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The Annual Parochial Church Meeting  Monday 15th April at 7 p.m. at St Paul's Church.

It consists of two parts. The first is to elect churchwardens and anyone on the Electoral Roll or living in the Parish is invited to attend and vote for churchwardens. Whilst all are welcome to attend the second part of the meeting, only those whose names are on the Electoral Roll can vote or take part. At that meeting we will receive the annual reports, approve the accounts and elect members of the PCC and Deanery Synod representatives. We therefore need an accurate and up to date Electoral Roll.

What you need to do:

• If you've been worshipping with us for 6 months please register on the electoral roll if you have not already done so.

• Notify us if you attend a different congregation in the benefice to last year.

• If you are now worshiping somewhere else, please ask to take your name off the Electoral Roll, as the diocese use the ER to calculate our parish share.

• Plan to attend the meeting if you are able and, in any case, pray for the meeting and those who will be elected.

Please do this as soon as you are able - forms will be in churches soon - as your name must be on the roll by 1st April if you wish to vote.

In terms of the elections this year... Churchwardens are nominated annually and we need a Churchwarden for each worshipping community. Could you nominate or second a nomination? Would you accept if someone asked to nominate you? The only other vacancies are for two PCC members for St Mary's, Wolborough; and for one additional PCC member to act also as a Deanery Synod representative. Nomination forms will be available soon in your church.

If you have any questions, please talk to clergy, your PCC members or Churchwarden.



DBS Checks:

To speed up the process of DBS checks for PCC members, Pastoral Teams or those working with children and young people, we ‘ve organised an evening where document checks can be done and help given with the rest of the process. This will take place at St Paul’s Church on Wednesday 27 th March between 7:30pm and 8:30pm.

If you are bringing documents, you will need 2 ORIGINAL documents, either both from list A or one from list A and one from list B to confirm your name, address and date of birth.

List A:

Current valid Passport or Biometric Residence Permit (UK)

Current Driving Licence (Full or provisional)

Birth Certificate - issued within 12 months of birth

List B:

Marriage/Civil Partnership Certificate (UK and Channel Islands)

Fire Arms Licence (UK, Isle of Man / Channel Islands)

Immigration document, visa or work permit

Mortgage Statement (UK)**

Bank/Building Society Statement or Credit Card Statement (UK)*

P45/P60 Statement **(UK & Channel Islands)

Council Tax Statement (UK & Channel Islands) **

Utility Bill **

Benefit Statement* - e.g. Child Allowance, Pension

* It should be less than three months old. ** It should be issued within the past 12 months. Not denoted - it can be more than 12 months old



The February Coffee Morning

at St Paul’s raised £308.45 in aid of Dartmoor Rescue.



Lent Groups - A Christian Manifesto

Our main Lent course meets on Wednesdays at 11am at St Paul’s. If you’d prefer an evening, we have a number of small groups which will have space for people to join them during Lent. Books and study guides are now available in our churches.



Milk Bottle Tops

St. Luke’s are collecting for the Childrens’ Hospice South West. Please save your plastic tops (not cartons) and send them to the office or leave them in church to be brought to the office. Thank you.





BEWARE - SCAM!

Churches in Devon are being warned to be on the alert for an email scam in which fake emails are being sent out which look like they are from a bishop or the local vicar.

In fact they are a fraud, designed to trick recipients into doing the sender a 'favour' by buying online gift cards for them.

Some people have lost thousands of pounds before realising their bishop or vicar has not really emailed them and they have been conned.

Police Advice

Action Fraud, a national police scheme, offers the following advice about scam emails:

The first email typically reads something like “[name], are you free at the moment?” or it may be more detailed, such as “Do you have a moment I have a request I need you to handle discreetly. I am currently busy… so no calls just reply to my email.”

A reply then draws the recipient into a dialogue in which they are encouraged to buy vouchers, and ultimately send images of their serial and security numbers to the fraudster.

