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Good news from the Church of England in Devon Feb 2012
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Devon
Lenten p4-5
lifestyle
challenge
Mission
Money p14-15
Choose your p6-7
cuppa with care

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Feb 2012
Welcome
Welcome to your first edition of
the Devon magazine in 2012
and my last edition as editor.
In this issue you will discover details of
further awards made from the Million
for Mission fund, news of a FREE Lent
course for each Mission Community,
a focus on Fairtrade, your essential
What’s On guide and much more.
It has been a privilege and joy to work
with you in highlighting the fantastic
work done in Devon’s churches and in
the local communities. Publications
officer Karen Brookes-Ferrari will be
your new contact and I am sure, like
me, will find the job an inspiring one!
Here’s to new horizons and a Happy
New Year.
Nicky Davies
Communications Support Officer
This is the regular magazine from the Church of
England in Devon called Exeter Diocese. We are
a network of 120 mission communities and 506
parishes in towns and rural communities across
Devon, including Plymouth and Torbay. The
magazine goes out to over 22,000 households
in ten issues a year, with joint Dec/Jan and
Jul/Aug issues. Printed on paper from
sustainable sources, Cowdall Printers.
Diocesan Offices
The Old Deanery
The Cloisters
Exeter EX1 1HS
01392 272 686
The Exeter Diocesan Board of Finance Limited is
a company limited by guarantee No 186001
registered in England Charity No 249798.
IN November 2008 our son Paul,
then 19, died from a brain tumour.
Paul’s smile, sense of fun and
concern for others touched all who
knew him. He demonstrated a quiet
courage and determination to get on
with his life, sustained by his faith in a
loving God.
During and after his illness, as a
family, we found great benefit
from times away and having set
up a charitable trust in Paul’s name
we decided to establish our own
accommodation where we could
offer a break to young adults (aged
approx 18 – 30), their family and
friends, facing similar circumstances.
We bought The Old Bakery and run
it commercially as a B&B, but those
meeting the Paul’s Fund criteria can
have their accommodation costs met.
We call it Paul’s Place. More than just
accommodation, Paul’s Place aims to
be somewhere special that will be a
source of strength, hope and positive
memories.
We can accommodate six to eight
people and have a guest dining
room, lounge and kitchen giving a
flexible self-catering option. As well
as regular and Paul’s Place guests, we
News
welcome small church groups and our
minister at St George’s church is able
and willing to provide spiritual and
pastoral input if requested.
The grief of losing Paul does not go
away, but in setting
up Paul’s Place we
have found a new
purpose and
direction in our
lives and for that
we thank God.
Details 01271 891076,
www.pauls-fund.co.uk or
www.georgehambandb.co.uk
Paul’s Place
Following the death of their son, David and Pippa Morton
moved to Georgeham in North Devon where they set up a
charity offering free holidays to bereaved and terminally ill
young adults. Here they tell us more…
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Lent
Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Holy Land: Bishop
Michael, the Bishop of Exeter, together with other
bishops from the diocese will lead a diocesan
pilgrimage to the Holy Land from 6-15 November
2012.The 10-day trip will be based around Jerusalem
and Galilee and is organised through McCabe
Pilgrimages.
Details from the Revd Tim Thorp on 01752 417618.
New Yearbook: The 2012 diocesan yearbook is
now available; an invaluable guide to the people,
parishes and ministries of the diocese. New features
include: spiral binding, separate schools section and
expanded index. It’s available from the Old Deanery
at £10 per copy plus £3.50 p&p.
To order please contact Mrs Janet Goddard on
01392 294900.
Readers’ Residential: The annual Exeter Diocese
Readers’ Residential get-together takes place at
Brunel Manor in Torquay from 24-26 February 2012.
Palm Crosses: Handmade, locally grown palm
crosses from our linked diocese of Cyprus and the
Gulf are on sale now. In the past we have raised over
£1,200 annually through these sales. The proceeds,
without any expenses deducted, are sent directly
to Bishop Michael in Cyprus as part of our ongoing
support. The crosses cost £13 per hundred and
should be ordered by the end of February 2012. They
will be ready for dispatch early in March.
Orders and details from Canon David Price on
01395 269811 or email rea@14broadway.eclipse.co.uk.
Stop Press - New archdeacon for Exeter: The
Bishop of Exeter has appointed a new archdeacon
for Exeter, the Revd Christopher Futcher. Christopher
is currently Rector of Harpenden St Nicholas in the
diocese of St Albans. He will start in post after Easter.
More details to follow in a future issue.
YOU might
recall that in
2005 Devon’s
churches promoted a
Lent course entitled
‘What on Earth are we
doing’, and subtitled
‘A Lenten Challenge to
Lifestyle’. You may have
even been someone
who participated in this
initiative.
Six years on, this question
is perhaps even more
relevant. We are facing
such key challenges in
our human relationship
with God’s earth. With a
growing population and
increasing demands, we
are consuming natural
resources more quickly
than they are replaced.
Fresh water, minerals,
oil and gas, are finite.
