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.
Archdeacon Nikki reflects on 11 years as one of our General Synod reps in this article for February editions of parish magazines.
On 17 January, we will officially welcome Hugh Nelson as the next Bishop of Worcester. As he joins us, he will be spending time getting to know Worcestershire and Dudley and its people as well as finding out more about what’s happening in our churches.
Monday 23 February marks the start of Funeral Planning Awareness Week - a gentle invitation to reflect on the shape of our lives, our hopes, and the legacy we leave behind.
Hope and Blessing in the Year Ahead - a New Year message from Bishop Martin
In this year's Christmas Message, Bishop Martin talks about finding joy and peace in the Christ Child this Christmas.
Rector of St Mary's Church in Oldswinford, John Flitcroft has been helping to raise awareness of Christian Aid's Christmas campaign through a social media moment.
St George’s CE Primary School and St George’s Church in the parish of Kidderminster East are the first to receive a gold Church and School Partnership Award. It was presented to them by Bishop Martin at a special assembly at the school.
There is a tradition of blessing chalk at Epiphany to mark the threshold of our homes with a new year blessing. Doug Chaplin, Discipleship and Lay Training Officer has produced some simple prayers for you to do this at home or at church.
The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer has sent this Christmas Message to all Christian Leaders
Many people will come into our churches for Christmas services who might not attend at other times of the year. This provides great opportunities including informing your local community of exciting things coming up. Here are some ways in which our renewal churches are planning to do that.
A new service for families has been launched at St James’ the Great Church in Blakedown, just outside of Kidderminster, using iSingPOP songs and the PopBox resource. The launch event for iSing Blakedown last Sunday attracted 18 children and around 40 adults to the small church.
The Redditch Toy Appeal organised by the Redditch Mission Area has helped provide Christmas presents for over 1000 children this year! With more referred than ever before, staff from the diocesan team, including Archdeacon Nikki volunteered to help.
Area Dean of Worcester, Kalantha Brewis will be leaving her roles in our diocese to become Lead Diocesan Director of Ordinands for the Diocese of Oxford.
Great Malvern Priory are encouraging people to be part of the Christmas story this year by decorating a peg person to add to the church’s nativity scene. So far 1500 peg dolls have been decorated by people visiting the Priory and it’s hoped there will be lots more before the parish nativity service on 21 December.
Bishop Arun Arora, co-lead Bishop for Racial Justice for the Church of England and Bishop of Kirkstall, has launched a poster campaign sharing messages of hope and welcome to all this Christmas.
The Welcome Directory is a multi-faith charity working to empower faith and belief communities to offer a safe and lasting welcome to prison leavers. Stepping beyond the prison gates is an incredibly challenging experience and too many people feel isolated and alone. The ethos behind the Welcome Directory is that every person deserves to belong.
A special event organised by Evesham Curate, Prajna Pal-Lad with support from Evesham Welcomes Refugees, saw people from across the globe who now live in Evesham sharing their favourite puddings at All Saints’ Church.
Northleigh Primary School has provided the congregation of St Peter’s Church with a warm home this Winter. The church will be using the school hall for its Sunday worship during the Winter months creating a warm and welcoming space while a new heating system is installed in the church.
An article for January editions of parish magazines from the Archdeacon of Worcester, Mark Badger.
We will welcome Bishop Hugh as he starts his ministry among us on Saturday 17 January at 2pm in the Cathedral. All are welcome.
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6th January 2026