Ashing at St Barnabas Primary School
Published: 6th March 2025Pupils in Key Stage 2 at St Barnabas CE Primary School in Worcester took part in a special assembly on Ash Wednesday to learn about Lent, receive ashes and share communion together.
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Ashes To Go in Wall Heath High Street
Published: 5th March 2025Today, on Ash Wednesday, following a service to mark the start of Lent and the giving of Ashes at Church of the Ascension in Wall Heath, Mission Priest Sarah Roberts-Malpass and Curate Chris Smith, visited the nearby high street to offer ‘Ashes to go’ to passersby.
Bishop Martin's Lent Message 2025
Published: 4th March 2025In this year's Lent Message from Bishop Martin, he encourages us to use Lent as a time to reset and refocus on God through prayer, fasting, and acts of kindness.
Lent Appeal 2025: The Morogoro Bible College Scholarship Fund
Published: 3rd March 2025This year’s Lent Appeal will raise funds for the newly created Morogoro Bible College Scholarship Fund to support the costs of tuition and board for catechists, evangelists and pastors from the mission parishes across our link Diocese of Morogoro in Tanzania.
Celebrating Easter in the Brierley Hill team
Published: 4th April 2024The Brierley Hill team held a number of different services and activities to engage their community over the Easter weekend. Here, Licensed Lay Minister, Tracey Skidmore shares some of what happened.
Lent lunch raises funds for the Friends of the Holy Land
Published: 27th March 2024St Anne’s church in Wyre Piddle hosted a very happy lunch get-together last Thursday in their village hall in support of the Friends of the Holy Land.
Easter messages from our bishops
Published: 26th March 2024Read Easter messages from Bishop John and Bishop Martin.
Hanley Castle Beer and Ethics Lent series now in 10th year
Published: 6th March 2024The parish of Hanley Castle run a very successful Beer and Ethics Lent series, led by Sue Adeney, which is now in its tenth year. The principal is that people from the community that have interesting jobs, interests or circumstances are interviewed about their work but from an ethical point of view.
Her Majesty the Queen to distribute Royal Maundy gifts in Worcester
Published: 4th March 2024The annual Royal Maundy Service will be coming to Worcester on Thursday 28 March when Her Majesty The Queen will be distributing the Royal Maundy gifts on behalf of His Majesty The King at the Cathedral.
Bishop John's Lent appeal for 2024
Published: 14th February 2024Bishop John’s Lent Appeal this year will be for the Friends of the Holy Land.
Praying for Climate Justice this Lent
Published: 1st February 2024The diocesan Eco Church Group is inviting all of us to pray and work for a change of heart and mind in caring for our planet and responding to the climate emergency.
Act on poverty this Lent
Published: 2nd January 2024As the UK gears up for a much-anticipated General Election, Christian Aid has formed a new partnership with churches and other organisations to launch a new 6-week course called 'Act on Poverty'.
Interactive treasure trail around Malvern
Published: 3rd April 2023St Andrews and All Saints Churches in Malvern have developed a free interactive treasure hunt around the town and hills, which can be completed any time between 1 and 17 April.
Messages of hope this Eastertime
Published: 1st April 2023This year's Easter messages from our bishops remind us that the Easter story always gives us hope in a difficult world.
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Bishop John's Lent appeal 2023
Published: 3rd February 2023Bishop John’s Lent Appeal in 2023 will be for the Anglican Diocese of Peru.
Easter messages from our Bishops
Published: 13th April 2022Bishop John and Bishop Martin have both written messages for Easter.
Live Lent - Embracing Justice, Week 3
Published: 18th March 2022Stephen Edwards, Vice-Dean of the Cathedral Offers a reflection on Justice as Encounter.
Live Lent Embracing Justice
Published: 11th March 2022Dick Johnson from Faith at Work in Worcestershire offers a Lent reflection on Building Communities of Justice.
Bishop's Lent Appeal 2022
Published: 28th February 2022Bishop John's Lent Appeal for this year will raise money for our partner diocese of Morogoro in Tanzania.
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Go Green for Lent
Published: 18th February 2022How can we become better at caring for creation and improving our lives and the lives of others through healthy, eco-friendly and sustainable living? A blog from Eco Church.
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Mission Accompaniers help prepare churches for mission
28th March 2025
An independent review of the Mission Accompaniers scheme has found that it effectively prepared churches for mission.