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Church Details for All Saints

Mission Community: Yealm and Erme
Benefice: Holbeton
Deanery: Ivybridge
Archdeaconry: Plymouth

Clergy in the Mission Community

Church details

All Saints (Parish Church)
South Hams
PL8 1LL

Parish officers

Churchwardens

Mr Anthony MildmayWhite
Tel: 01752 830444
Email Mr Anthony MildmayWhite

PCC Secretary

Mrs Karen Flower
Tel: 01752 830478
Email Mrs Karen Flower

PCC Treasurer

Mrs Dinah Weldon
Tel: 01752 830139
Email Mrs Dinah Weldon

Readers

None listed

Easter mystery play going ahead despite coronavirus restrictions

A Devon vicar is planning to go ahead with a group performance of a traditional Easter passion play despite the coronavirus restrictions, by turning it into an audio play instead. Father Daniel French, vicar of Salcombe and Marlborough, said: “Six years ago a number of us in Salcombe performed a medieval mystery play on Good Friday around the town in the style of pop-up theatre. “In the light of coronavirus a lot of people have…

Bishop blesses new foodbank warehouse

The Bishop of Exeter has blessed Exeter Foodbank’s new storage facility during a short ceremony. The warehouse has just been completed and the blessing took place on 21 March, before stricter social distancing guidelines came into force. Exeter Foodbank is providing emergency food supplies to around 280 people per week and distributes about three tonnes of food. Many of its regular volunteers are over 70 and are now self-isolating. “Even giving a tin of peas…

Trainee priest stranded in Solomon Islands

A young trainee priest is trying to get home to the UK after becoming stranded in the Solomon Islands when flights were cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak. Sam Rylands, 30, whose parents are both priests in the Diocese of Exeter, is believed to be the only Briton stuck there. He had been on a visit to the Melanesian Brotherhood, an Anglican Christian community in Tabalia with an official link to the Church of England…

Church leaders across Exeter join together for online prayer gathering

Although churches are closed and physical Sunday services are suspended, this has not stopped churches finding new and creative ways to gather together, pray and worship. Many churches have been using platforms such as Zoom and Facebook Live to stay connected. Last Sunday, Rediscover Church hosted an online prayer gathering called ‘Exeter Prays’ with leaders from churches across Exeter. They were using a service called StreamYard which enabled them to switch between leaders from different…

Volunteers send over 100 food parcels to students on free school meals

School closures have left many parents whose children usually receive free school meals (FSM) facing uncertainty about food provision. That’s why a team of volunteers at St Cuthbert Mayne School in Torquay have been collecting, packing- up and delivering food parcels to the homes of pupils who receive FSM. So far this week over 100 have been given out. The school’s Chaplain, the Reverend Nathan Kiyaga said “We are providing enough provisions for a family…