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Bishop Jackie First Woman to Lead Exeter’s Maundy Thursday Chrism Service
The Acting Bishop of Exeter, the Rt. Rev’d Jackie Searle, has become the first woman in history to lead the annual Chrism Eucharist at Exeter Cathedral on Maundy Thursday. The service is a major gathering of clergy and licensed lay ministers from across Devon, during which they renew their ministerial vows. It is an opportunity to thank them for their ministry and faithfulness in serving God and the people in their care. During the service,…
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Diocese of Exeter Shortlisted for Green Energy Award for it’s work to Achieve Net Zero by 2030
The Diocese of Exeter has been named among those shortlisted for the Local and Public Sector Net Zero Transformation category at the 2024 Green Energy Awards, which are hosted by Regen. This award recognises the crucial role that local public sector leadership can play in transforming the UK’s energy system for a zero-carbon future, through inspiring projects, ambitious leadership and supportive policy frameworks. The Green Energy Awards run each year, and they are a leading…
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Devon Church teams up with Primary School to Invite Parents & Carers to ‘Have a Coffee on Us’
‘Have a coffee on us’ was the invitation given to mothers and carers recently at Sherford, the new town east of Plymouth. Sherford Community Church’s big vision is for the town to flourish and come to know something of God’s great love: the strapline for the church is ‘Open, Generous and Engaged.’ Working in collaboration with Sherford Vale School and the House of Brews, the church wanted to treat mothers and carers this Mothering Sunday….
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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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