A vicar and former Royal Marine from Devon is running from John O’Groats to Lands End in just 17 days to raise money for his churches and the Royal Marines Association charity. Rev’d Justin Montague is Priest in Charge of St Michael’s Church Beer and St Gregory’s Church Seaton. He said doing the run had been a “lifelong dream, that a few years ago seemed simply impossible.” Rev’d Montague set off from Scotland on 8…
Read More »The Church of England’s Energy Footprint Tool is now open for churches to enter fuel and power use from 2023. The data collected from the tool will help your church understand its carbon footprint and will mean you may be eligible for grants to help kickstart your net zero projects. This work is an essential part of caring for God’s Creation, by helping to combat global heating and climate change. The easy-to-use online tool will…
Read More »The Acting Bishop of Exeter, the Rt. Rev’d Jackie Searle, has been visiting primary schools across Devon this past week. One of her visits was to the Beacon Church of England Primary School, Exmouth, for the launch of their new school garden. The school itself is fully concreted and has no green space for the pupils. Over the past 18 months, Holy Trinity Church in Exmouth has been working with the school, the Diocesan Advisory Committee…
Read More »Churches in Devon taking part in the Give 2 Go Green pilot scheme have raised £85,000 towards their £97,000 goal in just four weeks. Give 2 Go Green is a match-funding project to help parishes raise money to make net zero improvements to their buildings. There are 16 churches in Devon currently fundraising for it. The Church of England nationally will match the money the churches raise up to an agreed grant amount. Sophie Phillips,…
Read More »One of the first women to be ordained as a priest will be preaching at her former parish church on Mothering Sunday to mark the 30th anniversary of the first women’s ordination to the priesthood on 12 March 1994. Rev’d Jane Wilson is the former vicar of Offwell in East Devon and will be returning there on Sunday. She was ordained as a deacon in London Diocese in 1991. At the time women were not…
Read More »The congregation at Ottery St Mary Church has rallied together to support homeless people and rough sleepers in Devon, by providing packs of useful essentials in the porch of the church. Research from the charity Shelter, who support homeless people, show that at least 309,000 people in England are without a home. This includes almost 140,000 children. The congregation at Ottery St Mary are hoping that the packs they have created will make a difference…
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