Easter report shows people coming back to church
Published: 23rd June 2022Easter churchgoing in Lichfield Diocese was back to almost three-quarters of pre-pandemic levels, with online church addding to that.
News
Rebecca set to take up new role at Gloucester Cathedral
Published: 9th June 2022Bishop's Chaplain Rebecca Lloyd will be leaving the diocese this autumn for a Canon Chancellor role in Gloucester.
New Canons and Prebendaries announced
Published: 8th June 2022Sixteen people will be installed at Lichfield Cathedral on 3 July.
Jane is new Transforming Communities Together Chief Officer
Published: 8th June 2022Jane Bamber has taken over the lead role for the independent charity that works with churches to tackle poverty and its causes.
Dementia awareness – Part of church life
Published: 6th June 2022What would it take for every single church in our diocese to be able to say confidently, “Dementia awareness is part of church life”.
Former chair of Lichfield Diocese Board of Finance dies
Published: 31st May 2022Centenarian Bob King served the diocese throughout the 1980s
Appointments and Departures
Published: 25th May 202225th May 2022
All shapes and sizes
Published: 25th May 2022“When you know one person living with dementia… you know one person living with dementia”!
Knowing whose minister she is…
Published: 25th May 2022In the month of the platinum jubilee, Bishop Matthew ponders power and service
End of the St Winefride trail
Published: 24th May 2022Bishop Sarah and co-pilgrims complete their trek from the site of St Winefride's beheading to her final resting place
Liz is new safeguarding chair
Published: 23rd May 2022Liz Jermy takes over as chair of the Lichfield Diocese Safeguarding Scrutiny Panel.
See of Ebbsfleet - consultation
Published: 12th May 2022A consultation on the See of Ebbsfleet is considering the revival of the suffragan See of Oswestry in Lichfield Diocese.
People of the Way
Published: 1st May 2022We are all called to demonstrate the extravagant love of God in acts of generous hospitality as we walk the journey of faith and life together.
Appointments and Departures
Published: 20th April 202220th April 2022
Simeon and Anna
Published: 19th April 2022Wouldn’t it be amazing if we could say that of every one of our young people - that they were healthy, wise, and they knew God’s grace? The challenge for us as Church and Community is simply what part are we willing to play in helping that to be the case.
Bishop of Lichfield's Easter Message
Published: 11th April 2022Bishop Michael is inspired by generosity against the odds in his Easter Message.
Overwhelming - the bad and the good
Published: 6th April 2022I wonder what adjective you would choose to describe the experience of living through recent events? How about ‘overwhelming’?
Thanksgiving service for Bishop Jonathan Gledhill
Published: 23rd March 2022A thanksgiving service for the 98th Bishop of Lichfield, the Rt Revd Jonathan Gledhill, took place at Lichfield Cathedral on Sunday.
REVs network raising money for Red Cross in Ukraine
Published: 18th March 2022A Shrewsbury-based chaplaincy project has raised nearly "£25,000 for the Red Cross" Ukraine appeal in two weeks.
Staffordshire Record Office - your parish deposits
Published: 17th March 2022The record office in Stafford has temporarily closed ahead of the construction of a new history centre.
Welcome Home
Published: 17th March 2022Parishes all over the country are seeing new houses being built. There is a role for all churches to play in these new developments. Here are some simple ideas to consider.
New church opens its doors
Published: 14th March 2022A pioneering church initiative at the heart of Telford has moved into its new central base after two years of grassroots growth in local communities.
Serving in our powerlessness
Published: 14th March 2022A special message from St Andrew's Anglican Church in Moscow, which was visited by a group from Lichfield Diocese in 2019.
Hope - from limping to 'springing eternal'?
Published: 9th March 2022As the humanitarian catastrophe in Europe unfolds before our eyes, signs of hope for more vulnerable people are more important to our emotional survival than ever. So here's one you may not have spotted yet.
Lambeth award for Malaysian friend
Published: 9th March 2022Among 25 recipients of the Lambeth Awards presented by the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace this week is one friend of this diocese, Lay Canon Andrew Khoo from th e Diocese of West Malaysia.
Tributes paid to North Staffordshire priest
Published: 9th March 2022The Revd Jonathan Watkins, the Vicar of Knutton, has died.
First Arrivals on Two Kingdoms Way
Published: 2nd March 2022The first walkers have checked out the entire route from Lindisfarne to Lichfield, arriving on St Chads Day 2022.
What is 'biblical'
Published: 1st March 2022Hope and truth are our reference points says Bishop Michael as he battles to untwist an adjective in this month's Chad Blog.
Churches mobilise for Ukraine
Published: 28th February 2022People across the diocese are joining prayers and action for the war-stricken country.
New church moves into its building
Published: 25th February 2022A pioneering church initiative at the heart of Telford has moved into its new central base after two years of grassroots growth in local communities.