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Team Talk November 2026

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November 2026

This Month

Jonathan writes about the heavy metal torch he bought when he first lived in a village, and how God gives us enough light to go on as the evenings close in. Bishop Richard reports on a visit to the Diocese of Masasi in Tanzania, which celebrated its hundredth anniversary, and asks what we might learn from a Church whose first question is how to make the gospel accessible to those outside it. Hilda of Whitby is our Saint of the Month, and the Psalms series turns to Psalm 90, Home in a Fading World.

November is a month for remembering. A Service of Remembrance for anyone who has lost someone, at any stage of life, takes place at Holy Trinity on Sunday 15th November at 4pm, with tea, coffee, and cake afterwards. The Bereavement Group would be glad of donations of cake. Holy Trinity is also looking for a Church Warden, a Treasurer, and a PCC Secretary, and Jonathan would love to hear from anyone who might help. Jean Thomson’s Down Memory Lane tells the story of Bishop James Atlay and the building of Holy Trinity, and Kaitlyn Elverson of Caring for God’s Acre writes on the folklore of the churchyard yew.

Credo, our six-week course for exploring faith, reaches its final evening at Holy Trinity on 16th November. The Mothers’ Union Diocese of Hereford invites us to the No More 1 in 3 vigil outside the West Door of Hereford Cathedral on Saturday 28th November at 12:45pm, as part of the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence. The Blue Christmas Holy Communion, a quieter service for those who find the season hard, takes place at the Mascall Centre, Ludlow, on 23rd November at 11am.

At Breinton, there is good news from St Michael’s: the early stages of the bell cote and roof repairs are finished, and the Herefordshire Historic Churches Trust has granted £8,000. The work is costly, and the magazine explains the ways to give. Eighty people came to the line dancing at the Village Hall, the Coffee Morning raised £440 for the Macmillan Renton Unit, and the Harvest Supper in aid of We Are Farming Minds raised £390. From Advent Sunday you are invited to place a star on the Tree of Light and Hope at the back of St Michael’s.

Diary dates

  • 13th November, 7pm: Quiz at Breinton Village Hall, £5 on the door, in aid of St Michael’s
  • 15th November, 4pm: Service of Remembrance, Holy Trinity
  • 16th November: Final Credo evening, Holy Trinity, 7pm
  • 23rd November, 11am: Blue Christmas Holy Communion, Mascall Centre, Ludlow
  • 28th November, 12:45pm: No More 1 in 3 vigil and service, West Door of Hereford Cathedral
  • 29th November: Advent Sunday, and the Tree of Light and Hope opens at St Michael’s
  • 5th December, 10:30am to 12:30pm: Coffee Morning for Hereford Foodbank, Breinton Village Hall
  • 7th December, 7:30pm: Breinton History Group, in-house entertainment
  • 11th January 2027, 7:30pm: Breinton History Group, Chris Over on Herefordshire Postcards
  • 23rd January 2027, 6pm: Breinton History Group Wassail, Breinton Village Hall

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📅 Articles for the bumper December and January edition were due by 10th November 2026. Submissions to Jenny Sherfield: jesherfmag@gmail.com

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