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Bishop of Exeter Says Met Office a Force for Good on Climate Change
The Bishop of Exeter says the threat posed by climate changed has been brought home to him by a visit to the Met Office, which is based in Exeter. The Rt. Rev’d Robert Atwell visited the UK’s national meterological service at Exeter Business Park on 12 May and was shown some of the research being carried out there. It includes agricultural research about soil degradation caused by climate change, long-term temperature forecasts for the UK…
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Bishop of Crediton Leads Event to “Offer Living in Love and Faith to God in Prayer”
A prayer event has been held at Exeter Cathedral to mark the move to the next stage of the Church of England’s Living in Love and Faith process. The event on 28 April, led by the Bishop of Crediton, the Rt Rev’d Jackie Searle, featured reflective prayer stations and short service. Living in Love and Faith (LLF) is the process for discerning the future direction of the Church of England on matters of relationships, sexuality,…
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Statement About the Sentencing of Peter Thurley
Former churchwarden Peter Thurley, from Ivybridge, was sentenced at Plymouth Crown Court on 20 April 2022 to 42 weeks in prison, suspended for 18 months, after pleading guilty to making, possessing and distributing indecent images of children. He was placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register and made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. He has been ordered to do 100 hours unpaid work, as well as 35 hours of the probation service Rehabilitation…
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New Play Tells Story of East Devon Community’s Kindness to Wartime Refugees
The inspiring wartime story of a Devon village and church community which offered sanctuary to Jewish child refugees has been turned into a play. Talaton a Wartime Refuge tells the story of how six children who fled Poland as part of the Kindertransport evacuation in 1939, were given homes in the East Devon village of Talaton for the duration of World War Two. The play will have its premiere in nearby Whimple on Monday 25…
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Clergy Gather at Cathedral Maundy Thursday Chrism Service For First Time in Three Years
More than 300 clergy and church members from across Devon gathered at Exeter Cathedral for the annual Maundy Thursday Chrism service. It is the first time it has been able to go ahead with a full congregation for three years because of the pandemic. At the service it is traditional for bishops and other clergy and licensed lay minsters to renew their ordination vows. Priests also collect holy oils to use in their parishes for…
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Bishop Encourages More Churches to Run Begin Well Antenatal Course for New Parents
The Right Reverend Jackie Searle, The Bishop of Crediton joined parents-to-be at Holy Trinity Church in Barnstaple to see the Begin Well antenatal course in action. Begin Well is charity which works with churches to provide antenatal classes. Its evidence-based course is hosted and run by local churches and offers parents-to-be the starting blocks for family life. After two years of running the course virtually via Zoom, Naomi Shaw and her team at Holy Trinity…
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