The Ross Parishes: Ross-on-Wye, Walford & Brampton Abbotts
Inspiring faith, hope and love in each generation.
The Mothers’ Union at St Mary’s invites you to come and collect a small plant for your mum from the north porch at St Mary’s. Normally flowers would be given for this purpose in the 9.30 service, this is the best we can do this year. When they’re gone, they’re gone!
Our Mothering Sunday Service will be live streamed on YouTube from St Mary’s on Sunday morning at 9.30.
Throughout Lent, in our 9.30 Sunday live streamed services from St Mary’s, we’ve been listening to stories from people in our community about how the last 12 months have affected them. As we reach the mid point of Lent (Mothering Sunday) we offer you key moments in a series of posts.
Today: how have they been doing at Brampton Abbotts Primary School? #LiveLent
Throughout Lent, in our 9.30 Sunday live streamed services from St Mary’s, we’ve been listening to stories from people in our community about how the last 12 months have affected them. As we reach the mid point of Lent (Mothering Sunday) we offer you key moments in a series of posts.
First up – Our Mayor, Cllr Danny Lister (with the hair)
In this morning’s service we focus on how the pandemic has affected children in schools, with a film created by children at Walford Primary School.
You can join the service live now on YouTube:
Today we say a final farewell to Sylvia Churchus. Her funeral takes palace today at 2.30 pm in St Mary’s. You can join it now on YouTube.
It’s Messy Church this week…! Don’t forget to pick up your Messy@Home bags from St Mary’s porch today or tomorrow – or email back / message if you’d like us to deliver.
Then tomorrow (Thursday 4th), we’d love to welcome you to our Messy Celebration video from 4pm. Link on rossparishes.uk and social media.
And, at 4.15pm we’ll also be on Zoom as an extra option if you’d like to get together to show and tell about the Messy crafts, chat, catch up with each other, snack together. The Zoom link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88147943218 Please sign in with your own name for safeguarding purposes so we know who is in the waiting room to come in!
We look forward to seeing you! Invite your friends!
Caroline
PS We’re very much hoping that it won’t be too long before we can all get together in St Mary’s again – perhaps even for Easter! More info to follow!
As you may know, we’ve been posting regular Toast Story Time videos during lockdown, we hope you’ve been enjoying them, and thanks for your company. If you’ve missed any you can catch up at https://rossparishes.uk/toast
We’ve decided, now, to take a break for a while, until Wednesday 19th May when we’re hoping we can be back in church for a physical meeting.
More about that nearer the time. In the meantime – continue to keep safe, and we’re really looking forward to seeing you all.
For those who enjoy the weekly Toast Storytime video, here is this week’s offering from the Toast Makers at St Mary’s.
Join us on YouTube now for this morning’s service – The First Sunday of Lent
This week’s Toast Story Time film is now live. Please enjoy it and share it:
Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. A service of Choral Eucharist is about to go live from St Mary’s, Ross-on-Wye on YouTube. Please join us.
We’re asking people to take part in a small piece of fund raising throughout Lent. Each day, from Ash Wednesday and for the following 40 days, we ask you to consider ways in which you are fortunate.
Full details are here, together with the download for the booklet.
The toast makers have enjoyed producing our videos but we’ve really missed seeing all of you mums and dads ….so we’re inviting you to an informal get-together where we can chat, exchange tips and experiences, and laugh, over a cup/glass of your choice.
Screens without the stress!
We would love to see all on Wednesday evening (17th February) at 8 pm.
And don’t forget to look out for this week’s Toast Story Time, also on Wednesday at 10 am.
This morning’s service is soon to start. Drop in to see us on YouTube.
There’s still time to book a seat at the table: https://rossparishes.uk/come-dine2. Here’s Melanie’s basic pancake recipe but don’t forget the exciting bit – the three fillings which you’ll find on the website.
This is one of our fund raising efforts for this year, our finances are seriously depleted and we need you’re help. If you’re not able, or don’t want to take part this evening please consider a donation. You can make that donation straightforwardly by using the PayPal donation button below, and don’t forget that adding Gift Aid – which is built into the process – adds a further 25% to your donation at no cost to you.
We look forward to seeing you later!
Come Dine With Me is tomorrow.
There’s still time to book a place at the table: https://rossparishes.uk/come-dine2
Here is our featured main course from Fiona.
There’s still time to book your place at the Come Dine With Me table for Saturday evening. We start at 7. All the details are at https://rossparishes.uk/come-dine2.
If you really want to enter into the spirit then we have three tantalising dishes that have been demonstrated by our three TV chefs. Here is Joanna’s starter.
Get cooking! We look forward to seeing you on Saturday.
This morning’s service from The Ross Parishes is about to get underway on YouTube, live from St Mary’s Church in Ross-on-Wye. Today we focus on the splendour of the creation. See you there!
It’s Wednesday at 10, so it’s Toast Story Time again. And here is this week’s offering. Get ready for quite a bit of hunting!
‘I didn’t ever think I would gain so much spiritual recharging from seeing services in this way. I always thought that the age, smell, history and the sense of serenity in God through Jesus could only be experienced whilst at church; of course I do feel that the ‘all encompassing’ feeling of connectedness is only attainable in church. But what a wonderful gift to worship in such a way! Praise be to God. And thank you all within for making services available online, it is much appreciated. Long may they continue, even after the dark chapter we are all experiencing now.’ – A recent comment from an online
A grateful worshiper
This morning’s service will bu underway shortly on YouTube. We look forward to seeing you there.
The Ross Parishes: Ross-on-Wye, Walford & Brampton Abbotts 