An alternative route to ordination
Published: 16th February 202315 people from parishes across the Diocese have started a new training course with the hope that many of them will be able to be ordained over the next couple of years.
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Worcester Churches become silver Eco Churches
Published: 10th February 2023St John the Baptist in Claines and St George's Church in Worcester have both achieved their silver Eco Church award.
'Pop-in' to St Martin's Church, Worcester
Published: 3rd February 2023St Martin’s Church, London Road, Worcester, has expanded its ‘Pop-ins’ coffee morning to provide a warm space for local people to come and meet together as well as a chance to share a soup lunch.
Happy 10th birthday to the toddler group in Webheath
Published: 22nd January 2023Bumps, Babes and Toddlers at St Philip’s, Webheath celebrated turning 10 with cake and balloons last week!
Christingle Marmalade!
Published: 13th January 2023Great Malvern Priory used leftover Christingle oranges to create some limited-edition Christingle Marmalade which was then sold to raise money for the church!
Plough Sunday in the Diocese
Published: 8th January 2023Plough Sunday was marked in rural parishes across the Diocese yesterday with the blessing of the plough and prayers for our farmers.
Knitted nativities for care homes
Published: 5th January 2023Groups of people in Malvern have knitted three Nativity sets to give to Care Homes this Christmas. They are about five or six inches high and were packed into shoe boxes for storage so they can be used from year to year.
Historic England grant helps bell ringing in Brierley Hill
Published: 23rd December 2022A £1,500 grant has been awarded to the bell ringers of St Michael’s Church to enable them to buy equipment that allows them to practice in silence and as individuals outside of group gatherings.
St Peter’s, Pedmore becomes Silver Eco Church
Published: 21st December 2022Congratulations to St Peter’s Church in Pedmore who have achieved their silver Eco Church award from A Rocha. The church were delighted to receive the award before Christmas after submitting all their evidence.
Hanging out with baby Jesus!
Published: 18th December 2022For the last few years, St Nicholas Church in Warndon has gone out under the cover of darkness at the beginning of December to leave small, knitted gifts around the local community for people to pick up the following morning.
Suckley's Tree of Light
Published: 16th December 2022The Christmas season at St John the Baptist Church in Suckley starts by bringing to life a Tree of Light with each bulb dedicated to someone no longer with us.
Vicar comes to the rescue of community pub
Published: 9th December 2022The Revd Becky Elliott, Vicar of Holy Trinity and St James on the edge of Malvern will soon be serving behind the bar in her West Malvern local, the Brewers Arms.
Bellringing success for Eckington
Published: 5th December 2022The bellringing team at Eckington Church recently won two striking competitions held by the Southern Branch of the Worcester Diocesan Association of Bellringers with teams from Bredons Norton, Great Comberton and Pershore coming second.
Collaborative Zoom training
Published: 29th November 2022The Churches of St Wulstan and St Barnabas in Worcester have started to come together to take part in diocesan training over Zoom.
Exploring Everyday Faith in Alvechurch Parish Magazine
Published: 24th November 2022For the past few months, there has been a new feature in the Alvechurch parish magazine which explores how people are living out their faith in their everyday lives.
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Supporting refugees
Published: 23rd November 2022The Halesowen Welcome Group was opened in 2008 with the aim of helping combat social isolation and financial exclusion of refugees locally. Started by Churches Together in Halesowen, they now support over 200 refugees and asylum seekers a year with many attending their Monday sessions each week.
Confirmation Candidates from The Community Link, Cradley Heath
Published: 21st November 2022Keith Williams and Shane Harrison were both confirmed at the Cathedral on Sunday evening. Both men only came to faith over the last few months after joining the ‘Worship Wednesday’ sessions at The Community Link, Cradley Heath.
31 confirmed at the Cathedral
Published: 21st November 202231 people from across the Diocese were confirmed yesterday evening in a service at the Cathedral for the Feast of Christ the King. Those being confirmed ranged from age 11 to 77 and came from 16 different parishes.
Faith Leaders gather in Dudley
Published: 16th November 2022Faith Leaders gathered at Dudley Council House yesterday to mark Inter Faith Week. Representatives from all the major faiths were present along with the Mayor of Dudley and Deputy Lieutenant for the West Midlands.
Messy Church goes wild in Elmley Castle!
Published: 14th November 2022Elmley Castle, has started a new worshipping community at St Mary’s Church. The service takes place outside – ‘Messy Church goes Wild’!
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Reflecting on the Health and Sustainability Conversations
31st July 2025
Over the past couple of months, members of the diocesan and deanery teams have met with representatives of every church in our Diocese for a 45-minute conversation on the church’s current missional and financial health.