Afternoon tea helps tackle loneliness
Published: 8th April 2025St Philip’s Church in Webheath, Redditch was filled with the sound of chatter, laughter, and the clink of teacups as it hosted a special afternoon tea on Sunday for around 25 guests.
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Partnership continues to support Morogoro school
Published: 31st March 2025St Mary’s Church in Kempsey has a longstanding link with St Paul's Anglican Church in Chamwino, in our partner diocese of Morogoro, Tanzania. Over the past few years they have been supporting Chamwino Nursery School.
Praying for the appointment process for our next bishop
Published: 31st March 2025The Crown Nominations Commission will be meeting on 9 May to shortlist candidates to be our next bishop and interviews will take place on 12 & 13 June. Can you commit to pray for this process? Find resources and sign up for a 15-minute time slot here.
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.
A television adventure!
Published: 20th March 2025Oldswinford Curate, Claire Cox and Associate Priest in Hagley and Clent, Kim Topham were both invited to take part in a recording of the Christmas edition of the Taste Test Restaurant for Channel 5. Clare tells us about her experience.
Animato Children's Choir
Published: 10th March 2025Animato Children's choir is based at Leigh Church and started as part of the parish's work with the Calling Young Disciples programme. Recently, members of Animato Children’s Choir made their leaders and supporting family members incredibly proud when they took part in the Worcester Competitive Arts Festival at the Royal Grammar School.
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.
Ashing at St Barnabas Primary School
Published: 6th March 2025Pupils in Key Stage 2 at St Barnabas CE Primary School in Worcester took part in a special assembly on Ash Wednesday to learn about Lent, receive ashes and share communion together.
Silver Eco Church award for Offenham
Published: 27th February 2025St Mary & St Milburgh Church in Offenham has recently become a Silver Eco Church. PCC member Debbie Harrison has led on the work and the award was presented at the church’s patronal festival last Sunday.
St John's spire repair begins
Published: 24th February 2025Restoration works to the iconic spire of St John's Church in Bromsgrove have officially begun. This marks the start of the Spire Appeal Project, a restoration project made possible with support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Ministry Share thank you
Published: 20th February 2025Thank you to everyone who helped contribute to Ministry Share in 2024, the generous payments made by our churches have meant that we have been able to pay and house our clergy and continue training new clergy for the future.
St James' Church, Eve Hill, Dudley
Published: 13th February 2025Although St James’ Church in Dudley has recently been declared redundant, its dedicated congregation members are determined to keep the memories and the fellowship alive. Former members of the Local Church Council have spoken about how their church always had a family feel and some of the things they will miss.
Anglo-Catholic Mission Priest
Published: 13th February 2025Sarah Roberts-Malpass has been licensed as the Anglo-Catholic Mission Priest for Kingswinford and Wall Heath, one of our renewal parishes. Her role is funded by the national church and will be very outward focussed, taking the church into the local community.
Alison Maddocks to retire
Published: 11th February 2025Alison Maddocks, our Dean of Smaller Churches will retire at the end of May this year. Alison has worked in the role since the start of 2021, supporting those churches with an active membership of 20 or fewer.
Criminal Justice Affairs Group Prayers_Feb25
Published: 10th February 2025The Diocese of Worcester hosts a group whose focus is criminal justice. The group offers a faith perspective on criminal justice matters and raises awareness of the issues. CJAG offers this bi-monthly prayer guide which we hope will be useful for personal and intercessory prayer in local parishes.
A new look for Parish Resources
Published: 8th February 2025Parish Resources, a website managed by the National Church of England, to support PCCs with the everyday governance and administration of their local church has had a major redesign.
New Mothers' Union President
Published: 7th February 2025At the beginning of the year Mothers’ Union began a new triennium, with a new Diocesan President and Trustee Board.
Earth Hour 2025
Published: 3rd February 2025Since starting in 2007, Earth Hour, which takes place on 22 March has been known for the “lights off” moment, with individuals around the world switching off their lights to show support for the planet and raise awareness of the environmental issues affecting it.
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St Stephen's Barbourne delighted with new HUBB Church website
29th May 2025
St Stephen’s Barbourne recently under went the process of getting a new website, using a HUBB Church template, and are really pleased with the end result. Here Priest in Charge, Lindsey Coulthard, shares their journey and the support received from the Diocesan Transformation Communications team.