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30 Years On: Devon’s Female Clergy Reflect on Ordination Anniversary
Female clergy from across Devon have been reflecting on the 30th anniversary of the first women’s ordination’s to the priesthood in 1994. Here a number of ordained women in the Diocese of Exeter share stories about their own ministry journey and thoughts on what the anniversary means for them: Rev’d Prebendary Jennie Appleby, Team Rector, Plymstock and Hooe Mission Community In 1994 I was living in the North East of England with a young…
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Invitation to join our Eco Champs network!
We are developing our Eco Champs network, for people from local parishes and we’d like to invite you to join. Please respond to let me know if you’d like to be part of it. Sometimes it can feel a bit lonely if you’re the only one in your congregation working on this. So, we want to set up this network to provide peer support, shared learning, and generally energise each other by coming together. It…
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Devon Vicar and Former Royal Marine Running the Length of the UK in Just 17 Days
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…
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Energy Footprint Tool is now open to calculate your church’s carbon footprint
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…
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Bishop Jackie Opens New Primary School Garden in an Exmouth Churchyard
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…
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Devon’s Give 2 Go Green Churches Raise £85,000 towards Net Zero Improvements in Just Four Weeks
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,…
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