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North Devon Church Takes Aid Directly To Ukraine Border
A team from a North Devon church has used their community minibus to take aid to the Ukrainian border. Following a public appeal for medical, baby and personal items St Brannocks Church Braunton’s minibus, leading a convoy of three vehicles, left St Brannocks Rooms at 10am on Monday March 28 for the Ukrainian/Hungarian border arriving at Kisvarda the following evening. It was originally intended that only the minibus would make the trip but the the…
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Joint Councils Could Be “Logical Next Step” For Parishes Working Together Across a Mission Community
A North Devon Mission Community says forming a joint council has resulted in simplification and less administration for the nine parishes involved. The Two Rivers Mission Community moved to a joint council, rather than duplicating everything across nine PCCs. It was inaugurated by the Bishop of Crediton at a service earlier this year. Team Rector Gary Owen said, “We’ve been increasingly working together as a mission community over many years. Forming a joint council was the…
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Bishop of Exeter’s Easter Message Flies the Flag of Hope
On Easter Day, from church towers across Devon, you may traditionally spot the flag of St George flying. We call it the flag of St George, but originally it was the flag of medieval Jerusalem. English soldiers brought it back with them from the Holy Land, along with a devotion to St George, the early Christian soldier-martyr. As a result, George became patron saint of England. Medieval paintings of the resurrection often represent the risen…
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Bishop of Exeter Challenges Government on Levelling-Up Plans for South West
The Bishop of Exeter has challenged the Government on its ‘Levelling-Up’ plans for South-West England in a debate in the House of Lords. The Rt. Rev’d Robert Atwell, who became one of the 26 Lords Spiritual last November, was granted the hour-long debate after putting forward the motion: “The Lord Bishop of Exeter to ask Her Majesty’s Government what are their ‘levelling up’ plans for the South-West of England.” In his opening address, Bishop Robert…
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Valuable Feedback Helps Shape Diocese of Exeter’s Next Steps
Feedback about how the Diocese of Exeter can help Devon’s church communities plan for the future in a sustainable way is being used to help shape the next stage of the Next Steps project. Next Steps is part of the diocese’s vision to grow in prayer, make new disciples and serve the people of Devon with joy. Around 500 people from Devon’s four archdeaconries took part in the Diocese of Exeter’s Next Steps listening events…
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Diocese Education Team Welcomes New Deputy Director
The diocesan education team is pleased to be welcoming a new Deputy Diocesan Director of Education in May. Claire Platt has been a teacher in different forms for nearly 30 years and is very excited to be bringing her on the ground knowledge to the already ‘talented’ education team. As well as being a class teacher, Claire has worked for Devon and Torbay local authorities as a national literacy consultant. Claire then became headteacher at…
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