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Workplace Chaplaincy Sunday – 5 October

WorkCare West Midlands (WMM) is pioneering ‘Workplace Chaplaincy Sunday’ on 5 October 2025. This initiative has received active support from mainstream Christian denominations in the West Midlands and is now looking to gather support nationally and from other regions. WMM is ecumenically funded and supports around 40 workplace-based chaplains, split roughly 50:50 between retail chaplaincies and … Read more

Coming Home Birmingham – How can you and your church respond to the housing crisis?

Coming Home Birmingham – How can you and your church respond to the housing crisis? Inspired by the Church of England’s Coming Home Report, this event seeks to inspire churches, individuals and communities to see what’s possible in addressing the housing crisis, explore the part they can play, and connect them to people who can … Read more

WeBelieve Festival

The WeBelieve Festival will be held in the grounds of Oscott College, Sutton Coldfield B73 5AA, from Friday 25 to Monday 28 July. WeBelieve, a celebration of Catholic life, has been created and funded by The Guild of Our Lady of Ransom in collaboration with St Mary’s College, Oscott. The festival will bring together Catholic ministries … Read more

First Class Foundation

A Night of Thanksgiving, Testimony & Praise will take place at The Transformation Centre, 6 Rocky Lane, Aston B6 5RQ (home of the New Jerusalem Community Church) on Friday 25 July to celebrate 20 years of God’s faithfulness to/through the First Class Foundation. Over the past two decades, founder and director Nathan Dennis has led … Read more

Growing churches

More than £17.8m of funding has been awarded from the national Church of England to the Church of England Birmingham for the next phase of its strategy to ‘grow churches at the heart of each community.’ The grant will underpin the Church of England Birmingham’s four key strategies: Sustainability – £2.4m has been awarded to support … Read more

Manresa Link, Prayer Training Course

PRAYER GUIDE TRAINING COURSE 2026 This course is designed to enable you to begin guiding/accompanying others as they take part in Ignatian-based retreats. It has been continuously evolving since the first such training in Birmingham that was introduced by Fr Gerry Hughes, SJ and associates in the late 1980s. It is a starter course which … Read more

Archbishop Bernard Longley

Prayerful congratulations to Archbishop Bernard Longley, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham, who has been appointed by Pope Leo XIV to two Vatican Dicasteries (departments in the central administrative function of the Catholic Church). Archbishop Bernard is to serve as a member of both the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue and the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity. Responding to … Read more

Disability Awareness Sunday

This year Disability Awareness Sunday falls on Sunday 28th September, or other Sunday to suit your Church and resources are available now from Through the Roof. The theme for 2025 is ‘Made in God’s Image’. This year’s theme reminds us that every person, disabled or not, reflects the image of God. What resources are available? … Read more