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Monthly News from the Diocese of Exeter February 2009
Church of England
DEVON
A Tale of Two Farmers
Fairtrade Special: Rural Life at Home and Abroad
New DAC Chair Appointed
The Climate Change Transition
Bishop of Exeter: Hold Fast for Lent
Family Life: Coping with the Credit Crunch

CHURCH OF ENGLAND DEVON
NEWS & FEATURES
2-3 New DAC Chair
4 Child Protection Training
4 Emergency Coordination
5 Book Review: Climate Transition
10-11 Cover Feature: Fairtrade Farming
New DAC Chair
After an extensive selection process, I am
pleased to announce that I have appointed the
Revd Nigel Freathy as the new DAC Chairman
to succeed Tony Dunk.
Nigel has served in this diocese, initially as a
Reader and then as a priest, for 36 years.
REGULAR FEATURES
4 Pioneer Primer
6 Intercessionary Prayer Diary
7 Bishop of Exeter: Lent
8-9 What’s On: Events and Classifieds
10 FLAME: Credit Crisis
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Exeter EX1 1HS, 01392 272686.
Nigel Freathy, New Chair of the DAC
His ministry took him to Ivybridge, Kingsbridge,
Crediton, Exeter, Beer, Branscombe and
finally, until his retirement in March 2008,
to what became known as the Five Alive
Mission Community (the benefice of Dalwood,
Kilmington, Shute, Stockland and Yarcombe).
During his ministry he served as Rural Dean of
Honiton and sat on the Exeter Archdeaconry
and Diocesan Pastoral Committees.
As a member of the Diocesan Synod he
proposed the Honiton Deanery motion that
resulted in the setting up of a working party
into improving the effectiveness of the DAC. He
then was a member of that working party and
assisted in presenting its findings to the Synod.
He served as a member of the DAC for three
years as its churchyard consultant.
With his wife, Annette, he now lives in East
Devon and their grown up family of three sons
all live in different parts of Devon. I know that
Nigel is looking forward to the
challenge of this new post.
Michael Langrish
Bishop of Exeter
bishop.of.exeter@exeter.anglican.org
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Poisoned Chalice for DAC Chair!
The Bishop has handed me a “poisoned
chalice”. I am the new chairman of the
Diocesan Advisory Committee.
I call it a “poisoned chalice” because I know
before I start that the DAC and its chairman
cannot always win. However well as a
committee we do our job, there will be some
people who will feel that we have let them
down. Quite frequently the disaffected will
be church congregations who either a) in the
interests of mission and worship want to do
what they think are exciting things to their
church building and have been advised not
to do so or b) are wanting to carry out repairs
to their buildings but are advised from doing
it in what the parish deems to be the most
obvious and economical way and are instead
directed towards using expensive materials
and personnel.
As a parish priest in Devon for 27 years, I have
often been one of the disaffected and was
indeed very much to the fore in proposing a
motion from Honiton Deanery nearly 10 years
ago which resulted in a working party being
set up to review the workings of the DAC.
That working party’s recommendations have
been taken on board and I believe that things
are running very much better on the whole
but I am under no illusion that there will still
be dissatisfaction because the DAC cannot
always agree with parishes doing what they
want. The reason for that is that the DAC
has an important role in law to make sure
that our rich architectural, historic, artistic
heritage is protected, however sympathetic
one may be to churches that want to maximise
the opportunities provided by their church
buildings for effective worship, ministry and
mission.
My task is to try to ensure that the DAC really
does get alongside parishes in helping them
achieve their aspirations for their buildings
in a way that is sensible, economical and
achievable but at the same time does not
fail to comply with the legislation regarding
church buildings. Our churches are not only
historic monuments, they exist for a purpose
– the worship of God and the mission of the
church. They should be living buildings which
fulfil that important gospel-based role. As
Christians in Devon, soon to be celebrating
1100 years as a diocese, we are proud of the
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fact that our churches and their contents are
among the country’s finest historic, artistic and
architectural treasures. As churches we have
a task to safeguard this inheritance which has
been handed down by past generations of
Devonian Christians and which is part of our
county’s history as well as the church’s. We
also have a God given task of preaching the
gospel to everyone in Devon and using modern
methods to do so. Juggling these different
aims and priorities is not easy for parishes and
it is not easy for the DAC, made up as it is of
representatives of various conservation bodies,
architects, archdeacons and lay members of
Devon’s congregations. Church congregations
need great wisdom in getting the balance
right and the DAC similarly needs wisdom and
understanding.
