Marking 80 years of Christian Aid
Published: 24th November 2025The CEO of Christian Aid, Patrick Watt, met supporters of the charity in Worcester on Saturday for a special event to mark Christian Aid’s 80th anniversary.
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Christ the King confirmations
Published: 24th November 202530 people from across the Diocese were confirmed by Bishop Martin in the Cathedral on the Feast of Christ the King, with one person also being baptised.
New WW2 monument unveiled in Cradley Heath
Published: 24th November 2025On Remembrance Sunday, a new monument was unveiled in the grounds of the former St Luke’s Church in Cradley Heath. Local sculptor Luke Perry wished to honour his grandfather, Eric Attwood, a Chainmaker during World War 2, which was a Reserved Occupation.
Great Malvern Priory celebrates National Lottery grant
Published: 21st November 2025Great Malvern Priory has been awarded almost £700,000 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to conserve its unique collection of English Medieval stained-glass windows and improve facilities for visitors.
Halesowen Messy Church with film-showing welcomes ninety people
Published: 20th November 2025St John’s church in Halesowen welcomed over 90 people on Saturday 15 November for a special Messy Church, which included a film-showing of 'The Snowman' by candlelight, bringing the whole community together!
Catching up with the Director of Mission and Ministry
Published: 20th November 2025Joseph Diwakar was appointed as the diocesan Director of Mission and Ministry earlier this year, taking up his new role in June. We caught up with him to find out how his first few months have been and his plans for the Equipping Ministers for Mission underpinning diocesan priority.
Update on our transformation journey
Published: 19th November 2025As another year draws to a close, Archdeacon Nikki provides an update on our journey of transformation and change. Where have we reached key milestones? What does the next stage of the journey look like? Are we still heading towards the same ultimate destination?
November & December Church Maintenance Tips
Published: 17th November 2025Your guide to maintenance jobs in your church during November and December from the Church Buildings Team.
Sharing Hope in Redditch
Published: 14th November 2025Members of St Stephen’s Church in Redditch have been sharing hope in different locations across Redditch, offering people free tea and coffee and a chance to talk about faith and about anything which might be worrying them.
Celebrating joy, creativity and community with iSingPop and Café Church
Published: 14th November 2025Gail Rogers, Vicar of Beoley and Alvechurch explains how an iSingPop workshop in the local first school resulted in a joyful Café Church with 27 children attending.
Joyful Light Trail event for families in Claines
Published: 13th November 2025Claines played host to a joyful family ‘Light Trail’ during the half term holiday, which ninety people participated in. Ten households in Claines decorated their homes as “light stops,” each displaying a word that formed part of a Bible verse, for participants to unscramble.
Diocesan Small Churches Choir
Published: 11th November 2025At the celebration service for small churches service held in the Cathedral last May, a number of singers expressed a wish to be able to sing together more often. Mark and Linda Blackwell from Fladbury (Nr Evesham) felt called to use their experience to try to set up a choir made up from singers from the small churches across the Diocese to sing at occasional services at Worcester and other cathedrals.
Remembrance: Who is my neighbour?
Published: 10th November 2025At the Remembrance Sunday service in the Cathedral, Bishop Martin preached on the question asked of Jesus: 'Who is my Neighbour?' He has written an opinion piece for local media based on that sermon.
Please pray for the COP30 Climate Conference
Published: 10th November 2025Climate COP30 begins in earnest today, 10 November and runs to 21 November in Belim in Brazil, in the heart of the Amazon. An Anglican delegation is attending led by Archbishop Marinez of Brazil.
Partnership with iSingPOP has successful first year
Published: 6th November 2025Parishes across the Diocese working with Kirsty Pierson from iSingPOP this year, have reported how much this support has helped them reach new families and children. We hope it will be possible to extend the pilot to see how this initial success can be further embedded and built on.
Claines Church to launch new ‘Bubble Church’ service thanks to grant funding
Published: 6th November 2025In January 2026 Claines Church, will be launching a new and exciting church service for children called ‘Bubble Church’. This has been made possible thanks to a grant from the ‘Healthier Churches Fund’.
Cascades of Poppies on churches for Remembrance
Published: 3rd November 2025Churches across Worcestershire and Dudley are marking Remembrance Day with stunning displays of knitted and crocheted poppies, often stretching down the tower or from the roof of the church.
A Cross of Community and Hope
Published: 3rd November 2025At St Thomas’ Church in Stourbridge, members of ‘Chewsday Church’ have recently unveiled a large cross, intentionally crafted with a rough and imperfect surface to reflect the brokenness of our world.
Please pray for our partner dioceses
Published: 2nd November 2025Two of our partner dioceses, Peru and Morogoro (Tanzania) have recently been experiencing political turbulence and need our prayers.
New Rector of Pedmore and Wollescote
Published: 31st October 2025Bishop Martin as Acting Bishop of Worcester has announced the appointment of the Revd Claire Cox as Rector of the Benefice of Pedmore and Wollescote.
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Marking 80 years of Christian Aid
24th November 2025
The CEO of Christian Aid, Patrick Watt, met supporters of the charity in Worcester on Saturday for a special event to mark Christian Aid’s 80th anniversary.