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.
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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.
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.
Preaching on St Oswald
Published: 4th March 2025Archdeacon Nikki was asked to preach in the Cathedral on St Oswald's feast day last week. Her sermon provides some fascinating insights into the former Bishop of Worcester, particularly as we continue to pray for the current process to appoint our next Bishop!
Praying for our next bishop
Published: 3rd March 2025During May and June, the Crown Nominations Commission will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates to become the next Bishop of Worcester and during this time, we really need your prayers!
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Bookkeeping service for parishes
7th May 2026
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.