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Churches Together in Weobley
In preparation for Easter, Fr. Simon will run a Lent Course on consecutive Mondays from the 23 February to Monday 23 March at 2:30 pm in St Thomas’ Parish Room. All are welcome!
World Day of Prayer
A Service for Everyone
Friday 6 March 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Dilwyn Cedar Hall, HR4 8JS
Join us for this year’s World Day of Prayer service.
This year’s theme highlights some of the challenges faced by women in Nigeria today. Through prayer, reflection, music, and readings, we will learn more about their lives and experiences.
There will also be creative displays of African items and crafts, along with music, songs, and spoken contributions.
Refreshments will be provided.
All are warmly welcome — we look forward to seeing you there.
Good Friday Walk of Witness
3rd April – 11:00 a.m.
Churches Together in Weobley invite you to join the Good Friday Walk of Witness, starting at 11:00 a.m. from St Thomas Catholic Church, Weobley.
The walk will be led by Father Simon McGurk, The Revd Philip Harvey, and The Revd Phil Summers.
The central focus of Good Friday is to acknowledge the passion and death of Christ. In towns and cities across the country, Christians of different denominations join in a public procession of witness.
During the walk, a cross will be carried through the village of Weobley, remembering how Jesus carried the cross through Jerusalem. As we walk, we will pray and reflect, preparing our hearts for the joy of the resurrection on Easter Sunday.
We warmly look forward to your participation in this holy Good Friday Walk of Witness.
Holiday club
CTiW are also hosting an Easter Holiday Club, and this will be held in Weobley Parish Church on Monday 30 March, 9am to 12.30. Please share with those who might be interested in attending.
Christians Together in Ewyas Harold and District
Lorraine Cavanagh is leading an hour’s meditation on Good Friday – consisting of scripture readings, prayers and hymns. This year it will be held in the Baptist church at 12:00. It would be proceeded by the Walk of Witness at 11:30. All are welcome!
Churches Together in Leominster WPCU
“We had a week of events at all our member churches.
On Saturday 24 January, we used the Armenian Orthodox liturgy for a short service. This was led by our Orthodox Community in Leominster and held in the Priory Lady Chapel.”
CTL Lent lunches – all held at 12:30pm
- 13 March at the Forbury Chapel, Church Street
- 20 March at the Methodist Church, Green Lane
- 27 March at the Moravian Church, South Street
- Good Friday, 3 April at the Baptist Church, Etnam Street (after the Walk of Witness)
- Lunches are free with any donations made to go to Christian Aid and CAFOD.
CTL Lent study groups – all held at 7:30pm
Lent Group to be held on the following dates on Wednesday evenings at 7.30pm at the St Ethelbert Parish rooms, Bargates.
- 4 March
- 11 March
- 18 March
- 25 March
The study we are using this year is “Let go, and Be Open”, the small group resource pack offered by the Methodist Church website.
For further information you can contact the Leominster Team Office 01568 613877
Christians Together in Bromyard
Lent soup lunches are being organised for 12:30 on Wednesdays throughout Lent!
- 4 March – St Peter’s
1 April – Methodists
11 March – St Josephs
18 March – St Josephs
25 March (Feast of the Annunciation) – St Peter’s
Vennture
Vennture’s Criminal Justice Mentoring Programme supports individuals leaving prison, on probation, or at risk of further involvement in the criminal justice system. Many carry trauma and experience poor mental health, broken relationships and unstable housing. Without consistent support, the offending cycle can quickly repeat.
Last year, we established 30 mentoring relationships across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Our dedicated Link Workers walk alongside individuals, helping secure accommodation, access health services and employment, and, where possible, rebuild family connections.
The outcomes are encouraging. Our reoffending rate was just 3%, compared to a national average of 39%. This steady, trauma-informed work strengthens families and contributes to safer communities across our county. Please pray for those rebuilding their lives, and for our Link Workers. If you would like to support this work, visit: www.vennture.org.uk/donate
Ecumenical Biblical History and Archaeology Series starting 14 March
The Bible: Myth or History?
These sessions will be hosted by David Rohl, an archaeologist and member of Belmont parish.
They will be ecumenical, with a focus primarily on the history and archaeology of the Biblical narratives, so should be of interest to all faith communities.
The lecture, with time for discussion, will be 2-4pm. Tea / coffee and biscuits will be served at 1.30pm before the start of the lecture, for people to chat and get to know each other.
Churches Together in Leominster Lent lunches – all held at 12:30pm
- Good Friday, 3 April at the Baptist Church, Etnam Street (after the Walk of Witness)
- Lunches are free with any donations made to go to Christian Aid and CAFOD.
CTL Lent study groups – all held at 7:30pm
Lent Group to be held on the following dates on Wednesday evenings at 7.30pm at the St Ethelbert Parish rooms, Bargates.
- 4 March
- 11 March
- 18 March
- 25 March
The study we are using this year is “Let go, and Be Open”, the small group resource pack offered by the Methodist Church website.
