Video Library
This week Alison Maddocks, Dean of Smaller Churches, sends us a video reflection while on her travels around Ireland and Scotland.
In this week's video, the Archdeacon of Dudley reflects on the many life lessons we can learn from the Olympics and Paralympics and the parallels we can draw with our lives of Christian discipleship.
Between Saturday 8 and Sunday 16 June we mark Love Your Burial Ground Week, National Cemeteries Week and Churches Count on Nature! In this video, Anne Potter, Team Rector in the Worcestershire West Rural Team, reflects on the importance of our church burial grounds as havens for nature and wildlife as well as quirt places for reflection and prayer.
A reflection on Thy Kingdom Come by Diane Cooksey, Area Dean of Worcester.
A reflection on the upcoming General Election by our Diocesan Secretary, Andy Todd. How can we as churches and Christians play our part?
From peregrine policies to human rights policies, Stephen Edwards, Interim Dean of Worcester Cathedral, reflects this week on our role as Christians to look after and protect all of God's creation.
April 22 is Earth Day. Earth Day is a reminder of the importance of environmental conservation and sustainability, encouraging us to come together and take action for a healthier planet and brighter future. Planet vs. Plastics EARTHDAY.ORG is committed to ending plastics for the sake of human and planetary health, demanding a 60% reduction in the production of all plastics by 2040. In this video our Eco Church Lead, Sue Adeney reflects on what our churches can do to reduce their plastic consumption. If we want to care for God's creation, we need to make Earth Day every day! Let us know what you've done in your churches, or at home, to reduce plastics!
With Vocations Sunday coming up later this month, John Fitzmaurice, Director of Ordinands & Vocation, reflects on the challenges the church faces with the reduced numbers offering themselves for ordained ministry, and many parishes struggling to find lay people to fulfil important roles. Are you someone, or do you know someone who yearns for a deep knowledge of God and a deep knowledge of the world and an ability to unite the two? There are a number of people within the Diocese who can help you work out what God might be calling you to be and do. This could be your vicar or another member of your church leadership team or community. It could be friends, family, or co-workers. It might be a member of the Mission and Ministry team, especially if you feel called towards formal ministry. Or you might find a spiritual director helpful, and the diocesan Spirituality Connexions group can help you to find one.
One of our diocesan priorities is to invest in the renewal of around a dozen churches to ensure that each major area of population has at least one church with 150 people attending weekly, enabling them to support other local churches. In this video Bishop Martin explains more!
The Diocesan Children and Youth Adviser, Simon Hill reflects this week on our diocesan priority of doubling the number of children and young people worshipping in our churches.
