Please pray for Peru
Last Updated: 8th December 2022 | Published: 8th December 2022Our partner diocese of Peru needs our prayers after a turbulent time in their politics.
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Faith in Action Summit
Last Updated: 5th December 2022 | Published: 5th December 2022Faith Leaders and community groups from across the West Midlands gathered at Bescot Stadium in Walsall last week alongside civil leaders, local government, and public sectors bodies.
Bishop John visits Peru
Last Updated: 2nd December 2022 | Published: 2nd December 2022Bishop John has recently returned from a visit to our partner diocese of Peru, visiting some of the projects which have been supported by previous Lent appeals. Read his reflections on the visit.
Supporting refugees
Last Updated: 23rd November 2022 | Published: 23rd November 2022The Halesowen Welcome Group was opened in 2008 with the aim of helping combat social isolation and financial exclusion of refugees locally. Started by Churches Together in Halesowen, they now support over 200 refugees and asylum seekers a year with many attending their Monday sessions each week.
Faith Leaders gather in Dudley
Last Updated: 17th November 2022 | Published: 16th November 2022Faith Leaders gathered at Dudley Council House yesterday to mark Inter Faith Week. Representatives from all the major faiths were present along with the Mayor of Dudley and Deputy Lieutenant for the West Midlands.
New dementia film project at All Saints, Sedgley
Last Updated: 4th November 2022 | Published: 4th November 2022All Saints in Sedgley have launched an innovative new project to see how nostalgic films might help those with dementia. The launch was visited by the Mayor of Dudley.
Funding classrooms in Morogoro
Last Updated: 21st October 2022 | Published: 21st October 2022Severnside parishes, on the edge of Worcester have been fundraising to help the parish of Chamwino in Morogoro, Tanzania to provide two classrooms so local children can attend school.
Anti-slavery day
Last Updated: 18th October 2022 | Published: 18th October 2022Today (18 October) is anti-slavery day. Worcester Diocesan Mothers’ Union have been working on a special awareness raising campaign across our 50 Mothers’ Union Groups and churches where the Mothers’ Union has a presence, for the week around this day.
Bishop John to take part in the Big Sleep Out
Last Updated: 16th October 2022 | Published: 13th October 2022Bishop John will take part in the Worcester Big Sleep Out on Friday night to raise money for St Paul's Hostel, Warriors Community Foundation, and Maggs Day Centre.
Men’s Shed at St Clement’s Church, Worcester
Last Updated: 1st September 2022 | Published: 1st September 2022It is hoped that the crypt at St Clement’s Church in Worcester will become the venue for a new ‘Men’s Shed’, enabling local men to come together, learn new skills and chat over a cup of coffee.
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Community Link, Cradley Heath
Last Updated: 7th February 2022 | Published: 2nd February 2022The Community Link is run from two empty shops on Cradley Heath High Street. Initially set up in partnership with St John’s Church in Dudley Wood, it is now developing into a deanery project and they are looking for more people to volunteer.
An update from the Diocese of Peru
Last Updated: 4th January 2022 | Published: 4th January 2022Phil Bradford explains how the £10,000 raised through Bishop John's Lent Appeal in 2021 had a significant impact in the Diocese of Peru.
"The light shines in the darkness, & the darkness has not overcome it" Â
Last Updated: 22nd December 2021 | Published: 22nd December 2021Bishop Michael Langrish reflects on the vulnerable Christian communities that remain in the Holy Land and the work of Friends of the Holy Land.
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Launch of Revive Learning Centre at Top Church
Last Updated: 27th January 2022 | Published: 10th December 2021The Revive Learning Centre at Top Church, Dudley, operated by the Invictus Education Trust, will offer alternative provision to vulnerable students who find mainstream school difficult.
A new service in Norton juxta Kempsey
Last Updated: 18th October 2021 | Published: 18th October 2021A new service has launched at St James’ Church in Norton juxta Kempsey with support from our Resourcing Church, All Saints in Worcester.
Marathon effort as Nikki raises money for The Children's Society
Last Updated: 16th September 2021 | Published: 16th September 2021The Archdeacon of Dudley, Nikki Groarke will be running the London Marathon on Sunday 3 October to raise money for The Children’s Society.
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ROC Conversation hopes to improve Worcester for everyone
Last Updated: 10th September 2021 | Published: 10th September 2021People from across Worcester city will gather at The Bank House Hotel on Monday 18 October at 7pm to look at how Worcester can become an even better place to live and work.
Bishop John's Lent Appeal 2021
Last Updated: 19th August 2021 | Published: 19th February 2021Bishop John’s Lent Appeal this year will be for the Diocese of Peru where the Coronavirus pandemic has hit the people extremely hard.
Ordinations in Peru
Last Updated: 8th January 2021 | Published: 8th January 2021This Sunday, 10 January, four people will be ordained deacon in the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Lima. Please pray for all the candidates.
An English Christmas
Last Updated: 24th December 2020 | Published: 24th December 2020An account from Stephen Gerhard Stehli from Magdeburg, Germany who spent last Christmas in Worcester having always wanted to experience an “English Christmas".
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Churches invited to mark Disability Awareness Sunday on 28 September
15th August 2025
Churches across the UK are invited to celebrate Disability Awareness Sunday on 28 September 2025 by the Christian Disability charity ‘Through the Roof’ who are offering free resources via their website.