For further information you can contact the Leominster Team Office 01568 613877
Christians Together in Bromyard
Lent soup lunches are being organised for 12:30 on Wednesdays throughout Lent!
- 4 March – St Peter’s
- 11 March – St Josephs
- 18 March – St Josephs
- 25 March (Feast of the Annunciation) – St Peter’s
- 1 April – Methodists
Rural Missioner’s Guild
Do you want to be part of a community that seeks to further and deepen rural mission? This guild is hosted by Arthur Rank Centre which seeks to encourage and strengthen ecumenical work in rural spaces. Click on Rural Missioner’s Guild to find out more and how you can join below!
Single Friendly Church
‘Single Ever After’ – with Dani Treweek
Online event – Tuesday 17 March, 8pm
Does my singleness have a purpose? What actually is the gift of singleness?
Join Single Friendly Church Network on Tuesday 17 March at 8pm for an inspiring conversation with Rev’d Dr Dani Treweek, theological researcher and author of ‘Single Ever After: A Biblical Vision for the Significance of Singleness’.
Dani will share a vibrant, empowering vision of singleness, and challenge some of the popular misconceptions surrounding singleness, marriage and meaning.
This will be an encouraging event for both single Christians and anyone looking to understand more about what the Bible really says about singleness.
Free online workshop: Becoming a Single Friendly Church
Tuesday 3 March at 11am
Join Single Friendly Church Network for an online workshop on welcoming single people into church, Tuesday 3 March at 11am. You’ll gain practical tips in five key areas of church life, including:
- Understanding who is “single” in our communities
- Messaging: How to adapt church language to ensure everyone feels valued
- Welcome and Belonging: How to welcome and include people coming on their own
- This online event is free and open to anyone who wants to see change in their church. You also can share your own ideas with others.
- Sign up to the workshop
Volunteer Opportunity- Revive Community Café
Do you have a few hours to spare each week? Do you want to meet some new people, learn new skills, make a real difference to the community? Do you want to help be ‘the hands and feet of Jesus’?
Here at Revive Community Cafe, Christian Life Church, we are looking for more volunteers, and we would love you to join our amazing team. We are looking for friendly faces to help with any of the following:
• Write people’s orders and take payments.
• Make and serve tea, coffee and treats.
• Cook or prepare sandwiches, toasties etc.
• Wash up and keep things tidy.
No experience is needed as full training will be given. A lovely lunch is provided whenever you serve, and we have a great team to work with. All you need is just a welcoming smile, a willingness to learn, and maybe coming alongside someone who needs a hearing ear or a comforting word. We were recently voted winner of the Hereford Times Best Community Project, we want to ensure we can continue serving the community by being a place where people can find warm, welcome and peaceful surroundings.
Where: Revive Cafe at Christian Life Church, 133 Edgar Street, Hereford.
When: flexible shifts, anytime Tuesday to Friday, between 9.30am and 3.00pm
How: Contact Lesley Marrett at lesleymarrett@aol.com, or drop in to Revive Cafe and have a chat. Tel: 01432271071
Lifewords
Lifewords are a charity that provide biblical resources, in print, online and in-person. Their new resource Lifebringers is a way of collaborating, resourcing, and sharing the Bible through real lives, real contexts, and a shared hope. If you would like to find out more about stocking these resources for your church, please contact herefordshireceo@gmail.com. You can look at the resources at https://www.lifewords.global/.
Church Action on Poverty
Is your church working to address rural poverty? Would you like to connect with others addressing similar issues around the UK?
If so, you can sign up for “connecting and strengthening rural voices on poverty”, an online roundtable event organised by Church Action on Poverty, The Diocese of Truro and Churches Together in Cumbria. The event is on 21 May from 10.30am to 12 noon. Sign up or find out more at strengthening rural voices in poverty.
FE and HE chaplaincy
Racial Justice resources
“Love Your Neighbour
In these resources we explore what it really means to love our neighbour, especially given the current narratives of hostility, fear, suspicion and hatred of the ‘other’, particularly asylum seekers, refugees and anyone who is not British or Irish ‘enough’.
We discuss how the Bible provides a blueprint for a world where everyone belongs; where everyone is loved, valued and affirmed for who they are, and not what they look like or have to offer. And one in which our identity is ultimately to be found in Christ, as brothers and sisters of one ‘race’: the human race. I believe that this message is ‘for such a time as this’ (Esther 4:14). It is one that speaks through the ‘flags’, banners, protests and invective, relaying a message of unity and hope. Just as the greatest commandment speaks about loving God and one another, Jesus’ sacrificial death on the cross offers us all the hope of being united with God and with one another.
Let us use Racial Justice Sunday (and other Sundays) to stand together in love, rejecting those words, actions and behaviours that go against Christ’s teachings, and embracing those biblical principles that foment unity, cohesion and engagement.
Richard Reddie, Director of Justice and Inclusion, CTBI
Churches Together in Herefordshire 