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St Peter’s Bengeworth launch Community Café

Last Updated: 17th April 2025  |  Published: 17th April 2025

Last month St Peter’s in Bengeworth opened a Community Café inside the church called ‘The Point’. The café opens every Tuesday morning and aims to be a welcoming space for those who might not have been in the church before.

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New starters funded by national church to help further support parish churches

Last Updated: 16th April 2025  |  Published: 16th April 2025

Two new starters will shortly be joining our diocesan Transformation support hub. Sharon Boardman will be joining us as Transformation Project Manager, and Fiona Edlington as Parish, HR and Recruitment Adviser.

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Schools mini conference on air pollution & net zero

Last Updated: 15th April 2025  |  Published: 15th April 2025

Last month, members of the diocesan Education and Net Zero teams were invited to speak on the Diocese’s net zero Carbon work along with local MP Cat Eccles at a School Council mini conference hosted by Oldswinford CE Primary School.

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Chrism Eucharist Sermon and Photos

Last Updated: 14th April 2025  |  Published: 14th April 2025

View photos and read Bishop Martin's sermon from this year's Chrism Eucharist.

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Bishop Martin's Easter Message 2025

Last Updated: 14th April 2025  |  Published: 14th April 2025

An Easter Message from the Bishop of Dudley and Acting Bishop of Worcester, Martin Gorick.

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Bengeworth Academy visits Cambridge College

Last Updated: 11th April 2025  |  Published: 11th April 2025

Pupils from years 4 and 5 at Bengeworth CE Academy in Evesham recently spent a day visiting Selwyn College in Cambridge.

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An Easter day at St Anne's Primary, Bewdley

Last Updated: 10th April 2025  |  Published: 10th April 2025

Instead of the children from St Anne’s CE Primary School coming to church for an Easter service, a team from Bewdley Parish took Easter to school!

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Worcestershire Interfaith Forum Wins Prestigious Award

Last Updated: 10th April 2025  |  Published: 10th April 2025

Worcestershire Interfaith Forum are celebrating winning a prize for ‘Outstanding Interfaith Partnership’ at the annual Mitzvah Day Awards.

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Have you completed the Energy Footprint Tool yet?

Last Updated: 12th May 2025  |  Published: 10th April 2025

Last year 66% of churches in our diocese completed the Energy Footprint Tool (EFT) to help them understand their carbon footprint and heating needs. So far this year just 18% of churches have taken up the opportunity.

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Families in Redditch flock to Activity Church NWC

Last Updated: 8th April 2025  |  Published: 8th April 2025

St John’s Greenlands in Redditch has a thriving New Worshipping Community for families and children called ‘Activity Church’ which runs at the same time as their traditional Sunday morning service, in the adjacent church hall.

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A series of reflections for Easter

Last Updated: 10th April 2025  |  Published: 8th April 2025

Reflections for Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday, which can be downloaded and used in churches as part of your Holy Week services.

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Bishop Martin attends Sustainable Church Flowers Conference

Last Updated: 7th April 2025  |  Published: 7th April 2025

Bishop Martin recently attended the first conference for the Sustainable Church Flowers movement, held in the Chapel Royal at St James’ Palace.

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Criminal Justice prayers April 2025

Last Updated: 4th April 2025  |  Published: 4th April 2025

The Diocese of Worcester hosts a group whose focus is criminal justice. The group offers a faith perspective on criminal justice matters and raises awareness of the issues. CJAG offers this bi-monthly prayer guide which we hope will be useful for personal and intercessory prayer in local parishes.

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Canon John Paul Hoskins - RIP

Last Updated: 10th April 2025  |  Published: 2nd April 2025

It is with enormous sadness that we announce Canon John Paul Hoskins, Precentor at Worcester Cathedral, died suddenly at his home yesterday afternoon.

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Partnership continues to support Morogoro school

Last Updated: 1st April 2025  |  Published: 31st March 2025

St Mary’s Church in Kempsey has a longstanding link with St Paul's Anglican Church in Chamwino, in our partner diocese of Morogoro, Tanzania. Over the past few years they have been supporting Chamwino Nursery School.

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Joint service in Worcester

Last Updated: 3rd April 2025  |  Published: 31st March 2025

The churches of St Stephen, St George and Claines in Worcester came together on Mothering Sunday for their first joint service, which also included the commissioning of their new Children, Youth and Families’ Minister, Heather Murphy.

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Mission Accompaniers help prepare churches for mission

Last Updated: 3rd April 2025  |  Published: 28th March 2025

An independent review of the Mission Accompaniers scheme has found that it effectively prepared churches for mission.

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Renewal leaders gather for first learning community session

Last Updated: 3rd April 2025  |  Published: 27th March 2025

A learning community has been launched for Renewal and Resourcing Church leaders to support each other as they journey together on their missions to revitalise existing churches and grow the Kingdom.

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Professional qualification for Ruth Beard

Last Updated: 21st March 2025  |  Published: 21st March 2025

Diocesan Director of Property, Ruth Beard has become an Associate Professional with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) following the completion of an assessment process.

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Eco-warriors at Hindlip School

Last Updated: 21st March 2025  |  Published: 21st March 2025

Pupils from Hindlip CE First School have taken part in an exciting environmental initiative, planting over 150 trees in Bull Meadow, Fernhill Heath. The Year 3 and 4 children, armed with shovels and big smiles, worked together to create a greener future as part of a national tree-planting experiment.

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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.

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Latest Video Reflection

Every two weeks we produce a short video reflection. These cover a range of topics and themes and are published on the website and our social media channels.

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