Faith at Work in Worcestershire (FWW) and the Black Country Urban Industrial Mission (BCUIM) are ecumenical projects that encourage and enable Workplace Chaplaincy across the Diocese.
Chaplains are volunteers who undertake this ministry as part of their home church’s mission and outreach in their local economy – in shops, offices, industrial premises, and other workplaces. Some are ordained; most are lay people, with a few hours a week to spend time visiting local workplaces, to listen, support and encourage those at work – a Christian presence of care and compassion.
The Covid pandemic has led to significant changes in the way people work, and the work they do. On returning to regular visiting, chaplains reported finding workers keen to talk about their experience during lockdown and, emerging from this, their new appreciation of what is really important – family, relationships, the meaning and purpose of work, and their own anxieties and vulnerabilities.
Find out more at www.faithatwork.org.uk or www.bcuim.co.uk
Please pray for all at work in your parish and community, especially those working alone, or with uncertainty about the future of their jobs; and pray for chaplains, and for more volunteers to come forward for training to take on this simple but Kingdom centred ministry.
