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On this page you can read a welcome message from our Minister, Paul Swann. We also tell the All Saints Story and about the 'New Start' we have made as a worshipping community in recent years. Part of who we are is defined by our Vision & Values and how we reach out in Mission to the city of Worcester and beyond. You can also find out about our Worship and service times and how to get in touch with us.
Paul's Message
Welcome to the All Saints Worcester website - take a look around and you will find an excellent guide to who we are and what we get up to…
All Saints is a unique church offering, I believe, something very special to the people of Worcester and its surrounding area. It's both a very old church and a very new church: its ancient roots lie centuries ago in the people who gathered to share the gospel around the crossing point of the River Severn (read more in the All Saints Story). Yet, at the same time, All Saints was given a new start in 2002, when in response to a decision made by the people of the church in 2000, it was agreed that All Saints would become a City centre evangelical church.
It has been my privilege to work with the small team of faithful Christians who took that courageous decision, together with those who have joined us along the way. We have seen God richly bless us with rapid growth and a real sense of excitement as we seek to listen to Him and follow His call upon our lives, in the power of the Holy Spirit, to reveal the heart of Jesus in the heart of the City. Thus, although we gather people from the surrounding area as well as the City itself, our commitment is to be God's people, not only wherever we are from day to day, but in particular to be God's people where He has placed us - in the heart of this City of Worcester.
One of the aspects of All Saints that particularly thrills me is that one of our Values is to celebrate and embrace diversity - this means that, although we are an Anglican church which is unashamedly evangelical with an openness to the Holy Spirit, there are many who find a home with us who might not choose to use any of those labels! In fact, we are less about labels that simply seeking to be God's people, responding to Him in this place as we grow together. We don't always get this right, but it is a journey we are committed to, and when it works it is indeed a place to meet with God.
I hope you enjoy exploring this site - if you want to ask anything do get in touch with us, and God bless you as you pursue your own journey with Him!
Paul Swann