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The Diocesan Mailing is produced every two weeks and contains news, training opportunties and events from around the diocese and wider Church of England.
Read the latest mailing and all back issues here.
An announcement from the Bishop.
St Marys, Pickersleigh is the eighth most deprived parishin the Diocese. Those living on the estate on which the church sits aregenerally under 45 with low educational attainment. There is a significantamount of child poverty.The Revd Lynne Sparkes i
Heritage Clock Project
A Christmas Message from the Bishop of Worcester
There will be a diocesan ecumenical pilgrimage to Rome from 30 September to 7 October 2019. It will be jointly led by Bishop John and RC Archbishop Bernard Longley. They write: "We are delighted to invite you to join us on this ecumenical p
RobertHigham has asked us to pass on his thanks related to his retirement last monthas Diocesan Secretary. He writes: Thank you to all who were involved inmarking my retirement whether at the Cathedral, at events in the DiocesanOffice or in
St Edburga LeighOver 35 people, aged 2 to 90, joined together at St Edburga Leigh foran informal Christingle and Cake event on the afternoon of Sunday 9 December. People had the opportunity to help make Christingles, in addition totaking part in
In its 200th year,Top Church in Dudley has been awarded 106,000 of initial National Lotterysupport* to enable the Church of St Thomas and St Luke at the top of DudleyHigh Street to continue with its plans to conserve the historical elements ofthe bui
​An announcement from the Bishop.
Like the majority of our churches, the diocesan officebuilding in Worcester is not easy to heat and its important to find the bestcost for our gas and electricity while remaining true to our commitment tousing sustainable energy sources.Using the Ene
Evergreentrees represent life in the cold and dark of winter, whilst their adorningornaments symbolise parts of the Nativity story and Jesus Christ as the lightof the world.St Peter, CradleyThisyear, St Peters Church, Cradley, are hosting their first
We live in tumultuouspolitical times, so much so that many people are literally switching off fromTV and radio news. It does indeed seem that megaphone diplomacy, which, ofcourse, is no diplomacy at all, is playing a bigger part in our publicdiscours
Plough Sunday is on 13 January in 2019
If your church uses floral foam for flower arranging ('oasis'), please consider the environmental impact:1. FLORAL FOAM IS PLASTIC. Because of itscellular foam structure, it very easily crumbles into microscopic fragments, addingto the g
St Johns Church in Brockmoor has received agrant for 10,000 from the National Lottery Big Lottery Fund to makeimprovements to the building.Thanks to National Lottery players, work can goahead to improve toilet facilities at the Grade II listed buildi
Members of our Children's and Youth Councils headed to Worcester last Saturday to spread someChristmas cheer at the start of Advent.In small groups, the young people aged from 8 to 14 offeredto pay for the parking of shoppers in the city centre and w
The chapter of WorcesterCathedral is delighted to announce the appointment of Samuel Hudson as organistand director of music at Worcester Cathedral.Sam has been the director ofmusic at Blackburn Cathedral since 2011, where he is also the artistic dir
Christmas is all about giving, but how many ofus stop to think about the reasons why we give and how it relates to our faith?For Christians, the surprise of Christmas is thebaby being born, in poverty and in exile, but too often that baby gets lostbe
Over 185 Christmas shoeboxes have been filled by school children and others in Powick, Callow End, Madresfield and Guarlford to be given to Teams4U, a Wrexham based charity thatdelivers filled shoes boxes collected all across the country for Chr
Claire Rushton took up her post as the new Finance Manager of theDiocese of Worcester Multi Academy Trust (DoWMAT) on Monday 5thNovember, this year. Claire joins the DoWMAT from Pershore High School, where shespent 13 years, progressing from School F
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16th May 2024
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