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Stanford on Teme Christmas Tree festival

Published: 27th November 2023

Once again, on the first weekend in December, St Mary’s Church at Stanford will be filled with a wonderful array of 25 Christmas trees as they hold their annual festival.

An eco friendly Advent wreath

Published: 22nd November 2023

Kate Hurst from the Sustainable Church Flowers group shows us how to make an eco-friendly Advent wreath.

Madresfield Walk of Wonder

Published: 22nd November 2023

The whole village gets involved in the Madresfield Walk of Wonder, a free event being held over the weekend of 9 & 10 December.

As we head into Advent and the Christmas season, there will be a host of services and fundraising events taking place in our churches. Make the most of them with some strategies and ideas from our stewardship team.

Creating digital content for Christmas using free resources

Published: 9th November 2023

Mel Beynon, Curate in the Halas Team, spent an afternoon exploring the free resources available from the Church of England and found them to be really helpful.

Praying for Growth using the Advent wreath

Published: 26th October 2023

We have put together a series of prayers for churches to use each week when lighting your Advent candles. The prayers use traditional themes but also enable us to continue to pray for our diocese throughout Advent.

Knitted nativities for care homes

Published: 5th January 2023

Groups of people in Malvern have knitted three Nativity sets to give to Care Homes this Christmas. They are about five or six inches high and were packed into shoe boxes for storage so they can be used from year to year.

Christmas messages from our bishops

Published: 20th December 2022

Read Christmas messages from Bishop John and Bishop Martin.

Hanging out with baby Jesus!

Published: 18th December 2022

For the last few years, St Nicholas Church in Warndon has gone out under the cover of darkness at the beginning of December to leave small, knitted gifts around the local community for people to pick up the following morning.

The Great Invitation

Published: 27th October 2022

Could you be part of our Christmas video?

Inkberrow invites the community on a 'stable trail'

Published: 16th January 2022

At St Peter's Inkberrow, this Christmas for the second year,Â they organised a 'stable trail' as a different way to tell the Christmas story to their local community.

Who is your favourite character from the Nativity?

Published: 18th November 2021

Weâ€™d like to celebrate the Nativity story on social media during Advent, send us your videos!

Get ready for Christmas on A Church Near You

Published: 4th November 2021

A Church Near You received over 77 million page views last year, with 81% first-time visitors. Many will have been looking for a local church over Christmas â€“ make sure they can find you!

An English Christmas

Published: 24th December 2020

An account from Stephen Gerhard Stehli from Magdeburg, Germany who spent last Christmas in Worcester having always wanted to experience an â€œEnglish Christmas".