The Ross Parishes: Ross-on-Wye, Walford & Brampton Abbotts
Inspiring faith, hope and love in each generation.
A HUGE thank you to our wonderful Ross shops who have supported St Mary’s both in the draw and with other gifts for the Fayre. You can get your tickets at the Fayre, look for bargains on our stalls, and stop by for a pint and a pork or brisket roll at the Motley Hog in St Mary’s Churchyard or a cream tea and homemade cake at Mrs Tiggy Winkle’s Tea Shop in St Mary’s Hall. See you there!
Join us on Tuesday 6th August, at 6pm in Walford Church for a sung Eucharist to celebrate this feast day. The service will be led by Dr John Davies and members of St Mary’s Choir. Wine and nibbles will follow the service.
Come to St Mary’s Ross on Saturday. The fun starts at 11.30am and winners of our GRAND DRAW and competitions will be announced at 3.15pm. There’s plenty do for for all the family, with prizes to win, food to eat, free activities for young children, games to play, all sorts to buy and lots of HEDGEHOG Information.
Join us tomorrow at St Mary’s (Sunday 28th July) to discuss My, faith, your faith, their faith: are all religions the same? with Professor David Thomas. This is number four of our Faith@Five series of talks.
Rishi Sunak is a Hindu, Suella Braverman is a Buddhist, Tony Blair is a Roman Catholic, the Radio 4 Today presenter Mishal Husain is a Muslim, and her fellow-presenter Emma Barnett is a Jew. Organised religion may be in decline, but religious faith is strong and varied. The United Kingdom is a country of many religious traditions all generally rubbing along together, though the world is racked by conflicts in which religions definitely play a part: Jews and Muslims in Gaza, Hindus and Muslims in India, Buddhists and Rohingyas in Myanmar. Must religious people always tend to accentuate the differences between themselves and others. What is the risk of recognising the things they hold in common?
The attitudes held by followers of one religious tradition towards followers of another can be roughly gathered under three headings. There are those who exclude others who do not follow their way because they are not right and will not be saved. There are those who include others who do not follow their way because they are right in part and may be saved. And there are those to accept the plurality of all believers as equally right and open to be saved. Are you an exclusivist, an inclusivist, or a pluralist? Explore what, why and how in St Mary’s at 5.00 pm on Sunday 28th July (moved from its original date by a week). Explorations last an hour, concluding with a short service.
If you have any items to donate to our stalls please bring them to the church on Thursday 1st August between 2pm and 3.30pm, Friday 2nd August between 4pm and 7pm or Saturday morning at 9.30am. Our stalls include, cakes, bakes and preserves (please label with ingredients and state if vegetarian or gluten/dairy free), house, garden and pond plants, white elephant, tombola, books, CDs and DVDs, crafts and toys. Thank you very much!
Bring your friends. With games and competitions, information from Herefordshire Wildlife, Ross Hedgehog Care & Advice and the Wye Valley National Landscapes (AONB), music, activities for little ones, Motley Hog Brewery bar, barbecue, our own Mrs Tiggy Winkle’s tea shop and a variety of stalls, this is an event for all ages, not to be missed!
Join us for a fun day all about hedgehogs. Meet Archie the Hedgehog, find out more about these endangered prickly creatures from local hedgehog groups, Herefordshire Nature Trust and National Landscapes (formerly Wye Valley AONB). The Crown & Sceptre (Motley Hog Brewery) will provide the bar and smoked pork rolls, and with a barbecue and Mrs Tiggy Winkles Tea shop you won’t go hungry or thirsty. Plenty for the all family with face painting, games, storytelling, music and stalls – make a note of the date – Saturday 3rd August!
Join us today at St Mary’s (Sunday 7th July) to explore the subject of growing up, with Colin Leggate. This is the third session of our Faith@Five series of talks.
Heather Hurley is once again leading a short illustrated talk, and walk around the church yard, about some forgotten (and some less forgotten) Ross residents, buried in St Mary’s churchyard. This time many have a connection with John Kyrle and she’ll be touching on a couple of more recent people, Noele Gordon and Dennis Potter.
Come along to church for 7.30pm (7.00pm if you’d like to come for the Friends of St Mary’s AGM) on Wednesday 3rd July.
Join us this afternoon (Sunday 30th June) for a splendid concert and a tasty tea.
Grieg, Handel, JC Bach, Tavener, Haydn.
The concert begins at 3.00pm. There will be tickets available on the door.