We pledge to do our best.
Nigel Freathy
Chair, DAC for the Care of Churches
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PIONEER PRIMER
www.exeter.anglican.org/pioneer
What is the difference between pioneer
work and traditional evangelism?
There is actually quite a lot of evangelism
going on in Britain today, and some
churches are growing as a result. But
despite this, the overall numbers of people
in churches on Sundays has continued to
drop. Research into evangelism over the
last 20 years tells us that the vast majority
of people who have become committed
Christians through traditional evangelism
had already had some kind of Christian
background. Large numbers of people had
been leaving churches, but some were
being won over again to the Christian
faith through evangelistic events. This is
called the evangelism ‘shuffle’. People
are shuffling from one church to another,
although some get lost in the process.
Evangelism is about creating a bridge
between the church and the wider world,
and inviting people to walk over it into
the church. The people who have been
making that journey successfully are people
who already know something about the
destination!
Pioneer work does not invite people to
become members of the churches we
already have. It starts new congregations,
alongside our existing ones – congregations
that people who know very little about the
church and Christianity will find it easier to
join. They don’t bridge between the church
and the world; these congregations are a
bridge – between God and his world.
For most of us, this is a whole new way of
sharing our faith. We all need help in how to
do it. That is why in this diocese we offer a
one-year course to help people understand
it and begin to do it. It is called The Pioneer
Disciple. This year’s courses start in April in
Torbay and in East Devon. Visit
www.exeter.anglican.org/pioneer to find out
more.
David Muir
Course Leader, The Pioneer Disciple
david.muir@exeter.anglican.org
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CLERGY & MINISTRY
Read more about ministry in the Diocese of Exeter
at: www.exeter.anglican.org/ministry
Child Protection Induction
Training for Clergy and Diocesan
Staff
The course is held over two days. The first
day aims to improve awareness about what
constitutes child abuse and its impact, to
familiarise participants with the structures
and procedures in the diocese and to look at
what constitutes a safer parish culture.The
second day builds on learning from the first by
focussing upon the dynamics of sexual abuse
as they affect church communities.
This is mandatory training for all new clergy
and diocesan staff but existing clergy and staff,
who have not attended child protection training
in the past five years, are welcome to apply.
Day 1: Thursday 5 March - 0915-1630
Day 2: Friday 6 March - 0915-1630
at The Old Deanery, Exeter. EX1 1HS
If you would like to attend this course please
contact the Safeguarding Office.
Suzanne Jones, 01392 294911
Diocesan Safeguarding Coordinator
This is an Emergency…
A major traffic accident, an extensive flood or
a serious flu epidemic could happen in Devon
one day. Many people would suffer: those
immediately involved, their families and friends,
and the wider community. As the ripples spread
outwards everyone would hope that the Church
would be there to offer one-to-one pastoral and
spiritual care.
A team of clergy and laity from across the
Diocese is to be trained over the summer to
be operational from September 2009. It is
hoped that denominations and faiths will come
together to form a “Faith Community Team”.
If you are in ordained ministry, or life has given
you some experience and potentially relevant
skills, please do consider joining this team.
Email me, and I will email you back details of
what is involved and of two training days to be
held over the summer. Prayerfully think about
it. One day someone might be glad you did!
David Ireson, faithcomm@hotmail.co.uk
Diocesan Co-ordinator for Major Emergencies

From Oil Dependency to Local
Resilience
The Transition Handbook - Rob Hopkins
Green Books, 2008, pp 240
The Transition Handbook is a ground breaking
book which explores what will happen once
we reach oil depletion and have to think of
alternate ways of living.
The first part of the book deals with peak oil
and climate change which needs to be looked
at as a whole and asks the question what will
be required for societies to adapt themselves
painlessly to a different energy regime. For
those still not wholly convinced that peak
oil and climate change has arrived this first
chapter leaves you in no doubt that it has
and sooner than we thought. It is very well
researched and gives some very thoughtful
and interesting reading. It goes on to look at
the view from the mountain top of peak oil
to depletion and shows how out of necessity
these changes can lead to the rebirth of local
communities which will grow their own food,
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The author allows us the awareness of what
is called “the End of Suburbia” the shock of
life as we know it falling away before our eyes
which can lead to traumatic shock, illness and
depression. Many spiritual traditions speak of
dark nights of the soul and I have certainly felt
that at times reading this book.
