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Words Matter: How Church Funerals Weave Individual Lives into Stories of Hope

Published on: 4th December 2025

Early December marks Grief Awareness Week, amidst the buzz of preparing for Christmas, church leaders from the Church of England in Hereford City recognise the anticipation and joyful contrast of this season can be particularly difficult for those who have recently lost a loved one.

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Churches in Herefordshire are set to Welcome Communities to Celebrate Christmas

Published on: 4th December 2025

Churches across Herefordshire are inviting everyone to discover the true meaning of Christmas through a wide range of services and events taking place across the county this festive season.

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One thing is very clear: Faith is very much alive in the rural parishes!

Published on: 26th November 2025

Rev’d Laura Hewitt, the Rural Church Missioner and Rector of StowCaple Benefice, is finding no lack of faith amid the rural communities of Ross & Archenfield Deanery

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Bromyard secures local funding for Youth Work through local church partnership

Published on: 20th November 2025

Hereford Diocese Youth Hub in partnership with the Methodist Church, Rural Media and other organisations in Bromyard, is delighted to announce that it has secured an award of £30,000 from the Safer Communities Fund to develop youth work.

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Shropshire inter faith work raising money for local charities

Published on: 18th November 2025

Members of South Shropshire's Muslim, Jewish, Sikh and Christian communities gathered last Saturday to celebrate Inter Faith Week with a shared meal that combined fellowship with fundraising.

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Chaplaincy Stories: LifeLink chaplaincy connects school,church and community

Published on: 6th November 2025

Jane Tate is the new LifeLink Chaplain for The Bishop of Hereford’s Bluecoat School in the Tupsley area of the city, connecting the school with church and community

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Bishop Richard welcomes faith and civic leaders ahead of interfaith week 2025

Published on: 5th November 2025

The first diocesan interfaith event was held on Tuesday 4 November 2025, at the Palace in Hereford

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Chaplaincy Stories: You either like hospitals or you don't!

Published on: 29th October 2025

Rev'd Philip Roberts has been an NHS Chaplain for over 35 years; when someone said 'you're not a proper' vicar', he took it as a compliment.

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Temporary closure of FoodShare at St Martin’s Church, Hereford

Published on: 27th October 2025

Organisers of FoodShare at St Martin’s Hereford have confirmed they are closing the service temporarily this Friday 31 October; a team at the diocesan office is stepping in to find a sustainable solution


New funeral ministry provides space to mourn

Published on: 22nd October 2025

The new Licensed Lay Funeral Ministers are an important new pastoral ministry for the diocese

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