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Summer maintenance for your church building

Aswe enter the Summer months, Church Buildings' Officer, Mark Carter, offersadvice about what to focus on as you care for your church building.Take advantage of the long daysUsethe long, sunny days to inspect the building: check rainwater goods and g

The Church Tent at the Three Counties Show

At this years Church Tent, visitors to the Three Counties Show can enjoy a fresh cup of tea, coffee or hot chocolate on the show ground along with a bacon buttie, panini or home-made cake, whilst taking part in free family activities.

Wilden Primary rated 'Excellent' in its SIAMS inspection

Wilden All Saints Church of England VC Primary school has been awarded an overall judgement of Excellent under the new SIAMS (Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools) schedule.

Pub licensing for new vicar of St Matthew Ronkswood

On Sunday 2nd June congregation members, family and friends gathered in the heart of Ronkswood's community, The Punch Bowl Inn, for the licensing of new vicar, the Revd Rob Farmer. The service took place in the pub's main function room, adjacent

Celebrating Pentecost

Last weekend saw a number of celebrations of Pentecost acrossthe Diocese and the culmination of the ten days of Prayer for Thy Kingdom Comewith major events in both Dudley and Worcester.Praying for DudleyIn Dudley, around 150 people gathered in the P

Letter from the Bishop of Worcester

All Together as Kingdom PeopleSaturday 28 September, Worcester CathedralItis now over five years since our Kingdom People Vision was unanimouslyand enthusiastically adopted by Diocesan Synod in 2013. TheChurch is Gods gift to the world, which is call

Former Archdeacon to mark 60 years as a Priest

Trinity Sunday marks the 60th Anniversary ofFrank Bentleys ordination to the Priesthood. Frank, who is a former Archdeaconof Worcester, will be celebrating with a special service on the feast of CorpusChristi, 7.30pm Thursday 20 June at Fladbury

Summer Pilgrimages

Have you considered a pilgrimage this summer?

St Barnabas, Worcester visits Magdeburg

The parish of St Barnabas with Christ Church recently visited their link parish in our partner Diocese of the Evangelical Church of Central Germany.

New Residentiary Canon in the Cathedral

Worcester Cathedral is delighted to announce theappointment of a new Residentiary Canon, which is an appointment by HM the Queen. The Revd Dr Stephen Edwards will join the Cathedral Chapter with aparticular responsibility for promoting the Cathe

Cars will be the stars at the Bishampton summer fete

Bishamptons Summer Fete will feature adazzling array of around eight four-wheeled beauties this year to make any carenthusiast drool. Ranging from the late 1920s rightthrough to the 21st century, the cars all have different claims tofame, all with so

One man and a Bishop in a boat

Holland House, our local Christian houseof hospitality, is a treasure and we are privileged that it's in the Diocese ofWorcester. And its also well-placed as a resource for our neighbouringdioceses, for churches of all traditions and for people of o

New funding to support work with children and young people

Allchurches Trust haslaunched a new grants programme Growing Lives aimed at helping churches andChristian organisations throughout the UK and Ireland to connect with childrenand young people and forge lasting links with families in their local area

Major National Lottery Grant for Worcester Cathedral

The National LotteryHeritage Fund awarded an initial grant of 168,000 in September 2017 to developthe project, which will conserve and bring into public use for the first timethe 12th century Undercroft to College Hall. It also involves theconservati

Video: An update from Adam Legge

Premier talks to Singing Angels.

Rachel Matthews from Premier Christian Radio, visitedSinging Angels at All Saints in Sedgley, Dudley on Sunday 19 May. She isworking on a 5-6 minute breakfast slot to inspire other churches to reach outto their communities. Rachel interviewed Clair

The current financial challenges facing the Diocese

Executive Summary:In 2018 the Diocese[1]made a deficit of over 1 million for the first time. This arises because we spent more on parishministry, support for ministry and mission and our administration than wereceived as income. Here I will explain:T

Top Church volunteers at Dudley Parkrun

27 volunteers from Top Church in Dudley served as thevolunteer stewards at Dudley Parkrun on Saturday morning. The team lined thecourse to make sure everyone got through safely, timed the runners and evenprovided cake at the end! The Archdeacon of Du

Diocesan Education Team host inaugural conference for church school governors

One hundred church school governors attended the DiocesanEducation Teams inaugural Governors Conference on Saturday 30thMarch at Stanbrook Abbey. Throughout the day, delegates were invited to explorethe theme of Vision into Action withspeakers from t

25 years of women's ministry

TheDiocese of Bristol were the first diocese to ordain women as priests in March1994 with Worcesters ordination service taking place on 7 May. TheRevd Marj Stanton-Hyde was one of the first women ordained on that day andshared some of her memories an