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Living Stones Live Celebrates Church Buildings and Those Who Care for Them
The social media influencer Inspector Organ, was one of a number of inspiring speakers at the first Living Stones Live event at Abbotsbury church in Newton Abbot recently. The day-long conference was organised by the diocese Church Buildings Team to bring together people who care for their church buildings, including clergy and lay volunteers, to get inspiration, guidance and support from a range of experts. Other speakers included Douglas, a trainee LLM from Okehampton who…
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Bubble Churches Popping Up All Over Devon!
Following our Bubble Church training day in March we have seen Bubble Church growing across the Diocese, with many more planned for launch in September. Bubble Church is a Sunday church service especially for babies, toddlers, and young families. It’s a puppet-packed, Jesus-centred, coffee-and-food-fuelled, 30 minute kids and families adventure. Following in the footsteps of Eggbuckland, Thorverton and Alphington, the Lynn Valley and All Saints Sidmouth have also recently launched Bubble Church in their settings….
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Generations Gather in Prayer and Worship for Exeter Cathedral Thy Kingdom Come Service
GCSE Students from St Cuthbert Mayne School in Torquay shared their insights on connecting with younger generations about faith at this year’s Thy Kingdom Come celebration service at Exeter Cathedral on Sunday 17 May. The theme for the ecumenical service was From Generation to Generation, based on Mary’s song, known as the Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55). St Cuthbert Mayne is a joint Roman Catholic and Anglican secondary school. The service was attended by hundreds of people…
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Remembering Fishermen Lost at Sea in Brixham Quayside Service
Sunday 10 May was the National Day of Remembrance for Fishermen and Helen Lovell-Smith, from the Fishermen’s Mission and Rev’d Philippa Bellows, Team Rector of Brixham Mission Community, led a service on Brixham quayside to commemorate those lost from the local fishing community. During the service flowers were passed to the RNLI boats from Plymouth and Exmouth to lay at sea. There was music from The Missin’ Links shanty band and a recording was played…
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Bishop of Exeter’s Chaplain to be Next Archdeacon of Wells
The Rev’d Jo Stobart, currently Chaplain to the Bishop of Exeter, is to be the next Archdeacon of Wells in the Diocese of Bath and Wells. For Jo, it will be a return to the diocese where she was ordained at Wells Cathedral in 2015 and served as a curate and vicar in rural parishes in Somerset before becoming Bishop’s Chaplain in spring 2025. Jo is also a General Synod member for Bath and Wells….
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Blessing of the Bikes Makes a Joyful Noise at Exeter Cathedral
Dozens of motorcyclists from across the South West gathered outside Exeter Cathedral on Sunday 10 May for its first ever Blessing of the Bikes ceremony. The event included choral Evensong inside the Cathedral, which a number of bikers attended. It was also livestreamed onto a giant screen outside on Cathedral Green. The event was organised by Father Matthew Cashmore, an Anglican priest and biker from Devon. He said afterwards “It was amazing hearing all the…
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