News & Stories
Bishop's Message: A Game of Two Halves 26th May 2021 There is growing excitement across the West Midlands in anticipation of the Commonwealth Games 2022 | ![]() |
Taize at Home 2021: 12-17 July 25th May 2021 A Pilgrimage from your own home, a chance to punctuate your day with prayer and reflection using the rhythm of a community in Taize, France, who have been worshiping this way for decades. | ![]() |
Malawi container lorry 12th May 2021 This year the lorry is to be loaded on Saturday 12 June. | ![]() |
Bishop's Message: May Day 4th May 2021 Amazed at the turn of the earth for warmer days I have been more attentive to what is given and life-giving as May heralds creation and creativity. This year will it also be marked by pared-down priorities for wiser and more considerate living? | ![]() |
Choir stalls ...or Sesame Street 29th April 2021 Coleshill parish church choir stall end bears a likeness to Sesame Street’s Big Bird | ![]() |
Hidden in Plain Sight 27th April 2021 Bishop Anne writes on modern slavery and the part our churches can play. | ![]() |
Energy Footprint Tool 26th April 2021 The Church of England Birmingham is focussed on the CofE target for all parts of the church to work to become carbon ‘net zero’ by 2030 | ![]() |
"Racism is a sin which disfigures God’s image in us." 22nd April 2021 From Lament To Action: the report of the CofE Archbishops’ Anti-Racism Taskforce is published today. The Bishop of Birmingham, David Urquhart, said in response, | ![]() |
Bishop's Comment: The Transformation of Easter Day 7th April 2021 The first century Christian disciples were not ready for Jesus’ death, nor for a rapid resurrection. Twenty-first century human beings were not ready for COVID-19, nor for a long disruption. | ![]() |
Malawi Update: latest COVID news 6th April 2021 Through January and early February, the South African variant caused a major spike in cases | ![]() |