Top tips to reduce energy bills
Published: 10th November 2022In the latest in our Called to Action series, the Diocesan Climate Crisis group offers some top tips to save energy and reduce your bills!
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Bishop Martin's People and Places Pilgrimage
Published: 10th November 2022As part of a series of visits to different people and places across Dudley Borough, yesterday Bishop Martin spent time at Black Country Radio, the Life Centre Debt advice in Stourbridge and Mary Stevens Hospice.
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A new congregation at St Godwald's Church
Published: 8th November 2022St Godwald's Church in Finstall, Bromsgrove has been running Café Church since January & the new congregation continues to grow!
New dementia film project at All Saints, Sedgley
Published: 4th November 2022All Saints in Sedgley have launched an innovative new project to see how nostalgic films might help those with dementia. The launch was visited by the Mayor of Dudley.
Living in Love and Faith - A letter from our bishops
Published: 4th November 2022Bishops John and Martin have written to all clergy setting out their views on same sex marriage in church following the Living in Love and Faith process.
St George's Church, Kidderminster wins national award
Published: 2nd November 2022St George’s Church in Kidderminster was recently a winner in the National Churches Awards run by the National Churches Trust, winning the 2022 Nayler Award for Excellence in Church Maintenance.
Experience Dudley at Top Church
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.
The Great Invitation
Published: 27th October 2022Could you be part of our Christmas video?
Contactless devices given to churches
Published: 27th October 2022As part of a national initiative from the Church of England, the Diocese of Worcester received 25 contactless devices for our churches last week.
Bishop's Certificates presented
Published: 21st October 2022People from across the Diocese have received a certificate from Bishop John, marking the completion of a course designed to help them relate their Christian faith to their own life and locality.
Funding classrooms in Morogoro
Published: 21st October 2022Severnside parishes, on the edge of Worcester have been fundraising to help the parish of Chamwino in Morogoro, Tanzania to provide two classrooms so local children can attend school.
Mission Accompaniers helping parishes
Published: 20th October 2022All parishes have the opportunity to receive support in the form of a Mission Accompanier. Read about how it's going for two of our Mission Accompaniers working in parishes in Dudley.
Eco Church success
Published: 20th October 2022Congratulations to the Kidderminster West Team and also All Saints, Bromsgrove for recently achieving Eco Church Awards. All Saints in Bromsgrove along with St John’s and Holy Innocents Churches in Kidderminster have achieved their bronze award with St Peter’s Church in Kidderminster achieving silver.
Anti-slavery day
Published: 18th October 2022Today (18 October) is anti-slavery day. Worcester Diocesan Mothers’ Union have been working on a special awareness raising campaign across our 50 Mothers’ Union Groups and churches where the Mothers’ Union has a presence, for the week around this day.
Harvington CE School is a good global neighbour
Published: 18th October 2022Harvington CE First School, just outside of Evesham, has achieved a silver award from Christian Aid’s Global Neighbours Scheme. The scheme celebrates schools that are helping pupils to learn about global poverty and the Christian responsibility to tackle it, motivating children to become good citizens and play their role in creating a fairer world.
Bishop John to take part in the Big Sleep Out
Published: 13th October 2022Bishop John will take part in the Worcester Big Sleep Out on Friday night to raise money for St Paul's Hostel, Warriors Community Foundation, and Maggs Day Centre.
The Angel of Love in Alvechurch
Published: 13th October 2022A new sculpture has been unveiled in the churchyard of St Laurence's Church in Alvechurch during Baby Loss Awareness Week as a memorial to children who died too soon.
West Midlands Church Leaders commit to work together
Published: 13th October 2022Church leaders from across the West Midlands representing a range of traditions and ethnicities met together earlier in the month to pray together and encourage each other.
Re-ordering work starts at St Helen's Worcester
Published: 12th October 2022St Helen's Church in Worcester is part of All Saints' parish, one of our two resourcing churches. This week, a major refurbishment project has begun in order to restore the church back to its original layout and to provide an accessible, multifunctional and comfortable space in the very centre of city.
Calling Young Disciples & future support for children’s & youth work
Published: 6th October 2022The Calling Young Disciples (CYD) Project will come to an end in July next year. The objective of the project has been to see a significant and sustained increase in the capacity of churches across the Diocese to engage with children and young people - so that they respond to God’s call to be disciples of Jesus.
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St John’s Halesowen launch post exam calm space for year 11 students
30th April 2025
St John’s church in Halesowen is looking at ways they can build stronger links with and better serve their local community. This week they have launched a post exam calm space for year 11s about to embark on their GCSEs.