News

3rd March 2021

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

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. ‘Pilgrimage of the mind’ is an equally ancient practice.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Celebration and lamentation in the dementia-friends community before Christmas

Seeing the world and life through a very different lens

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

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

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

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

Adam Edwards will lead Transforming Communities Work Together's work to tackle poverty and its causes across the region.

Bishop Michael’s Pastoral Letter for December 2020

30th November 2020

Richard Reddie encourages churches to rise to the challenge at this year's Selwyn Lecture.

Five new prebendaries from across the diocese will be collated online next week.

Landmark resources to help the church listen and learn together.

Green-minded young people have been tending war graves in their local churchyard.

The Bishop of Lichfield says hope is more important than ever as we prepare to enter a second national lockdown.