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Diocesan Office switch to Parish Buying's Energy Basket
Published: 6th December 2018Like the majority of our churches, the diocesan officebuilding in Worcester is not easy to heat and its important to find the bestcost for our gas and electricity while remaining true to our commitment tousing sustainable energy sources.Using the Ene
Christmas Tree Festivals 2018
Published: 6th December 2018Evergreentrees represent life in the cold and dark of winter, whilst their adorningornaments symbolise parts of the Nativity story and Jesus Christ as the lightof the world.St Peter, CradleyThisyear, St Peters Church, Cradley, are hosting their first
Letter from Archdeacon of Worcester
Published: 6th December 2018We live in tumultuouspolitical times, so much so that many people are literally switching off fromTV and radio news. It does indeed seem that megaphone diplomacy, which, ofcourse, is no diplomacy at all, is playing a bigger part in our publicdiscours
Plough Sunday 2019
Published: 6th December 2018Plough Sunday is on 13 January in 2019
The environmental impact of 'oasis'.
Published: 4th December 2018If your church uses floral foam for flower arranging ('oasis'), please consider the environmental impact:1. FLORAL FOAM IS PLASTIC. Because of itscellular foam structure, it very easily crumbles into microscopic fragments, addingto the g
More lottery support for St John, Brockmoor
Published: 4th December 2018St Johns Church in Brockmoor has received agrant for 10,000 from the National Lottery Big Lottery Fund to makeimprovements to the building.Thanks to National Lottery players, work can goahead to improve toilet facilities at the Grade II listed buildi
Young people spread Christmas cheer in Worcester!
Published: 4th December 2018Members of our Children's and Youth Councils headed to Worcester last Saturday to spread someChristmas cheer at the start of Advent.In small groups, the young people aged from 8 to 14 offeredto pay for the parking of shoppers in the city centre and w
New Director of Music at the Cathedral
Published: 2nd December 2018The chapter of WorcesterCathedral is delighted to announce the appointment of Samuel Hudson as organistand director of music at Worcester Cathedral.Sam has been the director ofmusic at Blackburn Cathedral since 2011, where he is also the artistic dir
Thinking stewardship at Christmas time
Published: 29th November 2018Christmas is all about giving, but how many ofus stop to think about the reasons why we give and how it relates to our faith?For Christians, the surprise of Christmas is thebaby being born, in poverty and in exile, but too often that baby gets lostbe
Over 185 shoe boxes collected in Powick, Callow End, Madresfield and Guarlford
Published: 29th November 2018Over 185 Christmas shoeboxes have been filled by school children and others in Powick, Callow End, Madresfield and Guarlford to be given to Teams4U, a Wrexham based charity thatdelivers filled shoes boxes collected all across the country for Chr
New Finance Manager of the DoWMAT
Published: 29th November 2018Claire Rushton took up her post as the new Finance Manager of theDiocese of Worcester Multi Academy Trust (DoWMAT) on Monday 5thNovember, this year. Claire joins the DoWMAT from Pershore High School, where shespent 13 years, progressing from School F
All Saints resourcing church launch
Published: 27th November 2018All Saints was packed on Sunday morning as the congregationgathered to officially launch the church as one of two resourcing churches inthe Diocese of Worcester. As aresourcing church, All Saints will receive investment of 2.2m thanks to agrant from
Diocesan visit to Peru 2018
Published: 27th November 2018A small group from our diocese are currently on a visit to our friends in the Diocese of Peru. Here you can read more about what they're doing. On Saturday 10 November, Phil Bradford and Doug Chaplin write:A six hour bus journey from Perus secon
New Chairs of the Diocesan Synod 'Houses'
Published: 27th November 2018At the first meeting of the new Diocesan Synod last week, newChairs for the Houses of Clergy and Laity were appointed.Hugh Richards from Chaddesley Corbett will head up the House ofLaity and the Revd Claire Lording from Pershore has become Chair of t
Fabulous Festive Fayre - and a New Organ Too!
Published: 27th November 2018Fabulous Festive Fayre - and a New Organ Too!
St James', Norton receives a grant to help local school children
Published: 26th November 2018The PCC of St James' Church in Norton Juxta Kempsey, just outside of Worcester, has beensuccessful in securing a grant of 9,800 from Heritage Lottery Fund Awards forAll to support the Benefices early intervention mentoring work in localschools. Over
Raise the Rafters - We've got a new roof!
Published: 26th November 2018Raise the Rafters - We've got a new roof!
Worcester Diocesan Synod
Published: 22nd November 2018"If Diocesan Synod were not to exist there really would be no forum where we could make decisions, reflect upon, and think about wider issues." (Bishop John)The video can be downloaded from Vimeo or if you'd like it as a DVD to show at your chur
A new children's choir in Leigh
Published: 22nd November 2018A new childrens choir has been started in the church ofLeigh, Southwest of Worcester in the Worcestershire West Rural Team.Animato childrens choir is not explicitly a church choirbut was set up by a member of Leigh Church, Claire Jaggers, as a way of
16 Days of Activism
Published: 22nd November 2018Combatting domestic violence is at the heart of what many Mothers Union members do around the world - whether it is supporting women with practical help at a local level or lobbying governments for fairer treatment of women marginalised as a result o
Latest News
Roger Latham to be Vicar of Great Malvern Priory
25th October 2024
Bishop Martin has announced the appointment of the Revd Roger Latham as the new Vicar of Great Malvern, St Mary and St Michael (The Priory). ...