The Chrism Eucharist
Published: 17th April 2014One of the special but less widely understood services in the Church's calendar is the Chrism Eucharist which takes place in the cathedral of each diocese on the morning of Maundy Thursday.
News
Easter Decoded
Published: 18th April 2014Easter Decoded. Revd Daniel Njuguna from Wednesbury explains the significance of Good Friday.
Christmas starts with Christ
Published: 19th December 2013We all know it's Christmas, but what does that mean?
Easter Decoded
Published: 1st May 2014Easter Decoded: Easter Sunday in 60 seconds, spoken by Reverend Lee Plummer.
Christmas starts with Christ
Published: 20th December 2013Looking for the ideal Christmas gift?
Bishop Jonathan's Epiphany Message
Published: 6th January 2014In his first video of 2014, the Bishop of Lichfield encourages all Christians to play to their strengths and be involved in the worshipping life of their church.
Easter Reflections by our Bishops
Published: 1st May 2014"God has got heaven ready and open for us. It's really exciting to think that death is not the end." Bishop of Lichfield, Jonathan Gledhill gives his thoughts on Easter. "
Bishop Jonathan raises plight of Malaysia's Christians
Published: 9th January 2014The Bishop of Lichfield, Rt Revd Jonathan Gledhill, has raised the question of freedom of worship for Malaysia's Christians in a parliamentary question.
Sandwell Churches Link Project
Published: 1st May 201430+ Churches, 8+ denominations, 6 Towns, 3 Anglican dioceses, 2 Methodist Circuits = 1 church serving the poor. Sandwell Churches Link Project.
"Re-enchanting Christianity" by Revd Dave Tomlinson
Published: 13th January 2014"Re-enchanting Christianity" is the subject of a lecture by Revd Dave Tomlinson at 10.00 on Monday 3rd February at the University of Wolverhampton.
Women Bishops: the view from General Synod
Published: 18th July 2014The General Synod of the Church of England has given its final approval for women to become bishops in the Church of England. The vote in the General Synod on the measure was carried by the required two-thirds majority in the three constituent parts of the Synod: the House of Bishops, the House of Clergy and the House of Laity.
Doing us credit
Published: 20th January 2014Shifnal is now served by a new FAIRshare Service Point.
Tamworth Street Angels Commissioned
Published: 21st January 2014Members of Tamworth's Covenanting Churches (TCC) crowded into St Editha's Church on Sunday to celebrate the town's many social action projects and to commission Tamworth Street Angels.
Growing Young Leaders
Published: 30th July 2014Growing Young Leaders is an opportunity for young people age 14-20 to develop their faith and ability to lead and work with others.
Courses - Lent to all
Published: 30th January 2014Like buses, home-grown Lent courses arrive in twos.
A Warm Welcome for the Archbishop of Canterbury in Stafford
Published: 30th July 2014The Right Revd Justin Welby was in Stafford this week, speaking to a barn full of 4,500 teenagers at the Staffordshire Showground. The occasion was an annual event that attracts young people from churches throughout the Midlands and north of England.
GraveTalk
Published: 30th January 2014Planning your own funeral and how we would like to be remembered are just two of the topics being discussed in 'GraveTalk', conversations being run in the Diocese of Lichfield to provide people with the opportunity to talk about funerals and death.
Icons as Liturgical Art
Published: 13th February 2014February in Lichfield Cathedral will stand out as a great opportunity to contemplate the place of icons in our spiritual lives.
Near Neighbours
Published: 5th August 2014Following its success in Birmingham, London and Bradford, Near Neighbours has now come to the Black Country (Walsall, Wolverhampton, Sandwell and Dudley). Grants between £250 and £5,000 are available, providing seed capital for local groups and organisations who are working to bring together neighbours, to develop relationships across diverse faiths and ethnicities in order to improve their communities.
Celebrating Priesthood
Published: 15th May 2014It is the 20th anniversary of women's ordination to the priesthood, and there are national celebrations, including a service at St Paul's Cathedral on May 3rd.
Cathedral Volunteers and Listeners Celebrate 25 Years
Published: 18th September 2014Have you heard the Diocesan Digest, Sound Magazine for Lichfield Cathedral? It celebrates its 25th birthday this weekend.
Bishop Jonathan interviewed by Jack the Puppet at launch of Christian Aid Week
Published: 15th May 2014Puppet Jack, who is 6 years old, interviewed Rt Reverend Jonathan Gledhill, Bishop of Lichfield, to launch Christian Aid Week 2014.
Enabling Church conference filling fast
Published: 22nd May 2014A major national conference supported in part by the Bishop's Lent Appeal takes place on June 3.
Crusty Church – One teacher’s reflections on going to a new church for the first time.
Published: 31st August 2014Revd Pauline Shelton is one of this diocese's teachers based at Shallowford House. Last year she spent some time rediscovering the experience of being a stranger in a new culture, class or church: This video sums up her mouthwatering discoveries.
Celebrating Men and Women Working Together in Ministry
Published: 23rd May 2014There was celebration at Lichfield Cathedral on Saturday as the Diocese marked the 20th anniversary of the ordination of the first women priests.
Diocese launches new video to support Safeguarding in Parishes
Published: 23rd May 2014The Diocese of Lichfield has launched a new DVD to provide basic Safeguarding training in parishes.
June 2018
Published: 15th June 2018Appointments and Departures
Lay Minister Applies Training at the Coalface
Published: 18th December 2012Video story of how a Stoke-on-Trent Lay Minister turned fiction into fact
Marvellous
Published: 26th September 2014An interview with Neil Baldwin
Time Out Of Church is focus of Stafford Area Lecture
Published: 23rd May 2014At a stimulating session for church leaders, Neil Hudson from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity asked how people put our faith into practice in our everyday lives.
