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Parish Details for Combpyne with Rousdon

Archdeaconry: Exeter
Deanery: Honiton
Benefice: Axminster, Chardstock, All Saints, Combpyne with Rousdon, and Membury
Mission Community: Axe Valley

Clergy in the parish

The Rev Clive Sedgewick
Team Rector

The Rectory, Church Street, Axminster, EX13 5AQ
Tel: 01297 792120
Email The Rev Clive Sedgewick

The Rev Geoffrey Walsh
Associate Priest of Axminster

Thimbles, 70 Flax Meadow Lane, Axminster, EX13 5FJ
Tel: 01297 598361
Email The Rev Geoffrey Walsh

Churches in the parish

St. Mary The Virgin (Parish Church)
Combpyne
EX13 8SX

Parish officers

Churchwardens

Mrs Jill Rosemary Hitchcock
Tel: 01297 442768

Mr Richard Whitworth
Tel: 01297 442493

PCC Secretary

Mrs Jill Rosemary Hitchcock
Tel: 01297 442768

PCC Treasurer

Mr Richard Whitworth
Tel: 01297 442493

Readers

Mrs Su Clark
Tel: 01297 34730
Email Mrs Su Clark

Mr Tony Nixon
Tel: 01297 34006
Email Mr Tony Nixon

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Bishop Robert’s May letter to the diocese
Bishop Robert records his May letter to the diocese. The text of the letter is printed in the May 2017 issue of the Church of England Devon magazine.
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Bishop Sarah April 2017
The Rt Rev Dame Sarah Mullally, Bishop of Crediton records her April letter to the Diocese. The words from this message can be found in the April 2017 edition of the magazine.
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Archdeacon of Barnstaple March letter
The Ven Dr Mark Butchers, Archdeacon of Barnstaple, records his March letter to the Diocese. The text of the letter is printed in the March 2017 issue of the Church of England Devon magazine.
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Bishop Robert Thy Kingdom Come
Between Ascension Day and Pentecost, the whole Church will be praying for Thy Kingdom Come, a prayer campaign led by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Watch the video by Bishop Robert to see how what we are doing in this diocese to grow in prayer, and how we can come together during these nine days to pray that more people may experience God’s love. Templates for the prayer boxes shown in the video will be available…
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