Early Christmas generosity in Lye
Published: 15th November 2025Shoeboxes full of toys and gifts have been donated by Christ Church Lye to help children facing difficult situations around the world.
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Celebrating the windows at St John the Baptist, Kidderminster
Published: 15th November 2025St John the Baptist Church in Kidderminster is marking the tenth anniversary of the installation of its magnificent stained-glass windows, which were installed in memory of the Stretton family, whose impact and legacy lives on in Kidderminster.
Sharing Hope in Redditch
Published: 14th November 2025Members of St Stephen’s Church in Redditch have been sharing hope in different locations across Redditch, offering people free tea and coffee and a chance to talk about faith and about anything which might be worrying them.
Diocesan Small Churches Choir
Published: 11th November 2025At the celebration service for small churches service held in the Cathedral last May, a number of singers expressed a wish to be able to sing together more often. Mark and Linda Blackwell from Fladbury (Nr Evesham) felt called to use their experience to try to set up a choir made up from singers from the small churches across the Diocese to sing at occasional services at Worcester and other cathedrals.
Please pray for the COP30 Climate Conference
Published: 10th November 2025Climate COP30 begins in earnest today, 10 November and runs to 21 November in Belim in Brazil, in the heart of the Amazon. An Anglican delegation is attending led by Archbishop Marinez of Brazil.
Unexpected Treasures
Published: 7th November 2025An article for December editions of parish magazines from the Revd Andy Todd, Diocesan Secretary.
Cascades of Poppies on churches for Remembrance
Published: 3rd November 2025Churches across Worcestershire and Dudley are marking Remembrance Day with stunning displays of knitted and crocheted poppies, often stretching down the tower or from the roof of the church.
A Cross of Community and Hope
Published: 3rd November 2025At St Thomas’ Church in Stourbridge, members of ‘Chewsday Church’ have recently unveiled a large cross, intentionally crafted with a rough and imperfect surface to reflect the brokenness of our world.
A new discussion resource for parishes
Published: 31st October 2025A set of postcards, which can be used in parishes to help facilitate conversations about faith will shortly be distributed with the prayer diary.
New Rector of Pedmore and Wollescote
Published: 31st October 2025Bishop Martin as Acting Bishop of Worcester has announced the appointment of the Revd Claire Cox as Rector of the Benefice of Pedmore and Wollescote.
Refurbishing Harvington rectory
Published: 30th October 2025The clergy housing team have recently worked on Harvington Rectory following the departure of the Rector there after 24 years in post. The team had just three months to prepare the house before the new Rector and his family moved in.
Bromsgrove Spire restoration completed
Published: 30th October 2025The long-awaited restoration of the landmark spire at St John’s Church in Bromsgrove has been completed, with the re-gilded weathervane cockerel returning to its lofty perch to enjoy the view for decades to come,
Silver Church & School Partnership Award presented
Published: 22nd October 2025Red Hill CE Primary and St Martin’s Church, London Road, Worcester have received a silver Church and School Partnership Award. It was presented to them by Archdeacon Mark and Diocesan Director of Education, Tim Reid in a special service in the church.
Getting the October count right
Published: 20th October 2025Each October, churches are asked to count the numbers of children and adults attending different services to feed into the Church of England’s Statistics for Mission which need to be submitted before the end of January.
Exploring the mission opportunities of new housing
Published: 17th October 2025Clergy and others gathered at St Helen’s Church in Worcester for a day on exploring the mission opportunities of new housing developments. Speakers spoke about the process that new developments go through, how churches can get involved and different ways in which churches can come alongside those in new homes and help to build community.
Kingswinford Operations Manager
Published: 17th October 2025Former Corporate HR Manager, Grace Wrigglesworth, has been Operations Manager for Kingswinford parish for just over a year and her work is already making a difference to the whole Kingswinford community about which she is so passionate.
'Cornerstone' supports parishes with stewardship & finances
Published: 15th October 2025Cornerstone is a new initiative freely available to all our churches to help them with their stewardship and finances which has been funded and provided by the national Church.
Martyn's Law
Published: 13th October 2025Diocesan Director of Church Buildings, Mark Carter, offers an update on Martyn's Law (The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025).
Remembrance Sunday
Published: 10th October 2025An article for parish magazines on Remembrance Sunday.
Safeguarding Sunday 2025
Published: 10th October 2025Sunday 16 November is Safeguarding Sunday and on this day as well as over the following weeks, thousands of churches from diverse backgrounds and traditions will join together to shout about safeguarding and help protect vulnerable people.
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Sharing Hope in Redditch
14th November 2025
Members of St Stephen’s Church in Redditch have been sharing hope in different locations across Redditch, offering people free tea and coffee and a chance to talk about faith and about anything which might be worrying them.