Bromyard makes a song and dance about community action
Published on: 5th September 2025In Greater Whitbourne parish, strategic funding is helping community projects to blossom
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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
 
                            
                    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.
 
                            
                    The Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire, Mrs Anna Turner JP, accompanied by the Dean of Hereford the Very Revd Sarah Brown, Archdeacon of Ludlow, Ven Dr Fiona Gibson, and Deputy Lieutenant Katherine Garnier, spent much of last Monday (4 August 2025) touring six parishes in South Shropshire which are part of the Ludlow Archdeaconry. Shropshire as a county is shared between the Dioceses of Hereford and Lichfield.
 
                            
                    The historic Amberley Chapel was filled to capacity on Sunday 27th July as the Maund Group of Churches celebrated a significant milestone in the chapel's spiritual journey. The chapel, which is linked with Marden parish north of Hereford, was formally brought into the patronage of Saints Brigid and James during a joyous service bringing the community together in worship.
 
                            
                    Co-ordinators, administrators, project managers – call them what you will, they are the grease to the wheels of this critically important ministry and often its unsung heroes.
 
                            
                    When Priory PCC member Richard Philips added a legacy in his Will to benefit the church, he wanted to make sure it looked to the future
 
                            
                    The deadline for the 2025 Order of St Ethelbert Award nominations has been extended
 
                            
                    When the four parishes of Apedale committed themselves to prayer in response to Bishop Richard's Day of Prayer for Generosity, they could hardly have anticipated how powerful their faithful witness might prove. What began as a day of prayer resulted in an unexpected windfall of £1,700 of donations and, more significantly, a series of unexpected conversations with people beyond the church walls.
 
                            
                    Church music has been at the heart of Christian worship for centuries, lifting hearts and souls in praise to God and enriching our faith through sacred song. So we were delighted to see Dr Andrew Padmore BEM, a regular organist at St Laurence's Church, Ludlow, receive the Fellowship of the Royal School of Church Music – one of the highest honours in church music, recognised for his outstanding contribution to our Christian heritage.
