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Rev’d Andy Ackroyd is Vicar in Madeley, Shropshire, in the Severn Borders Deanery, and recently became Disability Advisor to the diocese. He has a personal interest in including people with Learning Disabilities in our worshipping communities and he is a champion for inclusivity – for ALL our benefits, as he explains here.
The names and citations of the recipients of this year's Order of St Ethelbert Awards have been announced
For Jed Dunn, being a hospital chaplain and Anna Chaplain means being a ‘light worker’ – someone who brings light into the dark place; to do that, he says, you need to go into those dark places, and you need to be prepared and protected.
In Greater Whitbourne parish, strategic funding is helping community projects to blossom
In Brown Clee benefice, having a dedicated administrator has meant more missional energy, with tangible results
Today, 1st September, is the start of Creationtide or the Season of Creation, which runs through Saturday, 4th October. It is the church season dedicated to God as the Creator and Sustainer of all life.
Hereford Diocese has been awarded the Bronze EcoDiocese Award under the EcoChurch scheme run by A Rocha UK, for the diocese as a whole, reflecting enormous progress and innovative programmes
Revd Steve Alston, a former Biologist with a doctorate in zoology, is building a new church and sharing God’s love with a forgotten Shropshire border town. The work, which is supported through prayer and traditional ministry methods, is seeing Steve build relationships during his daily walks through the town.
Last week 28 young explorers from Minsterley Primary School stepped through the doors of their parish church, Holy Trinity, Minsterley, in the north of our diocese. Visiting the ‘Easter in a Box’ adventure, many of the children were coming into the church for the first time.
In the heart of rural Herefordshire, a small village church is proving that worship can be as delicious as it is inspiring. Welcome to Preston Wynne's most unexpected Church Service – a pizza (and sometimes prosecco) afternoon service that's bringing generations together in ways no one could have predicted.
