Charles Hindley and Anita Mansell are based at Holy Trinity Old Hill and work closely on children, family and youth ministry. Anita swapped from a volunteer role seven months ago and is focusing on families and primary aged children.
Churches across Redditch are working together offer Easter blessings to families in the town. From 26 – 28 March, they will be taking over a shop front in the Kingfisher shopping centre to run crafts and games, gifting families Easter eggs and age-appropriate bibles.
Erica Siddall, one of our regional Net Zero Carbon Project Managers who leads on clergy housing, suggests tracking your home energy usage as a great way to understand your usage, care for our planet and perhaps reduce costs.
Bishop Hugh has announced the appointment of The Reverend James Ellin as Renewal Lead and Vicar in the Saltway Team, Droitwich.
The parish of Teme Valley South held their annual Lambing Café Church service last weekend at a local farm.
James Treasure has been announced by Downing Street as the next Bishop of St Germans in the Diocese of Truro. James is currently Rector of Dudley and Resource Church Leader at Top Church.
Worcester Cathedral is beginning an important consultation about how it secures its long-term financial sustainability. Please do contribute and let Chapter know your views.
An update from the safeguarding team about DBS checks following the APCS data breach last year. As a diocese, we will shortly be moving to ThirtyOne:Eight for diocesan checks and parishes are invited to also register with this umbrella body.
Sian Morgan has been appointed as our new Diocesan Children and Young People Lead in the Transformation Support Hub team, which is funded by the national church.
Christian Aid supporters across the country are coming together for the 2026 Changemakers Conference. In Worcester, a ‘watch party’ will be held at St George’s Church.
Our diocese has been chosen as one of four dioceses to pilot the new Buildings Management System (BMP) to be launched this year.
St Philip’s Church in Webheath, Redditch recently welcomed families from across the area for a lively Paddington Craft and Film Day filled with creativity, colour and a great deal of orange peel.
All Saints Church in Sedgley held a pancake party in the church hall on Tuesday morning with over 85 children attending. Many of the parents present expressed an interest in bringing their children to other things, including potential New Worshipping Communities being planned.
Bishop Hugh visited St Stephen’s Church in Redditch on Ash Wednesday where they were hosting a ‘Lightbox’ drop in event for young people, followed by jacket potatoes for the community ahead of their Ash Wednesday service.
The Revd Jacqueline Shalloe and Joseph Diwakar have become co-chairs of the diocesan Racial Justice Forum, taking over from Kashmir Garton and Bishop Martin who previously shared the chairing of the group.
Today, on Ash Wednesday, to mark the start of Lent, Mission Priest Sarah Roberts-Malpass took to the streets and visited a Kingswinford shopping parade to offer ‘Ashes to go’ to passersby.
POP-up Church is a New Worshipping Community set up at St John’s Church in Kidderminster in partnership with St John’s CE Primary school, following an iSingPOP main event in school in January 2025. Last weekend they celebrated their one-year anniversary!
This year’s diocesan Lent Appeal will be for our partner diocese of Peru, where they are asking for donations towards their Mission Church in the Amazon rainforest.
In this year's Lent message, Bishop Hugh encourages us to consider using the 40 days to commit to a specific discipline which will help us to live life more fully with God and for God.
St James Church in Welland has been awarded £140,533 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund towards their project “Future-Proofing our Heritage”. The funding will primarily enable both the organ and 1897 Jubilee clock to be refurbished, and for a new infrared heating system to be installed.
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19th March 2026