Extinction is facing a
growing number of plant
and animal species. We
continue to contaminate
the air, seas and land with
impurity. Then there is
global warming…
How we live here
affects how others die
somewhere else. The
message of ecology, as
with St Paul’s metaphor
of the body, is that we are
all inter-connected. We
all belong to one another
and have responsibility
for each other. This we
call love, peace and
justice in action.
What have you or your
church done to improve
your environmental
behaviour and ecological
footprint in this time?
Are you wasting less and
recycling more? Have
you reduced your travel
or water demands? Do
you support Fairtrade and
local producers? Are you
using greener energy?
Devon Churches Green
Action has recently
developed a map of
our ‘green churches’.
These include ecocongregations,
Fairtrade
registered communities,
composting toilet
facilities and renewable
energy projects.
We invite you this Lent
to reflect on these and
other actions and get in
touch. It may lead to a
series of articles? Email:
news@exeter.anglican.org
Pictured are the Bishops
of Bishops of Bath & Wells,
Exeter and Gloucester, who
support the work of the Eco
Church South West project
being run in their dioceses.
These pictures were taken
at St Mark’s Church in
Exeter, prior to the planned
installation of solar panels on
its hall roof.
What on Earth are
we doing now?
It’s six years since Devon’s churches took part
in a Lent course challenging those involved
to re-think their lifestyles. Director of Church
and Society Martyn Goss wonders how you
are getting on…?
Turn to p14-15 for exciting news
of a FREE Lent course available
to all Mission Communities.
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Lent
IT’S Sunday morning and Purity
Muthoni is preparing tea at Mathia
Anglican Church, Ndima, Kenya. She’s
a leading figure in her local Mothers’
Union and parish and will serve tea
from a thermos after the service.
Tea is important in Purity’s life. With her
husband, William Mathenge, she has
6,000 tea bushes which they pluck with
help from their son and casual workers.
Fairtrade pioneer Traidcraft has helped
them develop their skills and improve
the quality of their produce.
‘Fairtrade is very, very important to
me,’ says Purity. ‘We get good money at
the end of the year. We used to grow
quantity, but we grow best quality now.
Before we were given little, sometimes six
shillings per kilo which was not enough.
We were stressed. Now we are well-fed.
We have a good diet and get money from
the tea to educate our children.’
For thirty years Traidcraft has been
helping people in poor communities
trade their way out of poverty. An
important part of their work has been
to help producers reduce impact on
their environment. But today Traidcraft
helps them adjust to the changing
weather patterns brought on by
climate change. They help farmers
diversify crops and identify other
sources of income to survive times of
unpredictable climate.
Ninety per cent of the carbon emissions from our daily cuppa come
from boiling the kettle. But climate change is making life harder for
the farmers who grow our tea and coffee, says Sally Farrant.
Choose your
cuppa
with
care
Purity prepares tea in the church kitchen in Kenya. Photo: Traidcraft/Richard Else.
Have a
Fairtrade Lent
Buy refreshments for your
church? This Lent choose tea,
coffee and sugar with the Fairtrade Mark.
Buy a smaller pack if it’s more expensive.
Haven’t tried Fairtrade? This Lent use
only Fairtrade tea, coffee and sugar and
discover which brand suits your tastes.
Most supermarkets stock a range.
A regular Fairtrade consumer? Your
challenge could be to move from
supermarkets to buying from Traidcraft.
Your money will go further since they
support producer groups too small for
supermarkets. Find a local person who
sells Traidcraft on their website
www.traidcraft.org.
Already serve Fairtrade refreshments at
church? Take the next step and agree
together to become a Fairtrade Church.
Visit www.exeter.anglican.org/yourchurch
or ring Joanie Harris on 01392 294940
and ask for a Fairtrade Church Pack.
Fairtrade Fortnight is 27 Feb – 11 March
2012. Order a ‘Big Brew’ pack from
Traidcraft on 0845 330 8900 and invite
your wider community to join you.
In Malawi tea farmers can no longer
rely on the rains in November, and one
tea estate has lost half the trees due
to drought. Wildfred Kasitomu, a tea
farmer for over 30 years, says: ‘We are
harvesting between 3,000 and 4,000
kilos of green leaf a year. But 10 years
ago you could get between 7,000 and
8,000 kilos of leaf over the same time.
Our income has gone down. Farmers
can no longer afford to send their
children to school.’
In northwest Tanzania the January rains
failed and did not trigger the white flowers
which bring the fruit. No fruit, no coffee
bean. For the 18,000 coffee-growing
smallholders who belong to the Karagwe
District Cooperative Union Limited this
means hunger for their families.
In Devon every Sunday more than
26,000 cups of tea or coffee are drunk.
Add all the coffee mornings and ‘mums
and toddlers’, and a simple everyday
action becomes a movement. This Lent,
let’s buy Fairtrade and show our care for
those who overcome climate change to
bring us our daily cuppa.
For more information about how climate
change is affecting Fairtrade farmers see
www.fairclimatedeal.net
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2012 Prayer Diocesan Diary: Income Feb Budget: 2012
Total £13,086,000
Please pray for people in these mission
Grants
communities
from the Archbishops’
and parishes.
