Our Community
Almeley Parish is situated in the English County of Herefordshire, approximately 15 miles North West of Hereford in the beautiful rural Marches border country between England and Wales. We are at the centre of a thriving farming community. Part of our charm is that we are off the beaten track in a relatively remote area, not on a direct route to anywhere, and comprising Almeley Village and the hamlets of Almeley Wootton, Woonton, and Logaston.
We are part of the Eardisley Benefice of six parishes (Almeley, Brilley & Michaelchurch, Eardisley, Kinnersley, Whitney, and Winforton) in the Deanery of Kington and Weobley in the Diocese of Hereford. Ever wondered what goes on in Hereford Diocese? Have a look here.
Services across the benefice on Sunday 20th October.
St. Mary Almeley – 11.00 am – Holy Communion.
St. Mary Magdalene Eardisley – 9.30 am – Iona Service.
St. James Kinnersley – 6.00 pm – Harvest Festival.
St. Michael Michaelchurch – 3.00 pm – Harvest Festival.
The Services across the benefice, including St. Mary Almeley, for the whole of the current month can be found here.
Study Group – Following on from the Lent course, Reverend Katie Smith will be leading a study group, looking at the book of Romans. This will start in October so for more information/show interest, please email Katie: rev.katiemsmith@gmail.com.
Almeley Church Choir – How about taking up singing. Almeley Church Choir are looking for new members, adults and children. At the moment we have 4 children and would love to have some more. The children are only expected to attend 2 services a month. Our choir practices are on a Friday night at 6.30 pm – 7.30pm in church. It doesn’t matter if you can’t read music you will soon pick things up. Enquiries to Di Brain 01544 327396 or stuartbrainuk@btinternet.com
Diocesan Services – An online service every Sunday from the Diocese, this will be broadcast at 10.00 on the diocesan Facebook page.
Church of England – Church of England services can be joined at any time here or here
Further afield – The Taize community in France livestream their prayers everyday at 7.30 here and beautifully from across the world, here
In this week’s video Bishop Richard talks about death and the Christian hope of resurrection. The video is here. To access the previous video messsages, please use the Hereford Diocesan website here or on YouTube here.
Our curate Katie’s latest thought for the month of October 2024 can be found here, where you will also find the Archdeacon of Hereford’s letter for October 2024.
Recipe Book
In November, Almeley church is planning to raise funds by selling a recipe book of ‘family favourites’.
For inclusion in the book, please send your favourites or ‘through the generations’ recipes (Ingredients and what to do), with any story or reasons behind them to judyhayes618@gmail.com
Marquee for hire.
It may not seem likely at the moment but summer is round the corner – a time for garden parties, celebrations, weddings and anniversaries – all the good things of an English summer. For a mere £50 you can hire a substantial marquee to hold the whole event or just those extra guests who can’t quite fit into the house or to shelter in if we do get a little splash of rain. Easy to collect and erect. Contact Elizabeth Shayler on 01544 327695 or 07444 405822.
Night Prayer (Compline)
Night Prayer is a traditional short time of prayers at the end of the day. Wednesdays here at 7.30 pm
What is the Archbishop of Canterbury saying
Archbishop Justin is often misquoted or quoted out of context. It’s good to know what our archbishop is saying in his sermons and in his speeches and it’s easy to do!
Click here for his sermons
Click here for his speeches
What about Christening?
Birthdays always mark a new year in our lives and so does baptism – christening – whether for children or adults. If this is something you would welcome for you family or children, please do be in touch with Revd. Marcus Small
Visit our Baptism and Christening page here.
What about getting married?
We have a number of couples tying the knot at St Mary’s this year and there’s plenty of room for more. If this might be you, please do be in touch with Revd. Marcus Small
Visit our wedding page for more details here.
Upcoming events
For up to the minute news of events in the parish go to:
St Mary’s Almeley facebook
For village news in general:
Almeley Parish Council website
Eardisley Group of Parishes Facebook page can be found here
The award winning Bells Inn – Hereford Times Best Pub 2022, and runner up CAMRA Herefordshire pub of the year for two consecutive years – well done!
Things are changing from 1st May so for opening hours and other details check out their website www.thebellsinnalmeley.com
Jason and Lisa: Telephone: 01544 327216.
Facebook: Almeley Market & Deli.
Email: thebellsinnalmeley@gmail.co.uk
Safeguarding
St Mary’s church ensures that safeguarding policies are fully implemented and give the highest priority to promoting the safety and welfare of all including that of children, young people, and vulnerable. The full details of our policy, procedures and contact details can be found here.