News & Events

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

Following national developments today a large number of events have been cancelled. We are constantly reviewing the situation and have created a dedicated page on our website: https://rawchurch.org.uk/coronavirus.

We expect an update from the Church of England later this week after which there will be a further statement on changes to service patterns.

We are following the national guidance from the Church of England on COVID-19 in our churches. This is of course changing all the time but at the moment this means:

• Where the Peace is exchanged it is taking place with no person-to-person physical contact.
• Communion is being received in “one kind” i.e. bread only and with no physical contact.
• For the time being services are going ahead as advertised. Changes to the normal pattern will be advertised on our website.

For more information please see our dedicated page which is being regularly updated and https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-churches

You can read the latest on St Mary’s emerging vision in this update from Caroline Pascoe.