The Royal Three Counties Show takes place in Malvern over the next three days. Please
pray for those responsible for the Church tent at the show and for all those who visit. Diocese of Western Kowloon (Hong Kong): Bishop Andrew Chan Continue Reading
Please pray for the medieval Church and holy well of St. Kenelm, Romsley in the Clent
Hills, and for our work in Romsley village in the hall, especially with children and lunch club
and MU teas. For the right decisions about future ministry provision. … Continue Reading
Top Church is to be a “Resourcing Church”. There will be a new congregation running in
parallel with the existing (ageing) congregation which will be a resource and source of
blessing to the area and its churches. Pray that vision may become reality.
Diocese of The Bahamas and The Turks and Caicos Islands (West Indies): Bishop Laish Boyd
Pray for the work of Berega Hospital and its Director, Canon Isaac Mgego. For all the
doctors and nurses as they seek to serve those living in a vast area of Morogoro Diocese
with insufficient financial resources and staff. We pray for all those strugg… Continue Reading
As well as the churches formed into a single parish there are St John’s (Kate’s Hill) that
has remained outside the new parish (though part of the Benefice) and St Edmund’s
(under the Bishop of Ebbsfleet). Give thanks for the good relations and pray we all may
work together.
Diocese in Europe: Bishop Robert Innes with Suffragan Bishop David Hamid
The churches of Dudley, St Thomas and St Luke (Top Church), St Francis (on the
Wren’s Nest estate), St James’s (Eve Hill), St Barnabas (Russell’s Hall Estate) and St
Augustine’s (Holly Hall) formed a single parish from April last year. Pray for us as we
work out what that means and how we can work together while respecting individual
church’s identities.
Diocese on the Coast (Nigeria): Bishop Joshua Ogunele
On 13 June, the diocese will host a
‘Buildings Symposium’ welcoming
people from across the Church of
England to look at the future of our
church buildings and how they must
change to survive.
Heritage Buildings and Community Support Officer, Andrew Mottram, said: “An early
outcome of the appointment of Place of Worship Support Officers (part funded by
Historic England) was the recognition of the need to change the way church buildings
are understood, used and managed. The recent ‘Taylor Sustainability Review of Church
Buildings’ confirmed this need for change. However, there is still a great deal of work to
be done to identify the most effective routes to success.
“Church buildings need to do more than just serve as places of worship if they are to
survive the changing society in which they are located. Simply saving historic buildings
because they are old is not enough; their roles both now and in the future, need to be
considered from the very outset.”
The one day symposium will share what has been learnt to date and also provide the
opportunity for key leaders in the church and heritage sector to share their insights in
what changes are necessary to secure the future of churches as places of mission.
Speakers are coming from the Archbishops’ Council, Heritage Lottery Fund and Historic
England among others.
Please pray for all those attending this symposium on 13 June.
Dudley Deanery – Rural Dean: Dominic Melville; Lay Chair: Anne Penn
Anglican Church in Mexico: Presiding Bishop Francisco Moreno
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland: Bishop Agnes Sigurdardottir with Bishops Kristjan
Ingolfsson and Solveig Gudmundsdottir
The Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church: Bishop Carlos Lozano
Many in Dudley have low aspirations. Pray for the schools and Dudley 6th Form College
as they strive to raise the sights of young people. Give thanks for the developments and
work of Dudley College, recognised by OFSTED as “outstanding”.
Diocese of Derry & Raphoe (Ireland): Bishop Kenneth Good
Diocese of Down & Dromore (Ireland): Bishop Harold Miller
The offices of the council which covers the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley are in the ecclesiastical parish of Dudley. Pray for the council, its elected officials and staff as they seek to serve the people of the Borough.Diocese of Derby: Bishop Alasta… Continue Reading
The Dudley community has been enriched by migration from the Caribbean since the 1950s.
There is an Asian community and more recently migration from EU countries and asylum
seekers from further afield. Pray that all are welcome and give thanks that the… Continue Reading
