Second Silver Global Neighbours Award for Overbury C Of E First School
Last Updated: 25th October 2023 | Published: 25th October 2023Overbury C of E First school has been awarded a silver Global Neighbours award for the second time.
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St Barnabas CE Primary Harvest Festival
Last Updated: 20th October 2023 | Published: 20th October 2023St Barnabas CE Primary in Worcester held a whole school harvest festival at St Barnabas Church this week. The service included the presentation of certificates to the winners of a harvest poetry and art competition which was run by the Church for children at the school.
Partnership enables Worcester churches to appoint Children and Youth Worker
Last Updated: 12th October 2023 | Published: 10th October 2023Three churches in Worcester have worked together to apply to the Healthier Churches Fund and appoint a full-time Children and Youth Worker, who will build on previous work in each of the parishes to engage children and young people.
Children's Society's Good Childhood Report
Last Updated: 20th September 2023 | Published: 20th September 2023The Children’s Society has now launched its 12th annual Good Childhood Report. The report shows the latest trends in children’s wellbeing.
New Church Children and Youth Worker Appointed
Last Updated: 8th April 2025 | Published: 30th August 2023Sian Morgan has become the latest person to join our network of Children and Youth Workers, as we seek to double the number of children and young people worshipping in our churches by 2030.
New holiday club for Greater Dudley Church of Ascension
Last Updated: 8th April 2025 | Published: 23rd August 2023The Church of Ascension in Wall Heath in Greater Dudley deanery ran a new holiday club for primary school aged children this summer.
New children's choir revitalises family service
Last Updated: 8th August 2023 | Published: 8th August 2023The monthly family service at Holy Trinity, Belbroughton, just outside Stourbridge, is thriving thanks to the addition of a new children’s choir linked to Belbroughton CE Primary School.
Schools visit Malvern Priory for 'Lifepath'.
Last Updated: 27th June 2023 | Published: 27th June 2023At Great Malvern Priory last week over 600 children from 19 primary schools experienced ‘Lifepath’. With one school travelling from Shropshire to take part!
Working with children & families at Pershore Abbey
Last Updated: 2nd June 2023 | Published: 2nd June 2023Sam Andrews is the Children and Families’ worker at Pershore Abbey. She started in February in a part-time role funded in part thanks to a grant from the Healthier Churches Fund.
New Worshipping Communities in Bromsgrove
Last Updated: 8th April 2025 | Published: 5th May 2023On the last Saturday of each month, a group of people gather in St Godwald’s Church Hall on the edge of Bromsgrove for ‘Pizza and God’, the parish’s café church. This new worshipping community is one of a series of alternative opportunities to come together for worship across Bromsgrove.
Gifts for Perry Wood Primary School
Last Updated: 21st April 2023 | Published: 21st April 2023Just before Easter, Holy Trinity and St Matthew’s Church in Ronkswood gave gifts to the children in Years 2 & 3 at Perry Wood Primary School.
Faith through Films resource
Last Updated: 19th April 2023 | Published: 19th April 2023Faith through films is the latest resource from the Calling Young Disciples team, which uses different films to explore a theme linked to a bible passage.
Exploring Holy Week through art
Last Updated: 31st March 2023 | Published: 31st March 2023Many of our clergy have been going into schools this week to talk about Easter. Gary Crellin, Vicar of Powick, Guarlford & Madresfield with Newland has used an original piece of artwork to explore the story in a completely different way!
Telling bible stories through Playmobil
Last Updated: 30th March 2023 | Published: 30th March 2023During lockdown, curate Julia Quinn was keen to find a way of continuing to connect with people, so began recording short films of bible stories using Playmobil.
School children encouraged to 'Gather' in church
Last Updated: 8th April 2025 | Published: 3rd March 2023Gather is a new partnership between a Church of England Primary School and their local church. It is a monthly act of worship immediately after school for children and their parents/ carers which uses elements with which the children will already be familiar from school.
Chaplaincy connecting schools & church
Last Updated: 17th February 2023 | Published: 17th February 2023Ness Everitt has been appointed as Chaplain at Dyson Perrins CE Secondary School in Malvern. Alongside this, a grant from the Healthier Churches Fund enables her to work with two local Primary Schools & help connect parish & schools.
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Happy 10th birthday to the toddler group in Webheath
Last Updated: 22nd January 2023 | Published: 22nd January 2023Bumps, Babes and Toddlers at St Philip’s, Webheath celebrated turning 10 with cake and balloons last week!
Messy Church goes wild in Elmley Castle!
Last Updated: 14th November 2022 | Published: 14th November 2022Elmley Castle, has started a new worshipping community at St Mary’s Church. The service takes place outside – ‘Messy Church goes Wild’!
Celebrating the Calling Young Disciples project
Last Updated: 13th December 2022 | Published: 11th November 2022Over 50 people gathered at Worcester Bosch yesterday to celebrate the Calling Young Disciples project as the main part of it comes to an end.
Experience Dudley at Top Church
Last Updated: 1st November 2022 | Published: 1st November 2022Recently, over 330 children from Jesson’s CE Primary School visited Top Church for an ‘Experience Dudley’ week. The school’s entire Key Stage 2 visited the church over 4 days to learn about faith and the role of the church community throughout the town’s history.
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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.