There’s an important meeting on Saturday 22nd June, with a repeat on Sunday 7th July. This is the first stage of the recruiting process for our next Rector. Theses meetings are open to anyone who would like to come along (you certainly don’t have to be a member of our regular congregations).
The Archdeacon of Hereford will be chairing the Saturday meeting. We’ll be considering where we are as a group of parishes, where we’d like to be, and most importantly, the sort of person we think we need to head up that process.
Just come along and join in the discussions.
Then later in the day (on Saturday 22nd) – come along and watch Bishop Sean Semple’s enthronement in Cyprus, on the large screen, at 3.00pm our time. Or watch at home: https://www.youtube.com/live/DMcnRVvp4MY
And finally, come and join in the fun of the big Quiz and puddings evening at 7pm.
More here: https://rossparishes.uk/charity-quiz/
Join us today at St Mary’s (Sunday 16th June) to explore the subject of prayer with Canon Freda Davies. This is the second session of our Fath@Five series of talks.
The Friends of St Mary’s are organising an evening for residents of Ross and beyond to come along and question all five candidates for the Hereford and South Herefordshire seat in the forthcoming election.
Wednesday 19th June, 7.00pm in St Mary’s Church. Tickets are free (but must be booked in advance). We expect this to be a popular event so book early!
Booking at https://fosmross.org.uk/hustings
There is an opportunity to submit questions at the point of booking (or later if you keep the booking link email). We’ll select questions from those submitted and invite the questioner to present it on the night. Questions need to be submitted by 3pm on Tuesday 18th June.
We look forward to an exciting night.
You may have detected a bit of a buzz about the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Well, you can come and join either or both the events that Ross is offering tomorrow (Thursday 6th June) at 8.15pm in St Mary’s, for “The D-Day Story” – a short presentation about the events of 1944, followed at 9.15pm by the lighting of the town beacon out on The Prospect.
We will be joined by His Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire, Mr Edward Harley CBE and Mrs Harley and at least two D Day Veterans, Mr Stanley Wilson and Mr Peter Harkness. All of this is free of charge.
These events have been organised by St Mary’s Church and Ross Town Council.
It’s the first Wednesday of the month again which means the next FREE lunchtime concert is on at St Mary’s Church, starting at 1.00pm, but feel free to come along (with your lunch if you wish) when you’re ready.
this month we welcome Northwich Baroque with a truly European, 45 minute programme of music by Purcell, Monteverdi, Bach, Charpentier and others.
If you can’t afford the time, why not bring your work along – tables and Wi-Fi provided.
Spread the word!
It’s a busy day tomorrow (Saturday 1st June) at St Mary’s.
And on Sunday, as well as our usual services, we begin our exciting summer series, Faith@Five.
We hope to see you at one of those.
Join us tomorrow (Wednesday 29th May) at 7pm in St Mary’s to see the culmination of two days of hard work over half term in preparing this production of Little Women. The performance takes an hour and you won’t be disappointed. Tickets available at the door.
Come as a team (up to 4 people), or as an individual and we can put you in a convivial team on the night! No entry fee, though on the night all are invited to donate £5 for Christian Aid. Puddings at half time! Please bring a pudding to share. Pay bar available, profits to Christian Aid. Bar open from 6.45pm.
The Quiz will include questions both easy and tricky! Something for everyone. Two rounds of questions, with pudding available at half time. There will be a winners prize of course!
Christian Aid supports some of the poorest people on earth, providing emergency aid and development funding. A simply brilliant cause…
Join us in St Mary’s, tomorrow (Friday 24th May) as we screen Sean Semple’s consecration service live from Bahrain Anglican Cathedral in Bahrain. The service begins at 4.00pm (our time).
If you prefer to watch at home here is the link.
https://www.youtube.com/live/_ewhBUr_dcI?si=i1AN6Xauro3tBG1h
Either way, the order of service is here (We’ll have a QR code for you to scan in church).
Tonight (Wednesday 22nd May), in St Mary’s, the Dean of Hereford, The Very Reverend Sarah Brown, is giving a talk based on a book by her mother, a Holocaust survivor. Just come along to church at 7pm – tickets are £5 on the door.
And on Friday (24th May), We have a joint Rossiter Books / Friends of St Mary’s book talk by Brighton and Hove MP Caroline Lucas. Many tickets have been sold but there are still some remaining (£9 with £3 back on the book purchase) https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rossiterbooks/t-qjkmzen
The Ross Parishes: Ross-on-Wye, Walford & Brampton Abbotts 