The light and hope central to this book is
the concept of resilience. This refers to
communities’ and settlements’ ability not
to collapse at the first sight of oil and food
shortages, but to think on a smaller scale.
This entails bringing life back to how some of
us remember it in the fifties and further back
still, with local being the key word. It tells of
the re-skilling of two lost generations and how
permaculture will be central to success.
The author then shares with us the success
of Transition Towns (of which there are many
in Devon) and gives us models of how they
have reached the position they are at to-day.
Dotted throughout the book is what are called
the twelve tools for transition which gives
instructive advice on how to start out as a
Transition city, town village or small settlement.
This is a book which has to be read from cover
to cover initially, you cannot dip in and out at
will. It left me both with a vision and the hope
that human society will be able to adapt, but
I can also see that unless something is done
on a much more dramatic scale, society as we
now know it will face collapse. Maybe the times
we are entering will bring a wake up call and
lead people away from greed and selfishness
and bring us back to the way God intends us to
be in relation with his creation.
This handbook is a vital working tool for church
communities, community councils, local and
national government. I recommend its reading
to all interested in ecology and green matters
and hope some of the facts will be brought to
the general public in the way of advertisements
over the next few years.
Sue Tucker
Diocesan Rural Officer
susan@exeter.anglican.org
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INTERCESSIONARY PRAYER DIARY: FEBRUARY 2009
1 Shirwell Deanery. Les Austin, Rural Dean. Eileen MacCaig, Lay Chairman.
2 Little Dart Team Ministry (Chulmleigh, Chawleigh, Cheldon, Wembworthy, Eggesford, Burrington,
Witheridge with Creacombe, Thelbridge, Meshaw, East Worlington, West Worlington). Roderick
Withnell, John Hanna. David Cain, Christine Chandler, Yvonne Childs, Ianthe Wraighte (Readers)
3 Oakmoor Team Ministry (Bishopsnympton, Rose Ash, Mariansleigh, Molland, Knowstone, East
Anstey, West Anstey, Alswear Chapel). Andrew Jones.
4 South Molton Deanery. Andrew Jones, Rural Dean. Ron Thorne, Lay Chairman.
5 South Molton Team Ministry (South Molton, Nymet St George, High Bray, Charles, Filleigh, East
Buckland, Warkleigh with Satterleigh, Chittlehamholt, Kingsnympton, Romansleigh, North Molton,
Twitchen, Chittlehampton, Umberleigh). Christopher Robinson, David Rudman, Colin Davis, Peter
Attwood, Christopher Pouncey. John Cundill, Howard Friend, Wendy Isaac, Chris Grasske, Susan
Robinson, Chris Whinney (Readers)
