The Diocesan Mailing is produced every two weeks and contains news, training opportunities and events from around the diocese and wider Church of England. The Training Mailing is produced every month and is a round up of upcoming training opportunities around the diocese.
Urgent buildingworks to preserve parts of Great Malvern Priory can begin in the summer thanksto a grant of 83,400 received from the Heritage Lottery Fund. A further55,000, from four other charitable trusts, has also been given to the Priory tosupport
Each year, Churches Together in Pershore, anecumenical group including Pershore Abbey, Pershore Baptist Church, Pershore RomanCatholic Church and Pershore Community Church, come together for an annualservice of Christian Unity.This year's service in
31st March is Mothering Sunday.
The Diocese of Worcester is looking to become an Eco Diocese
Shrove Tuesday marks the final day before the start of Lent.
Driving to church one Sunday morning recently I heard areport on the radio about slow art. Not something I had consideredbefore, but I discovered there is a Slow Art Movement, and a Slow Art Day (6April this year), with a mission to help more people
Six new honorary Canons have been appointed at Worcester Cathedral in recognition of their work in both the Diocese and the wider Church.
The Heritage Lottery fundedproject to make Whinfields historic collection of lantern slides availableonline has now been completed by the Worcestershire Archive and ArchaeologyService (WAAS), who look after the collection at the Hive. 2018 marked ace
From the Children's Society:As many of you will be aware, 2018 was a very special yearfor Christingle, as it marked 50 years since the first Christingle service onbehalf of The Childrens Society. Its been a wonderful and exciting Christingleseason wi
Former town planner, Nathan Conway has been appointed to bethe new Operations Director at Top Church in Dudley. Nathan will take the lead in setting up thechurch of St Thomas and St Luke as a resourcing church, so it can best supportthe local communi
The Church Hall in Headless Cross is changing its name toThe Bridge Church Community Hall to reflect the name of the church itself. TheBridge Church was established over ten years ago with the merger of St LukesCE Church and Headless Cross Methodist
Bishop John today gave a speech in the House of Lords criticising the County Councils proposal to cut 405,000 from the Archive service, describing it as cutting to the bone.
Christinge Coffee Morning & Sunday service - A great success
The Bishop of Worcester, DrJohn Inge has presented Wendy Tranter, long standing member of St Marys Church in Oldswinford, Stourbridge, with the Cross of St. Wulfstan.
The new Sunday afternoon service at Top Church was busy lastSunday as a visit from Bishop Graham brought worshippers together from both themorning service and afternoon gathering. In a time of worship, Bishop Grahamwas interviewed by Vicar James Trea
The National Churches Trust has contributed 3,000 towardsthe cost of creating a new access to the roof of the tower of the Church of StJohn the Baptist. The old access did notmeet modern safety standards and its replacement now allows safe access for
​An announcement from the Bishop.
The Parish Giving Scheme launches in the Diocese in February.
St Valentine’s Day is celebrated on 14 February.
Reach and EngagementUnderneath each new post on your Facebook feed, you will see two numbers: reach and engagement. But what are they?People reached: this refers to the number of unique people who your content was seen by.Engagement: the amount of ti
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4th September 2025