Praising God in Devon

Dearest friends, Church vestments can sometimes look, from the outside, like little more than ecclesiastical decoration – colour, fabric, embroidery, lace, and layers of clothing from another age. But they are much more interesting than that. The Church has always understood worship to involve the whole person. We hear the Scriptures, speak and sing, stand and kneel, receive bread and wine, see candles, colour, movement, and beauty. Vestments belong within that same language. They help tell us what kind of…

TONIGHT Planning MeetingThursday 10th at St. Luke’s we have our termly planning meeting. Everyone is very welcome to come and help us map out and plan the Autumn term with Advent and Christmas. It’s an opportunity to discuss what we thought worked well over the Summer and what we’d like to see in the term to come.  Prayer requests for Pilgrimage The Diocese Pilgrimage to Walsingham leaves on Monday morning and Jill has kindly agreed to take any prayer requests…

Dearest friends, Summer often brings a welcome change of pace. Schools close, regular groups pause, familiar faces go away on holiday, and the longer days invite us to slow down and notice the world around us. Rest is not an interruption to the Christian life; it is part of it. At the beginning of Scripture, God rests and makes that rest holy. The Sabbath is given to God’s people as a gift: a reminder that the world does not depend…