Worship for pre-schoolers in Droitwich
Published: 17th June 2025‘Sparkle Tots’ is church for pre-schoolers and their parents or carers. It takes place at St Nicholas Church in Droitwich on Mondays during term time.
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Connecting with young people in Alvechurch
Published: 12th June 2025St Laurence Church in Alvechurch, just outside Redditch, has a group of young people who attend church with their families. The Ministry team has been working with the group to explore ways of helping them feel that it’s their church too, involving them with different ministries.
Joint confirmation service in Worcester
Published: 10th June 202510 candidates from St James, Welland, St Stephen, Barbourne, Claines and St George in Worcester were confirmed at Pentecost Sunday at a service at Claines Church. Two of those being confirmed were also baptised.
Youth Pastor Nathan brings fresh vision to Malvern Chase
Published: 5th June 2025Nathan Shipton started a new role as Youth Pastor for the Malvern Chase team in April 2024 bringing with him a fresh vision and passion for engaging with 11–18 year olds that has already made a difference across the churches’ communities.
St Stephen's Barbourne delighted with new HUBB Church website
Published: 29th May 2025St Stephen’s Barbourne recently launched a new website, using a HUBB Church template, and are really pleased with the end result. Priest in Charge, Lindsey Coulthard, shares their journey.
Diane Cooksey becomes Team Rector and Renewal Leader
Published: 21st May 2025At All Saints Church in Sedgley on Sunday, Diane Cooksey was installed as Team Rector of Gornal and Sedgley and Renewal Leader at All Saints.
Partnership working in the Muddy Boots rural mission area
Published: 8th May 2025The Muddy Boots Rural Mission area covers 26 churches and 156 square miles. The area has a number of ministers and three stipendiary incumbents – Sallie Butcher, Julia Curtis and David Morris, who work closely together to support each other.
St John’s Halesowen launch post exam calm space for year 11 students
Published: 30th April 2025St John’s church in Halesowen is looking at ways they can build stronger links with and better serve their local community. This week they have launched a post exam calm space for year 11s about to embark on their GCSEs.
Easter Sunday Baptisms take place across the Diocese
Published: 23rd April 2025Churches across the diocese baptised new people into the faith on Easter Day.
Lightbox shares Easter hope with Young People in Worcester
Published: 18th April 2025The Lightbox team braved the rain on Good Friday to offer activities as well as free food and drink to young people in Worcester City Centre.
St Peter’s Bengeworth launch Community Café
Published: 17th April 2025Last month St Peter’s in Bengeworth opened a Community Café inside the church called ‘The Point’. The café opens every Tuesday morning and aims to be a welcoming space for those who might not have been in the church before.
New starters funded by national church to help further support parish churches
Published: 16th April 2025Two new starters will shortly be joining our diocesan Transformation support hub. Sharon Boardman will be joining us as Transformation Project Manager, and Fiona Edlington as Parish, HR and Recruitment Adviser.
Families in Redditch flock to Activity Church NWC
Published: 8th April 2025St John’s Greenlands in Redditch has a thriving New Worshipping Community for families and children called ‘Activity Church’ which runs at the same time as their traditional Sunday morning service, in the adjacent church hall.
Joint service in Worcester
Published: 31st March 2025The churches of St Stephen, St George and Claines in Worcester came together on Mothering Sunday for their first joint service, which also included the commissioning of their new Children, Youth and Families’ Minister, Heather Murphy.
Mission Accompaniers help prepare churches for mission
Published: 28th March 2025An independent review of the Mission Accompaniers scheme has found that it effectively prepared churches for mission.
Renewal leaders gather for first learning community session
Published: 27th March 2025A learning community has been launched for Renewal and Resourcing Church leaders to support each other as they journey together on their missions to revitalise existing churches and grow the Kingdom.
Introducing Matthew Cook paid worker for Harvington Youth Project
Published: 10th March 2025Matt Cook is the Children and Youth worker for Harvington Youth Project and has been in post seven months. St James the Great is part of the ARCH benefice and has a small congregation on Sundays, however they work together with the Baptist church as the steering group for Harvington’s thriving youth project.
Celebrating the Muddy Boots Mission Area
Published: 10th March 2025Bishop Martin visited the church of St Peter and St Paul in Rock on Sunday to celebrate the creation of the Muddy Boots Mission Area. As part of the service, people from across the 26 churches in the area committed to praying and working together.
Kingdom People Fund enables TV purchase
Published: 7th March 2025Last Sunday, a new 75” TV screen was installed at St Peter’s Church in Martley, made possible thanks to a grant from the Kingdom People Fund.
Ashes To Go in Wall Heath High Street
Published: 5th March 2025Today, on Ash Wednesday, following a service to mark the start of Lent and the giving of Ashes at Church of the Ascension in Wall Heath, Mission Priest Sarah Roberts-Malpass and Curate Chris Smith, visited the nearby high street to offer ‘Ashes to go’ to passersby.
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The online faculty system is changing
26th June 2025
The online faculty system which all churches use to request permission to repair or make changes to their buildings under the Faculty Jurisdiction Rules is being upgraded to a new Building Management Portal.