Please click here to read the full story and for detailed advice about spotting scam emails.

Stay Safe Online



Financial Appeal Letters:

 If you haven’t yet collected your letter, please take and read one, and pray about your response. If any named letters are left, and you know where they live, please take the letter and post it through their letter box.



Praying for our New Bishop of Exeter

This is the year our new Bishop of Exeter will hopefully be appointed. Please continue to pray for the selection and discernment process as it moves forward. The shortlisting of candidates will take place in February, with interviews likely to be in held in April.


 


 

Parish Maintenance Team

A team of people able to assist church wardens with the practical care of our 5 churches. Jobs might include: cleaning gutters, changing light bulbs, decorating, tidying and moving furniture. Interested? Eager? Contact Dave for more information.



A New Priest for St Luke’s Milber and St John’s Bovey Tracey.

Reverend Matthew Cashmore has been appointed Vicar of Bovey Tracey St John with Heathfield and Team Vicar in the Newton Abbot Team Ministry with special responsibility for the parish of St Luke, Milber in the Diocese of Exeter. Fr Matthew is presently Vicar of St Anselm, Hayes in the Dioces of London.

Before ordination, Fr Matthew worked for the BBC and later for publishing and bookselling businesses in the development of digital communications including digital broadcasting, podcasting production, and e-book publication. Having discerned a vocation to the priesthood, he earned a degree in theology from the University of Durham and prepared for ordination at Ripon College, Cuddesdon. His initial curacies were in Hereford and West London, and he has served the parish of St Anselm, Hayes in West London since 2019.

Subject to the completion of all legal formalities, the Bishop of Plymouth will institute Fr Matthew to the benefice of Bovey Tracey St John with Heathfield and license him as Team Vicar in the Newton Abbot Team Ministry on a date in early April to be confirmed, during a service in one of the parishes at which the Bishops of Plymouth and Oswestry will officiate.

Your prayers are asked for Fr Matthew, his wife Catherine, and their son Edmund as they prepare to move to Milber Vicarage in the spring; for the mission and ministry of St Anselm,

3 Hayes and the people of that parish; and for Fr Matthew’s preparations for this new stage in his life and work as a priest.

You can follow Fr Matthew on Twitter at @matthewcashmore or read his blog at www.thelondonbiker.com/blog/



Newton Crisis Aid - An Opportunity to serve your local community

Newton Crisis Aid work partly out of Abbotsbury Church and are seeking some new trustees. They’ve written a note to explain what that means and how you can find out more.

At the beginning of a new year perhaps you are challenged to consider fresh ways in which you may offer time in service of your local community. Well, here is an opportunity to consider. Newton Crisis Aid was established in 2015 as a charity in response to the refugee crisis. It has three main aims: to raise funds, organise clothing collections and support refugee families within Teignbridge. The original trustees have worked hard and successfully to fulfil these aims, but through circumstances the group is now smaller, and we require some fresh blood to continue the work.

The role of a trustee is not arduous. We meet about 8-9 times a year, usually in the home of a trustee, to plan our actions and consider how we can best support the refugee families in the area. We have Syrian and Afghan families living locally and we also support the work of Refugee Support Devon, based in Exeter, who are dealing with the asylum seekers billeted in the region. Trustees are required to ensure that we meet the aims of the charity and allocate funds responsibly, but as our policy is to spend swiftly any monies raised to meet immediate needs, there is highly unlikely to be any personal risk.

Essentially, we are asking you to consider supporting our work in a more formal way by joining a small team that wants to demonstrate that refugees are worthy of our love and care. Do give this some thought and if you want to know more, please ring Andrew Rose (Chairman) 07974-841060.



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Parish Office Hours.

Parish Office at St Paul's Church, Devon Square is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. For all enquiries, please phone 01626 211346 or email office@newtonabbotparishes.co.uk

Mel Dunn, Benefice Administrator.



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