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Church Details for Holy Cross Woodbury

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

Clergy in the Mission Community

The Rev Clive Sedgewick
Team Rector

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

The Rev Canon Cate Edmonds
Assistant Curate

Woodfield, Sidmouth Road, Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3ES
Tel: 01297 444465
Email The Rev Canon Cate Edmonds

Church details

Holy Cross Woodbury
East Devon
EX13 5SW

Parish officers

Churchwardens

Mrs Amanda Loveridge
Tel: 01297 32500
Email Mrs Amanda Loveridge

Mrs Prudence Anne Russell
Tel: 01297 444664
Email Mrs Prudence Anne Russell

Mr David Warner
Tel: 01297 598376
Email Mr David Warner

PCC Secretary

Mrs Jennifer Margaret Pyle
Tel: 01297 631647
Email Mrs Jennifer Margaret Pyle

PCC Treasurer

Mrs Amanda Loveridge
Tel: 01297 32500
Email Mrs Amanda Loveridge

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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Fighting Food Poverty During the Summer Holidays

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First stone unturned in hunt for clues about Exeter Cathedral cloisters

A new archaeological dig has begun in Exeter Cathedral Cloisters, an area which has never been excavated before. It aims to discover the layout of the cloisters in medieval times, in the hope of re-using the original foundations to design a new Cloister Gallery linking the main Cathedral building with the cafe and historic Chapter House. Camilla Finlay, the Cathedral’s architect, said “It’s brilliantly exciting, what I’m really hoping we’re going to find are the…

A summer term like no other in one of Devon’s CofE schools

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‘Loving our neighbour’ by wearing masks in church

Churchgoers in Devon are being strongly encouraged to wear face coverings when attending church services following new guidance from the Church of England. It follows updated Government guidance encouraging people attending all places of worship to wear face coverings. It follows a number of recent coronavirus spikes in England which have led to local lockdowns. It is these which have prompted the Government’s new guidance for places of worship, in tandem with face coverings now…

Exe Estuary Pilgrimage Brings Light After Lockdown
A Devon vicar and former Royal Marine is leading a one-day walking pilgrimage from Exeter Cathedral to Exmouth to celebrate the re-opening of church buildings after lockdown and raise money for charity. The Reverend Steve Jones and others will set off from the cathedral on Saturday 11 July, following a short service led by Canon James Mustard and a blessing by the Bishop of Exeter. They will be carrying a candle lit from the Cathedral’s…
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Online service to say thank you to the NHS
The Bishop of Crediton is leading an online service on Sunday 5 July to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the NHS. The Service of Thanksgiving was filmed in the chaplaincy of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. It features contributions from NHS staff, including an Emergency Care Assistant from South Western Ambulance Service. There are reflections from former medics who worked in the NHS from its earliest days, including Henry Gossman, a former neurosurgeon who…
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Thy Kingdom Come Zoom Prayer Room is a Hit
The Reverend James Grier is a happy man. The Diocese of Exeter’s Mission Enabler had been worried that running a continuous 10-day, 24 hours a day prayer room on Zoom would be hard to get people to sign up to and he would end up doing the lonely overnight slots on his own. But in the end, the prayer room, which was part of the international Thy Kingdom Come prayer initiative, exceeded expectations. Over 500…
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