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.
Congratulations to St Barnabas Church in Worcester who have achieved their Silver Eco Church award from A Rocha.
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As 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.
Well 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.
An announcement from Bishop John
The 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.
The Revd John Paul Hoskins was installed as a Residentiary Canon and Precentor of Worcester Cathedral on Saturday in a special service of Evensong.
Following 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.
Maggs 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.
The 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.
St 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!
At 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.
When 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.
In a letter for the February editions of parish magazines, Bishop John looks ahead to Lent and his Lent Appeal.
We have announced that along with many other dioceses and religious institutions, our diocese is divesting from fossil fuel extraction.
Learn more about the deanery of Malvern and Upton and the plans of its leadership team.
Phil Bradford explains how the £10,000 raised through Bishop John's Lent Appeal in 2021 had a significant impact in the Diocese of Peru.
Bishop Martin's New Year message for 2022
Bishop John's New Year message for 2022.
Professor Michael Clarke CBE DL died on 22 December, after some years of suffering from Parkinson’s Disease. Michael gave years of service to the Church of England, to the Diocese of Worcester, and to Worcester Cathedral.
Bishop Michael Langrish reflects on the vulnerable Christian communities that remain in the Holy Land and the work of Friends of the Holy Land.
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20th April 2025