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News
Go Green for Lent
Published: 18th February 2022How can we become better at caring for creation and improving our lives and the lives of others through healthy, eco-friendly and sustainable living? A blog from Eco Church.
A profile of Redditch & Bromsgrove Deanery
Published: 16th February 2022Read more about Redditch and Bromsgrove Deanery and hear from the leadership team.
Silver Eco Church success for St Barnabas
Published: 14th February 2022Congratulations to St Barnabas Church in Worcester who have achieved their Silver Eco Church award from A Rocha.
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Being on a journey of change
Published: 7th February 2022In this article for March edition of parish magazines, Nikki Groarke, Archdeacon and Diocesan Lead for Transformation and Change talks about the change journey and support for parishes as they become healthier and more sustainable.
The Holy Innocents' Church marks Queen's Jubilee
Published: 7th February 2022As the Platinum Jubilee Year begins, The Holy Innocents’ Church in Kidderminster marked the 70th Anniversary of the Accession on Sunday, 6 February with a special service.
A safeguarding update
Published: 6th February 2022Well done to everyone who has enabled us to be the first diocese to have all parishes using the safeguarding dashboard! Read more in this update from the safeguarding team.
Rich Hackett to be Priest in Charge of the Benefice of Dudley Wood and Cradley Heath
Published: 6th February 2022An announcement from Bishop John
Community Link, Cradley Heath
Published: 2nd February 2022The Community Link is run from two empty shops on Cradley Heath High Street. Initially set up in partnership with St John’s Church in Dudley Wood, it is now developing into a deanery project and they are looking for more people to volunteer.
New Cathedral Precentor installed
Published: 31st January 2022The Revd John Paul Hoskins was installed as a Residentiary Canon and Precentor of Worcester Cathedral on Saturday in a special service of Evensong.
Old Hills Caterpillars
Published: 28th January 2022Following the first round of Open Conversations, the Old Hills benefice were inspired to look at how they might bring more people into their churches. They established the Old Hill Caterpillars with people representing each church, but also people from the villages who were not church members.
Could you support Maggs Day Centre?
Published: 27th January 2022Maggs Day Centre in Worcester helps those experiencing homelessness rebuild their confidence, deal with the issues that hold them back, find a home and rejoin mainstream society.
Fundraising success for Kyre Church
Published: 26th January 2022The small community at Kyre Church has raised around £15,000 to make repairs to one of the church's windows, successfully applying to a number of trusts.
Historical finds at St Edmund's, Dudley
Published: 20th January 2022St Edmund's Church in Dudley has recently removed three rows of pews from the back to create more space. Removing the floor was an opportunity to see what history could be found underneath!
Extension of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme
Published: 19th January 2022The Government has confirmed that the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme is extended until 31 March 2025. Find out more about it.
Inkberrow invites the community on a 'stable trail'
Published: 16th January 2022At St Peter's Inkberrow, this Christmas for the second year, they organised a 'stable trail' as a different way to tell the Christmas story to their local community.
An alternative Nine Lessons and Carols
Published: 11th January 2022When the service of Nine Lessons and Carols in Hanbury Church had to be cancelled due to Covid, the team found an alternative way of holding the event, reaching many more people as a result.
Church Action on Poverty Sunday
Published: 10th January 2022Church Action on Poverty (CAP) Sunday takes place on the last Sunday before Lent each year. In 2022, it is on Sunday 27 February.Â
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Fairtrade Fortnight 2022
Published: 10th January 2022For two weeks each year at the end of February and start of March, thousands of individuals, companies and groups across the UK come together to share the stories of the people who grow our food and drinks, mine our gold and who grow the cotton in our clothes; people who are often exploited and underpaid.
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Looking forward to Lent
Published: 10th January 2022In a letter for the February editions of parish magazines, Bishop John looks ahead to Lent and his Lent Appeal.
Diocese pledges to stop investing in fossil fuels
Published: 6th January 2022We have announced that along with many other dioceses and religious institutions, our diocese is divesting from fossil fuel extraction.
Latest News
Phil Bradford preaches in Lima Cathedral
21st November 2024
On Sunday 17 November, Chair of the Peru partnership group, Phil Bradford, was invited to preach at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Lima at the service to mark the 75th anniversary of the cathedral....