The Ross Parishes: Ross-on-Wye, Walford & Brampton Abbotts
Inspiring faith, hope and love in each generation.
We’re thinking of having a harvest supper on Saturday 24th September at 6.30 pm for 7 pm. It will cost you £7.50 but we don’t need your money now we just need to know who would come. Please let us know (ideally here via Eventbrite) if you think you’d like to come. We need to know by this coming Sunday please.
Join us tomorrow at St Mary’s, at 9.30 for a service of commemoration for the life of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
If you can’t join us in person, you can join us online.
While you’re with us you might like to sign the Book of Condolence.
We have one of the official books of condolences, (the other is a the Larruperz Centre) for Ross-on-Wye available by the candle stand in St Mary’s Church. It will remain there for the next two weeks. The church is open every day from 9-6.
A bell will be tolled today (Friday) from noon until 1pm. There will also be a short session of prayers for Her Majesty at noon in church.
Flowers can be left at the base of the tower.
Services on Sunday (at 8am, 9.30am and 6pm) are being modified to reflect the solemnity of this time of mourning.
We join with all the people of Ross, Walford and Brampton Abbotts in expressing our deep sadness at the death of Her Majesty The Queen
From tomorrow, St Mary’s will be open from 9am to 6pm and a book of condolence will be available for people to sign. Floral tributes can be laid at the base of the tower in Ross. Please note that h.Art @ St Mary’s has now come to a close. At noon a bell will be tolled for an hour for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and a short service of prayer and thanksgiving will be held in the church.
We join with all the people of Ross, Walford and Brampton Abbotts in expressing our deep sadness at the death of HM The Queen
We acknowledge her long life of devoted service to her people, the Nation and the Commonwealth.
We are saddened and concerned to hear the news of the health of Her Majesty the Queen. Our thoughts and prayers are with her and her family at this time.
Gracious God,
we give you thanks for your servant Elizabeth our Queen.
Grant her and every member of her family The comfort and strength of your presence;
And may your peace that surpasses all understanding
Sustain and guard anxious hearts and minds;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Join us for a guided walk around the Museum Without Walls. You may have noticed the signs around the town. Here’s your chance for a free guided walk. Come with a smartphone and the app installed if you can, if not we’ll have plenty available. The session will last about 90 minutes and will involve a short gentle walk around the top of the town.
Saturday 10th and 17th September at 2.00 pm – This is a free event. The walk begins in St Mary’s Parish Church where you will also be able to enjoy h.Art if you come on 10th September.
Please book your free place as places are limited: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/museum-without-walls-heritage-open-day-guided-walks-tickets-328927760787
A four day long festival that took place at St Mary’s over the August bank holiday weekend.
Here are some memories (photographs by Paul Cummings):
Saturday 1st October, 7.30 pm in St Mary’s Church, Ross-on-Wye.
Tickets £12
A choir consisting of military wives, Service women, veterans, mums and girlfriends.
The Military Wives Choirs Foundation is a network of choirs set up to bring women within the military communities closer together – through singing.
It’s all go! The flowers are now being cleared away and on Saturday we begin our nine day long season of h.Art. We have nine artists lined up and St Mary’s will again be a hive of activity from Thursday afternoon as they begin the big setup. The church is open every day of the festival from 10am to 5pm (please note slightly later opening time from usual).
Homemade cake, biscuits, tea, coffee and lunches will be available throughout. The church will be a magnet for hundreds of visitors. What’s not to like?
Don’t miss the other h.Art venues around the town, especially the other big one, and out closest neighbour, Made in Ross at the Market House. The whole thing is a great day out.
Pop into church and pick up a brochure, or check it all out online – https://h-art.org.uk
The preview evening for this weekend’s flower festival at St Mary’s is on Friday from 7.30 pm. Tickets are just £10 which gives you:
Full details and booking at https://rossparishes.uk/flowers
Save the dates, Friday 27th – Monday 29th August.
St Mary’s Flower Festival is taking place over the August Bank Holiday Weekend. Please save the dates and join us at some point. More details at: https://rossparishes.uk/flowers/
There’s exactly one month to go before h.Art opens up again around the county and St Mary’s is taking part again this year.
We have nine talented artists who work in a variety of media coming along to fill the space with their work.
Tea, coffee, homemade cakes and light lunches will be on sale for the duration of the exhibition.
Much more at https://rossparishes.uk/h-art
@ceramicsbykarentacey @lisadearartworks @SHARONYORKEARTIST @marydeavilleartist @simonblundell_artist @sally.boehme.5 @art_byfiona @phil_powell_photography
A river pilgrimage to raise awareness and to call for action to stop pollution of the river.
An extraordinary voyage is planned for 15th to 19th August. A sculpture of Our Lady of the Waters and the Wye, mounted on two canoes made into a canoe-catamaran, will be floated for 75 miles downstream, from Hay-on-Wye to Monmouth.
A great deal is planned, and you can read all about it in the attachment below, but please join the Choir of St Mary’s for Evensong in the wonderfull Hoarwithy Church at 6.30 on Wednesday 17th August. The service will be followed by a “bring your own” picnic, down by the river.
Sunday 10th July 9.30 am at St Michael’s Walford. The second of our experimental Coffee and Cake services.
Out service begins with opening Celtic Prayer with shared fellowship over Coffee, cake and croissants. the service proper then takes place from 9.55 in the lower part of the church – half hour Morning prayer based on Celtic Liturgy including modern music. We finish at 10.30
We are using modern technology during the service so bring your phone and keep it on. Walford WiFi is available. The first Christian Missionaries to our Island were Celtic Christians.
Hope to see you at this month’s Messy Church!
It’s this Thursday at St Mary’s as usual from 3.30 – 4.30pm.
We’ll be looking ahead to the summer holidays with our crafts, activities, strory, thought starters, songs and prayers. Come and meet new and old friends! Have fun, chat, enjoy some snacks together.
Come and see the great model of St Mary’s that we made together on Sunday too!
Hope to see you there
Caroline and Tiffany
Congratulations to the 5 choristers who were admitted into the Youth Choir on Sunday and to the 6 who were presented with their orange ribbon awards.
Coffee (and cake) @ St Mary’s tomorrow (Saturday) begins at 10 am until noon. St Mary’s Choir is in charge this month. Eight lots of amazing cakes are in preparation, including these white chocolate and raspberry blondies (which I’ve just tried and am happy to pronounce “exceedingly good” – yes they are home made).
