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Pickersleigh's holiday lunch club
Published: 1st August 2019St Marys, Pickersleigh are running a lunch club for localchildren across three weeks during the school holidays. Helped by their Calling Young DisciplesMission Enabler, they are opening the church from 11.30am 2pm and providingprimary age children w
Great offer on contactless giving!
Published: 1st August 2019If you're thinking of trying contactless, why not have a look at this new offer from the Parish Buying Scheme?
Will your church be open for the Heritage Open Days?
Published: 30th July 2019This year, the national heritage open days take place from13 22 September. Its an opportunity for people to go and visit places ofheritage that they wouldnt normally get a chance to see and all for free!Running at the same time as the Ride and
Using secular books to reach baptism families
Published: 29th July 2019A new project has been trialled in a couple of parishes in the Diocese as a way of helping churches keep their promise to baptism parents to welcome baptised children and uphold them in their new lives in Christ.
Mission Shaped Ministry Course running this Autumn
Published: 26th July 2019The second Mission ShapedMinistry (MSM) course in Worcester Diocese begins in September 2019 in venues near Worcester and in the Black Country. The firstcourse 2017-2018 encouraged many groups from all over the Diocese and furtherafield looking
Diocesan Office restructuring update
Published: 26th July 2019As many of you will be aware,there has been some re-organisation at the Diocesan Office. This provides anupdate on the outcomes of some of this, although a couple of elements are stillundergoing consultation.This post willbe updated from time to time
Christian Aid launches new appeal
Published: 25th July 2019ChristianAid is urging churches to support an appeal offeringa lifeline to those impacted by torrential rain, floods and landslides thathave displaced millions of people across India, Bangladesh and Nepal.Minoritycommunities, such as those belonging
Rowing the Avon for Holland House
Published: 24th July 2019On Thursday 1 August, threemen will be taking to the river Avon in a rowing boat to complete a 24.5 milerow from Stratford upon Avon to Cropthorne, just outside Evesham.They will be completing thissponsored row to raise money for our diocesan retreat
St Mary's, Oldswinford helped by Maintenancebooker
Published: 24th July 2019In June, churchwardens at St Marys church in Oldswinfordnoticed a problem with the gutters and wanted to find a solution.They immediately turned to MaintenanceBooker,the new website which makes caring for churches much easier.Using MaintenanceBooker
Bidding farewell to Bishop Graham
Published: 23rd July 2019The Bishop of Dudley, Graham Usher, left the diocese at the weekend to become the Bishop of Norwich. Two celebrations were held in Worcester and Dudley to reflect the role Bishop Graham has played throughout the whole diocese.
Bishop Graham's address at the Black Country Living Museum
Published: 22nd July 2019Acts 2.41-47 and Luke10.25-37In recent weeks the most common question that Ive been askedhas been, What will you miss about being bishop of Dudley? So here are my topten things:The warmth of the people.Slow cooked grey paysand bacon.The tell you dire
Bishop Graham's farewell sermon in the Cathedral
Published: 21st July 2019I did a calculation last week about howmuch time I have a spent on the M5 in the last five and a bit years. I workedit out as 858 hours, plus or minus a few hours. Thats just over five weeks.Thats five weeks of my life that Im never going to get back
Gornal and Sedgley's teddy bear picnic
Published: 18th July 2019All Saints in Sedgley invited their baptism and toddlerfamilies to a Teddy Bears' Picnic, lots of fun was had by teddies and familiesalike. Calling Young Disciples, Mission Enabler, Helen Laird, helped the parish to organise the picnic. She said
Raising flags for climate change at Fladbury School
Published: 17th July 2019Nigel Huddleston MP for Mid Worcestershire,made history on Friday 12 July, at Fladbury CE First School,by being the first member of parliament ever to raise two sea signalling flags,spelling out the message that all at the school have recognised the
New Communities Minister at Top Church
Published: 11th July 2019Kath Poole has been appointed as the new CommunitiesMinister at St Thomas and St Luke (Top Church) in Dudley. This is a new role at the resourcing churchwhich will focus on how the church can best serve the local community in thetown.Kath worked as a
Party in the Patch at Claines!
Published: 10th July 2019Last weekend saw a very special community event held on apatch of land next to Claines Parish Hall. The party at the patch was theofficial opening of a community garden which has been established thanks tofundraising by the Little Friends playgroup,
What’s new on A Church Near You?
Published: 4th July 2019A Church Near You is an important tool for the Church of England, with 80 per cent of visitors coming to the site for the first time, this is an amazing opportunity for local churches to reach out to people in their community and welcome them into th
Letter from Archdeacon of Worcester
Published: 1st July 2019View fromthe trainI am writing this travelling on a train backfrom the Kirchentag church convention in Germany. The Kirchentag meets everyother year in a different city in Germany and has done so since 1949. It is anamazing Christian event, drawing i
Mission-Shaped Ministry
Published: 1st July 2019Mission-ShapedMinistry is a part-time ecumenical course about how to start and sustain FreshExpressions of church. Next month, this nationally recognised course will beginin two venues in the Diocese - Cradley Heath in the north and Worcester in thes
Rachel Matthews, Premier Christian Radio Central England
Published: 1st July 2019Do you listen to Premier Christian Radio? Do you have a story to tell?
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