WORCESTER: Calling all teddies

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 @ 00:00

by Margaret Duggan

THE past few years have brought the sight of adventurous teddy bears bungee-jumping, parachuting, and whizzing down zip wires from their church towers all over the country. In the early days, I understand that this page did quite a lot to spread the idea. Children have loved it. Teddies have had health checks before paying a modest registration fee, and have received a certificate for their exploit.

Now, from Pershore Abbey, in Worcester diocese, ...

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Just up on our website - House of Bishops sets out next steps on women in the episcopate: http://t.co/fAykImfibF

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