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.
The finance team at the diocesan office now offers a bookkeeping service for parishes. It is hoped that this will be particularly useful for those churches who have treasurers wishing to retire or inexperienced treasurers who might need some support taking on the role, particularly with the legal aspects.
On Friday 1 May children from Key Stage 2 at Whittington CE Primary School gathered in the grounds of Whittington Church, stopping at various places to pray for our church and community.
Students in Church Schools across the Diocese are being encouraged to get creative and enter our new diocesan art competition.
Saltmine Theatre company delivered interactive performances to pupils at five schools in diocese of Worcester last week to help bring the bible to life and make it fun, memorable and accessible to the primary aged children.
Over 90 people from Dudley churches made their way down to St Paul’s Cathedral last Friday to support former Rector of Dudley, James Treasure as he was consecrated as Bishop of St Germans in the Diocese of Truro.
Whittington CE Primary School and the Church of St Philip and St James in Whittington have come together for a community celebration day. There were activities for the children at both the church and the school throughout the day and parents were invited to come in and take part alongside their children.
St Stephen’s Church in Redditch has recently been running Alpha Youth alongside their adult Alpha course. 28 young people have been taking part ranging from age 10 to 17.
Steve Hollinghurst, our diocesan New Worshipping Communities Lead, is inviting churches looking to start or grow New Worshipping Communities (NWCs) to join the national C of E initiative called ‘Greenhouse’. Churches joining Greenhouse have the freedom to choose what resources and support will be most helpful.
The Bishop of Worcester has issued a statement following the attacks in Golders Green, praying for the victims and committing to work with people of all faiths or none to consign antisemitism and violent extremism to history.
Inspired by the UN World Creativity and Innovation day on 21 April, the West Midlands Racial Justice Initiative offers 10 practical ideas for parishes.
Café Chad at St Chad’s Church in Kidderminster has been given a ‘No Barriers’ Award for its work to ensure the café is a warm and welcoming space for all in the community.
Tim Farron MP and the Christians in Parliament APPG invite all clergy in the Diocese to ask their MP to accompany them to the 2026 National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast.
Bishop Hugh has announced the appointment of the Revd Chris Smith as Curate in Charge (to be Priest in Charge) of the Benefice of St Mark, Pensnett.
Worcestershire Organists Association now covers the three counties of West Mercia – Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Shropshire and has become the West Mercia Friends of the Organ
Hope UK is a national, Christian, drug education charity that works to equip young people to make drug-free choices. The charity is looking for volunteers to help them in their work.
Grace Wrigglesworth, Operations Manager at Kingswinford and Wall Heath has used the Church of England’s grant database on the Cornerstone platform to raise £100k for their two churches in the past two years.
This year the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) is celebrating its Centenary Anniversary and to mark the occasion CPRE Worcestershire is launching a competition to find the county's Best Eco Churchyard.
Around 300 bibles and Easter Eggs were given out to people in Redditch at the Redditch Mission Area ‘Easter Blessings Hub’.
Solomon Unwin from Upton on Severn parish was this year’s winner of the Premier Unbelievable and Spring Harvest Youth Preaching Prize for Skegness.
This year’s APCM at St Kenelm’s Church in Upton Snodsbury marked an historic moment! For the first time in over 60 years, Betty Turgoose was not present because, after serving on the PCC for the majority of her life, Betty had resigned.
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17th July 2026