Sermons, Talks & Addresses

Safeguarding Sunday
2nd Sunday before Advent, 17 November 2024
The Dean

The Cost of War
Remembrance Sunday, Requiem, 10 November 2024
The Dean

Does he take sugar?
Last Sunday after Trinity, 27 October 2024
The Dean

Architecture, ale and a love of dogs; He's our kind of Dean!
Installation of the Very Revd Dr Stephen Edwards as Dean of Worcester, 15 September 2024
The Dean

Storms of Life
Trinity 4, 23 June 2024
The Revd Charmian Manship

Clearly determined by love
Trinity 1, 2 June 2024
Prof John Vickerman

What brings you here?
The Sunday after Ascension, 12 May 2024
The Revd Dr Mark Dorsett

Digestion and Resurrection
The Third Sunday of Easter, 14 April 2024
The Revd Dr John Fitzmaurice

Is it nothing to you?
Monday in Holy Week, 25 March 2024
The Interim Dean

Take up your cross
The Second Sunday of Lent, 25 February 2024
The Revd Charmian Manship

The Lord is with you always
The Third Sunday of Advent, 17 December 2023
Prof John Vickerman

The word of our God will stand for ever
The Second Sunday of Advent, 10 December 2023
The Revd Canon John Paul Hoskins

Pilgrimage in an Overwhelming World
Remembrance Sunday, 12 November 2023
The Interim Dean

"Remember, remember the 5^th of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot."
Sunday 5 November 2023
The Revd Charmian Manship

A Tale of Two Cities
Sunday 15 October 2023
The Revd Dr Robin Parry, Associate Priest

The Dean's Farewell Sermons and Addresses 
Sunday 10 September 2023
The Very Revd Peter Atkinson, Dean Emeritus 

To Choose Feeling
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, Sunday 3 September 2023
Canon Kimberly Bohan

The rock from which you were hewn.
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity, Sunday 27 August 2023
The Interim Dean

Whosoever will, may come.
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity, Sunday 20 August 2023
Prof John Vickerman

Why did you hesitate?
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity, Sunday 13 August 2023
Canon Stephen Edwards

Unfinished Business
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity, Sunday 23 July 2023
The Dean

“Your faith, green as a leaf.” 
Sermon at the Eucharist, Trinity 2, Sunday 18 June 2023
The Revd Charmian Manship

Go on, I dare you
Sermon at the Eucharist, Pentecost, Sunday 28 May 2023
Canon Stephen Edwards

Lift Up Your Hearts
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday of Easter, Sunday 21 May 2023
Canon Stephen Edwards

Suffering: at what cost?
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Sunday 30 April 2023
Canon Stephen Edwards

Resurrection is all around us
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Easter, Sunday 16 April 2023
Prof John Vickerman

Dead and Alive
Sermon at the Eucharist on Easter Day, 
Sunday 9 April 2023
The Dean

The Silence of the Passion 
Sermon at the Liturgy of Good Friday,
Friday 7 April 2023
The Dean 

Hosanna
Sermon at the Eucharist on Palm Sunday, 
Sunday 2 April 2023
The Dean

Surprising Words
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Lent, Sunday 5 March 2023
The Dean

The Attraction of the Pinnacle
Sermon at the Eucharist on the First Sunday of Lent, Sunday 26 February 2023
Canon Stephen Edwards

From Glory to Glory
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Sunday next before Lent,
Sunday 19 February 2023
The Dean

The Cathedral of Creation
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Second Sunday before Lent, Sunday 12 February 2023
The Revd Dr Robin Parry

There Was a Wedding
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of the Epiphany, Sunday 29 January
The Dean

The Taste-Test
Epiphany 3/Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 22 January 2023
Canon Stephen Edwards

Despair and Hope
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ, 1 January 2023
Prof John Vickerman

Joy to the World 
Sermon at the Eucharist on Christmas Day 202
The Dean

Fear Not, Little Flock
Sermon at the Eucharist on the Second Sunday in Advent 2022
The Dean

Vigilance
The Third Sunday before Advent, 6 November 2022 (Safeguarding Sunday)
The Dean

All Souls
All Souls' Day, Wednesday 2 November 
The Dean

O blest communion, fellowship divine!
All Saints' Day, 1 November 2022
Canon Stephen Edwards

Come down Zacchaeus 
The Fourth Sunday before Advent, 30 October 2022
Prof John Vickerman

'Just As I Am'
The Last Sunday After Trinity, 23 October 2022
The Dean

'Pester Power' a sermon for Anti-Slavery Sunday
Eighteenth Sunday After Trinity, 16 October 2022
Canon Stephen Edwards

'The foundations of the earth are out of course'
Ninth Sunday After Trinity, 14 August 2022
The Revd Charmian Manship

Where your treasure is
Eighth Sunday After Trinity, 7 August 2022
Canon Stephen Edwards

Martha and Mary
Fifth Sunday After Trinity, 17 July 2022
Prof John Vickerman

In His Right Mind
First Sunday After Trinity, 19 June 2022
The Dean

Tackling Mental Health Through the Arts and Culture
The Civic Service, 19 June 2022
The Dean

A Tale of Two Cities
Sixth Sunday of Easter, 22 May 2022
The Dean

The Gardener
Easter Day, Sunday 17 April 2022
The Dean 

An Earthly Home
Mothering Sunday, 27 March 2022
The Dean

Seeing Things Differently
Second Sunday of Lent, 13 March 2022
The Revd Charmian Manship

The Voices of the Young
First Sunday of Lent, 6 March 2022
The Dean

The Glory of Prayer
Sunday before Lent, 27 February 2022
Canon Stephen Edwards

Creation Sunday
Second Sunday before Lent, 20 February 2022
Prof John Vickerman

Law and Spirit
Candlemas, 2 February 2022
The Dean

The prayers of the poor
Epiphany 4, 30 January 2022
The Dean

On the third day there was a wedding in Cana
Epiphany 2, 16 January 2022
The Dean

The dark night of the world
Midnight Eucharist, 25 December 2021
The Dean