Community
... celebration and friendship
Events
Throughout the year the Church organises events to bring the village together and to celebrate milestones in the christian year.
Lent lunch
Tuesday 24 March 2026 at 12:00 PM at Yew Tree House, Mathon
Lent lunch - Soup, bread and cheese.
12.00 mid-day until 2.00 p.m. at Yew Tree House, Mathon Road, WR13 6EW (courtesy of Paul and Karen Seymour)
Donations invited in aid of "Motor Neuron Disease Association" and "We are Farming Minds".
All welcome
12.00 mid-day until 2.00 p.m. at Yew Tree House, Mathon Road, WR13 6EW (courtesy of Paul and Karen Seymour)
Donations invited in aid of "Motor Neuron Disease Association" and "We are Farming Minds".
All welcome
6-Week Lent Course - Week 6
Wednesday 25 March 2026 at 7:00 PM at Cradley Village Hall
The course (running for six weeks on Wednesday evenings from 18 February to 25 March) is based on the film, and stage adaption of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. Based around five characters, and explores the grace of God, alongside our fallen state and opportunities for redemption. The course will be led by Jane MacFarlane, Local Lay Minister. Contact Jane on 07582 931158 for further info and to register or add your name to the list in Cradley, Mathon or Storridge Church.
Talk: Imaging and Imagining the Universe
Tuesday 14 April 2026 at 7:30 PM at Storridge Village Hall
Dr Chris Baddiley, Cosmologist & Astrophysicist talking about "Imaging and Imagining the Universe" at 7.30pm at Storridge Village Hall, free admission, donations to Storridge Church, refreshments. Part of Storridge Literary and Music Festival 2026
Storridge Literary and Music Festival is grateful to "Nurture & Bloom Finance" and "Millbank Coffee" for their support and sponsorship of the 2025 festival.
Storridge Literary and Music Festival is grateful to "Nurture & Bloom Finance" and "Millbank Coffee" for their support and sponsorship of the 2025 festival.
Mathon Church APCM
Wednesday 15 April 2026 at 7:00 PM at Mathon Church
The parish church of St John the Baptist, Mathon, welcomes all Mathon residents to its Annual Meeting of Parishioners for the election of Churchwardens followed by the Annual Paochial Church Meeting which includes receiving the Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council and the election of the Parochial Church Council.
Storridge Church APCM
Monday 20 April 2026 at 7:00 PM at Storridge church
The parish church of St John the Evangalist, Storridge, welcomes all Storridge residents to its Annual Meeting of Parishioners for the election of Churchwardens followed by the Annual Paochial Church Meeting which includes receiving the Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council and the election of the Parochial Church Council.
Talk: Magna Carta 1215, King John 1216, the Greatest Knight William Marshal and Treaty of Worcester 1218
Tuesday 12 May 2026 at 7:30 PM at Storridge Village Hall
David Hallmark, retired lawyer and Historian on Worcester local history, war and law talking about "Magna Carta 1215, King John 1216, the Greatest Knight William Marshal & Treaty of Worcester 1218" at 7.30pm at Storridge Village Hall, free admission, donations to Storridge Church, refreshments. Part of Storridge Literary & Music Festival 2026
Storridge Literary and Music Festival is grateful to "Nurture & Bloom Finance" and "Millbank Coffee" for their support and sponsorship of the 2025 festival.
Storridge Literary and Music Festival is grateful to "Nurture & Bloom Finance" and "Millbank Coffee" for their support and sponsorship of the 2025 festival.
Organ concert by Timothy Parsons
Sunday 24 May 2026 at 4:00 PM at Cradley church
The next organ concert at Cradley church will be given by Timothy Parsons on Sunday 24 May, at the slightly later than usual time of 4pm. The concert will last about an hour, and will be followed by tea and cake, included in the entry price of £12. Under 18s go free!
