Our new youth group at Redbrook have created this 2 minute video, released on 27th July 2021 to coincide with the Save the Wye walk coming through Redbrook.

For the story behind this story please go to our News Stories tab on the website

St Saviour’s Church, Redbrook

Masonry Conservation Workshop 10th – 12th September 2021

St Saviour’s Church, Redbrook lies in a wonderfully picturesque setting in the Wye Valley just south of Monmouth. The church is listed Grade II, designed by J P Seddon and built in 1873. It has suffered from quite exceptional masonry decay and is on the Buildings at Risk Register. For some years we have been trying to organise a masonry conservation workshop and hoped to run it last year but Covid intervened; the plan now is to run it this year over this long weekend in September. The idea is to have fun over this three day period with works to the building being carried out in the day and presentations and other entertainments taking place in the evenings.

For more details of this exciting project please click this link:

2406 – Redbrook Pamphlet for Masonry project

June 2021

6th June  10.30am Parish Eucharist at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Broadwell

13th June10:30am Eucharist at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Broadwell

10:30am Eucharist at St Peter’s Clearwell

10:30am Morning Prayer at All Saints Staunton

4pm  All age worship at St Saviour’s Redbrook

20th June 10.30am Parish Eucharist at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Broadwell

27th June 11am Eucharist at All Saints Church, Newland – First Eucharist after Ordination for Rev’d Bea Erskine.

From July 2021

1st and 3rd Sundays:

10.30am Parish Eucharist at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Broadwell

2nd Sundays:

10:30am Morning service at The Church of the Good Shepherd

10:30am Eucharist at St Peter’s Clearwell

10:30am Morning Prayer at All Saints Staunton

10:30am Morning Prayer at All Saints Newland

4pm  All Age Worship at St Saviour’s Redbrook

4th Sundays

10:30am Eucharist at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Broadwell

10:30am Morning Service at St Peter’s Clearwell

10:30am Morning Prayer at All Saints Staunton

10:30am Morning Prayer at All Saints Newland

4pm  All Age Worship at St Saviour’s Redbrook

There will be an Easter Eucharist service at 10.15am on Sunday 4th April at the Church of the Good Shepherd.

Numbers are limited so please book your place by emailing:

office.midwyedean@gmail.com

Tuesday 6th April – Eucharist at St Peter’s Church, Clearwell @ 11am

Wednesday 7th April – Eucharist at All Saints Church, Staunton @ 11am

Thursday 8th April – Eucharist at All Saints Church, Newland @ 11am

Due to the current Covid-19 restrictions there is no public worship in the Parish at this time.

There will be a service on zoom on Sunday Morning at 10.15am.

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Children in Redbook made their television debut this week as their nativity was filmed for BBC News. Just before 7am on Tuesday 8 December, 35 children in two villages, including the infant class of Redbook Church of England Primary School got to appear on BBC News.

“Herod is in lockdown in Chepstow and the wise men’s beards were lost in the post. But like every Nativity we are finding the children tell the story with such colour and convey the contagious excitement of that first Christmas”, says organiser Mari Hutchings.

“After Mac, as shepherd, had run down the field for me three times today, I asked him what’s it like being a shepherd.

“‘It’s a bit tiring’ he said!”

Mari wrote the script for the nativity and lots of local people have got involved. 81 year old Therese Casemore made all the angels’ costumes. People donated sheets for the shepherds, parents sewed on wings and a local farm hosted the production. A local drone enthusiast has also taken some stunning footage from above the angels. The children tie dyed all their own costumes and they look so vibrant against the landscape of early winter.  Ava slept in her angel dress every night when she had finished it.

Three girls have written a song which will be the soundtrack for the film.

The children are all members of the Art Angels group, which started during lockdown and gives free online art classes and provides art materials. The group has been ‘adopted’ by the church and is hoping to raise money to fund a toilet for the church (it doesn’t have one at all) so they can use the building for art classes after lockdown.

11 children are doing stop motion and graphics for the nativity and if lockdown restrictions allow, the group will be screening the film on 23 December, in the village church of Redbook, all day to small groups. They also plan to share it on YouTube.

Mari said, “It’s wonderful to have this to work on and I know the creative process has bought us all together as a community.”

Mark Bick, a representative from the church community said, “I am proud of how the approach of Art Angels puts the children in the forefront, telling the story, and that they have gained so much confidence through having  worked on Zoom on various projects through lockdown.”

You can catch up on iPlayer at 52’ 22” into the show.

Services have now resumed in the Parish and the following services will take place:

13th December

10.15am Eucharist at the Good Shepherd, Broadwell (also streamed to our facebook page).

4pm Evening prayer at All Saints Church, Newland.

20th December

10.15am Eucharist at the Good Shepherd, Broadwell (also streamed to our facebook page).

27th December  There will be no services in the parish today.

Services resume on 3rd January with a 10.15am Eucharist at the Good Shepherd Broadwell and a 4pm Evening prayer at All Saints Staunton.

Please see our main page for Christmas services and how to book seats to attend.

Historic England

The Mid-Wyedean Parish is very grateful to @Historic England Covid-19 Emergency Heritage At Risk Response Fund and the Government’s #Culturerecoveryfund for awarding All Saints Church, Newland a grant for repair work to the Brickdale Memorial  & Clerestory Windows and some gulley clearing and repair.

Please go to the All Saints Newland page on the ‘About Mid-Wyedean Churches’ tab for more details.

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