Council,
Thank
£1,440,000,
you, John
11%
Mapson.
1. Abbotsham. Cl: Francis Otto.
15. Two Rivers MC (Alverdiscott, Atherington,
2. Pyworthy, Pancrasweek, Bridgerule. Cl: Chris Diocesan investment Beaford, High income, Bickington, £1,193,000, Horwood, 9% Huntshaw,
Hardwick; Rdr: Mary Aicheler.
Newton Tracey, Roborough, St Giles in the
Common 3. North Fund, Devon Coast MC (Berrynarbor, Combe
Wood, Tawstock, Yarnscombe). Cl: Michael
£8,423,000, Martin, 65% Countisbury, Lynton, Martinhoe,
Clark, Kim Mathers (RD), Scott Paterson; Rdr:
Parracombe, Trentishoe). Cl: Chris Stead,
Hazel Barwise, Charles Halpin, Jacque Ward.
Fee income, £525,000, 4%
Yvonne Yates; Rdr: Christopher James.
16. Torridge MC (Torridge, Buckland Filleigh,
4. Shirwell MC (Bratton Fleming, Challacombe,
Huish, Langtree, Merton, Newton St Petrock,
East Down, Kentisbury, Loxhore, Shirwell, Stoke Pertersmarland, Petrockstow, Shebbear,
Rental income from clergy housing, £678,000, 5%
Rivers). Cl: Les Austin; Rdr: Robert Ingram. For
Sheepwash). Cl: Susanna Metz, Martin Warren;
those exploring a vocation to Reader Ministry. Grant from All Rdr: Churches Sheila Deane, Trust (EIG), Carol Wright. £165,000, 1%
5. Shirwell Deanery. Rural Dean: Les Austin; Lay 17. Great Torrington MC (Frithelstock, Little
Chair: Eileen McCraig; Sec: Clive Levi; Tres:
Diocesan reserves - Mission & Ministry Development Fund, £143,000, 1%
Torrington, [Taddiport], Great Torrington). Cl:
Michael Crabtree. Education Sunday Diocesan reserves Lawrence - general McClean. reserves, £519,000, 4%
6. Swimbridge, West Buckland, Landkey. Cl: Geoff 18. Thika Diocese, Kairi Deanery. Gituamba Parish ,
Squire; Rdr: Peter Rozzell.
Joseph Gatungu; Kairi Parish:
2012 7. Little Diocesan Dart MC (Burrington, Expenditure Chawleigh, Cheldon,
Budget: Total £13,086,000
19. Wilson Kamau.Torrington Deanery. Rural
Chulmleigh, Kings Nympton, Meshaw,
to train clergy for the Dean: future, Kim £519,000, Mathers; 4% Lay Chair and Sec: Dennis
Romansleigh, The Beacon [‘Fresh Expressions’
Beresford; Tres: Martin Warren.
Church], Thelbridge, Wembworthy, [Eggesford], National church responsibilities, £386,000, 3%
Witheridge with Creacombe, Worlington East,
20. White Cross MC (Aylesbeare, Clyst St George,
Worlington West). Cl: Roderick Withnell, David to promote leadership Clyst in St the Mary, area Farringdon, of mission and Woodbury, evangelism, [Exton], £113,000, 1%
Rudman, David Prescott; Rdr: David Cain, Christine Woodbury Salterton). Cl: Christopher Cant,
to provide Chandler, clergy Yvonne for all Childs, Bryant Sanders. to equip church members Karen Spray. to be prayerful disciples for Christ, £95,000, 1%
Mission 8. Edgemoor Communities / Oakmoor MC (Bishops Nympton, to create, 21. resource Raleigh and MC nurture (Budleigh Mission Salterton, Communities, [Knowle], £483,000, East 4%
and parishes Charles, in East Anstey, High Bray, Knowstone,
Budleigh, [Bicton], Otterton). Cl: Anne Charlton,
the Diocese, Mariansleigh, Molland, North Molton, to develop local David ministry Scrace; teams Rdr: throughout Christine the Channon. Diocese, £112,000, 1%
£9,668,000, [Twitchen], 73% Rose Ash, West Anstey). Cl: Peter
to provide 22.
Attwood, Andrew Jones, Chris Whinney.
resources Littleham-cum-Exmouth for the spiritual nurture with and Lympstone growth MC.
of children and Cl: James young Hutchings, people, £139,000, vacancy; 1% Rdr: Maureen
9. South Molton and Chittlehampton MC
Douglas, Sid Humphries.
(Chittlehamholt, Chittlehampton, [Umberleigh]. to undertake all statutory work as efficiently as possible, £1,264,000, 10%
East Buckland, Filleigh, South Molton [George
23. Clyst MC (Broadclyst, [Killerton], Clyst Honiton,
Nympton], Warkleigh with Satterleigh). foster & Cl: develop Jane socially responsible Pinhoe, Rockbeare, action & community (Cranbrook), engagement, Sowton. £128,000, Cl: 1%
Willis, Christopher Pouncey, Chris strategic Robinson;
Jeremy Clark, Mike Partridge; Rdr: Richard Frost,
development and management, £139,000, 1%
Rdr: John Cundill, Howard Friend, Lynne Flatt,
Sandra Parker.
