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.
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
An announcement from the Bishop.
Fabulous Festive Fayre - and a New Organ Too!
All Saints was packed on Sunday morning as the congregationgathered to officially launch the church as one of two resourcing churches inthe Diocese of Worcester. As aresourcing church, All Saints will receive investment of 2.2m thanks to agrant from
At the first meeting of the new Diocesan Synod last week, newChairs for the Houses of Clergy and Laity were appointed.Hugh Richards from Chaddesley Corbett will head up the House ofLaity and the Revd Claire Lording from Pershore has become Chair of t
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
"If Diocesan Synod were not to exist there really would be no forum where we could make decisions, reflect upon, and think about wider issues." (Bishop John)The video can be downloaded from Vimeo or if you'd like it as a DVD to show at your chur
A new childrens choir has been started in the church ofLeigh, Southwest of Worcester in the Worcestershire West Rural Team.Animato childrens choir is not explicitly a church choirbut was set up by a member of Leigh Church, Claire Jaggers, as a way of
Raise the Rafters - We've got a new roof!
Combatting domestic violence is at the heart of what many Mothers Union members do around the world - whether it is supporting women with practical help at a local level or lobbying governments for fairer treatment of women marginalised as a result o
Over 120 church school leaders from the Diocese of Worcestercame together for the annual Headteachers and Senior Leaders Conference, heldat Stanbrook Abbey on Friday 19 October. The theme of Good Mental Health andWell-being for All, provided delegate
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
An announcement from the Bishop.
An announcement from the Bishop.
You can take your churchcollection by contactless card this Christmas!As less and less people carrycash, its becoming increasingly important for parishes to look at alternativeways to receive donations. Theres a new category on the Parish Buying webs
Barbara Price, member of All Saints, Sedgley has spent hourscataloguing and researching 294 soldiers who died in the First World War fromthe local area. She now has individual profiles on all the men who died and hasvisited many of the graves in Engl
Today is World Toilet Day, which is about taking action toensure that everyone has a safe toilet by 2030. Over 62% of people around theworld dont have access to safe sanitation with 4.5 billion living withoutaccess to a safe toilet.As churches work t
A new cookbook israising funds for Mission Morogoro, a Worcestershire based charity whichsupports projects in our partner diocese of Morogoro in Tanzania, East Africa. In 2016 astorm devastated the church building in Tunguli, a village in Morogo
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30th April 2025