Exploring the Christian Faith through the Bishop's Certificate
Published: 10th October 201955 people in groups from Cradley Heath, Evesham, Droitwich, Malvern, Stourport and Worcester have received a special certificate from Bishop John.
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Brickworks Church in Lye
Published: 13th February 2019Brickworks is a small church plant based at the Stambermillend of the parish of Christ Church in Lye, just outside of Stourbridge. It isled by the Revd Tom Fish and his wife, Helen, and over the past few years hasbeen engaging the community and evolv
2 years of Calling Young Disciples
Published: 7th February 2019Over the two years, 10 parishes across the Diocese have receivedsupport from a Mission Enabler and they have worked with 42 individualcongregations, in both urban and rural settings. The team have also beenoffering training to a wider number of paris
Packs available to give to wedding couples
Published: 12th February 2019Isyour church looking for simple materials to support couples on their journeybefore, during and after marriage in your church? Beautiful church weddinginformation packs produced by the Church of England are available to purchasefrom reception a
Exciting activities at Great Malvern Priory following grant win for urgent stonework repairs
Published: 7th February 2019Urgent buildingworks to preserve parts of Great Malvern Priory can begin in the summer thanksto a grant of 83,400 received from the Heritage Lottery Fund. A further55,000, from four other charitable trusts, has also been given to the Priory tosupport
Mothering Sunday 2019
Published: 6th February 201931st March is Mothering Sunday.
Shrove Tuesday
Published: 6th February 2019Shrove Tuesday marks the final day before the start of Lent.
Becoming an Eco Diocese
Published: 6th February 2019The Diocese of Worcester is looking to become an Eco Diocese
Droitwich vicar to paddle down the Zambezi
Published: 5th September 2019Team vicar in the Saltway Team in Droitwich will shortly be paddling 100km of the Zambezi river in Zambia to raise money for Compassion UK. Here she tells us what she is doing and why! "Moments of enthusiasm, boredom or inspiration (I cant quite
Work place chaplains commissioned in Pershore
Published: 6th February 2019Each year, Churches Together in Pershore, anecumenical group including Pershore Abbey, Pershore Baptist Church, Pershore RomanCatholic Church and Pershore Community Church, come together for an annualservice of Christian Unity.This year's service in
Letter from Archdeacon of Dudley
Published: 6th February 2019Driving to church one Sunday morning recently I heard areport on the radio about slow art. Not something I had consideredbefore, but I discovered there is a Slow Art Movement, and a Slow Art Day (6April this year), with a mission to help more people
New Honorary Canons installed in the Cathedral
Published: 31st January 2019Six new honorary Canons have been appointed at Worcester Cathedral in recognition of their work in both the Diocese and the wider Church.
Whinfield's Lantern Slide collection now available online
Published: 31st January 2019The Heritage Lottery fundedproject to make Whinfields historic collection of lantern slides availableonline has now been completed by the Worcestershire Archive and ArchaeologyService (WAAS), who look after the collection at the Hive. 2018 marked ace
Celebrating Christingle 50
Published: 30th January 2019From the Children's Society:As many of you will be aware, 2018 was a very special yearfor Christingle, as it marked 50 years since the first Christingle service onbehalf of The Childrens Society. Its been a wonderful and exciting Christingleseason wi
Changing the name of the church hall in Headless Cross
Published: 25th January 2019The Church Hall in Headless Cross is changing its name toThe Bridge Church Community Hall to reflect the name of the church itself. TheBridge Church was established over ten years ago with the merger of St LukesCE Church and Headless Cross Methodist
New appointment at Top Church, Dudley
Published: 25th January 2019Former town planner, Nathan Conway has been appointed to bethe new Operations Director at Top Church in Dudley. Nathan will take the lead in setting up thechurch of St Thomas and St Luke as a resourcing church, so it can best supportthe local communi
Bishop John criticises Council cuts in the House of Lords
Published: 24th January 2019Bishop John today gave a speech in the House of Lords criticising the County Councils proposal to cut 405,000 from the Archive service, describing it as cutting to the bone.
New Vicar for Pensnett
Published: 14th January 2019​An announcement from the Bishop.
Understanding Facebook Insights
Published: 10th January 2019Reach and EngagementUnderneath each new post on your Facebook feed, you will see two numbers: reach and engagement. But what are they?People reached: this refers to the number of unique people who your content was seen by.Engagement: the amount of ti
Diocesan Taizé Pilgrimage 2019
Published: 10th January 2019Following onfrom last years joyous and spiritually meaningful pilgrimage to Taiz, BishopGraham is leading, with The Revd Sue Adeney, another pilgrimage for 18-29year-olds from in and around the Diocese of Worcester.The dates forthe 2019 pilgrimage wi
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The online faculty system is changing
26th June 2025
The online faculty system which all churches use to request permission to repair or make changes to their buildings under the Faculty Jurisdiction Rules is being upgraded to a new Building Management Portal.