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Sharing funding for others' benefit

Published: 3rd June 2026

One of the key elements of our renewal churches is that they will resource other local churches. St Stephen’s Church in Redditch did that when they decided to return the funding allocated to them by the national church to improve their building. This generosity will enable other renewal churches to complete their own building works.

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Diane Cooksey leading growth at All Saints' Church in Sedgley

Published: 30th May 2026

Diane Cooksey has been Renewal Leader of All Saints' church in Sedgley for a year now. There is a sense of excitement as All Saints is already growing, bringing more people to faith and making bold steps to becoming a truly intergenerational congregation.

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Get involved in RECOGNISE week to celebrate your Children and Youth workers

Published: 28th May 2026

Clergy and Church leaders across our diocese are invited to get involved in the national #RECOGNISE campaign week from 6 -12 July to thank and celebrate your paid and voluntary children, youth and family (CYF) workers.

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Bishop Hugh meets with the diocesan Children and Young People Ministry network

Published: 16th May 2026

Last week Bishop Hugh met with our diocesan network of paid Children and Young People Ministers to listen to and encourage them.

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Could your parish benefit from the Healthier Churches Fund?

Published: 9th April 2026

The Healthier Churches Fund was created using money which has been freed up from investments alongside some Lowest Income Communities funding from the National Church. Parishes can apply for funding for projects to help make a difference in reaching out in their community and bring more people to faith.

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Expanding children and families ministry at Holy Trinity Old Hill

Published: 19th March 2026

Charles Hindley and Anita Mansell are based at Holy Trinity Old Hill and work closely on children, family and youth ministry. Anita swapped from a volunteer role seven months ago and is focusing on families and primary aged children.

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Pancake fun in Sedgley

Published: 19th February 2026

All Saints Church in Sedgley held a pancake party in the church hall on Tuesday morning with over 85 children attending. Many of the parents present expressed an interest in bringing their children to other things, including potential New Worshipping Communities being planned.

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Ash Wednesday at St Stephen’s Church in Redditch

Published: 19th February 2026

Bishop Hugh visited St Stephen’s Church in Redditch on Ash Wednesday where they were hosting a ‘Lightbox’ drop in event for young people, followed by jacket potatoes for the community ahead of their Ash Wednesday service.

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Renewals film - the progress so far

Published: 5th February 2026

By 2030 we plan to renew around 12 churches across the Diocese so that every major population area has at least one larger church with 150 attendees. This film seeks to showcase and celebrate the progress so far.

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Affirmation of Baptismal Vows at All Saints Sedgley

Published: 22nd January 2026

Gornal and Sedgley parish have been very encouraged recently by a new member of their congregation. Since joining in September Andy has attended every week and within a few months sought to renew and affirm his baptismal vows.

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Welcoming Bishop Hugh

Published: 18th January 2026

Hundreds of people from across Worcestershire and Dudley gathered in Worcester Cathedral on Saturday to welcome Hugh Nelson to the Diocese as the 114th Bishop of Worcester.

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Soul Food NWC demonstrates the value of connection in Wall Heath

Published: 13th January 2026

Church of the Ascension in Wall Heath host ‘Soul Food’ NWC every other Tuesday evening from 5pm. In their last session before Christmas the theme was ‘joy and connection’. As well as discussing this theme, they also demonstrated it, filling shoeboxes with gifts for families in need.

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Bishop Hugh arrives in the Diocese

Published: 6th January 2026

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.

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Making the most of Christmas opportunities to fuel growth

Published: 17th December 2025

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.

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Diocesan office staff volunteer at ‘bigger than ever’ Toy Appeal

Published: 16th December 2025

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.

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Debra Hill: Boosting Family Ministry Across Five Worcester Churches

Published: 4th December 2025

Debra Hill is Children, Families and Youth worker for five churches in the Worcester South East team with St Barnabas, in a post that is in part financed by the Healthier Churches Fund. Here Debra reflects on her first year in the role.

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Update on our transformation journey

Published: 19th November 2025

As another year draws to a close, Archdeacon Nikki provides an update on our journey of transformation and change. Where have we reached key milestones? What does the next stage of the journey look like? Are we still heading towards the same ultimate destination?

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Joyful Light Trail event for families in Claines

Published: 13th November 2025

Claines played host to a joyful family ‘Light Trail’ during the half term holiday, which ninety people participated in. Ten households in Claines decorated their homes as “light stops,” each displaying a word that formed part of a Bible verse, for participants to unscramble.

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Partnership with iSingPOP has successful first year

Published: 6th November 2025

Parishes across the Diocese working with Kirsty Pierson from iSingPOP this year, have reported how much this support has helped them reach new families and children. We hope it will be possible to extend the pilot to see how this initial success can be further embedded and built on.

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Claines Church to launch new ‘Bubble Church’ service thanks to grant funding

Published: 6th November 2025

In January 2026 Claines Church, will be launching a new and exciting church service for children called ‘Bubble Church’. This has been made possible thanks to a grant from the ‘Healthier Churches Fund’.

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Visiting Malvern and Upton Deanery

4th June 2026

Bishop Hugh spent the day in Malvern and Upton Deanery earlier in the week where he visited churches, schools and toddler groups to get a sense of some of the things happening across the Deanery.

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Every two weeks we produce a short video reflection. These cover a range of topics and themes and are published on the website and our social media channels.

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