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Remembering a Courageous Campaigner for Women and Lay People in the Church
Shirley Ann Williams was an “enthusiastic and committed” lay person who played a key part in the campaign to allow women to be ordained in the Church of England.
She sat on the General Synod from 1985 to 2010 and worked tirelessly as part of the Central Council for the Movement for the Ordination of Women (MOW)….
Be Part of Our Thy Kingdom Come Zoom Prayer Room
There is something powerful about people joining together in a relay of continuous prayer, according to Rev’d James Grier, the Diocese of Exeter’s Mission Enabler. He is keen for as many church groups and individuals as possible to sign-up for a one-hour slot in the diocese Zoom Prayer Room, starting on Ascension Day (Thursday May 13) and finishing on Pentecost Sunday on May 23. The prayer room is part of Thy Kingdom Come, the 10-day…
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Living in Love and Faith is ‘the Task of Our Generation’
“I really believe in what we are doing with Living in Love and Faith. “This is our moment, this is the task of our generation in the Church, to be thinking about gender, identity, sexuality and marriage, and from the resources of our faith and spiritual life, to share in these important conversations.” The Bishop of Crediton, the Right Reverend Jackie Searle, is the Diocese of Exeter Advocate for the Living in Love and Faith…
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New Bay Church Gets £1.5m Funding to Reach Young People and Families
The Church of England in Devon has been successful in its £1.5m funding bid for a new mission initiative aimed at young people and families in Torbay. The new Bay Church will be based at St Andrew’s Church in Paignton. Rev’d Matt Bray, currently a curate at Harbour Church in Portsmouth, has been appointed as the church’s leader. He said, “It feels very exciting and a very welcome answer to prayer! “I feel so grateful…
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Helping “Justice Roll Down” in Devon and Cornwall
The chair of the Devon and Cornwall Police Community Scrutiny Panel says it exists to be a critical friend to the force and hold it to account when needed. The Reverend Nathan Kiyaga juggles the voluntary role with being Chaplain of St Cuthbert Mayne, a joint Roman Catholic and Church of England Secondary school in Torquay, and Rural Dean of Torbay. Devon and Cornwall is one of only a few police forces in the UK…
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Headstone Blessing for Unmarked Grave of Brothers Killed in WW2 Exeter Air Raid
A headstone blessing ceremony has taken place at the graveside of four brothers who died in a World War Two air raid in Exeter in 1940. It follows a fundraising campaign to erect a headstone on the plot at Higher Cemetery, in Heavitree, after the children lay buried in two unmarked graves for more than 80 years. George Squire, 17, John Squire, 12, James Squire, 8, and Sidney Squire, 3, were all killed when a…
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