Our strategy is built on three core behaviour values that we expect every church and school community in our diocese to express in their own way. These values will help us to ensure that we are people who proclaim Christ and who are growing as disciples in our faith. Being prayerful and confident in our Bible helps make us more outwardly looking and engaged Christians who live out our faith daily.
Bishop Richard calls us to come together in 2025 for a year of engagement. This invitation is offered to everyone. Like our Year of Prayer and Year of Faith, there will be events, teaching and study days to join in and opportunities to create your own local events. The Year of Engagement is based on the five marks of mission:
The mission of the Church is the mission of Christ:
- To proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom
- To teach, baptise and nurture new believers
- To respond to human need by loving service
- To transform unjust structures of society, to challenge violence of every kind and pursue peace and reconciliation
- To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth
We continue to pray that more lives will be transformed and that more people will come to know Christ across the communities, villages, and towns of our diocese.
The key teaching and study day events for the Year of Engagement will begin in January 2025 with a launch event at Hereford Cathedral
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Launch Service for the Year of Engagement, |
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| Learn more about this event | Bishop's Teaching Event 1 Saturday 31 May 9:30am - 1pm |
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Bishop's Teaching Event 2 |
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Bishop's Study Day 1 - TBC lunch included and guest speaker TBC (doors will open from 9:00am for tea and coffee) |
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| Learn more about this event | Bishop's Teaching Event 3 Saturday 13 September 9:30am - 1pm |
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Bishop's Study Day 2 - TBC lunch included and guest speaker TBC (doors will open from 9:00am for tea and coffee) |
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| Learn more about this event | Bishop's Teaching Event 4 Saturday 8 November 9:30am - 1pm |
To join any of our Year of Engagement events, please visit the relevant month on the events section of our website and register your details.
Watch this space for further details, and please visit our events page regularly for more updates. Events are advertised regularly in our weekly eNews, do sign up to receive this email update from the Diocesan comms team. We also share events on Facebook, Instagram and various church social media pages. Do follow the Facebook Group; Events in Hereford Diocese for lots of things happening across our diocese in churches, schools and communities near you.
You can create an event of your own. We encourage churches to advertise their events in all the usual places. If you are looking for ideas and inspiration, don't forget to update your website or Church Near You webpage, share details on your church's social media and electronic newsletters or contact the communications team for more help, support and guidance on promoting events in your church.
The following are ways to help you advertise your event locally:
A Church Near You / Your Church website
List your onsite and online engagement events, activities and programmes on AChurchNearYou.com. Don't forget to list any specific links to your foodbank, CAP advice service, bereavement groups, toddler groups, Messy Church or other activities.
Print / Email
Don't forget to add events to your social media pages and any printed or email newsletters, magazines or pew sheets. You can also share any event taking place in our diocese on our Events in Hereford Diocese Facebook Group
Printed materials
A number of resources are made available from each Teaching Event including a recording of all the speakers. These are usually available to view on our YouTube channel.
If you would like to learn more or have any questions about this event, please contact our Mission Enabler, Steve Hollinghurst to arrange a meeting or start a conversation.