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New Good Friday Choral Passion Inspired by Dartmoor and Bach
A new musical setting of the Easter Passion story written by a young composer from Devon will be sung in public for the first time on Good Friday at St Petroc’s church in Harford, near Ivybridge. The Baroque-style work for choir, soloists and organ has been written by Nicholas Courtman, the church organist. It also features sections of narrative, which will be performed on Friday by a local actor. He said the inspiration to write…
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Devon Schools explore the Easter Story through the Big Sing Easter Experience
The Diocese of Exeter’s Education Team recently hosted a special Easter event at Holy Trinity Church in Exmouth, welcoming pupils from local schools in the Exmouth area for a day of reflection and celebration. The Big Sing Easter Experience combined a series of interactive stations telling the Easter story, followed by a service with Easter songs and hymns. Almost 200 children in upper key stage two attended the event. The Easter Experience featured six interactive…
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Magnolia Trees Planted to Commemorate Archbishop Sarah’s Devon Connections
Three magnolia trees have been planted in Devon to commemorate the Installation of the new Archbishop of Canterbury. The Most Reverend Dame Sarah Mullally is the first female Archbishop of Canterbury and was Bishop of Crediton in the Diocese of Exeter from 2015 to 2018. The trees were planted in the grounds of the Bishop’s Palace in Exeter, the churchyard of Holy Cross Church, Crediton and Exeter Hospiscare’s Searle House hospice, ahead of Archbishop Sarah’s…
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Digital Ministry Mission Shed Inspires Churches to Try ‘God-Given’ Technologies
Authenticity is becoming a scarce resource, driving more demand for creator content, not less. The dial is moving from ‘Can you create?’ to ‘Can you make something that only you can create?’ Joe Hartropp, the Church of England’s Digital Labs manager, was the main speaker at the Diocese of Exeter’s recent Digital Ministry Mission Shed at St Jude’s Shed in Plymouth. People from churches across Devon gathered for a day of learning and inspiring about…
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Bishops Call for Prayer for Cyprus, the Gulf and Wider Middle East as Conflict Escalates
Devon’s Anglican bishops have called for Christians in the county to respond to a request from the Bishop of Cyprus and the Gulf to pray for all those caught-up in the current conflict in the Middle East. The Diocese of Exeter is officially linked with the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf. At least six countries in the diocese, which covers Cyprus and a number of the Gulf states, have been hit by drone strikes…
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The Church of England’s Disability Project awarded £5 million in funding
The Church of England has recently announced it is awarding £5 million over the next three years to the Disability Project. The Disability Project aims to remove barriers and encourage participation for deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people in the life of the church. The project will receive funding for a series of programmes between 2026 and 2028. This includes a number of leadership projects, as it encourages more disabled people into leadership roles within the…
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