This is the engagement diary of the Bishop of Dudley, the Rt Revd David Walker, for July 2007. Please contact Sam Setchell on 07852 302516 for further details of the diary, requests for photographs and biographical details.

Sunday 1st in Worcester

10.30am – Bishop David will attend the ordination service at Worcester Cathedral (A separate press release is available on this.)

7pm – Bishop David will attend the annual ‘Songs of Praise’ event at Himley Hall, Dudley.

Monday 2nd to Thursday 5th in Stone, Staffordshire

Bishop David will attend a selection panel for potential new clergy at Shallowford retreat house and conference centre in Lichfield Diocese.

Friday 6th to Tuesday 10th in York

Bishop David will attend the Church of England’s meeting of General Synod.  More information on General Synod can be found here: http://www.cofe.anglican.org/about/gensynod/jul2007.html

Thursday 12th in London

Bishop David will attend a meeting of the Pensions Board Housing Committee .

Thursday 17th in Kidderminster

Bishop David will attend a service to mark the closure of St. Barnabas First School.

Wednesday 18th in London

Bishop David will chair a meeting of the Housing Associations’ Charitable Trust (Hact)

Sunday 29th in Bromsgrove

Bishop David will attend the centenary celebrations for Holy Trinity and St. Mary in Dodford.

ENDS.

The Diocese of Worcester is one of 44 dioceses in the Church of England. It covers an area of 671 square miles and includes parishes in the County of Worcestershire, the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, and a few parishes in northern Gloucestershire, south east Wolverhampton and Sandwell.