Chris Grasske, Susan Robinson, Gerald additional Willis. work, £40,000, 24. 0% Brunel Readers’ Residential Conference, 24–26.
10. Patrick Parkes: Mission Resources Adviser;
25. Chaplain among Deaf People: Catherine Carlyon.
PA: Julia Maynard.
Detail of items defined as ‘statutory’ responsibilities:
£000,s
26. Aylesbeare Deanery. Rural Dean: David Rea; Lay
11. Cyprus and the Gulf. Abu Dhabi. Cl: Clive
Church Windebank, Schools including Gillian building Nisbet, responsibilities
Chair: Paul Tapp; Sec: Linda Beattie;
Penny George;
492
Safeguarding Rdr: Jo Henderson.
children and vulnerable adults
Tres: Robert Soutter.
71
Criminal Records Bureau umbrella organisation
13
12. South Molton Deanery. Rural Dean: Peter
27. Withycombe Raleigh with Exmouth MC
Diocesan
Attwood;
Advisory
Lay
Council
Chair:
for
Charles
the Care
Hodgson;
of Churches (incl Chancellor) [includes and Church All Building Saints Strategy WR and Committee St John in the 83
Diocesan Sec and Registry Tres: Sandra Andrews.
Wilderness]. Cl: Stephen Hoyle, Robert Sellers, 51
Board of Finance, Finance Team, Assets Group and Budget Assessment Trevor Group Smyth. (incl audit and insurances) 277
13. Winkleigh MC (Ashreigney, Broadwoodkelly,
Board of Finance Custodian Trustee responsibilities (parish trusts etc)
22
Brushford, Winkleigh). Cl: Peter Norman; Rdr: 28. Police Chaplains in the Diocese.
Pastoral Clive Committee Jobbins, costs Adrian (incl Magor. mapping)
35
29. Crediton MC ([St Francis, Yeoford, Posbury],
Bishop’s Diocesan Council
30
14. Dolton MC (Dolton, Iddesleigh, Dowland,
Sandford, [Upton Hellions, New Buildings],
Diocesan Synod and the houses of clergy and laity
26
Monkokehampton). Cl: Carolyn Brodribb,
Shobrook). Cl: Catherine Carlyon, Dominic Doble,
Clergy
David
Common
Ursell;
Tenure
Rdr: Karen
ministerial
Wainwright.
review and development
Paul Fillery, Nigel Guthrie; Rdr: Jack Shelley.
22
Land registration - diocesan and parish property
24
Lay pension deficit
83
Other “If items you believe you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer” (Matthew 35 21.22)
Total: 1,264
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Giving
changes
lives
I am very grateful to everyone for all the time, talents, prayer and fi nancial
support which you give for the work of the Church in this Diocese – work
centred on the sharing of God’s good news with the people of Devon.
The Diocese of Exeter is not an offi ce next to the Cathedral but people,
parishes and mission communities throughout the county.
Most giving, whatever its nature, supports the ministry of the local
Church. But we are all part of a much wider family which extends across
Devon and beyond. We share together in spreading God’s good news,
not going it alone, but supporting one another in prayer, time, talents and
the fi nancial resources of the Common Fund. When we gather together
on Sunday we are a local expression of the wider and deeper life of the
Church which goes on for 168 hours a week, 52 weeks a year.
Your giving changes lives as people encounter Jesus through word and
action: in schools and activities for children and young people; supporting
hard-pressed communities and people on the margins of society; nurturing
new vocations; maintaining and adapting beautiful church buildings;
providing inspiring worship; pastoral care in all life’s highs and lows.
God gives us everything – our lives, our friends and families, the creation
around us and most directly through the salvation found in Jesus Christ.
So, thank you for all that you do and for all that you give to God’s mission.
I encourage us all to continue in God’s service and, if possible, to deepen
our response to His overwhelming generosity and thereby ensure that we have
the resources, both financial and otherwise, to do God’s work in His world.
Rt Revd Michael Langrish
Bishop of Exeter

Giving
changes
lives
Your hard work and
financial giving are
transforming lives
of people across
Devon: in cities,
towns and remote
villages. Together
we are sharing the
good news of God’s
love for all.
Reaching new heights
Re-ordering of the Victorian church
of Holy Trinity, Barnstaple offered
the opportunity for the church to do
something dramatically different and
create a climbing wall in the tower.
The diocese has supported the project
through advice and funding and the
tower is used for outreach. Pioneer
minister Andy Dodwell said:
“It’s given people in the church the opportunity to combine their
love of sport with serving God by reaching out to people in the
wider community.”
Listening to God
A project to develop young leaders in youth
and children’s ministry is running in the
Culm Valley Mission Community. One of
the aims in the first year was to encourage
young people to listen to God through
exploring creation and outdoor education.
