Diocese of Worcester

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Diocese of Worcester / Church of EnglandDiocesan Support and Resources

We are involved in hundreds of different ways in the work of the Church in the diocese.

We have Officers and Administrative staff to help those involved in church work and provide resources to support work in parishes and communities in the area.

This page is designed to help you find the help and resources that we can provide.

Find out about support for parishes

Find out about Diocesan Officers

Read more about the Three Priorities for the Diocese of Worcester

Finance

At the parish treasurers meeting, two presentations were given. These are available to view:

Coins

Shaping up for Mission - presentation

Calculating Parish Share - presentation

Giving for Life - YouTube film

Board of Finance Audit Committee - Terms of Reference

Treasurers' Handbook

Find out more on the Parishes Resources website which helps in areas such as Giving for Life, Gift Aid, funding guides and registering PCCs as charities.

Giving for Life
Giving for Life

Budget figures for 2011-2013

Down load the budget consultation document here >>>>Budget Consultation 2012a 

Options for Changes to Clergy Pension Scheme - Read the Clergy Pensions Task Force Report Supplement giving their specific examples of how the proposals would affect the pensions of clergy of different ages and lengths of service.

Parochial Fees

Churchwardens

Archdeacons TogetherMaintaining a church involves a range of different tasks from Health and Safety issues to insurance to repairing the roof. Churchwardens may find www.churchcare.co.uk a useful source of information.

Read more about Open church

Archdeacons Roger Morris and Fred Trethewey

NEW: CLAS Occasional Events checklist (pdf).

 


 Diocesan Synod Standing Orders

General Information

The Standing orders for Diocesan and Deanery Synod are available for download:- Diocesan Synod Standing Orders

Diocesan Synod summary - Nov 2012

Latest information on General Synod is available from: www.cofe.anglican.org/about/gensynod

The diocesan calendar lists all known meetings happening across the diocese.