Ben's Induction
as Team Rector of the Culm Valley Mission Community will take place at 7:30pm, on Wednesday 16th October and will be held at St Mary’s Uffculme. Everyone is invited to attend.
Adult Baptism
We are planning to hold another service with adult (believer's) baptism by immersion at Abbotsbury Church on Sunday on 3rd November. If you haven’t yet been baptised and would like to be baptised in this way, you’ll need to book on the Identity course above! Please contact Dave rector@newtonabbotparishes.co.uk for more information.
The Christmas Journey 2024 - w/c 2 December at Abbotsbury Church
With 6 schools and around 125 children already booked in for the Christmas Journey, we now need to assemble our team of actors (reading simple scripts) and helpers (for the very simple art activities) To find out more, please come to our briefing and training session at Abbotsbury Church on Sunday 3rd November from 3pm-4pm.
The New Bishop of Exeter's Service of Welcome and Installation: 2nd November
The Rt. Rev’d Dr Mike Harrison will be installed as the new Bishop of Exeter at Exeter Cathedral on Saturday 2 nd November. Bishop Mike will become the 72 nd bishop in a service which has traditions stretching back hundreds of years.
The service is also expected to have personal touches chosen by Bishop Mike, and will include representatives of Devon’s schools, uniformed organisations, community groups and charities, other Christian denominations and representatives from world faiths. Read the full story.
November’s Installation service will be a ticketed public event. Booking details will be available shortly through the Exeter Cathedral website.
Operation Christmas Child Church Collection Centre
Dates for this year at St Paul’s Church:
We will have the church open to receive shoeboxes on:
Monday 11 November from 9-10am
Wednesday 13 November from 9-9.45am
Saturday 16 November from 9-11am
Sunday 17 November from 9-10.30am
Last year we managed to collect 230 shoeboxes to send off so we are hoping to do even better this year!
Evangelism Mission Shed 16 November at St Jude's Plymouth
Speakers include Rev'd Canon Chris Russell, Advisor to Archbishop of Canterbury for evangelism & witness, and Rev'd Dr Ben Aldous, Principal Officer for Evangelism and Mission at Churches Together in England.
Click here to book your place.
Next Evensong
Our next Evensong will take place on Sunday evening, 29 December at 5:30pm at St John’s Bovey Tracey. It will offer a slice of peace and quiet during the busy Christmas period, so why not put it in your diaries now?
Foundations
Foundations is the introductory course for everyone in the Diocese of Exeter who is exploring their vocation (both lay and ordained). The course is designed to help people grow in their discipleship, and flourish as part of the Church. It is the foundational course to train as a Licensed Lay Minister (Reader), for ordination training or to train for one of the new Commissioned roles. It is run by the Diocese of Exeter as part of our commitment to lifelong learning and development for all, and is open to everyone who is a member of a church community.
The topics covered are: Theology, The Bible, Spirituality and Ministry. The Foundations course is a mixture of in person and online teaching. There will be several intakes a year and it will run in different locations to make it as accessible as possible for a wide range of people across Devon. If you apply to do the course in 2024/5, you will be invited to join one of the three regional groups, in the following locations:
- Plymouth (St Jude’s Church) running from October 2024 to March 2025
- North Devon (location tbc) running from January to May 2025
- Exeter (location tbc) running from January to May 2025
Click here to find out more about Foundations.
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St Luke's Christmas Fayre - 7 December
Come and Sing Messiah
‘Come and Sing Messiah’ on Sunday 8 December at Abbotsbury Church.
Confirmation Service
A Confirmation Service is likely to be held in the spring of 2025. Please contact Dave rector@newtonabbotparishes.co.uk if you are interested.