St John's Halesowen Step In To Host Uniform Exchange
Published: 4th September 2025St John’s Church stepped in to to host the Halesowen Uniform Exchange during the school holidays, after the usual venue had become unavailable at short notice.
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All Saints Worcester interviewed by ITV News about 'The Quiet Revival'
Published: 21st August 2025ITV Central News visited All Saints Worcester's 6pm service on Sunday 17th August to interview young members of the congregation and Rev Rich Johnson about 'The Quiet Revival', that is the research data that shows that more young adults are coming to church!
Film: Paul Wilcox shares how New Worshipping Communities have led to growth
Published: 20th August 2025In this short film Paul Wilcox from West Worcester Beacon Benefice shares how their three New Worshipping Communities have led to the growth of their main congregation at Hallow.
Community Link’s Uniform Bank serves hundreds of local families
Published: 19th August 2025Church run charity Community Link on Cradley Heath high street run a Uniform Bank in the school summer holidays where they give out second-hand school uniform for free. The charity report hundreds of families now use the service.
New families reached through summer holidays Story Time group in Whittington
Published: 19th August 2025Children, Young People and Families Minister Debra Hill and her volunteers have engaged new families through 'Story Time with the classics' at Whittington Church in the school summer holidays.
Churches invited to mark Disability Awareness Sunday on 28 September
Published: 15th August 2025Churches 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.
Kingswinford Parish Hosts Joyful iSingPOP Holiday Club
Published: 14th August 2025During the first week of August, Kingswinford parish hosted an exciting iSingPOP holiday club at St Mary’s Church featuring iSingPops catchy worship tunes and dance moves. The club proved hugely popular, with attendance peaking at 53 children.
Meet some of the team at St Stephen’s Church in Redditch
Published: 8th August 2025Since launching as a renewal church, the congregation at St Stephen’s Church in Redditch has already doubled in size and some of the funding they have received from the national church is being used to build a core team which will help support continued growth.
St John's Halesowen Baptism Reflection
Published: 5th August 2025Sue Harding is a baptism rep at St John’s Church in Halesowen, one of our renewal projects. She recently accompanied Team Rector, Hazel Charlton on a baptism visit to a family who had recently arrived from Iran and has supported the Mum in her request to be baptised at the church.
St John’s Halesowen build on success of student ‘Donut club’
Published: 1st August 2025Back in May, St John’s church in Halesowen which is one of our Renewal projects, launched a post GCSE exam chill-out space for year 11s nicknamed 'Donut Club' which was really popular. They're now building on that success by offering a Bibles and Brunch session to the same group.
Reflecting on the Health and Sustainability Conversations
Published: 31st July 2025Over the past couple of months, members of the diocesan and deanery teams have met with representatives of every church in our Diocese for a 45-minute conversation on the church’s current missional and financial health.
Welly Church at St Kenelm, Clifton on Teme
Published: 23rd July 2025A new half-hour monthly act of worship is taking place at St Kenelm’s Church in Clifton-on-Teme, with people of all ages gathering outside for Welly Church!
Children’s holiday clubs running during summer
Published: 17th July 2025Many of the members of our diocesan network of paid Children, Families and Youth workers have plans to engage families this summer through holiday clubs and other activities.
Signs of Growth: Transformation journey update two years in
Published: 17th July 2025As we continue on our seven-year journey of transformation to ensure our churches are growing healthier and more sustainable, real progress is being made in our Transformation programme priority areas. Churches across the Diocese are starting to see the green shoots of growth.
Young People achieve Archbishops' Award
Published: 11th July 202511 children from the Church of the Ascension CE Primary School in Wall Heath, Dudley have achieved the Archbishops’ Young Leaders Award. The children were presented with their certificates by Bishop Martin at a special collective worship in school.
New funding for additional curates
Published: 10th July 2025Three additional stipendiary curates will be able to be recruited for 2026 thanks to new funding from the national church.
Trading Sales for Service: Introducing new Ops Manager Tim Hancock
Published: 1st July 2025Tim Hancock’s latest career move has made him feel like his life has gone full circle. Moving to work for Holy Trinity Old Hill, the church he was raised attending and where his father once served as vicar, has taken him out of the fast-paced world of AV corporate sales...
The value of learning communities (film)
Published: 18th June 2025Teams of people from churches across the Diocese looking to start or grow a New Worshipping Community have been part of the Myriad learning community since January 2024. In this video we hear about what's it's like to be a part of a learning community.
Second cohort progressing well on Auxiliary Pathway
Published: 18th June 2025The second Auxiliary Pathway cohort started in September 2024. This group includes people who are training to be Licensed Lay Ministers (Readers) alongside those who are exploring a vocation to be ordained.
Worship for pre-schoolers in Droitwich
Published: 17th June 2025‘Sparkle Tots’ is church for pre-schoolers and their parents or carers. It takes place at St Nicholas Church in Droitwich on Mondays during term time.
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Visit a church during the Heritage Open Days
4th September 2025
Churches across Worcestershire and Dudley are opening their doors for this year’s Heritage Open Days with a range of activities for all ages and a chance to discover the story behind our historic churches and the communities they serve.