6 Thika Diocese. Mbugiti Parish. Salome Kimani
7 Ashreigney, Broadwoodkelly, Brushford, Winkleigh. Peter Norman. Adrian Magor (Reader)
8 Torrington Deanery. Kim Mathers, Rural Dean. Mary Marsham, Lay Chairman
9 Dolton, Iddesleigh, Dowland, Monkokehampton. Carolyn Brodribb, David Ursell.
10 Two Rivers Team Ministry (Newton Tracey, Alverdiscott, Huntshaw, Yarnscombe, Horwood,
Tawstock, Atherington, High Bickington, Beaford, Roborough, St Giles in the Wood). Kim Mathers,
John Carvosso, Michael Clark
11 Torridge Team Ministry (Shebbear, Buckland Filleigh, Sheepwash, Langtree, Newton St Petrock,
Petrockstowe, Petersmarland, Merton, Huish). Martin Warren. Sheila Deane, Sandra Juniper,
Christine Wright (Readers)
12 PLYMOUTH ARCHDEACONRY. Tony Wilds, Archdeacon. Margaret Bartlam, Ursula Bennett,
Paul Colman, Derek Gdanitz, Marian Grinter, Steven Linden, Roger Locock, John McIver, Roy
Matthews, Colin Marshall, Raymond Putt, David Short, Ian Silcox, Janet Vickers, Geoffrey Willetts,
Kenneth Worth (Archdeaconry Readers)
13 Cornwood, Sparkwell. Freddie Denman
14 Ermington, Ugborough. Nicola Hunt
15 Ivybridge Deanery. David Arnott, Rural Dean. Jennifer Townley, Lay Chairman
16 Holbeton, Newton Ferrers, Revelstoke. Jonathan Cruickshank, Jennifer Townley (Reader)
17 Ivybridge, Harford. Christopher Osborne. Helene Stainer, Marion Hinks. Barbara Greenberry,
Judith Ayres (Readers)
18 Wembury. Michael Harman. Trevor Gaught, Shirley Newnham, Roger Newnham (Readers)
19 Yealmpton, Brixton. David Arnott. Rosemary Clark (Reader)
20 St Aidan, Ernesettle. Tim Thorp
21 Devonport Deanery. Stephen Beach, Rural Dean. Terry Brown, Lay Chairman
22 Devonport St Aubyn, Stoke Damerel. David Nixon. Wendy Pezzey, Caroline Lee
23 Eggbuckland. Tim Dickens, Carrie Bowman, Derry Bowman. Elizabeth Dickens (Readers)
24 Cyprus and the Gulf. Jebel Ali, Christ Church. Canon Stephen Wright and Joanna Wright
25 Devonport St Bartholomew, St Mark Ford. Richard Sigrist. Catherine Davies, George Davies, Paul
Webber (Readers)
26 North Devonport Team Ministry (St Boniface, Weston Mill). Vacancy. Joanna Bound (Reader)
27 Devonport St Budeaux. Stephen Beach
28 Devonport St Michael and St Barnabas. Tim Buckley. Robert Hall, John Wright, Lynda Buckley
(Readers)
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Hold Fast this Lent
In November, along with Bishops Bob and
John I wrote to all churches across the
Diocese to encourage them to plan for a
time of prayer and fasting early in Lent. We
want to encourage this as part of our 1100th
anniversary celebrations which take place
this year, as a time when we seek to be more
faithful in sharing the Good News of Jesus
Christ across this County of Devon, seeking
to grow the members of Christ’s church and
increase the number of those being called out
for ministry in the Church. Calls for prayer we
are familiar with – but what about the request
to consider fasting? Isn’t that a bit extreme,
or old-fashioned, or not very Church of
England? In fact it is none of these things. The
combination of fasting and praying is not a fad
or a novelty approach to spiritual discipline. It
is something that has been deeply embedded
in all the major Christian traditions and it does,
of course, have its roots in the example and
teaching of Jesus himself. So what is fasting?
A fast is different from a hunger strike: a fast
is a personal act of devotion to God, while
a hunger strike is a public act most often
BISHOP’S LETTER
Bishop Michael will be holding his fast on
Saturday 28 February. You are invited to
join him and others at Exeter Cathedral for
reflection and prayer on the hour between
7am and 7pm. For more information see
www.devon1100.org
used to shine a spotlight on some particular
cause or concern. A fast is also not about
starving yourself; it is disciplined diet, not
total abstention from food. During a religious
fast, you still eat, you just abstain from certain
foodstuffs. Traditionally, people have fasted by
eliminating luxury items from their diets, such
as meats. You could have a fast that consists
of eating whatever you want, but drinking only
water. Orthodox Christians recognize five
levels of fasting, abstaining from some or all
of the following: meat, eggs, milk, butter, fish,
oil, and wine - or abstaining from all foods and
beverages except bread, water, juices, honey,
and nuts (after the manner of John the Baptist,
and probably Jesus as well during his forty
days in the wilderness).
To fast is then to just omit an item or two from
your diet — something that you would normally
eat during the course of the day. Every time
you get an appetite for those items, you will
be reminded of your fast and that will remind
you of the reason for your fast, and you can
pray instead of eating. This can have immense
spiritual benefit. You are simply using your
belly as a spiritual snooze-alarm. John Wesley,
the Anglican priest who founded Methodism,
refused to ordain anyone who did not fast on
Wednesday and Friday. He felt that anyone
who could not rule his own belly could not be
expected to rule the church of God! I find that
quite a salutary challenge to me.
The call to prayer and fasting during Lent is an
encouragement to have our eyes lifted from
those things that so often shape our thoughts
and desires, and so to be sharpened in our
hunger for the word of God and a deep thirst to
do his will.