Timothy's last concert, three years ago, was greatly enjoyed, and the events committee are looking forward to welcoming him to Cradley again. He will present a varied programme, including Bach's Prelude and Fugue in C, Mendelssohn's Sonata in A, Elgar's Imperial March, and the contemporary composer Ghislaine Reece-Trapp's Fantasia on 'Sumer is icumen in'.
Timothy is currently Director of Music at Wells Cathedral, and has held musical appointments at St. Edmundsbury, Exeter, Winchester, and Hereford cathedrals, and at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He broadcasts regularly on Radio Three, and has featured on CDs as an organist, conductor, and composer.
The concert will help to raise funds for a minor restoration of the superb John Nicholson organ at Cradley church.
Timothy's last concert, three years ago, was greatly enjoyed, and the events committee are looking forward to welcoming him to Cradley again. He will present a varied programme, including Bach's Prelude and Fugue in C, Mendelssohn's Sonata in A, Elgar's Imperial March, and the contemporary composer Ghislaine Reece-Trapp's Fantasia on 'Sumer is icumen in'.
Timothy is currently Director of Music at Wells Cathedral, and has held musical appointments at St. Edmundsbury, Exeter, Winchester, and Hereford cathedrals, and at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He broadcasts regularly on Radio Three, and has featured on CDs as an organist, conductor, and composer.
The concert will help to raise funds for a minor restoration of the superb John Nicholson organ at Cradley church.
Talk: Prayer Book in Practice
Tuesday 16 June 2026 at 7:30 PM at Storridge Village Hall
Dr Stefan Scot, musician and lay clerk in Ely, Hereford & Worcester cathedrals, talking about "Prayer Book in Practice" Part II on the assorted sources a priest might have used in 1549 to work out how he would have actually conducted the new communion service, no music but some entertaining anecdotes, at 7.30pm at Storridge Village Hall, free admission, donations to Storridge Church, refreshments. Part of Storridge Literary and Music Festival 2026.
Storridge Literary and Music Festival is grateful to "Nurture & Bloom Finance" and "Millbank Coffee" for their support and sponsorship of the 2025 festival.
Storridge Literary and Music Festival is grateful to "Nurture & Bloom Finance" and "Millbank Coffee" for their support and sponsorship of the 2025 festival.
Choral Evensong sung by the Refugium Choir
Tuesday 14 July 2026 at 7:30 PM at Storridge church
"Choral Evensong" performed by the Refugium Choir with Kevin Scot, at 7.30pm at Storridge Church, free admission, donations to Storridge Church, refreshments. Part of Storridge Literary and Music Festival 2026.
Storridge Literary and Music Festival is grateful to "Nurture & Bloom Finance" and "Millbank Coffee" for their support and sponsorship of the 2025 festival.
Storridge Literary and Music Festival is grateful to "Nurture & Bloom Finance" and "Millbank Coffee" for their support and sponsorship of the 2025 festival.
Poetry Bring and Share
Tuesday 18 August 2026 at 7:30 PM at Storridge Village Hall
"Poetry Bring and Share", at 7.30pm at Storridge Village Hall, free admission, donations to Storridge Church, refreshments. Part of Storridge Literary & Music Festival 2026.
Storridge Literary and Music Festival is grateful to "Nurture & Bloom Finance" and "Millbank Coffee" for their support and sponsorship of the 2025 festival.
Storridge Literary and Music Festival is grateful to "Nurture & Bloom Finance" and "Millbank Coffee" for their support and sponsorship of the 2025 festival.
Organ Recital by Dr Hilary Norris
Tuesday 8 September 2026 at 7:30 PM at Storridge church
Organ Recital by Dr Hilary Norris, Musical Director and Organist at Leominster Priory at 7.30pm at Storridge Church, free admission, donations to Storridge Church, refreshments. Part of Storridge Literary and Music Festival 2026
Storridge Literary and Music Festival is grateful to "Nurture & Bloom Finance" and "Millbank Coffee" for their support and sponsorship of the 2025 festival.
Storridge Literary and Music Festival is grateful to "Nurture & Bloom Finance" and "Millbank Coffee" for their support and sponsorship of the 2025 festival.