We are delighted to announce that Revd Angie Kateley has been appointed Priest in Charge for all our parishes and churches in Garway, Hentland & Hoarwithy, Orcop, Tretire & Pencoyd with Michaelchurch, and St. Weonards.Angie is currently a curate in Abbeydore Deanery, and finishes her three year training there in July, so she will be joining us in the summer.Angie asked if we could pass on a message from her: "I would like to give my huge thanks to everyone who helped make me so welcome and relaxed, both on my visit to the benefice and during my interview. I cannot tell you how delighted I am to be joining you in the summer. May God bless you over this Christmas season and into the New Year."Please join us in thanking God that Angie has been called to serve our group of parishes, and do pray for her as she completes her curacy and prepares to move to St Weonards in the summer. We look forward to welcoming her then.
As always, our Parish News is packed with stories from all our villages, a helpful listing of the many events in our parishes and at Hereford Cathedral as we approach Christmas, wildlife notes, book reviews, lots of small ads, and of course a Chuckle Corner to make you laugh (or groan!)Click the DOWNLOAD link to access the current edition of the Parish News in PDF format.
As always, our Parish News is packed with stories from all our villages, a helpful listing of forthcoming events, lots of small ads, and even a Chuckle Corner to make you laugh!Click the DOWNLOAD link to access the current edition of the Parish News in PDF format.
In this week's video, Bishop Richard Jackson talks about 'an ancient prayer, drawn together in the mists of time, but certainly much loved and used by the end of the first millennium. It has been a rich feature of Eastern Orthodox spirituality, but has more recently become a treasure of the west as well.'Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God; have mercy on me, a sinner.'The strength of the Jesus prayer is that it couples a meditation on how God has shown himself to us, and a right response grounded in the reality of our frailty.... Christian life is not simply religious discipline, it is an invitation to the life of God. This is a life we can access now and which goes on forever.'So why not try the Jesus Prayer?Visit the diocesan website for transcripts of the Bishop of Hereford's Message.