Pioneer youth minister for the deanery,
Selina Garner, said: “I’ve been amazed by
God’s incredible provision for the Create Youth and Children’s Ministry
project in its first year. Hearing a young person share an insight or
understanding of God is always such an enormous privilege and joy.”
A brighter future
All Saints Church of England Academy in Plymouth
opened its doors last autumn and will shortly begin a
major £12 million rebuild to provide new facilities for its
1190 pupils. It offers youngsters a distinctively Christian
ethos and an endowment fund has been established to
provide extra opportunities for students.
Principal Pete Grainger says: “We have had a fantastic first
year as a new Church of England School for Plymouth
and are delighted that the new build will provide 21st
century facilities that enables us to offer inspirational
learning and opportunities for our young people.”
Growth in ordinations
The Bishop of Exeter ordained 20
new deacons this year, the highest
number in around 50 years. Bishop
Michael said the deacons were
the ‘first fruits’ of the diocese’s
commitment to growth:
“We are also starting to see the
beginning of a new pattern of
ministry develop, as more and
more people commit to supporting
themselves in their ordained ministry.”
Meals for all
The vision of the vicar of
Cockington, Tony Macey,
has turned a large modern
church into a parish centre
providing hot meals, a sports hall and worship
space. Now 30 - 70 people, many of whom live alone,
come every day for a three course home cooked meal by a
trained chef for just £4.50.
Tony said: “We want to serve our community as Christ
served and this centre is open to everyone. Spending
time in the restaurant and talking to people is like a
daily confessional.”
Find out more:
Hadyn Whitcombe, Diocesan Accountant,
The Old Deanery, The Cloisters, Exeter, EX1 1HS
01392 294960
hadyn.whitcombe@exeter.anglican.org

2012 Diocesan Income Budget: Total £13,086,000
Common Fund,
£8,423,000, 65%
Grants from the Archbishops’ Council, £1,440,000, 11%
Diocesan investment income, £1,193,000, 9%
Fee income, £525,000, 4%
Rental income from clergy housing, £678,000, 5%
Grant from All Churches Trust (EIG), £165,000, 1%
Diocesan reserves - Mission & Ministry Development Fund, £143,000, 1%
Diocesan reserves - general reserves, £519,000, 4%
2012 Diocesan Expenditure Budget: Total £13,086,000
to provide clergy for all
Mission Communities
and parishes in
the Diocese,
£9,668,000, 73%
to train clergy for the future, £519,000, 4%
National church responsibilities, £386,000, 3%
to promote leadership in the area of mission and evangelism, £113,000, 1%
to equip church members to be prayerful disciples for Christ, £95,000, 1%
to create, resource and nurture Mission Communities, £483,000, 4%
to develop local ministry teams throughout the Diocese, £112,000, 1%
to provide resources for the spiritual nurture and growth
of children and young people, £139,000, 1%
to undertake all statutory work as efficiently as possible, £1,264,000, 10%
foster & develop socially responsible action & community engagement, £128,000, 1%
strategic development and management, £139,000, 1%
additional work, £40,000, 0%
Detail of items defined as ‘statutory’ responsibilities:
£000,s
Church Schools including building responsibilities
492
Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
71
Criminal Records Bureau umbrella organisation
13
Diocesan Advisory Council for the Care of Churches (incl Chancellor) and Church Building Strategy Committee 83
Diocesan Registry
51
Board of Finance, Finance Team, Assets Group and Budget Assessment Group (incl audit and insurances) 277
Board of Finance Custodian Trustee responsibilities (parish trusts etc)
22
Pastoral Committee costs (incl mapping)
35
Bishop’s Diocesan Council
30
Diocesan Synod and the houses of clergy and laity
26
Clergy Common Tenure ministerial review and development
22
Land registration - diocesan and parish property
24
Lay pension deficit
83
Other items
35
Total: 1,264
Giving
blue plaque “Bishop of
lives
Bishop’s Letter
I
DON’T remember I did not expect the from present difficulty
much about it but I building to be as it was or sometimes they can
was born in a little 64 years ago nor have a imprison us in past
cottage in Plymouth changes hurts and fears. Some
which my parents had Crediton was born here”. memories entangle us in
rented after the war. The present owner kindly a golden period which
It was opposite my invited Sue and me to makes today’s reality
grandparents’ house visit and we showed my seem unsatisfying, whilst
which had survived the old photos. A magical other more painful
blitz, although the house moment for me was memories can hem us
next I am door very had grateful been to everyone sitting in for a all chair the exactly time, talents, in and prayer make and it hard fi nancial to
blown
support
up by
which
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you
mine.
give for
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sat
Church
discover
in this Diocese
that the past
– work
we
in the photo all those feared need no longer
Years centred later on after the my sharing of God’s good news with the people of Devon.
years ago. I also had my overshadow us today.
parents The Diocese died I found of Exeter old is not an offi ce next to the Cathedral but people,
photo taken standing
black parishes and white and photos mission communities throughout the county.