+Michael
Michael Langrish
Bishop of Exeter
bishop.of.exeter@exeter.anglican.org
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COURSES & CONFERENCES
7 Feb A Different Journey. Pinhoe Road Baptist
Church, Exeter. 10:00-17:00. Hope and support
for those living with loss following the death of
a partner whilst still young. Cost £16 to include
lunch. Contact Susie Ursell 01392 294919
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9 Feb - 2 Mar Acorn Listening Courses.
Newport Church, Barnstaple (NOT Bishops
Tawton as previously advertised). 14:00-16:30.
Courses to run on 9, 16 and 23 Feb, and 2
March. Cost £30. Contact Susie Ursell 01392
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28 Feb Puppet Ministry Training Day. St Luke’s
Church, Buckfastleigh. 10:00. Great fun. £12.50,
bring lunch. Booking: Heidi 01364 642259.
2 Mar - 6 Mar Keswick in Devon Bible
Convention. Methodist Church, High Street,
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14 Mar - 15 Mar Corrymeela Community
Conference. Deanery Great Hall, Exeter
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weekend conference and celebration entitled
‘Justice, Peace and Reconciliation - learning
from Corrymeela’. Call 01392 464337 for
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25 Apr Divorce Recovery. Millhouse Retreat,
Tiverton. 09:30-16:00. A day led by Jim
Wheeler, founder of Aquila Trust, offering
support to those wanting to explore their own
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FLOWER FESTIVALS
30 May - 4 Jun ‘From Shore to Shore’ Exhibition
with Flowers. Crediton Parish Church. 10:30-
20:30. (Sun 11:00-18:00) Refreshments, free
parking and admission. Enquiries Bill Jerman
01363 772865.
RETREATS & QUIET DAYS
28 Feb Quiet Day. Hampton Manor (Nr
Horsbridge) Callington PL17 8LX. . With the
Rev. Dr David Rake. Cost £16 includes lunch,
afternoon tea, etc. To book, call 01579 370494
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7 Mar Prayer School: Openness to God in
Changing Times. Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth.
10:00-16:00. An opportunity to listen to God,
ourselves and each other. Enquiries and
bookings to Mrs Alyson Moore (Prayer School),
Council of Worship and Ministry, The Old
Deanery, Exeter EX1 1HS Tel: 01392 294920
email: alyson.moore@exeter.anglican.org
21 Mar Quiet Day. Hampton Manor (Nr
Horsbridge) Callington PL17 8LX. . With Father
Benedict Ramsden. Cost £16 includes lunch,
afternoon tea, etc. To book, call 01579 370494
e-mail hamptonmanor@supanet.com or visit
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22 Feb - 2 Mar Ecumenical Pilgrimage to
the Holy Land. Vist the Holy Land based in
Jerusalem and then Galilee. Not only visiting
the holy sites, but an opportunity to meet and
support the ‘living stones’. Leader with many
years experience, excellent local guide and
good quality hotels. Brochure and booking
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Hampton Manor
An ideal place to hold a church away-day
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Three Quiet Days (Saturdays) coming soon:
31st Jan. with Rev. Canon Andrew Wilson
28th Feb. with the Rev. Dr David Rake
21st March with Father Benedict Ramsden
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FAMILY LIFE www.exeter.anglican.org/flame
Are Your Finances Being
Squeezed?
Many people are worried about managing
their finances in light of the current
economic climate. The ‘credit crunch’
and rising cost of living are hitting many
families in the UK. Fear of redundancy,
repossession, repaying credit card loans
and simply making ends meet are very real
stress factors affecting our relationships
and health. Where do we go for help?
Christians Against Poverty is a national
debt counselling charity with a network of
82 centres based in local churches. CAP
offers hope and a solution to anyone in
debt through its unique, in-depth service
info@capuk.org . www.capuk.org tel:01274
760720. CAP offers training for ‘Money
Coaches’ who will work in their locality.
£100 trains 3 delegates to run 3-session
money management courses and includes
DVD and resources.
Similarly Care for the Family offers The
Money Secret Adult Education Course.
This is free and can be downloaded at
www.themoneysecret.info. This course can
also be run in your community.
Money, Debt and Family Life is a free
Support Net information sheet available
from www.careforthefamily.org.uk/
supportnet
If you’re 20s or 30s and want to stay in
control of your finances, take a look at
www.lookingatlife.org.uk
‘The Money Secret’ by Rob Parsons Is
available as a book (£6.00) or CD (£13) and
offers practical ways to unravel the murky
mysteries of credit cards, deal with debt
and find financial security. There is an
accompanying workbook to help you get
the most out of the book/CD. Available from
Care for the Family on 029 2081 0800.
