others who are praying elsewhere. This includes virtual Holy Communion – and many people have used the traditional language of “spiritual communion†without explaining it. Doug Chaplin offers a short explanation, with some prayers that you can use.
A message from our Bishops re: the latest Coronavirus guidance
Published: 17th March 2020Bishops John and Martin have written to all parishes following the latest Coronavirus guidance.
Praying for the city of Worcester
Published: 3rd December 2019Each Saturday between 10pm and midnight, a small ecumenical group meets at the Salvation Army Hall in Worcester to pray for the city and especially the Street Pastors who are out around the town.
Latest News
Glenn Reading to be Rector of the ARCH Benefice
30th June 2025
Bishop Martin has announced the appointment of the Revd Glenn Reading as Rector of Church Lench w Rous Lench & Abbots Morton & Harvington in Pershore & Evesham Deanery.