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.
Bishamptons annual Summer Fete, taking place on theafternoon of Saturday 29th June, previously featured a paintingcompetition which proved extremely popular, but this year organisers decided toring the changes. Working with local artist, Carolyn Morr
Chris Boulton has been licensed as a Lay Minister in aservice held at Malvern Priory last weekend. Chris has trained for the pastyear to take on this new role and has also recently completed a Masters Degreein Applied Theology.Chris, who has had care
Together with the Roman Catholic Archbishopof Birmingham, Bernard Longley, I recently led an ecumenical pilgrimage toRome, accompanied by 20 Anglican and 20 Roman Catholic pilgrims.One of the highlights was a general audienceof the Pope in St Peters
40 people received a certificate from Bishop John last Sunday to mark the completion of their courses to become Authorised Lay Ministers (ALMs).
Heres a checklist of five things your church can do to prepare this year: Update your A Church Near You pages with your Advent and Christmas services and eventsA Church Near You receives more than 12 million page views each year and 81 per cent of pe
The Revd Dr Stephen Edwards was installed as a ResidentiaryCanon of Worcester Cathedral on Sunday in a special service of Evensong.Stephen joins the Cathedral Chapter from the Diocese of Manchester and willhave a particular responsibility for promoti
The impacts of climate change are being felt everywhere andare having very real consequences on peoples lives. Climate change isdisrupting national economies, costing us dearly today and even more tomorrow.But there is a growing recognition that affo
On 7 September Friedrich Kramer was installed in MagdeburgCathedral as the new bishop of the whole Evangelische Kirche Mitteldeutschlands (EKM) the Protestant Church of CentralGermany. Bishop Kramer was born in 1964 in Greifswald. He is married
The Mystery Play scheduled to take place in Malvern Priory from 24 April to 8 May is turning into a Malvern extravaganza with around 20 churches of all denominations becoming involved. Director Rob Swinton is delighted with the response he has had fr
Recently, St JohnsBedwardine organised and enjoyed two history-based events in their socialcalendar. Aspiring code-breakers piled on to a coach on a recent Saturdaymorning, heading (not so secretly) to Bletchley Park near Milton Keynes. DuringWorld W
A new arts festival featuring some well-known names will becoming to St Peters Cowleigh in Malvern this June.St Peters has long had an association with the arts and forthe last few years has been running its own printmaking group using somebeautiful
Many of our churches have benefited from grants from the National Churches Trust to help with repairs, re-orderings andproject planning. However, at a recent meeting at their head office, the Trust said they had seen a dip in applications follow
70 students from the five primary and two secondary schoolsin the Severn Academies Educational Trust gathered at St Bartholomews CEPrimary School last week for a day looking at the relationship between scienceand faith. The day was organised by the R
The Parishof Malvern Link with Cowleigh has been developing one of its churches into anArts Church over the last year, and as part of this project has had to do quitea significant amount of fundraising. Using a variety of online tools the parishhas b
Over the weekend of 14/15 September, the Harvington YouthProject will be celebrating 25 years with a family fun day and joint service.The group was started as a joint venture between St James in Harvington andHarvington Baptist Church and is still go
After nearly five years of beingshrouded in scaffolding, the beautifully restored south walls and turrets ofthe Edgar Tower will soon be revealed! The Edgar Tower is one of the citysoldest structures. This impressive gateway to Worcester Cathedrals C
As part of Christ Church Catshills 180thbirthday celebrations, couples had the chance to renew their marriage vowsduring a special service on Sunday 17th February 2019. An exhibitionof wedding dresses and photographs aged from the mid-twentieth centu
Brother Jean- Patrick from the TaizCommunity of the Reconciliation in France has chosen to come to Worcester and will speak at the cathedral aswell as share in a special service in the beautiful style of Taiz, on Friday 22 March at 7.30pm.Brother Jea
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29th May 2025