Diocesan office achieves Silver Eco Award
Published: 13th August 2026Our diocesan office has achieved a Silver Eco Award, recognised by A Rocha
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Faith Foundations Course Success in Kingswinford Parish
Published: 12th August 2026Kingswinford Parish have had great success with a course they developed called Faith Foundations, for adults who want to know more about Christianity. It has led to a growth in faith for those attending, baptisms and confirmations, and one person exploring the path to ordination.
Prayer Ministry morning
Published: 15th June 2026‘Helpful’, ‘engaging’, and ‘informative’, were amongst the responses from participants in the Introduction to Prayer Ministry morning held at St Stephen’s Church, Barbourne Worcester, which was organised by members of the Worcester Diocesan Healing Advisory Group.
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.
Redditch Easter Blessings Hub Reflections
Published: 23rd April 2026Around 300 bibles and Easter Eggs were given out to people in Redditch at the Redditch Mission Area ‘Easter Blessings Hub’.
Criminal Justice prayers March 2026
Published: 30th March 2026The diocesan Criminal Justice Affairs group offers a bi-monthly prayer guide which they hope will be useful for personal and intercessory prayer in local parishes. The March prayers focus on those being supervised in the community.
St John’s Halesowen launches two new groups for children and young people
Published: 25th March 2026St John’s church in Halesowen have started two new groups recently, as they expand and enhance their work to engage local families, and children and young people of all ages.
Kingswinford Parish bring ‘Ashes to Go' to Shopping Parade
Published: 18th February 2026Today, on Ash Wednesday, to mark the start of Lent, Mission Priest Sarah Roberts-Malpass took to the streets and visited a Kingswinford shopping parade to offer ‘Ashes to go’ to passersby.
Epiphany Blessing for 2026
Published: 22nd December 2025There is a tradition of blessing chalk at Epiphany to mark the threshold of our homes with a new year blessing. Doug Chaplin, Discipleship and Lay Training Officer has produced some simple prayers for you to do this at home or at church.
Criminal Justice prayers December 2025
Published: 1st December 2025The diocesan Criminal Justice Affairs group offers a bi-monthly prayer guide which they hope will be useful for personal and intercessory prayer in local parishes. December's prayers focus on children affected by parental imprisonment.
Please pray for the COP30 Climate Conference
Published: 10th November 2025Climate COP30 begins in earnest today, 10 November and runs to 21 November in Belim in Brazil, in the heart of the Amazon. An Anglican delegation is attending led by Archbishop Marinez of Brazil.
Please pray for our partner dioceses
Published: 2nd November 2025Two of our partner dioceses, Peru and Morogoro (Tanzania) have recently been experiencing political turbulence and need our prayers.
Challenges facing the Police
Published: 21st October 2025Criminal Justice Affairs Group Prayer Guide for October 2025
Coming together to pray for the Redditch Mission Area
Published: 22nd September 2025As plans for the Redditch Mission Area begin to come together and new roles are being recruited for, churches across Redditch will be coming together to pray on Tuesday 23 September, at 7pm at St. John's Church Hall, Greenlands.
Praying for those returning to school
Published: 12th September 2025St Barnabas' Church, Rainbow Hill in Worcester, opened all day on Wednesday 3 September to pray for all those returning to school.
Churches encouraged to pray for peace
Published: 4th September 2025Christian Aid is asking churches to pray for peace on Sunday 21 September, coinciding with UN World Peace Day and the global call to prayer from the World Council of Churches.
Worcester Deanery prayer event
Published: 7th August 2025One of the Worcester Deanery’s Priorities is prayer and, following the positive response to last year’s ’No Limits!’ event, the Deanery is hosting another one in September.
Criminal Justice Affairs Group Prayers July 2025
Published: 20th July 2025The Diocesan Criminal Justice Affairs Group offers this bi-monthly prayer guide which we hope will be useful for personal and intercessory prayer in local parishes. This edition focusses on substance abuse.
Interviews for the next Bishop of Worcester
Published: 5th June 2025Next Thursday and Friday – 12 & 13 June – the Crown Nominations Committee (CNC) will be interviewing for our next Bishop of Worcester. Please help us to surround the process with prayer.
Vocations Sunday 2025
Published: 8th April 2025This year, Vocations Sunday falls on Sunday 11 May.
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Visit a church during Heritage Open Days
4th September 2026
Churches across Worcestershire and Dudley are opening their doors for this year’s Heritage Open Days with a range of activities for all ages and a chance to discover the story behind our historic churches and the communities they serve.