Regional News

The Children’s Society have informed us of changes to staffing which has a direct impact on their work with the parishes and senior staff of Birmingham diocese. Most of you know, and will have met, ...

Easter is a meaningful time for new beginnings, and Revd Calvert Prentis and Revd Dr Sharon Prentis recently left the sunny South East to join our team in Birmingham, as Diocesan Director of Ordinands and ...

Every year, a container lorry leaves Birmingham bound for Malawi, full of items such as books, children's clothing and stationary that Malawians need and that people across our parishes donate.The next container is to be ...

Mike Down, Schools Project Manager for Church of England – Birmingham, and Louisa Harrop, Head of Learning at Birmingham Cathedral, have teamed up to offer a creative space to pray in Birmingham Cathedral during the ...

One of the great problems of our age is isolation, coupled with indifference - a tendency to live separately, hardly acknowledge others as one passes them on the street, and even a sense now that ...

The Revd Stephen JonesAssistant Curate, Rednal St Stephen the Martyr and Bishop’s Advisor on DisabilityTo be: Assistant Priest, Rednal St Stephen the Martyr (23 May 2018)Steve continues to be Bishop’s Advisor on DisabilityThe Revd Wayne ...

'Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold the new has come.' 2 Corinthians 5 verse 17Where would you be most surprised to find evidence of ...

If you are wondering if God might be calling you to the ordained ministry ... then this is for you.Wednesday evenings from 7.30pm till 9.30pm:16, 23 & 30 May and 6 & 13 June 2018at ...

As Christians we have just celebrated Easter, the most Holy festival in the Christian year when we remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Through his resurrection the church has a hope of new ...

There are three small prayer booklets for you, or members of your church, to collect for your church in time for Thy Kingdom Come, 10-20 May 2018. This was a recent and unexpected opportunity given to us ...

If you need funding for a church repair project, want to install a toilet, kitchen and improve community facilities, or are seeking early stage funding (such as for a feasibility report) for your place of ...

Where are all the young people?As we look across our church congregations maybe we miss their presence, life, and laughter. Or maybe we see a group of young people, but know that there are many ...

The Birmingham City Mission Care Centre is a drop-in centre for Birmingham’s homeless and vulnerable, providing hot meals, friendship and support. BCM has produced new Care Centre invitation postcards designed to keep in a pocket ...

Birmingham Churches Together (BCT) has launched a new survey to better understand how local churches and fellowships are working together. They would love you to take a few minutes to add your voice.The survey has been devised to ...

BCM has produced three Easter booklets for children available to order.An Officer’s Taleis for children aged approximately 8 to 12 years old telling the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection and with intricate colouring-in pages. ...

The West Midlands region has a new part time chaplaincy development worker from 1 January 2018. Phil Metcalf has recently worked as an FE college chaplain. His brief is to develop chaplaincy in FE colleges ...

Freezing weather in Britain is temporary. We endure it in the hope that Spring is just around the corner. Archbishop Justin Welby's new book, 'Reimagining Britain', is subtitled 'Foundations for Hope'. In it he describes ...

St Edburgha’s Church, parts of which date back over 800 years, making it one of the oldest churches in the Midlands has received initial support* of £29,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for Roof Repairs ...

A major new project, the Beautiful Burial Ground, has been given the go-ahead thanks to a £586,700 National Lottery grant.The project, developed by Shropshire based conservation charity, Caring for God’s Acre, will put burial grounds on ...

The TV series, 'Broken', written by Jimmy McGovern and starring Sean Bean is set in an estate parish somewhere in the UK. The church used at the centre of the series is in Liverpool but ...