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From St Mary’s, Walford and Brampton Abbotts Churches.

A Eucharist for Easter Day is now live on our website: https://rawchurch.org.uk/digital-services

Please join us for virtual coffee at 10.30 am

At 6.00 pm today there will be a compilation service of Choral Evensong for Easter Day created from archive and some new material: https://rawchurch.org.uk/digital-services.

Happy Easter!

… or Easter Eve. The day when Christ rested in the sealed tomb.

Normally, this day is not at all restful in our church buildings which are a frenzy of activity from cleaners, flower arrangers, altar frontal changers, musicians in rehearsal … for Easter Day tomorrow.

This year our churches are empty and locked and we can take more of a rest.

As we do so here are a couple of musical offerings. One from our Organist, Adrian Taylor, recorded at his home this week, the other from our choir, recorded in Hereford Cathedral 20 years ago, it also happens to be a piece that featured in the last service in St Mary’s in March.

We are back tomorrow with a Eucharist for Easter day at 9.30 am and a specially compiled Easter Day Choral Evensong at 6 pm – both are taking shape on our website: https://rawchurch.org.uk/digital-services.

… the most solemn day in the Church year, the day on which Jesus was crucified.

Today we offer a beautifully constructed series of resources for personal meditation which include prayers, paintings and artwork, music from St Mary’s Choir archive and meditations. You can use as much of it as you wish at any time during the day. Begin your journey at:

https://rawchurch.org.uk/a-meditation-for-good-friday

Full details of the services for the remainder of Holy Week and Easter Day are on our website:

https://rawchurch.org.uk/holy-week-and-easter-2020

Wednesday 8th April – 9.00 pm.

Prebendary Caroline Pascoe is about to lead a short service of Night Prayer. To join in head over to our website https://rawchurch.org.uk/holy-week-and-easter-2020 where you’ll find an order of service to download and a link to join the service via Zoom. Oh, and a candle would be nice.

https://www.herefordcathedral.org/news/call-to-prayer

Live on the website now at https://rawchurch.org.uk/digital-services is Revd Colin Leggate’s walk around parts of the town with thoughts on Palm Sunday, our local community and our current crisis.

More on next week’s many services at https://rawchurch.org.uk/holy-week-and-easter-2020/

Or make a palm cross with these instructions from Christine:

Our 9.30 service is now live on the website: https://rawchurch.org.uk/digital-services. This service has been recorded by folks at Walford Church and St Mary’s choir.

Take a look at the Holy Week and Easter page of our website for details of services later today and throughout the coming week. https://rawchurch.org.uk/holy-week-and-easter-2020/

Here is this week’s pastoral message from our Rector, Sean Semple. Together with a download on the subject of prayer.

The main points in this video:

• Create a routine
• Make a space for prayer
• New resources coming for “Growing- Faith at Home“
• Coming services for Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter
• Our website is our main communication channel now: https://rawchurch.org.uk
• Desert Island discs – Sean’s second choice (did you know he’s an expert player of the bagpipes?)

There is much more on the website

The Community Larder continues to operate on a Tuesday morning, we are serving people outside, to minimise personal contact, and offering prepacked bags to make the process quicker and more efficient.  We have been overwhelmed by the generosity of many local restaurants, pubs and shops who have sadly had to temporarily close down, but have given us large quantities of fresh produce.

At present we have not noticed a significant increase in demand for the Larder, although we are of course aware that this may happen as the current situation continues.

We have had a number of kind enquiries about making a financial donation and this can be done on line direct to the Ross Community Larder Bank Account;

Lloyd’s Bank Account Number 57486460 Sort Code 30 80 55

And of course, and most importantly, our sincere thanks for your prayerful support at this challenging time.

Lindsay Cole

The service is now live on the Digital-Services page of our website, https://rawchurch.org.uk/digital-services.

This week we include a choral piece recorded in homes and assembled into a combined performance.

You are invited to join us for virtual coffee after the service at 10.30.

There is a further update on the website. You may like to visit the website where there is now a new group of pages under the heading Digital Church.

There is a further update on the website. Importantly please be aware that the church building is now closed. https://rawchurch.org.uk/coronavirus

Here is a 12 minute service for Mothering Sunday from St Mary’s. Not quite how we usually do it but we’ve tried to keep some of the familiar features:

If you want to pop something in the collection you can do that too (though if you’re a regular we’d really encourage you to look at the Parish Giving Scheme):

And while we can’t easily give you flowers for your mum, here’s a reminder of last year’s:

And so the service – Happy Mothering Sunday:

You will find a pastoral letter from Sean Semple, our Rector, as well as the latest updates on services and events in our churches at https://rawchurch.org.uk/coronavirus