by the front door and it Lent is a time when
of the cottage showing
Most giving, whatever its made nature, me supports look as if I the still by prayer and loving
ministry of the local
me as a child standing at
the
Church.
front door,
But
and
we
also
are all part belonged of a much there.
support we can entrust
wider family
our
which
history
extends
to God
across
and
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sitting not going on a favourite
alone, but supporting do because one whilst another in prayer, whilst our time, memories talents are and
chair the in fi nancial the lounge resources below of cottage the Common had changed Fund. When part we of us gather together
the on bedroom Sunday where we are I a local both expression inside and of out the I wider we and do deeper not life of the
was Church born. The which photos goes on for have 168 memories hours a of week, a past 52 weeks need to a live year.
brought back many that lives with me. We all there each
memories
Your giving
for me
changes
and I
lives
have
as people
memories
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Jesus
day.
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action:
to
in
return.
schools and activities
can offer
for
us
children
a refuge
and young
+Bob
people; supporting
hard-pressed communities and people on the margins of society; nurturing
new vocations; maintaining and adapting beautiful church buildings;
providing inspiring worship; pastoral care in all life’s highs and lows.
Memories can offer us a
refuge from present
God gives us everything – our lives, our friends and families, the creation
difficulty, around us or and most directly through the salvation found in Jesus Christ.
sometimes So, thank they you for all that you do and for all that you give to God’s mission.
I encourage us all to continue in God’s service and, if possible, to deepen
can imprison us
our response to His overwhelming generosity and thereby ensure that we have
in the past resources, hurts and both fears.
financial and otherwise, to do God’s work in His world.
Memories
Rt Revd Michael Langrish
Bishop of Exeter
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The latest announcement of grant winners from the Million for
Mission fund includes larger grants of more than £10,000. More
awards will have been made in January…
THE biggest grant of £93,000
was awarded to St Budeaux in
Plymouth. It will fund a worker
from the Churches Against Poverty
charity, set the church up as a debt
counselling centre, and renovate its
community centre. The Revd Stephen
Beach, vicar of St Budeaux, says he is
‘very grateful’ to receive the grant. ‘The
grant will enable us to help people
in our community who are suffering
under serious debt and reach out to
more people.’
More money
Tiverton’s St George and St Paul’s was
awarded £58,000 for a youth worker to
work with teenagers, in school and out
of school.
St Mary’s church in Uffculme was
given £39,300 to employ someone to
develop its ‘Square Corner’ Christian
café (pictured) into a hub to serve the
rural community.
Churches in Alphington, Shillington
and Ide in Exeter were awarded
£62,000 to employ a children’s worker.
for mission
FREE Lent course
A grant has ensured that a set of diocesan Lent course resources is being offered
free of charge to every Mission Community. Everybody Welcome is the name of
the tried and tested five-week course. The Ven Bob Jackson, former Archdeacon
of Lichfield who has written two compelling books on church growth, has created
the course and will run the following training sessions:
Tues 31 Jan 2pm–4pm Holy Trinity, Barnstaple.
Weds 1 Feb 10am–12pm St Luke’s, Buckfastleigh.
Weds 1 Feb 2:30pm–4:30pm Wonford Methodist Church, Exeter.
Course packs will be available for collection on these dates, and the training is
open to all, lay or ordained. If you are unable to attend the training day we would
appreciate it if you would arrange collection on these days from neighbouring
parish reps or colleagues or collect from the Old Deanery at your convenience.
Further details on 01392 294903.
Sue Noden on behalf of the Mission
Community, says ‘The funding has
come as a real affirmation that we
are following God’s plan for our
communities; thank you for giving us
the opportunity to share the Gospel
creatively with the people in
our villages.’
Fr Stephen J Hoyle from the
Withycombe Raleigh with Exmouth
Mission Community, says ‘Thank you
for the grant we have received from
the fund towards the ongoing ministry
of our youth worker, Dan Desmond.
Dan has made a considerable impact
on the life of our churches, as well as
playing an important role in the wider
community. The grant will enable the
further development of the work.’
Colyton was awarded £28,000 to
fund a part-time children’s worker
and Exwick was given £25,000 to set
up a night café to welcome in young
people visiting Exeter’s clubs and bars.
South West Youth Ministries based
in Paignton received £10,000 to fund
holidays for young people from
poorer homes.
Sara Artingstall of Christ Church,
Paignton says, ‘When we told our
youngsters that we had been
successful in our bid, one boy said
‘(the diocese) must really like us.’ This
generous gift has given us all great
For the full list of awards
visit the diocesan website:
www.exeter.anglican.org
Mission
The Square Corner café in Uffculme will be
developed to better serve the community.
encouragement for our mission and
hope for the future.’
And every Mission Community can
benefit from a FREE Lent course (see
separate box.)
The money is being handed out in
two slices – with the next tranche of
£400,000 going out in January.
The Rt Revd Michael Langrish, Bishop
of Exeter, says ‘It was wonderful
to see so many good applications
for this fund. Each project shows
how churches right across Devon
are responding to the real needs of
their communities. Our churches are
working to ensure they remain at the
heart of every village,
town and city
in Devon.’
