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Churches Together in want more information, please forward to building on this, with a Herefordshire exists as a voice for contact [email protected] carol service in the Boot before Christians working together in the Christmas. county. Please come and have your say at our Open Meeting and Churches Together in meet the General Secretary of Kington – Prayers for Churches Together in Ewyas Churches Together in England. Healing Harold – AGM Churches in Ewyas Harold will be Deadline for copy for the next Churches Together in Kington will th planning the year ahead together newsletter – 25 October. be holding a Healing Service at at their Annual General Meeting Kington Court, Kington on Sunday Anna Nugent to be held on Tuesday 1st October 20th October at 3pm. The service County Ecumenical Officer at 7.30pm at the Methodist will include praying for all Chapel, Ewyas Harold. [email protected] wanting healing as well as a time of praying for Kington and its ______people. All welcome. Churches Together in Churches Together in Weobley – Harvest Supper Herefordshire – Open Christians Together in The churches in Weobley are Meeting Orleton – getting together for a celebratory Churches Blessing the Harvest Supper for their Together in Boot Inn community, to be held at The Herefordshire is Hopelands – Weobley Village Hall After being th excited to on Saturday 5 October at 7pm. closed for two welcome Rev Paul Goodliff to For more information, contact years, the Boot . He is the recently any of the churches in Weobley. Inn at Orleton appointed General Secretary of has re-opened ______Churches Together in England, as a community operated pub and will be giving his perspective Churches Together in Ross – and Christians Together in on how churches and Christians Hope for Justice Open Orleton were there at the can come together in mission. Meeting opening to lead a short service of Anyone is welcome to join us on Blessing. The service took place Churches Together in Ross are Tuesday 5th November at 10am, in the early evening to a packed holding a meeting to raise at the Bishop’s Palace, Hereford. bar and ministers from each awareness of modern slavery on The meeting starts with a short denomination in the village took Friday 11th October at 7.30pm at time of worship, led by the Dean part. The service was deemed a The Venue, Hill Street, Ross HR9 of . If you great success and CTiO is looking 7AD. All welcome. CHURCHES TOGETHER IN HEREFORDSHIRE NEWSLETTER 2

Hereford Churches - Houses Anglican Diocese of tourists befriended by of Prayer Hereford – new Bishop Ambassadors. For more information, contact [email protected] Tel 0330 The next 202 0730 Bishop of After the success of ‘Thy Kingdom Hereford will Come’ 24/7 prayer earlier in the be Richard The Hereford Faraday year, churches in Hereford are Jackson. Institute keen to build on the momentum Bishop gained and are planning another Lecture th Richard, who is currently week of prayer, saturating 7-13 Suffragan in East October with unceasing 24/7 Sussex, will take up his role in the This event will be held at St prayer in the dedicated prayer New Year and will be the 106th Peter’s Church, Hereford HR1 2DL room at St Barnabas, Hereford Bishop of Hereford, a church on Friday 8th November, 7pm for and prayer gatherings across the position that dates back to 676. 7.30pm start. The speaker will be city. It will culminate in a whole Professor Sir Colin Humphries, Church event at St Paul’s Church, The current Bishop of Hereford, Department of Materials Science Hereford 4-5pm on 13th October. Bishop , has, until and Metallurgy, Cambridge This will be followed by 7 weeks recently, been the Chair of University. Any enquiries about of prayer for county Churches Together in this free lecture and to book transformation, with prayer Herefordshire. He retires from tickets, contact Don Langford: events in churches across the the Diocese next month. Tel 01432 264284 or county and a finale whole-church ______donandruth22 @gmail.com gathering on the evening of ______Sunday 1st December. Herefordshire Vennture – Prayer To find details of their plans for Week of Prayer for Christian 24/7 prayer, new prayer Evening Unity – 2020 meetings and other prayer events please see the website: Vennture – the voluntary www.hhop.org.uk organisation made up of ______Churches Together Groups will be volunteers from over 20 different planning for January’s Week of Millichip Peace Fund – Talk churches – is holding a prayer Prayer for Christian Unity (18-25th evening. The volunteers, staff January). 2020’s materials ask us and recipients of the Vennture’s to see God working through services would all appreciate people and places which offer your joining them to pray for the unusual kindness, published by projects on Sunday October 6th at Paul Allen, External Relations the Churches Together in Britain 7pm at the St Barnabas Church, Officer of the Centre for and Ireland. There will be ideas Venns Lane, Hereford. Alternative Technology will be that are well suited to involve giving this talk hosted by the Specifically, they are asking for schools / children and Millichap Peace Fund on Tuesday prayer for the 155 struggling and opportunities for mission in your 1st October at St John’s Methodist troubled families and 110 area. The material can be found Church, Hereford HR1 2PR. The individuals; 1 in 4 young people here: event will start at 7pm with stalls aged 18-24 supported by Street https://ctbi.org.uk/weekofprayer and refreshments. Admission Pastors; Lean on Me; and the free – donations invited. increasing number of shopworkers, shoppers and

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