The Diocesan Mailing is produced every two weeks and contains news, training opportunities and events from around the diocese and wider Church of England. The Training Mailing is produced every month and is a round up of upcoming training opportunities around the diocese.
St Mary's Church in Kempsey and St James the Great Church in Norton have both received funding to enable biodiversity projects to take place in their churchyards and the surrounding areas. St Mary's, Kempsey has received 8,471of funding from the
Will your parish be coming along to the All Together as Kingdom People day?
Sunday 8 September is Education Sunday.
The annual Ride and Stride takes place this year on 14 September.
Using social mediaresponsiblySocial media havebecome a way of life for many people. And like any way of life, social mediaare an opportunity and a danger. Social media can do good and can cause harm.Using social media well is a craft that needs to be
Clare Soar has been appointedas the new Youth and Childrens Minister at St Thomas and St Luke (TopChurch) in Dudley.Clare and her husband havebeen attending Top Church for the last few months and when she saw the postadvertised, she was keen to get i
St Marys, Pickersleigh are running a lunch club for localchildren across three weeks during the school holidays. Helped by their Calling Young DisciplesMission Enabler, they are opening the church from 11.30am 2pm and providingprimary age children w
If you're thinking of trying contactless, why not have a look at this new offer from the Parish Buying Scheme?
This year, the national heritage open days take place from13 22 September. Its an opportunity for people to go and visit places ofheritage that they wouldnt normally get a chance to see and all for free!Running at the same time as the Ride and
A new project has been trialled in a couple of parishes in the Diocese as a way of helping churches keep their promise to baptism parents to welcome baptised children and uphold them in their new lives in Christ.
The second Mission ShapedMinistry (MSM) course in Worcester Diocese begins in September 2019 in venues near Worcester and in the Black Country. The firstcourse 2017-2018 encouraged many groups from all over the Diocese and furtherafield looking
As many of you will be aware,there has been some re-organisation at the Diocesan Office. This provides anupdate on the outcomes of some of this, although a couple of elements are stillundergoing consultation.This post willbe updated from time to time
ChristianAid is urging churches to support an appeal offeringa lifeline to those impacted by torrential rain, floods and landslides thathave displaced millions of people across India, Bangladesh and Nepal.Minoritycommunities, such as those belonging
On Thursday 1 August, threemen will be taking to the river Avon in a rowing boat to complete a 24.5 milerow from Stratford upon Avon to Cropthorne, just outside Evesham.They will be completing thissponsored row to raise money for our diocesan retreat
In June, churchwardens at St Marys church in Oldswinfordnoticed a problem with the gutters and wanted to find a solution.They immediately turned to MaintenanceBooker,the new website which makes caring for churches much easier.Using MaintenanceBooker
The Bishop of Dudley, Graham Usher, left the diocese at the weekend to become the Bishop of Norwich. Two celebrations were held in Worcester and Dudley to reflect the role Bishop Graham has played throughout the whole diocese.
Acts 2.41-47 and Luke10.25-37In recent weeks the most common question that Ive been askedhas been, What will you miss about being bishop of Dudley? So here are my topten things:The warmth of the people.Slow cooked grey paysand bacon.The tell you dire
I did a calculation last week about howmuch time I have a spent on the M5 in the last five and a bit years. I workedit out as 858 hours, plus or minus a few hours. Thats just over five weeks.Thats five weeks of my life that Im never going to get back
All Saints in Sedgley invited their baptism and toddlerfamilies to a Teddy Bears' Picnic, lots of fun was had by teddies and familiesalike. Calling Young Disciples, Mission Enabler, Helen Laird, helped the parish to organise the picnic. She said
Nigel Huddleston MP for Mid Worcestershire,made history on Friday 12 July, at Fladbury CE First School,by being the first member of parliament ever to raise two sea signalling flags,spelling out the message that all at the school have recognised the
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11th September 2025