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Explaining the
Common Fund
The Diocese of Exeter, drawing on
similar work recently undertaken
in Bristol Diocese, is producing
a short DVD for parishes and mission
communities explaining how money is
spent on different areas of work across
Devon, and how this work is funded
from the diocesan budget, of which
Common Fund is a large part.
The DVD sets out our work in the
context of our vision to grow the
church in Devon. All parishes will
be sent a copy of the DVD in early
February, along with resources
suggesting how the short film might
be used, in services and other parish
meetings. The DVD and resources will
also be available on our website,
www.exeter.anglican.org
PRAYER BOOK SOCIETY
QUIET DAY
in preparation for Lent.
10 a.m. - 3.30 p.m. on Saturday
February 18th at Plympton St Maurice
Church, Plympton, Plymouth.
“The Heart of the
Matter: Prayer”
conducted by
The Rev Preb Paul Hancock.
Tea & Coffee provided.
Please bring packed lunch.
Everyone welcome to attend.
Contact: Preb Paul Hancock
Tel: 01752 690655
Email: hazelnut33@aol.com
RETREATS & QUIET DAYS
21 Apr Wilderness – A Place Apart. Exploring
prayer at St Gregory’s Church, Dawlish. Sat 10:00-
16:00. Bookings: Mrs Janet Goddard (EP), The Old
Deanery, The Cloisters, Exeter EX1 1HS.
01392 27286 / janet.goddard@exeter.anglican.org
EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
5 Feb Fairtrade. All welcome to join us at our
service at St David’s Church, Exeter to hear
Traidcraft’s CEO speak about why Fairtrade is more
relevant than ever to Christian discipleship in
Devon. 18:00. Free entry.
FLOWER FESTIVALS
26-31 May Eyes on London Crediton Parish Church
10:30-20:00 except Sun 11:00-18:00 and Thurs
10:30-17:00. Refreshments, Art Exhibition, Stalls,
Tours. Free admission & parking. Parties welcome,
please pre-book. Bill Jerman 01363 772865.
MUSIC EVENTS
16-18 Feb Winter Workshop 2012: The Glories of
French Organ Music. Group workshops, individual
teaching, demonstration & full-length organ
recital. £160 (£120 for under-18s) excluding
accommodation. 01297 445709,
rgodfrey78@hotmail.com or 01305 250528
desmond.chaffey@btinernet.com
www.lymeregisorganschool.org
25 Feb Mozart Mass in C Minor & Clarinet Concerto.
Exeter Chamber Choir & Orchestra. Tickets £7-£24
from 01404 813041 & Exeter Phoenix Box Office,
Gandy Street: 01392 667080.
10 Mar RSCM Devon. Come & Sing Gregorian
Chant in Exeter Cathedral 10:00-17:00. Structured
round the monastic offices of Terce, Sext and
Nones. Directed by John Rowlands-Pritchard.
Ending with Vespers in the Quire. £10. Contact
Malcolm Walker: 01884 860501.
17 Mar New Music with Exeter Philharmonic Choir
& Exeter Cathedral Choir. Lazarus Requiem by
Patrick Hawes and A Cambridge Mass by Vaughan
Williams with the Sinfonietta conducted by
Andrew Millington. Exeter Cathedral 19:30. Tickets
£11-£19 from 01392 499211 www.exephil.org.uk
17 Mar Stanborough Chorus with the Lupridge
Singers singing The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace)
by Karl Jenkins and directed by Christopher
Fletcher at St Michael’s & All Angels Church,
Stokenham at 19:30. May Crimp 01548 842361
www.stanboroughchorus.org
24 Mar RSCM Passiontide Devotion at St Andrew’s
Tiverton 14:15-18:30. Bishop of Crediton leads
reflections & seasonal music. £5. Details: Malcolm
Walker 01884 860501.
31 Mar Bach St Matthew Passion at Exeter
Cathedral. 19:30. Exeter festival chorus conductor
Nigel Perrin, Baroque orchestra led by Margaret
Faultless. Tickets £22 (£20) to £12 (£10) EFC tickets
0845 6005441 Exeter Phoenix 01392 667080
www.exeterfestivalchorus.org.uk
16 Jun Please note date in your diary for the RSCM
National Celebration Day at Exeter Cathedral.
22-24 Jun ‘Celebration with flowers’. St Peter’s
Church, Sidford, 10:00-17:00. Further details Jean
Bridgeman tel 01392 514284.
COURSES AND CONFERENCES
5-9 Mar Keswick & Devon Bible week. All Saints’
Church, Sidmouth. Mon-Fri 19:45 and also Tue-Fri
10:45. Daily Bible Ministry, speaker: Charles Price
(Toronto). His wife Hilary will also speak at the
morning sessions. Details: Daphne Ward
01395 568420 / daphne.ward88@btinternet.com
PILGRIMAGES
7-15 Sep Ecumenical Pilgrimage Rome for 4
nights, with 4 nights in Umbria incl Assisi and
romantic Florence. Flight from Bristol. Brochure
from John Robinson: 01271 813783.
