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Annabel succeeds Mark Ockelton as Diocesan Chancellor, who faithfully served the Diocese for 16 years, initially as Deputy Chancellor from 2010 and later as Chancellor from 2021 until his retirement in July, and to whom Bishop Richard extends our warm gratitude for his conscientious service.
As part of the 24/7 prayer movement’s Global Week of 24-7 Prayer, beginning on Monday, 7th September, Bishop Richard is planning a week-long prayer pilgrimage around the diocese, visiting a list of churches each day, across several deaneries.
A three-year programme will bring churches and schools together to help young people lead intergenerational worship in five school communities across Hereford Diocese. The project is part of a wider Church of England project to help the church grow younger by 2030.
Sue Lane has just completed the one-year Introduction to Christian Ministry course at Ludlow, offered by Cuddesdon Gloucester & Hereford, a part-time pathway of Ripon College, Cuddesdon. Here she explains how the course for lay leaders, Readers and Ordinands has impacted her life.
Gill Layton, one of Hereford Diocese's Licensed Lay Funeral Ministers, and Leanne Player-Jones, a Funeral Director, talk about funeral ministry ahead of this Saturday's Crematorium Open Day in Hereford
New clergy and lay members are being elected to General Synod this year – and you are invited to stand as a candidate.
How a small item of graffiti led to a new group forming for youth in Broseley, Shropshire
On Saturday, 20th June, twenty-two people were confirmed by the Bishop of Hereford at the cathedral
The Diocese of Hereford which is the Church of England in Herefordshire and South Shropshire is today issuing a formal and unreserved apology to all those affected by historic adoption practices in which the Church historically participated.
Suzanne Gurney is Youth & Community Worker for the Bishop's Castle Youth Hub. Here she describes how one of the 'spokes' in the 'hub and spoke' model is coming along, an after-school drop-in in Lydbury North.
