An update from St Mary's
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| July & August @ St Mary's |
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Updates from the teams at St Mary's, Ross-on-Wye
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| Saturday 28th June from 10.00am - St Mary's Churchyard |
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Join us for a wonderful celebration of the strawberry season! We will be selling strawberries and other local produce, homemade preserves, bacon and asparagus baps, cream teas, fizz, and crafts for the children. All proceeds to Walford Church. |
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| Saturday 28th June, 7.30pm - The Venue, Hill Street |
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Counter's Creek is an acoustic folk band based in London who make original music inspired by the folk music of the British Isles and beyond. Jigs, reels, grooves from Eastern Europe & West Africa, catchy melodies with closely interwoven harmonies allied to a real sense of swing and dance energy. |
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| Lunchtime Concert: John Kyrle High School Musicians |
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Wednesday 2nd July, 1.00pm - St Mary's Church |
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We are delighted to be welcoming music students from John Kyrle High School for our July offering of 45 minutes of music. Please feel free to bring along your lunch, your laptop, your work ... tables and Wi-Fi provided. A great opportunity to grab lunch on High Street from any of the excellent food outlets there. |
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| Photography Exhibition - Weird and Wonderful |
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Monday 14th - Wednesday 30th July - St Mary's Church |
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You may have seen some of Sandra's and Steve's imaginative photography on social media, much of it inspired by and featuring church buildings. They've been experimenting for a while with multiple exposure techniques. Here's your chance to come and see some of it close-up and in person. Don't miss Steve and Sandra's talk on their techniques on Wednesday 30th July at 1.00pm. This is also a FREE event. St Mary's is open every day from 9.00am - 5.00pm. The exhibition is free of charge. |
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| Conversations Over Lunch - AI: The Future is Now |
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Wednesday 16th July, 1.00pm - St Mary's Church |
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For July's FREE lunchtime talk we welcome John Handby, a good friend to St Mary's, to discuss AI.
Our world is rapidly becoming managed by AI with chatbots already with us and humanoid robots shortly to be a part of our lives. Can we control the world we are creating and manage the revolution we are creating? Just maybe the dystopian Hollywood movies were right after all.
Please feel free to bring along your lunch, your laptop, your work ... tables and Wi-Fi provided. A great opportunity to grab lunch on High Street from any of the excellent food outlets there. |
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| Heritage Walk - Thomas Blake |
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Wednesday 23rd July, 10.30am - meet at Ross Market House |
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Thomas Blake is often described as a the "pius benefactor" - he built the Baptist Church among many buildings and was a great champion of those not so well off. Mark Eardley is chair of Ross Civic Society and has spent some time researching the subject, the walk will visit the many sites around Ross that have a connection to Blake. This is the 200th Anniversary of Blake's birth. No need to book, just meet at the Market House at 10.30am. |
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| Saturday 6th - Sunday 14th September, 10am - 5pm |
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h.Art heralds the beginning of Autumn in Herefordshire. We have our usual collection of wonderful artists all in the beautiful space of St Mary's Church. Coffee, tea, cakes and lunches served every day. A great place to spend a bit of time this week. |
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| The Anglican churches in the parishes of Ross, Walford & Brampton Abbotts |
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Supporting and developing the fabric of St Mary's and building partnerships. |
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