New Team Vicar and Renewal Lead in Droitwich
Published: 8th June 2026This weekend saw the licensing of James Ellin as Team Vicar and Renewal Lead in the Saltway Team at St Andrew's Church in Droitwich.
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Visiting Malvern and Upton Deanery
Published: 4th June 2026Bishop Hugh spent the day in Malvern and Upton Deanery earlier in the week where he visited churches, schools and toddler groups to get a sense of some of the things happening across the Deanery.
Sharing funding for others' benefit
Published: 3rd June 2026One of the key elements of our renewal churches is that they will resource other local churches. St Stephen’s Church in Redditch did that when they decided to return the funding allocated to them by the national church to improve their building. This generosity will enable other renewal churches to complete their own building works.
Diane Cooksey leading growth at All Saints' Church in Sedgley
Published: 30th May 2026Diane Cooksey has been Renewal Leader of All Saints' church in Sedgley for a year now. There is a sense of excitement as All Saints is already growing, bringing more people to faith and making bold steps to becoming a truly intergenerational congregation.
St John's church launch ‘Pop Up Church’ with Halesowen CE Primary
Published: 28th May 2026St John Halesowen’s first iSingPop Worship ‘PopUp Church’ launched last week, at Halesowen CE Primary, aiming to engage local families and help bring church and school together as one community.
Get involved in RECOGNISE week to celebrate your Children and Youth workers
Published: 28th May 2026Clergy and Church leaders across our diocese are invited to get involved in the national #RECOGNISE campaign week from 6 -12 July to thank and celebrate your paid and voluntary children, youth and family (CYF) workers.
Meet Jennie Johnson Director of the West Midlands Racial Justice Initiative
Published: 22nd May 2026As the new Director of the West Midlands Racial Justice Initiative (WMRJI), Jennie Johnson is committed to creating church spaces which are places of welcoming and belonging to everyone, regardless of their background. Read about her background and how she sees the role.
New listed places of worship fund launched
Published: 22nd May 2026The Places of Worship Renewal Fund, a new Government grants fund for listed places of worship to help pay for capital works including fabric repairs and essential improvements, has been launched.
A new appointment in Evesham
Published: 22nd May 2026Bishop Hugh has announced the appointment of the Revd Michael Edwards as Curate in Charge (to be Priest in Charge) of All Saints in Evesham with St Andrew, Hampton.
Reusing the pews at St Stephen’s church in Redditch
Published: 21st May 2026A unique recycling initiative is being launched at St Stephen’s Church in Redditch which will give its Victorian pews a new lease of life in community settings.
Franciscan Peace Pilgrimage
Published: 19th May 20262026 is 800 years since the death of St Francis. To mark this anniversary, Franciscans are planning a pilgrimage which will begin in Almouth and finish in London, visiting all the Franciscan houses - it will come through our diocese in August and they'd love people to join them!
Criminal Justice prayers May 2026
Published: 19th May 2026Our diocese hosts a group whose focus is criminal justice. The group offers a faith perspective on criminal justice matters and raises awareness of the issues. CJAG offers this bi-monthly prayer guide which we hope will be useful for personal and intercessory prayer in local parishes. May's prayers focus on those serving an indeterminate sentence.
Readers' Weekend at Holland House
Published: 18th May 2026Licensed Lay Ministers from across the Diocese gathered at Holland House this weekend for a chance to learn together, support one another and socialise.
Jumping for joy at Cathedrals!
Published: 18th May 2026Jackson Brown, age 12, is trying to visit all the Anglican Cathedrals in England and is jumping for joy outside each one! He is sharing photos of his jumps on his ‘Cathedral Jumping’ Instagram account.
Bishop Hugh meets with the diocesan Children and Young People Ministry network
Published: 16th May 2026Last week Bishop Hugh met with our diocesan network of paid Children and Young People Ministers to listen to and encourage them.
Stuart Currie to retire
Published: 15th May 2026Bishop’s Chaplain, Stuart Currie will be retiring from his role at the end of August. Stuart joined our diocese in 1994 as Vicar of St Stephen’s Church in Worcester and for the past ten years has been Bishop’s Chaplain to both Bishop John and Bishop Hugh.
Community garden at Families@4 in Ipsley
Published: 14th May 2026Families@4 is a new worshipping community at St Peter’s Church in Ipsley. Throughout 2026, they decided to theme their programme around learning about God’s creation and have created a garden in which the children and their families are growing vegetables and flowers.
Vineyard prayer walk for Rogation
Published: 14th May 2026People from across the Muddy Boots Rural Mission Area, as well as members of the Chaplaincy for Agriculture and Rural Life, gathered at Abberley Hills Vineyard last week for a prayer walk to mark Rogation.
Bishop Hugh enjoys tour of Pershore and Evesham deanery
Published: 13th May 2026Bishop Hugh enjoyed a tour of Pershore and Evesham deanery yesterday, as he continues to get to know the churches and communities of our diocese.
Church bells welcomed by school children
Published: 11th May 2026New church bells arrived at Grade 1 listed Elmley Castle Church this morning, welcomed by the village as well as children from Elmley Castle CE First School.
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New Team Vicar and Renewal Lead in Droitwich
8th June 2026
This weekend saw the licensing of James Ellin as Team Vicar and Renewal Lead in the Saltway Team at St Andrew's Church in Droitwich.