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Opening for public worship Published: 9th July 2020 Churches were able to open for public worship last weekend. Here's the experience of Little Malvern Priory, Kidderminster Ismere & the Gornal & Sedgely Teams.

Let’s Clap the Unheroes Too Published: 8th July 2020 An article from the Dean of Worcester, Peter Atkinson for parish magazines.

Bromsgrove Youth Project Published: 7th July 2020 In 2018 the Anglican churches of Bromsgrove launched the Bromsgrove Youth Project. We produced this video about the project.

Simon Hill to become Acting Director of Calling Young Disciples Published: 6th July 2020 Youth Officer, Simon Hill will take on the role of Acting Director of the Calling Young Disciples Project while Ruth Walker is unwell.

Thanking Charlton's churchwarden Published: 6th July 2020 Eighty-year-old Helen Fowler recently stood down as churchwarden at Charlton church. She was surprised in lockdown with a presentation from the Revd Sarah Dangerfield & Parish Wardens, Meredith and Celia.

Welcoming those to be ordained Deacon Published: 3rd July 2020 Due to the postponement of the ordinations, this week our new deacons were licensed to their parishes as Lay Ministers. In today's video, Bishop Martin encourages prayer for the candidates.

Introducing your offline church to online visitors Published: 3rd July 2020 Some suggestions for ways to help those who have joined with online worship during lockdown to keep in touch & perhaps come into church.

Called to Action - Cycling is on a roll! Published: 3rd July 2020 Suggestions on small steps to save the planet offered by the Diocesan Environmental Group. This week's is all about cycling!

Lottery support for Stoke Prior Published: 1st July 2020 The National Lottery Heritage Fund has announced its support for the repairs and improved accessibility at St Michael & All Angels Church, an historic Grade I listed 12th Century Church in Stoke Prior Bromsgrove.

Funding to support community engagement Published: 30th June 2020 The Cathedral & Severnside Covid Support (led by St Mary’s Kempsey) have been awarded grant funding from the Worcestershire Community Foundation Covid-19 Response Fund.

Update on this year's ordinations Published: 29th June 2020 Following the postponement of the ordinations until September, those who were to be ordained Deacon will instead be licensed to their new parishes as lay minister this week, by the Bishop of Dudley over Zoom.

Joint statement on the Holy Land Published: 26th June 2020 A statement on the situation in the Holy Land from the Bishop of Worcester, Dr John Inge and the Archbishop of Birmingham, Bernard Longley

Opening our churches for prayer Published: 25th June 2020 Pershore Abbey, St Mary, Elmley Castle and St Cassian, Chaddesley Corbett have all made the decision to reopen for prayer and have put a number of measures in place to ensure the virus is not unwittingly spread.

The Very Revd Peter Marshall - RIP Published: 24th June 2020 The Very Reverend Peter Marshall, Dean of Worcester from 1997 to 2006, died on 20 June.

Reopening churches for worship Published: 23rd June 2020 The Prime Minister has announced that church buildings can reopen more fully from 4 July. Bishop John said: "We’ll be looking closely at the advice and working out how churches might open while ensuring we are protecting the vulnerable and limiting the spread of the virus.”

Evesham Church leaders 'take the knee' Published: 22nd June 2020 Church leaders of many denominations from Churches Together in Evesham and District took the knee for 8 minutes and 46 seconds on Saturday.

Called to Action - The time is now! Published: 18th June 2020 The next in a series of small steps to save the planet from the Diocesan Environmental Group. This looks at lobbying your MP to put 'people climate and nature at the heart of our recovery'.

New Priest for Little Malvern Priory Published: 16th June 2020 Bishop John is pleased to announce the appointment of the Reverend Stephen Sealy as Priest in Charge of the Benefice of Little Malvern.

Helping a range of voices to be heard. Published: 16th June 2020 Paperchains is a new project which aims to help a range of voices to tell their experience of the Coronavirus pandemic

#BlackLivesMatter Published: 15th June 2020 The Bishop and the Dean have ‘taken the knee’ outside the Cathedral to pray for all those affected by repression, discrimination and injustice in a special video ahead of the protest planned in Worcester over the weekend.