Changing seasons
Published: 3rd September 2025An article for October editions of parish magazines from the Bishop of Dudley and Acting Bishop of Worcester, Martin Gorick.
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Prisons' Week 2025
Published: 3rd September 2025Prisons Week takes place this year from 12 to 18 October.
Make the 'Great Switch' this Creationtide
Published: 1st September 2025This Season of Creation, churches across the country are making the Great Switch to a green tariff - and we’d love you to be a part of it.
JustMoney Movement
Published: 29th August 2025Rosie Venner is a member of St Martin’s Church, London Road Worcester and is also Director of Movement Building at The JustMoney Movement, a national Christian Charity which works towards a fairer, greener world.
Data breach relating to DBS checks
Published: 27th August 2025We have been made aware that the external organisation that we use for DBS checks (APCS) has had a significant data breach and information found on documents used to check identification has been compromised (names/ addresses/ passport details etc).
Holiday club in Wyre Forest West
Published: 26th August 2025Children from Wyre Forest West Churches have enjoyed a summer activity day on the theme of Kingdom Builders (based on the Roots Kingdom Builders Holiday Club resource).
Meet some of the team at St Stephen’s Church in Redditch
Published: 8th August 2025Since launching as a renewal church, the congregation at St Stephen’s Church in Redditch has already doubled in size and some of the funding they have received from the national church is being used to build a core team which will help support continued growth.
Gold Eco Church Award for St Mary, Hanley Castle
Published: 7th August 2025St Mary’s Church in Hanley Castle, just outside Upton on Severn in the south of our diocese has become the first church in the Diocese to achieve a gold Eco Church award, which was recently confirmed following a visit from the A Rocha assessment team!
Worcester Deanery prayer event
Published: 7th August 2025One of the Worcester Deanery’s Priorities is prayer and, following the positive response to last year’s ’No Limits!’ event, the Deanery is hosting another one in September.
Michaelmas Ordinations
Published: 6th August 2025Three people on the Auxiliary Pathway will be ordained Deacon at the Cathedral on Sunday 28 September at 6.30pm. All are welcome to attend and support the candidates.
A new toilet for Trimpley
Published: 5th August 2025After a short wait of just 150 years the congregation of Holy Trinity, Trimpley is celebrating having a toilet! The new facility was blessed by Bishop Martin at a celebration service last month.
Our wonderful diocese
Published: 4th August 2025A letter for September editions of parish magazines from the Archdeacon of Dudley, Nikki Groarke.
Celebrating learning disabilities
Published: 24th July 2025A service to celebrate Learning Disability Week was held at Cookley Sports Club on 22 June at 3pm in conjunction with St Peter’s Church. Cookley.
Welly Church at St Kenelm, Clifton on Teme
Published: 23rd July 2025A new half-hour monthly act of worship is taking place at St Kenelm’s Church in Clifton-on-Teme, with people of all ages gathering outside for Welly Church!
Young People achieve Archbishops' Award
Published: 11th July 202511 children from the Church of the Ascension CE Primary School in Wall Heath, Dudley have achieved the Archbishops’ Young Leaders Award. The children were presented with their certificates by Bishop Martin at a special collective worship in school.
Retiring after 24 years in the ARCH benefice
Published: 10th July 2025Richard Thorniley will retire at the end of this month after serving as Rector of Church Lench with Rous Lench & Abbots Morton & Harvington (the ARCH benefice) since 2001.
New funding for additional curates
Published: 10th July 2025Three additional stipendiary curates will be able to be recruited for 2026 thanks to new funding from the national church.
Giles Joiner to move to Gornal & Sedgley
Published: 6th July 2025Bishop Martin is pleased to announce the appointment of The Revd Giles Joiner as Team Vicar in the Benefice of Gornal and Sedgley.
Supporting Gypsy Roma Traveller Groups
Published: 1st July 2025A recent meeting of clergy from Pershore and Evesham Deanery heard about how churches can deepen relationships with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities (GRT).
Healing prayer ministry
Published: 1st July 2025‘Inspiring’, ‘engaging’, ‘informative’, these were responses from participants in the Introduction to Prayer Ministry morning held at St George’s Church, Kidderminster on 21 June, organised by members of the Worcester Diocesan Healing Advisory Group.
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Make the 'Great Switch' this Creationtide
2nd September 2025
This Season of Creation, churches across the country are making the Great Switch to a green tariff - and we’d love you to be a part of it.