News - Diocese of Lichfield

Farewell to former Archdeacon Dennis

Published: 18th March 2021

Dennis Ede's funeral took place yesterday.

Warm Welcome High Sheriff's Award

Published: 17th March 2021

Warm Welcome dementia is a group run by the churches in Newport for anyone living with dementia and memory problems. The group has been awarded a High Sheriff of Shropshire Award, given to groups or individuals who have contributed to their local community.

Appointments and Departures

Published: 3rd March 2021

3rd March 2021

Give thanks for your vaccination!

Published: 2nd March 2021

The diocese has partnered with Christian Aid to help people pass on the blessing of Covid jabs.

Travelling together, metaphor, and devotion

Published: 1st March 2021

Pilgrimage is at its deepest a form of devotion. This holds true whether we are able to go on the traditional long walks together to do it, or not. â€˜Pilgrimage of the mindâ€™ is an equally ancient practice.

Different life, different church, different worship

Published: 26th February 2021

Zoe Corney finds some have welcomed the changes to church life brought about by the pandemic.

Heart of Tamworth Memory Café

Published: 23rd February 2021

Dementia-friendly Churches Enabler, Sarah Thorpe brings news from the eastern tip of the diocese

Bishop backs Covid vaccination campaign

Published: 19th February 2021

The Bishop of Lichfield and other senior church leaders are targeting Covid vaccination misinformation

RIP The Venerable Dennis Ede

Published: 15th February 2021

The Diocese is sad to announce the death on the of the former Archdeacon of Stoke Dennis Ede on January 23rdÂ 2021 aged 89 years.

Finding a home in Stoke-on-Trent

Published: 12th February 2021

Find out why a couple from Barlaston Church became foster carers - and how you can get involved.

Church community hub opens for vaccinations

Published: 29th January 2021

Over 500 people were welcomed into community base at a Stoke-on-Trent church on its first day as a vaccination centre.

Review wants to hear from survivors

Published: 20th January 2021

Listening to survivors of abuse is key to independent safeguarding review.

Bishop of Stafford update

Published: 14th January 2021

Matthew Parker will be licensed as Episcopal Vicar for the Stafford Area on 28 January.

Appointments and Departures

Published: 13th January 2021

12th January 2021

Bringing People Together

Published: 12th January 2021

Building on the benefits of Places of Welcome in a period of social distancing and lockdowns, a pattern for combatting isolation led by our TCT team.

Cathedral hosting vaccine clinics

Published: 8th January 2021

Lichfield Cathedral is to serve the community as a Covid vaccination centre.

Blessed labour or forced labour?

Published: 7th January 2021

This Sunday,Â the First Sunday of Epiphany,Â is Plough Sunday where many pray for blessing on human labour near the start of the calendar year

Lamentation and Celebration over Christmas and New Year

Published: 7th January 2021

Celebration and lamentation in the dementia-friends community before Christmas

Disney, Joe and noticing

Published: 4th January 2021

Seeing the world and life through a very different lens

All Saints funding boost

Published: 17th December 2020

A Stoke-on-Trent church will install new community facilities thanks to a National Churches Trust grant.

Hope in the darkness

Published: 17th December 2020

The Bishop of Lichfield finds light and joy in singing close to home.

Lights for the lost

Published: 15th December 2020

Churchyards in the Staffordshire Moorlands were lit up to remember the lost.

A view from the pew?

Published: 11th December 2020

In the first of an occasional series, John Bentley shares his experience of sudden partial sight loss and how it's affected his perception of the church

Bishop Michaelâ€™s lead on Dementia-Friendly Church

Published: 9th December 2020

Bishop Michael Ipgrave, the Bishop of Lichfield, affirmed that he is â€œproud to be part of Diocese that takes Dementia-Friendly Church seriouslyâ€, when he spoke at our Dementia-Friendly Churches Zoom Training Day in October 2020.