Consumer Credit Counselling Service
is free, confidential and gives impartial
advice. Visit www.cccs.co.uk
or phone 0800 027 4995.
Susie Ursell
FLAME Coordinator
01392 294919 / 01805 804737
A Tale of Two Farmers
Steve and Lesley Harris’s family has been
farming in South Devon for three generations.
Dartmoor’s Haytor on the horizon, their herd
of cattle, Pure South Devons, live solely on the
local pasture at Waye Barton Farm. Their fields
produce potatoes, swedes, carrots, parsnips,
courgettes, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and
kale. In the autumn they harvest apples and
plums but the flock of Dorset sheep lambs at
any time of the year so there is fresh meat all
year round.
Sounds idyllic but we know better – it’s hard
work farming in Devon these days.
‘A.V.’ Thomas has been farming in the
mountains of Kerala, South West India, for 30
years and knows the best way to produce good
tea without using pesticides. In fact he’s a local
expert for a farmers’ co-operative. On top of his
own farm work, every morning and evening he
walks to neighbouring tea farms to give advice.
Fairtrade Lent
Use the discipline of Lent to make
intentional choices that reflect your faith as
you spend:
Buy locally when possible, but if the product
is from overseas, look for a Fairtrade option.
Don’t buy things because they are Fairtrade
- buy what you need but choose local or
Fairtrade.
One simple way to start the Fairtrade habit
is to choose Fairtrade coffee, tea and sugar
throughout Lent.
If you have already begun the Fairtrade
journey then buy local and avoid
supermarkets for Lent.
This Lent ask your church PCCs to discuss
committing to serve Fairtrade coffee, tea
and sugar and use local milk at all church
events as an expression of our faith.
If you are already serving Fairtrade at
church, then consider becoming a Fairtrade
Church this Lent and tell your community
you believe in a just and compassionate
God.
For more details visit:
www.exeter.anglican.org/society/fairtrade
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Thomas and his wife, Mary, have three children.
There is no state schooling and so they pay for
education and work hard to earn a future for
them.
Both farming families have to adapt to
a changing world. Nine years ago local
Methodist, Lesley Harris, started the Waye
Barton Farm Shop to sell farm produce and
recently she introduced a range of homebaking
from pasties to cakes and bread - all
using local ingredients produced on the farm.
The shop is proving a success and helping to
support the family of six.
In India, Thomas is part of the Sahyadri Tea
Farmers’ Consortium, where small scale tea
farmers work together. Their modern factory
processes their tea and is part of Traidcraft’s
Indian Ocean Blend, shipped to reduce
impact on the environment. As a Fairtrade
co-operative, the farmers not only receive a
fair price for their hard work, they also have
access to credit
loans to help buy
next year’s crops
before payment
for this year has
come in.
Thomas has used
the loan to buy
a cow to provide
his family with
milk and the farm
with manure. The
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Read more about fair trade at:
www.exeter.anglican.org/society
co-operative also receives a Fairtrade premium
– a grant for the farmers to use for a local
community project.
We’re a long way from India, but in our kitchens
and on our dining tables, farming families from
Devon and across the world are represented.
None of them are looking for charity but both
deserve our friendship and respect when we
buy their produce. Right from the start Lesley
has stocked Fairtrade alongside local produce.
‘We blame big corporations, but we all vote
with our weekly shopping,’ says Lesley. ‘When
we buy cheap food that doesn’t pay the farmer
in the developing country a living wage, that’s
what we put our name to.’
Waye Barton Farm Shop
01803 813051, open Wednesday – Saturday.
On A381 between Newton Abbot and Totnes.
Indian Ocean Tea Bags
Traidcraft 0845 330 8900
www.traidcraftshop.co.uk
Sally Farrant
Social Responsibility Officer
sally.farrant@exeter.anglican.org
Tea farmer Thomas with family cow, Kerala, India.
Image: Traidcraft
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BRelax in style
Situated in historic woodland and commanding a breathtaking
view over the English Riviera is Brunel Manor. Originally
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This spring come and enjoy one of our breaks, each with its own
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and lively workshops, to simply relaxing as we take you on a
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Do come, we’d love to see you!
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