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.
News
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.
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.
Celebrating 70 years at St John’s choir in Bromsgrove
Published: 11th May 2026While the world has traded vinyl records for streaming and telegrams for smartphones, Dave Banner has continued to sing in the choir of St John’s Church in Bromsgrove. On 10 May Dave celebrated 70 years as a chorister at the church!
Giving thanks for faithful service
Published: 10th May 2026An article for June editions of parish magazines, from the Archdeacon of Worcester, Mark Badger.
Bookkeeping service for parishes
Published: 7th May 2026The 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.
'Clipping' Whittington Church
Published: 6th May 2026On 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.
Bishop Hugh's art competition for schools
Published: 5th May 2026Students in Church Schools across the Diocese are being encouraged to get creative and enter our new diocesan art competition.
Dudley churches support the consecration of Bishop James Treasure
Published: 3rd May 2026Over 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.
Community celebration in Whittington
Published: 30th April 2026Whittington 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.
Alpha Youth in Redditch
Published: 30th April 2026St 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.
Creativity for Belonging: 10 parish actions for racial justice
Published: 30th April 2026Inspired by the UN World Creativity and Innovation day on 21 April, the West Midlands Racial Justice Initiative offers 10 practical ideas for parishes.
Award for Café Chad in Kidderminster
Published: 29th April 2026Café 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.
2026 National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast
Published: 29th April 2026Tim 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.
Chris Smith appointed to St Mark's Church in Pensnett
Published: 26th April 2026Bishop 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.
Making use of the Cornerstone grants database
Published: 24th April 2026Grace 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.
Best Eco Churchyard competition
Published: 24th April 2026This 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.
Upton teenager wins preaching prize
Published: 16th April 2026Solomon Unwin from Upton on Severn parish was this year’s winner of the Premier Unbelievable and Spring Harvest Youth Preaching Prize for Skegness.
Longstanding PCC member at Upton Snodsbury steps down
Published: 16th April 2026This 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.
Latest News
Farewell to DDO John Fitzmaurice
11th August 2026
We are sorry to share the news that John Fitzmaurice will be stepping down as our Diocesan Director of Ordinands (DDO) and leaving at the end of October.