On 20th October, come along for breakfast any time from 9.45, with the service starting a little later than ususal at 10.45. Bring a toy tractor!
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The Breakfast Service this month is at the usual time, breakfast at 10 followed by the short service at 10.30. It will be a very special occasion when all our churches will join in welcoming Victoria Chester to her new role as Deacon and Assistant Curate. Do come and join us!   Many of us already know Victoria Chester, who has been exercising her Reader ministry here in Holyford Mission Community for a number of years. She has now completed her training for ordination and will be ordained Deacon at Exeter Cathedral on Saturday 14th September at 3.00 pm. Please pray for Victoria as she prepares for this new chapter in her ministry. She will be welcomed among us in her new role on Sunday 15th September at the Breakfast Service in Colyton: breakfast at 10.00 followed by the service at 10.30. So that everyone who wishes has the opportunity to be there, the morning services in the other Holyford churches that day have been cancelled. Other services which will still take place that day will be 8.00 am Holy Communion, Colyton; 6.30 pm Evening Prayer, Colyton. She will be continuing in her secular job as CEO Bristol Animal Rescue Centre while working among us as our Assistant Curate (self-supporting). This is our Mission Community 5th Sunday with three opportunities to meet for worship. 8.00 Holy Communion in Colyton as usual 10.00 Joint Mission Community Holy Communion in Musbury 3.30 Afternoon tea at Colyford followed at 4.15 by Celtic Evening Prayer We look forward to welcoming you at any of these services. Ascension Day this year is on Thursday 30th May and everyone is welcome at our traditional Mission Community Holy Communion at 7.30 pm at Musbury Church.  Services in our churches on Mothering Sunday are as follows – all are very welcome: Branscombe – 11.15 Village Praise with animal blessing Colyford – 3.30 Refreshments and Celtic Evening Prayer Colyton – 8.00 Holy Communion BCP -9.30 All age Holy Communion Musbury – 11.15 Village Praise Southleigh – 11.15 Mothering Sunday Event Northleigh – No service
Hilary’s last day serving in the Mission Community will be Friday 4th January, when she will be saying goodbye to our mission community congregations and to the wider community at a special service at 7.30 pm in St Andrew’s Colyton. Refreshments afterwards. All very welcome.
We start on Advent Sunday, 2 December, with Advent Carols in Branscombe at 6.00 pm. Christmas carol services around the Mission Community at follows: We conclude with an Epiphany Carol Service on Sunday 20th January at 6.30 in Colyton. Everyone is welcome to join us for our music and worship.
You’re invited to join us at one of our Christingles – a fun and wondrous time of worship for all the family. 3rd December (Monday) at 6.00 pm in Branscombe – together with the school. 9th December in Colyton, “Messy Christingle” – activties with Messy Church at 4.00 pm, including Christingle making; then the service starting at around 5.00, and with light refreshments. 22nd December (Saturday) at 4.00 pm in Southleigh.
Thursdays 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th.
The Holyford Mission Community Annual Memorial Service St Andrew’s Colyton, Sunday November 4th at 6.30pm A Time to Remember. A special service at which to remember loved ones who have died. If you have had a bereavement, whether recently or longer ago, you are warmly invited to come to this quiet service of reflection and light a candle in their memory.
We are very excited to share with you the news that we have been accepted as an International Cross of Nails School – linking with Coventry Cathedral. The Cross of Nails Community includes schools, communities, parishes and other organisations who have shown a commitment to the values of peace, hope and reconciliation. During the service we will be presented with our own Cross of Nails by a representative from Coventry Cathedral. The service will take place in Church on
People enjoyed this year’s August Songs of Praise in Branscombe, with Honiton Town Band. Some stayed on afterwards for a fish and chip supper at the Sea Shanty. We were lucky that the weather stayed good despite the overcast look to the sky!
The Breakfast Service at St Andrew’s continues on 19th August with delicious breakfast at 10.00 before the service at 10.30. All welcome!
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Breathing Space – short, reflective times of stillness and prayer – is taking place again in November in the Lady Chapel, Colyton . The earlier time this month is 5.00-5.30 pm. Dates:
International Cross of Nails Service
