May 2025 Parish News
Welcome to the May edition ...
26 April 2025
As always, our Parish News is packed with stories from all our villages, a helpful listing of forthcoming events, lots of small ads, and even a Chuckle Corner to make you laugh!
Do join in with the special 80th anniversary of VE Day events if you can.
You can click the link below to view or download the May edition of the Parish News in PDF format.
Parish Magazine
Parish News of Garway, Orcop, St Weonards, Pencoyd, Tretire, Michaelchurch, Hentland and Hoarwithy. Read more...
1 December 2025
Events after lockdown, village news, reviews, childhood memories, chuckle corner, and much more ... as well as ads for local services. Read more...
3 June 2021
OWL does a drug run, sunflower competition, 1869 Walker organ restored, a bee question, Chuckle Corner, and much more .... Read more...
9 May 2021
Enjoy reading a variety of articles and the specialty 'Chuckle Corner'! Read more...
23 January 2021
Welcome to the online October edition of the Parish News -- complete with hyperlinks for faster browsing! Read more...
26 September 2020
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The Hoarwithy Vision Project gains support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for plans to save, explore and celebrate the heritage of St Catherine’s Church. Read more...
12 May 2026
The Hoarwithy Vision Project gains support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for plans to save, explore and celebrate the heritage of St Catherine’s Church.
12 May 2026
17 December 2025
2 December 2025
20 November 2025
5 January 2025
Fit more active travel into your day and daily routine. As the weather warms up, it’s worth considering what journeys can be made by walking or cycling. Could you get off a stop early to walk the rest of your journey, take a relaxing stroll home, or hop on a bike and enjoy a cycle friendly route? If you prefer exploring outdoors on foot, find out if there’s a local Ramblers group.
1 April 2023
Celebrate Spring! Make sure you’re giving yourself quality time enjoying creation: smelling the blossom, tapping catkins, copying bird song, finding a footprint or identifying spring flowers with the Pl@ntNet app. Nature can boost our happiness so take time to observe nature in your gardens, on your balconies, and in your local green spaces.
1 March 2023
8 September 2022
8 September 2022
25 November 2021
2 September 2021
29 July 2021
'You love your church, but have real anxiety about where the next generation of people is coming from to continue the work.'
10 June 2021
15 April 2021
18 February 2021
4 February 2021
7 January 2021
17 December 2020
26 November 2020
12 November 2020
Although our church buildings are now closed again for public worship, they remain open for private prayer, and the church will continue to meet to worship online. This time, the bishops of the Church of England and leaders of other faiths have endorsed a public letter strongly protesting about the closure of church buildings for public worship. Our acts of service to the wider community are energised by the practice of our faith; receiving the sacraments are not just another 'leisure activity', they're how Christians are sustained in the spiritual journey. Our public acts of worship are a communal good.
5 November 2020
In this week's video, Bishop Richard recounts his visit to Hereford Sixth Form College and reflects on how we can reconnect, engage and encourage young people to be a part of the church's ministry.
29 October 2020
22 October 2020
8 October 2020
Do not fear, Christ is with us.Do not fear, Christ is working his purposes out in us and in the circumstances of our lives.Do not fear even death, because Christ has conquered it.
1 October 2020
Bishop Richard invites us all to start a prayerful conversation with God about what we give, and to examine the attitude of our hearts to money.
10 September 2020
Bishop Richard asks us to ponder what the future might look like in our churches - and how we might arrive there.
9 September 2020
Bishop Richard shares some exciting stories from Pakistan and his first parish as he invites Christians across the Diocese of Hereford to join him in prayer ahead of parish Gift Days in September and October.
3 September 2020
30 July 2020
Incarnational and transformational aspects of mission need to be accompanied by a personal response to the good news of Jesus Christ.
23 July 2020
16 July 2020
One of my goals, says Bishop Richard, is that we stop using the word "Diocese" to describe a disembodied tax-collecting authority based in Hereford, but instead use it to describe "us" -- a family of believers seeking to live out the Gospel in the Diocese of Hereford.
9 July 2020
2 July 2020
25 June 2020
Bishop Richard pulls no punches in asking each of us to search our hearts for traces of racism, and challenges us to repentance and prayer.
18 June 2020
11 June 2020
"The Trinity proves to be not just a picture of what God is like, but as a template for the whole of Christian life."
4 June 2020
29 May 2020
21 May 2020
Bishop Richard reminds us that God sometimes calls us to perseverance and faithfulness, to acts of love and compassion -- sometimes without obvious fruit. But what we do in faith is never forgotten by the Lord. Watch to hear more about why our bishop likes St Matthias, perhaps the 'patron saint of unsung heroes'!
15 May 2020
Looking ahead to the 'new normal', our bishop encourages us to think seriously about what our church will look like, as we seek to follow Jesus and focus on people.
7 May 2020
6 May 2020
This week, Bishop Richard reflects on what we can learn from Jesus' words to his disciple Peter after Peter had denied his Lord three times, and the power of forgiveness.
1 May 2020
23 April 2020
15 April 2020
8 April 2020
As we approach Holy Week, Bishop Richard invites us to commit ourselves to repentance and prayer ...
3 April 2020
17 March 2020
Just a reminder that you can read all the St Weonard's Church NEWS & EVENTS mailings here -- and please do join our mailing list so that we can stay in touch with you!
1 January 2020
Do you try to make a New Year resolution? Frances suggests ways to get involved in some new activities and make new friends in 2020 ....
1 January 2020
31 October 2019
29 September 2019
1 September 2019
2 June 2019
You are invited! Please join us for an ecumenical service on Mothering Sunday at the Garway Community Centre.
1 March 2019
Our spiritual life is a bit like a garden: sometimes barren and bleak, sometimes filled with flowers.
5 February 2019
"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness" was the theme of our Advent Carol Service at St Weonards this year.
2 December 2018
Come and see this moving display, remembering local people who gave their lives in the Great War ... and much more.
11 November 2018
God calls us to work in harmony with the seasons, with the earth, that all may have fullness of life....
1 July 2018
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