1-8 Oct Tour & Pilgrimage to Assisi and Rome.
Explore the spirituality & evangelism of St Francis
of Assisi; share in the colourful, spectacular
festivities honouring this popular saint. Limited
rooms available, early booking recommended. Last
3 nights in Rome. Fr DCW Vogt 01392 271943.
HOLIDAYS
27 Mar-4 Apr Celebrate Easter in the Holy Land.
Contact Nadia Harte 01803 529418 or
nadia@trinitytours.co.uk
WANTED AND AVAILABLE
Choir for Weddings S Devon, Ashburton Singers.
Wide choice of music, visit www.ashburtonsingers.
co.uk – no fixed fee, donations to choir funds.
01364 654033.
Place your orders now for 2012 palm crosses handproduced
by congregations in Diocese of Cyprus &
the Gulf. £13 per 100. David Price 01395 269811.
Clergy robes for sale. Offers welcome for cassock,
surplice, black scarf, Salisbury hood. White cassock
alb, set of stoles. Cullompton 01884 38105.
What’s On
Organist/Choirmaster required for St Francis
Church, Woolbrook, Sidmouth. Sunday Eucharist
9.30, monthly evensong, choir practice Fridays.
Modern two-manual organ. Salary negotiable.
Apply Rev R Peckham 01395 514522.
Organist & Choir leader. St Michael’s & All Angels
Church, Pinhoe, Exeter. We seek to appoint an
enthusiastic and versatile organist to lead music at
our friendly Parish Church. Four Sunday mornings
and one Sunday evening per month, plus choir
practice, Weddings & Funerals etc. Scope for
flexibility regarding level of commitment
www.pinhoechurch.co.uk. Enquiries to Mrs Sue
Salter 01392 464431.
For sale one-manual (no pedals) pipe organ. By
George Osmond, Taunton. Comprises 6 sparking
stops (some enclosed) with fair tone, electric
blower plus moving platform. Buyer collects.
01803 690950.
New Hymns & Worship Songs-Music & Word
version for sale. Quantity available. Please contact
Parish Office, St Brannocks, Braunton. Contact
01271 813367 office@stbrannock.wanadoo.co.uk
TO ADVERTISE HERE
Please send an SAE for form, or download from
www.exeter.anglican.org. Deadline SIX WEEKS
before month of issue, eg forms to be with us by
15 Feb for the April issue. Please note amended
cost £12 per 30 words. Please include SAE if you
require a receipt. Cheques payable to EDBF Ltd. No
phone or email ads are taken now – thank you.
Friday Fringe nights
24 Feb. Ian Adams. New Monasticism.
9 Mar. Margaret Silf. Beyond Belief
7.30 for 8pm. Let us know you’re coming.
Ash Wed Quiet Day
led by Bishop Bob Evens. 22 Feb.
Sheldon, Dunsford, Exeter EX6 7LE
smm@sheldon.uk.com www.sheldon.uk.com
01647-252752 reg charity 327394
Acorn Christian Listeners in Devon
We’re gathering a database and if you’d
like to keep in touch with local courses and
news, please send your contact details to
susie.ursell@exeter.anglican.org or call
01392 294919.
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The report highlights ‘the highly
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• be a committed Christian, able to lead devotional times.
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• You will be making a vital difference in the lives of the older
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• You will be well supported by our head offi ce team as well as
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St George's and St Paul's Church is a vibrant Christian community of all ages. We are
excited by the growing number of families and young people coming to know more of
God's love for them. Numerical and spiritual growth, community transformation through
serving and blessing are part of our vision.
We are now looking for someone to join us to help grow and develop our work with young
people in Tiverton. The role includes developing our youth programme for worship,
teaching and evangelism, coordinating our Sunday youth team, youth worship at Deeper
our youth cafe church and working in the local high school and college. The role will
involve working in our church, with our mission community of other Anglican churches in
Tiverton and ecumenically.
If you have relevant experience in leading and teaching young people (11-18years),
working with a youth congregation, and the ability to share the good news to young people
with or without faith we would love to hear from you. Ministry experience in bridging from
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Please contact Revd Barry Dugmore for an information pack and application form or call
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Devon Inspiration
‘Fairtrade is good to us. Without it, we cannot build anything,’
William Mathenge and Purity Muthoni in Ndima, Kenya.
May the cup that warms me on a cold day bring safety
from the elements to the picker.
May the cup that keeps me going when I’m hard at
work, also sustain the life of the grower.
May the cup that soothes my woes remind me of the
plight of the poor.
May the cup that cheers me as I rest,
bring fair reward to the tea worker.
May the cup of tea grown so far from my home,
bind me to the hand that plucked leaves from the bush.
May the God who loves all his creation bless us both
as we strive for fairness in his world. Amen.
Fairtrade Fortnight is 27 Feb – 11 March 2012
www.traidcraft.org Prayer and photo: Traidcraft.