The Diocesan Mailing is produced every two weeks and contains news, training opportunities and events from around the diocese and wider Church of England. The Training Mailing is produced every month and is a round up of upcoming training opportunities around the diocese.
The CYD team will be changing in September as Project Director, Ruth Walker, steps down & two new Mission Enablers start, replacing Adam Legge who left in July & as maternity leave cover for Amy Stokes.
The latest edition of Called to Action includes ideas of how to mark Climate Sunday in your church - worship, commit and speak up.
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The Church of England has added new webpages with resources and podcasts on disability.
Have you considered standing for election to the General Synod for the next five-year term? Standing for the legislative body of the Church of England is an opportunity to represent your community & your diocese at a national level.
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In this blog post, the diocesan Climate Crisis Group explains the benefits of keeping a wildflower area of your churchyard.
Mark Wild will leave his role as Diocesan Surveyor at the end of August.
The latest edition of Called to Action encourages Eco Churches across our Diocese to 'twin' with another Eco Church which is on the route to COP26 in Glasgow. We hope to set up enough partnerships to have 'walked' all the way to the climate change conference.
St Wulstan’s Church in Warndon, Worcester has been piloting a ‘Mainly Music’ session over the last half term and is working hard to ensure that it is linked into their Sunday morning service.
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Phillip Johnson, Vicar at Malvern Link with Cowleigh has been part of a group doing some research into mid-sized churches. Here he explains some of their findings.Â
When Covid-19 meant that the Hanley Swan and Welland Open the Book Team couldn't go into schools, they began creating films of the stories using wooden pegs!
This edition of Called to Action, small steps to save our planet, explores what we can do to encourage bees and other pollinators to thrive in our gardens.Â
Two special virtual services for KS2/3/4 school leavers led by the Bishop of Dudley.
An article for August editions of parish magazines from Robert Jones, Archdeacon of Worcester.
This July is Plastic Free July, a movement that helps people be part of the solution to plastic pollution so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities. Will you choose to refuse single-use plastics?
14 candidates will be ordained as deacons and priests over the weekend to serve in parishes across the Diocese. Watch the live stream of the services.
A new project across the Diocese asks you to consider your dreams, hopes and prayers for the future of our planet. Find out more in this Called to Action.
Eco Church is a structured award scheme which recognises and encourages the environmentally positive steps that churches can take. We have committed to becoming an Eco Diocese and would like as many churches as possible to get involved and earn their bronze, silver and gold awards!
In March 2020, rural church school Castlemorton CE Primary was awarded an 'excellent' judgement under the new SIAMS inspection schedule.
Watch our diocesan prayer for Pentecost, filmed across our six new deaneries.
As we begin to think about holidays, this edition of Called to Action looks at how we can minimise our holiday footprint.
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1st July 2025