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PRESS RELEASE 46/2006


30 November 2006

THE PUBLIC DIARY OF THE BISHOP OF WORCESTER FOR DECEMBER 2006

From: Samantha Setchell, Press Officer for the Diocese of Worcester and the Bishop of Worcester
Tel: 01905 20537    Mobile: 07852 302516     Fax: 01905 612302   
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This is the engagement diary of the Bishop of Worcester, the Rt Revd Dr Peter Selby, for December 2006. Please contact Sam Setchell on 07852 302516 for further details of the diary, requests for photographs and biographical details.

Saturday 2nd in London

3pm – The Bishop will attend the installation of the new Dean of Westminster

Sunday 3rd in Droitwich and Worcester

2.30pm – The Bishop will preach at the memorial service for Dr. Leonard Tarlo

6.30pm – The Bishop will attend the Advent carol service in Worcester Cathedral

Monday 4th in Birmingham

10am – The Bishop will attend a meeting of the Church of England and Roman Catholic bishops in the West Midlands

Tuesday 5th in London

5pm – The Bishop will attend the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Penal Affairs

Wednesday 6th in Worcester

10am – The Bishop will Chair a meeting of the Diocesan Trustees and Business Committee in the Old Palace

Thursday 7th in London

11am – The Bishop will attend the consecration of The Venerable Peter Maurice as Bishop of Taunton

Sunday 10th in Kidderminster

9.30am – The Bishop will preside and preach at St. Anne’s Church in Bewdley

11.15am – The Bishop will preach at St. Leonard’s Church in Ribbesford

Monday 11th in Redditch and Brierley Hill

10am – The Bishop will visit Tardebigge First School

7.30pm – The Bishop will attend the PCC meeting of Christ Church, Quarry Bank

Tuesday 12th in Hartlebury

8am – The Bishop will hold a meeting of his staff at Hartlebury Castle

Wednesday 13th in London

8.30am – The Bishop will sit on the Assets Committee Ethical Investment Sub Group

12 noon – The Bishop will attend the Merchant Taylors’ Company’s annual Vernon Service at St. Michael's Church, Cornhill

Thursday 14th in Hartlebury

7.30pm – The Bishop will host the Annual Hartlebury Castle carol concert, given by the Kidderminster Male Voice Choir carol concert

Tuesday 19th in Hartlebury and Malvern

10.30am – The Bishop will host the annual gathering of ordinands (those currently training to become priests) at Hartlebury Castle

6.15pm – The Bishop will present the prizes at the Dyson Perrins school prize giving

Wednesday 20th in Redditch

6.30pm – The Bishop will attend the festival of Christmas readings and carols at Hewell Grange prison

Thursday 21st in Worcester

7.30pm – The Bishop will attend the carol service in the Cathedral

Sunday 24th in Worcester

11.30pm – The Bishop will preach at the Midnight Eucharist in the Cathedral

Monday 25th in the Teme Valley South parishes

9am – The Bishop will preside at the Christmas service at the church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Eastham

10.45am – The Bishop will preside at the Christmas service at St. Peter’s Church, Stoke Bliss.

 

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.