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A new listening service for students in Bromsgrove

Published: 3rd January 2019

Calling Young Disciples Mission Enabler, Amy Stokes has beenworking with the Anglican Churches in Bromsgrove to set up a listening servicefor local secondary schools.A group ofvolunteers have been trained to go into the schools with individuals takin


Values & vision in batik

Published: 7th October 2019

Astley CE Primary School have celebrated the launch oftheir new values and vision this term with a whole school art project. Thechildren were tasked with linking each value with a scene or place.The school worked with Sarah andMarie-Therese from Eekb


Diocesan Pilgrimage to Rome

Published: 1st October 2019

42 pilgrims from across our diocese and the RC Archdiocese of Birmingham are currently visiting Rome on a week long trip led by Bishop John and Archbishop Bernard Longley. Discipleship and Lay Training Officer, Doug Chaplin, shares some of his t


A new resource for your baptism families

Published: 4th October 2019

This October, a new project is launching in the Diocese, designed to help churches better connect with families who come to them for baptism and help keep their promise to baptism parents, to welcome baptised children and uphold them in their new lives.


Stourbridge lady awarded Wulfstan Cross

Published: 20th January 2019

The Bishop of Worcester, DrJohn Inge has presented Wendy Tranter, long standing member of St Marys Church in Oldswinford, Stourbridge, with the Cross of St. Wulfstan.


Letter from Archdeacon of Dudley

Published: 4th September 2019

Over the summer I read the Good Childhood Report 2019published by The Childrens Society, and was sad, but not surprised, to learnthat children and young people have become increasingly unhappy as childhoodbecomes ever more complex. The societys resea


Feckenham Church gains funding for safe tower access

Published: 18th January 2019

The National Churches Trust has contributed 3,000 towardsthe cost of creating a new access to the roof of the tower of the Church of StJohn the Baptist. The old access did notmeet modern safety standards and its replacement now allows safe access for


New worship director for All Saints, Worcester

Published: 2nd September 2019

Phil Wade has started as the new Worship Director for AllSaints Church in Worcester. Phil will lead a voluntary team of around 25musicians and technicians as well as support other local churches as part ofAll Saints role as a resourcing church for th


Tower project at Norton Juxta Kempsey receives lottery support

Published: 2nd September 2019

St James the Great has received a National Lottery HeritageFund grant of 205,100 for urgent repairs and exciting heritage projects inNorton Juxta Kempsey, Worcester. Madepossible by money raised by National Lottery players, the project focuses on ess


Mothers' Union 'Away from it all' scheme

Published: 29th August 2019

Mothers Union members here in the Diocese of Worcester regularlyprovide various types of breaks for many people a year through their long running"Away From It All" scheme, which is intended to supportfamilies who are experiencing stressful times and


New Children's & Families worker in Pickersleigh, Malvern

Published: 20th December 2018

St Marys, Pickersleigh is the eighth most deprived parishin the Diocese. Those living on the estate on which the church sits aregenerally under 45 with low educational attainment. There is a significantamount of child poverty.The Revd Lynne Sparkes i


Heritage Clock Project at Cradley

Published: 18th December 2018

Heritage Clock Project


Big Bible Study 2019

Published: 17th October 2019

The Bishop of Worcester, Dr John Inge, will again come together with the Roman Catholic Archbishop for Birmingham, Bernard Longley and the Revd Judith Rossall, Methodist Minister and Tutor at The Queens Foundation Birmingham on Saturday 26 October.


The Revd David Lewis - RIP

Published: 12th September 2019

It is with sadness that we announce the sudden and unexpected death of the Revd David Lewis, 58, Rector of Elmley Castle with Bricklehampton & The Combertons and Associate Priest ofAshton-under-Hill.


Chaplaincy at Worcester Livestock Market

Published: 29th August 2019

An article from Canon Peter Lawrence who has recently retired from his role as Chaplain to Worcester Livestock Market after many years of listening and sharing the concerns of the livestock farming community.A typical market day... Lot after lot of


A new Rector for St Mary, Old Swinford

Published: 23rd December 2018

An announcement from the Bishop.


Bishops' Christmas Messages

Published: 18th December 2018

A Christmas Message from the Bishop of Worcester


Diocesan Pilgrimage to Rome

Published: 18th December 2018

There will be a diocesan ecumenical pilgrimage to Rome from 30 September to 7 October 2019. It will be jointly led by Bishop John and RC Archbishop Bernard Longley. They write: "We are delighted to invite you to join us on this ecumenical p


A New Year Message from the Bishop of Worcester

Published: 28th December 2018

As we embark upon 2019, our country is in anunprecedented state, one giving rise to much anxiety, in which we are facedwith the most significant of decisions for at least a generation. As the Brexitdebate continues, it is very unclear what the future


Susan Price retires as Ambassador for The Children's Society

Published: 27th August 2019

Susan Price isretiring from her role as The Childrens Society Diocesan Ambassador after 18 years.Since moving toBewdley, Susan started fundraising for The Childrens Society by starting houseto house collections and making marmalade. In 1970, Susan an

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Melissa Rose: 10 years of being an LLM

15th May 2025

Melissa Rose is a Reader or Licensed Lay Minister (LLM) in Dudley. She was one of our first LLMs to be trained at Queen’s Theological college and was licensed in September 2015.

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