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Raise the Rafters - We've got a new roof!
Published: 26th November 2018Raise the Rafters - We've got a new roof!
Worcester Diocesan Synod
Published: 22nd November 2018"If Diocesan Synod were not to exist there really would be no forum where we could make decisions, reflect upon, and think about wider issues." (Bishop John)The video can be downloaded from Vimeo or if you'd like it as a DVD to show at your chur
A new children's choir in Leigh
Published: 22nd November 2018A new childrens choir has been started in the church ofLeigh, Southwest of Worcester in the Worcestershire West Rural Team.Animato childrens choir is not explicitly a church choirbut was set up by a member of Leigh Church, Claire Jaggers, as a way of
16 Days of Activism
Published: 22nd November 2018Combatting domestic violence is at the heart of what many Mothers Union members do around the world - whether it is supporting women with practical help at a local level or lobbying governments for fairer treatment of women marginalised as a result o
Do you take card?
Published: 20th November 2018You can take your churchcollection by contactless card this Christmas!As less and less people carrycash, its becoming increasingly important for parishes to look at alternativeways to receive donations. Theres a new category on the Parish Buying webs
World toilet day
Published: 19th November 2018Today is World Toilet Day, which is about taking action toensure that everyone has a safe toilet by 2030. Over 62% of people around theworld dont have access to safe sanitation with 4.5 billion living withoutaccess to a safe toilet.As churches work t
Sallie Butcher to be Curate in Charge of Wyre Forest West
Published: 18th November 2018An announcement from the Bishop.
Hugh Burton to become Team Rector in Dudley
Published: 18th November 2018An announcement from the Bishop.
Simon Archer to become Team Vicar in Kidderminster
Published: 18th November 2018An announcement from the Bishop.
Fundraising cookbook for Morogoro
Published: 15th November 2018A new cookbook israising funds for Mission Morogoro, a Worcestershire based charity whichsupports projects in our partner diocese of Morogoro in Tanzania, East Africa. In 2016 astorm devastated the church building in Tunguli, a village in Morogo
Preaching in Magdeburg for Remembrance
Published: 14th November 2018Thousands gathered in Worcester on RemembranceSunday to mark the exact centenary of the Armistice at the eleventh hour of theeleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. I have to confess that I wasabsent. Not I hasten to add, because I was nervous of
Remembrance at St John in Bedwardine
Published: 13th November 2018Many of our churches commemorated 100 years since the end of the First World War on Sunday. Here's what happened at St. John in Bedwardine Church in Worcester. Being the 100th Centenary of the end of the Great War (World War 1), members of the c
Building Improvement Projects Completed in DoWMAT Academies
Published: 13th November 2018A total of 703,209 was received by DoWMAT and was used to complete projects including fire safety work, the replacement of structural features and cloakroom refurbishments. The majority of projects were completed over the summer break, with the remai
Poppies at Astley School
Published: 12th November 2018Astley CE Primary School have marked the centenary of the end ofWorld War One with a poppy installation of their own.Children in Stay and Play and Elm Class have been busyrecently turning the bottom of plastic bottles into poppies. These were thendis
Letter from the Bishop of Worcester
Published: 12th November 2018TheChristian faith is essentially about love because God is love.AtChristmas we celebrate Gods love for us in coming to share our human life inthe person of Jesus. At Easter we celebrate the depths of that love in dyingfor us, and its triumph over d
Prison’s Chaplaincy at HMP Long Lartin
Published: 12th November 2018An article on the chaplaincy at HMP Long Lartin by Anglican Chaplain, Stephen Blake.
Follow the Star 2018
Published: 12th November 2018Why not #FollowtheStar this Christmas?
Sharing Christmas cheer!
Published: 12th November 2018The Children and Youth Councils are bringing Christmas Cheer to the streets of Worcester.
Caring for God's Acre at St James' Church
Published: 9th November 2018As part of their Heritage Lottery Fund Project, St James' Church in Norton are engaged in the Caring For Gods Acre project - a national charity dedicatedto the conservation of graveyards as special places found in the heart ofcommunities all over the
Address given at Worcestershire County Harvest Festival
Published: 6th November 2018France: Englishtourist stopped at a caf in a small remote French village and ordered a coupleof scrambled eggs for lunch. Price exorbitantEggs in short supply? Nonmonsieur eggs plentifulTourists in short supplyReminder of laws of supply demand and th
Latest News
Black History Month service in Inkberrow
12th November 2024
During Black History month in October, Harriet Terera-Chimani (originally from Zimbabwe) planned and led the 11 o’clock service at the church on the theme of ‘reclaiming narratives’....