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

Sunday 7th in Pershore

Bishop David will preach at the Plough Sunday service at Pershore Abbey

Monday 8th in London

Bishop David will attend a meeting of the Committee for minority ethnic Anglican concerns (CMEAC)

Wednesday 10th in Worcester

Bishop David will attend a lunch for youth workers at the Old Palace

Monday 15th – Wednesday 18th in Leeds

Bishop David will attend a meeting of the House of Bishops

Thursday 19th in Kidderminster

Bishop David will attend the Pathfinders’ ‘Oscars’.

Wednesday 24th in Worcester

Bishop David will attend a Church Action Within Society meeting at the Old Palace

Friday 26th in Dudley

Bishop David will attend a Holocaust Memorial Day event

Friday 26th and Saturday 27th in Pershore

Bishop David will attend a residential meeting for members of the diocesan Bishop’s Council at Holland House in Cropthorne

Sunday 28th in Droitwich

3pm – Bishop David will license the Revd David Owens as Pastoral Missioner and Vicar in the Droitwich Team Ministry at St. Andrew’s Church.

Monday 29th in Worcester

Bishop David will visit Housing Advice – part of the Opening Doors Project

Tuesday 30th in Cheltenham

Bishop David will visit Capel Court in Cheltenham on behalf of the Church of England’s Pension Board

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.