CHURCHES TOGETHER IN NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2021

After a very different Christmas for all our resources, prepared by the contribution, short or long, churches, we look forward with hope for a better 2021. Monastic Community of please get in touch with Elliot Grandchamp in Switzerland (see [email protected] before Look out for opportunities to join in with CTBI website). The prayers will January 15th – his publication Week of Prayer for Christian Unity events take place at 8pm, via Zoom. To deadline. and services online this year – Monday 18th – Monday 25th January. get the link, please email To mark the Week of Prayer for [email protected] Anna Nugent Christian Unity, County Ecumenical Officer The joyful Christmas message Quakers will be holding an online [email protected] banner, put up in the village Meeting for Worship on Thursday ______before Christmas by Churches 21st January, 12.30pm – 1pm, Churches Together in Together in Harold, has after which they are inviting Herefordshire – been joined by angels and stars, attendees to eat their lunch and created by children from the share community. All welcome. Treasurer school and others, proclaiming Zoom link from Churches Together in hope. [email protected] Herefordshire would like to know ______if you know someone who might be our Treasurer? The wonderful Churches Together in Gordon Powell is retiring and we Leominster – Leominster are looking for someone to step Foodbank in. Please think about people in Leominster your church who might be good Food Bank at this, and care about churches ______was set up independently and working together – full volunteer Churches Together in supported and run ecumenically role description available from Hereford – ‘God in a time of by volunteers from Churches [email protected] ______Coronavirus’ Together in Leominster. After an unprecedented year last year, Elliot Swattridge, Chair of Churches Together in Ewyas with increase of demand and also Churches Together in Hereford, is donations, Churches Together in Harold – Week of Prayer for gathering together short and Leominster agreed at a recent Christian Unity 18-25 Jan hard-hitting testimonies meeting that it needed to witnessing “God in Time of Churches Together in Ewyas become a stand-alone charity, Coronavirus” to publish into a Harold will be marking the Week with its own trustees. The book in the new year. He already of Prayer for Christian Unity with Leominster Foodbank will has a wide selection of stories all events held virtually this year. continue to be affiliated to the th and is looking for more, from On Sunday 24 January, there Food Aid Network and receive Christians from all different will be a service at 3pm, and the support of all the churches in churches across Herefordshire, of every other day during the week the town. To find out more or how God has worked in diverse they are holding evening prayers offer help: with different churches leading, and wonderful ways amongst us. https://www.facebook.com/leominster using the ‘Abiding in Christ’ If you have a potential foodbank/ CHURCHES TOGETHER IN HEREFORDSHIRE NEWSLETTER 2

Baptist Churches – Modern Slavery awareness Schools Network meeting Confident Christianity training Online Conference Are there really slaves in our local communities? Join a The Education Development Hereford Baptist Church is joining free remote workshop (up to 90 Officer at the with Ross and Putson Baptist minutes) on any one of the has initiated a Zoom meeting to th Churches to organise an online following dates: Monday 25 Jan create a network for Christians of th conference with Solas, on 6th 7pm; Thursday 28 Jan 3pm; all churches who support local rd March 9.30am-2.30pm. The Wednesday 3 Feb 3pm; Tuesday schools. The idea is that the th speakers will be Andy Bannister, 16 Feb 7pm. Follow this link to group will meet, pray and share Kristi Mair and Gareth Black and book your place at the training, resources, receive support and the aims of the conference are to led by Chrissie Pepler, member of training to help build stronger help Christians to become more the Marches Anti-Slavery bridges with their schools. The Partnership and employee of the first meeting will be held on confident to talk about Jesus th more naturally, enabling them to Diocese of Hereford. Any Tuesday 19 January 11am – answer questions about faith difficulties in managing the 12.30pm. To get the Zoom link, from friends and acquaintances. registration process please contact [email protected] For more information and to contact [email protected] ______register free https://www.solas- cpc.org/event/confident-christianity- ______Churches Together in hereford/ - Bill ______Week of Accompanied Prayer – Snelson World Day of Prayer 2021 – Diocese Hereford Bill planning Spirituality Snelson, Group The World Day of General Prayer (formerly Churches Together in Secretary the Women’s World Day of Herefordshire took part in a very of Churches Together in England Prayer) will fall on Friday 5th successful Week of Accompanied from 1997 to 2008 died last March this year and plans are Prayer a couple of years ago – month after a long in a hospice in already afoot for a service in and the Diocese of Hereford are Knaresborough. During his Hereford (hopefully physical, but holding a further Week this tenure, he encouraged and possibly online). This is an month online. This is a wonderful witnessed an expansion of the ecumenical movement and the way of enriching your prayer life, membership of CTE, in particular group would welcome people whatever your Christian from the Pentecostal from as many churches in background. This week will take constituency. Hereford as possible to be place 10th – 16th January (with an Bill made his own contribution to involved in the planning. Please opening meeting on Sunday 10th the debate on Communion ring Rosi Taylor 01432 266826 or January 6pm-7.30pm). To find through his 2006 book Enriching email [email protected] if out more follow this link Communion . In all his ministry he you are interested. ______was supported by Beryl his wife ______of over 50 years. We give thanks for his work and witness.

Please note - this newsletter strives to share a wide range of ecumenical news and opinions and is not necessarily a reflection of the views of CTiH. January 2021