The Diocesan Mailing is produced every two weeks and contains news, training opportunities and events from around the diocese and wider Church of England. The Training Mailing is produced every month and is a round up of upcoming training opportunities around the diocese.
Christian Aid Week is 12 -18 May
A 10,000 National Churches Trust Cornerstone Grant will help fund the installation of a toilet and refreshment area at the Grade I listed St Faith's church, Overbury, helping the building to better serve its local community.
​An announcement from the Bishop.
On 15 May, the Revd Jo Musson,Vicar of Claines Church in Worcester will be doing a wing walk to raise moneyfor one of her churches as well as a cancer charity. Jo hates flying and isafraid of heights but will be standing on the wing of a 1940s Boeing
Bwana asifiwe were the Swahili words I kept hearingduring a recent visit to Tanzania. Its used as a greeting and means Praisethe Lord.As a group from the Dioceseof Worcester visiting our sisters and brothers in Christ in the Diocese ofMorogoro, we we
A Mission Shaped Ministry Course will bestarting in the Black Country later this year. Here, the Revd Tom Fish writesabout his experience and explains what it's all about: "Mission Shaped Ministry is for people who want to beinvolved in reaching the
Last Saturday saw approximately 20 keenindividuals in high-viz jackets litter-picking their way around the Byrons Woodand Collets Green areas of Powick.This parish church-led event was part of the Great BritishSpring Clean campaign run by Keep Britai
This Code allows for greater flexibility in relationships, fresh possibilities for ecumenical practice and more opportunities for mission by churches in co-operation. One of the key new provisions is for bishops within their dioceses to designate chu
Bishamptons annual Summer Fete, taking place on theafternoon of Saturday 29th June, previously featured a paintingcompetition which proved extremely popular, but this year organisers decided toring the changes. Working with local artist, Carolyn Morr
Chris Boulton has been licensed as a Lay Minister in aservice held at Malvern Priory last weekend. Chris has trained for the pastyear to take on this new role and has also recently completed a Masters Degreein Applied Theology.Chris, who has had care
Together with the Roman Catholic Archbishopof Birmingham, Bernard Longley, I recently led an ecumenical pilgrimage toRome, accompanied by 20 Anglican and 20 Roman Catholic pilgrims.One of the highlights was a general audienceof the Pope in St Peters
40 people received a certificate from Bishop John last Sunday to mark the completion of their courses to become Authorised Lay Ministers (ALMs).
Heres a checklist of five things your church can do to prepare this year: Update your A Church Near You pages with your Advent and Christmas services and eventsA Church Near You receives more than 12 million page views each year and 81 per cent of pe
The Revd Dr Stephen Edwards was installed as a ResidentiaryCanon of Worcester Cathedral on Sunday in a special service of Evensong.Stephen joins the Cathedral Chapter from the Diocese of Manchester and willhave a particular responsibility for promoti
The impacts of climate change are being felt everywhere andare having very real consequences on peoples lives. Climate change isdisrupting national economies, costing us dearly today and even more tomorrow.But there is a growing recognition that affo
On 7 September Friedrich Kramer was installed in MagdeburgCathedral as the new bishop of the whole Evangelische Kirche Mitteldeutschlands (EKM) the Protestant Church of CentralGermany. Bishop Kramer was born in 1964 in Greifswald. He is married
The Mystery Play scheduled to take place in Malvern Priory from 24 April to 8 May is turning into a Malvern extravaganza with around 20 churches of all denominations becoming involved. Director Rob Swinton is delighted with the response he has had fr
Recently, St JohnsBedwardine organised and enjoyed two history-based events in their socialcalendar. Aspiring code-breakers piled on to a coach on a recent Saturdaymorning, heading (not so secretly) to Bletchley Park near Milton Keynes. DuringWorld W
A new arts festival featuring some well-known names will becoming to St Peters Cowleigh in Malvern this June.St Peters has long had an association with the arts and forthe last few years has been running its own printmaking group using somebeautiful
Many of our churches have benefited from grants from the National Churches Trust to help with repairs, re-orderings andproject planning. However, at a recent meeting at their head office, the Trust said they had seen a dip in applications follow
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12th June 2025