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Church Serving Porridge on the Go
A church in East Devon has been demonstrating the Christmas spirit by serving posh porridge and coffee to passers by on their way to school or work. The church of St George & St Paul in Tiverton is on a key commuting route in the town and the Vicar, Reverend Andy Humm, said serving breakfast was a simple way of connecting with people. He said: ‘This is about saying “we are your local church and…
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Follow the Star into church this Christmas
A number of churches in Devon are planning to display giant stars throughout Advent and Christmas as a way of inviting people to come along to a Christmas church service. It’s part of a national Church of England campaign called Follow the Star which launched at the Archbishop of Canterbury’s official residence, Lambeth Palace, on 25 November with a spectacular light show. Exeter Cathedral has a large four-point star on its West front as part…
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Devon’s churches and cathedral offer a ‘service to democracy’ by hosting hustings
Churches in Plymouth are playing their part in the General Election campaign by hosting candidate hustings. The first took place on 25 November at Methodist Central Hall. The hustings have been organised by the Churches Together in Plymouth organisation and this is the fourth General Election it has run them, the previous ones were 2010, 2015 and 2017. Its chair, Chris Clewer, said: “We were initially asked by the Plymouth University Chaplain if we’d consider…
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Devon gets comic treatment with new Grass Roots discipleship course
An exciting new resource using comic-book illustrations set in Devon to help people explore Christian faith has been developed by Jon Curtis, Diocese of Exeter Lay Discipleship Advisor. Grass Roots is a collection of ideas and activities aimed at Christians and people interested in learning more about the life lessons that Jesus offered in the Bible. Jon said: “Jesus spent much of his life showing his friends and those he met stepping stones so that…
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Exeter Cathedral Girl’s Choir celebrates 25 years with specially commissioned canticles by Nico Muhly
Exeter Cathedral Girls’ Choir is celebrating its 25th birthday this month by performing two new choral works specially commissioned for the anniversary. The new versions of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis are by the renowned American composer Nico Muhly. His previous works have included two operas for the New York Metropolitan Opera, film scores, pop collaborations and church music. He was a boy chorister in Rhode Island and says that when he wrote the pieces…
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Inspiring stories at special St Boniface Award service
“Liz so deserves this medal, she’s helped hundreds like us. It’s just the little things that Liz does that touches the heart of people. She’s our driving force and without her we wouldn’t be where we are today, none of us.” Christine Hole says when she and her husband were in debt they were saved from taking their own lives by the advice and prayer offered to them by Liz Camp, one of the first…
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