Readers gather to celebrate service
Published: 23rd March 2023The former Archbishop of Wales spoke to over 100 Readers from across Lichfield Diocese.
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The former Archbishop of Wales spoke to over 100 Readers from across Lichfield Diocese.
Bishop Michael reflects on the General Synod vote on blessings for those in same-sex relationships and launches a new chaplaincy team to offer support in this area.
The Revd Zoe Heming represented General Synod at Buckingham Palace.
Integration of Transforming Communities Together with the diocese will ensure stability and sustainability.
Churchyards are very important places for those whose loved ones are buried there, but a survey of visitors to some churchyards in Sussex found that they are often visited by people who value their peace and beauty. The Churchyard Award Scheme has been running for over 30 years. It’s run by volunteers to celebrate the work of volunteers in maintaining and developing churchyards and church gardens across the diocese of Lichfield.
The contributions of lay people to the life of churches across the dioceses was celebrated on St Chad's Day.
Emails, debate and Lent
The Bishop of Lichfield will represent the diocese in the House of Lords.
A group from our ‘Pathways’ programme are taking part in an exciting new opportunity to sample theological study at The Queen’s Foundation.
Bishop Council members agree to fully divest from fossil fuel companes.
Canon Debbie Parks is the new Co-Convenor of the diocese's Racial Justice and Inclusion Task Group.
The Community of St Chad is a community founded on companion groups of three people who meet to pray together and who live out five Rhythms of Grace.
A statement from Bishop Michael following General Synod's vote to issue prayers to enable same-sex couples to come to church after a civil marriage or civil partnership to give thanks, dedicate their relationship and receive God’s blessing.
Bishop Sarah has been blogging after a recent revelation:
This resource is born of personal experience. My dad died in 2018 and he was diagnosed with dementia ten years earlier. He’d been a solicitor in Birmingham and spent his working life making incisive, head-level connections. The journey of the last decade of his life was a journey from head to heart.
A Wolverhampton church that draws together multiple communities will develop its journey of discipleship and mission and be able to foster its intercultural activities.
A letter to clergy and lay ministers in our diocese following this morning's College of Bishops' response to Living in Love & Faith.
9th January 2023
The Bishop of Wolverhampton, the Rt Revd Clive Gregory, has announced that he is to step down.
The Difference course, designed and produced by Archbishop Justin Welby’s reconciliation team, is made up of five sessions exploring the power of faith to transform our relationships and heal division.
The enchanting story of the Wise Men visiting the infant Jesus has a sting in its tail. Archdeacon Paul Thomas has been thinking about what this means as we mark the change of year and how the tale of Epiphany is so relevant today.