On Friday 7th April at 7 pm in the Village Hall – a fun bingo evening will be held, with proceeds divided between the church, the village hall and Seaton Hospice Care.
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‘Inspirations’ Each speaker will talk about an aspect of their life and work, and the people, ideas or events that have inspired them. Each evening begins at 7.30 and ends by 9pm Monday 6th March – Branoc Hall Bransombe: Sarah Mullally, Bishop of Crediton and former chief nursing officer for England; *Tuesday 14th March – Sunday School Building Colyton Peter Dawson, Director of the Prison Reform Trust; Monday 20th March – St Michael’s Church Musbury Christopher Southgate, poet, scientist and theologian; Monday 27th March – St Michael’s Chapel Colyford Tim Harris, Head Teacher of Colyton Grammar School. Monday 3rd April – St Lawrence’s Church Southleigh Katherine Lyddon, Children’s Work Adviser for the Diocese of Exeter *please note change of day
Hilary writes: There are lots of traditions associated with Lent, the span of time between Ash Wednesday and Easter Day. Probably the most famous is the practice of giving something up. It might be something edible: chocolate, wine or cake. It might be a regular activity: computer games or watching TV. Or it might be giving something up to make a lifestyle change: smoking perhaps, or foregoing the car in favour of walking. Giving something up has its roots in the centuries old Christian tradition of fasting, which created time and space for devotion to God, a greater awareness of others and a more disciplined life of prayer. In recent years, the idea of giving something up has been replaced for some by the idea of taking something up. Instead of attempting something which might end in disappointment or failure, the idea is to do something positive which makes a difference to us, our family, friends, the local community or the wider world, and which might last beyond Lent. It could be volunteering, actively supporting a charity, or learning a new skill which will benefit others. For many, Lent has become an opportunity for both. A time to give something up which has become distracting or unhelpful in order to create some valuable time for reflection. And a time to make a commitment to doing something which might be life-enhancing or even life-changing. One of my favourite prayers asks that we would forget the God we don’t believe in, and find the God who believes in us. So many of us build up a picture of God which might well be distorted or unhelpful. We might imagine a God that is too small, or a God that is petty, judgmental or distant. Perhaps the best thing we can do this Lent is to ‘give up’ the God we stopped believing in long ago, find some time for reflection, and ‘take up’ the God who has never stopped believing in us.
Reg Meuross plays and sings on Saturday 18th March at 7.30 with the Dartmoor Pixie Band
Saturday 18th March from 7.30 to 11.00 in the Village Hall, with bar and raffle. Tickets £9.00 (£4.50 children) including a ploughman’s supper: Tel Ross 01297 680264 or Simon 01884 33571.
12.30 to 2.00 pm in the Sunday School Building, Colyton. Cottage pie, apple cake, tea/coffee – £5. Proceeds to St Petrock’s Exeter, helping homeless and vulnerable people. Table Top Sale Saturday 4 March, 10am to 1.00pm Musbury Village Hall. Tables £8 – anything goes! Contact Sue Irving 552440
All are welcome to the service in St Andrew’s Colyton at 2.15 on Friday 3rd March This year’s resources are brought to us by the women of the Philippines.
At Kilmington Vilage Hall on Monday 27th February. Refreshments at 6.30 and start at 7.00. Bishop Robert will talk about his vision and ours for the future.
A fun evening with supper, bar and raffle in Colyton Town Hall; tickets £10 from the Little Shop or David Fouracre 552915. Live music and called dancing with Crooked Furrow. Tues 28th Feb, 7.30-11.30
There will be two services in the Mission Community on 1st March to mark the start of Lent: 10.00 Holy Communion at Colyton. This year, Holy Communion with imposition of ashes will be at St Michael’s Colyford at 7.30.
The items will be distributed by the Plymouth-based charity Open Hearts Open Borders, www.ohob.org – also on Facebook. They are preparing to send their 5th container of goods to Syrian refugees. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated.
Our aim is to reserve the mornings of Wednesday 21st, Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd June for school visits and please contact Mrs Christine Sansom by Monday 6th March if you would like to discuss booking a morning visit. Her phone number is 01297 552065 and her email address is angela.sansom1@btopenworld.com A timetable for the full 5 days, to include the general public will be advertised nearer the time. If you have any artefacts that you feel might help us, we would be pleased to know and we look forward to welcoming you in June. Help is needed to set up on the Monday and Tuesday before the exhibition and pack down on the last day, as well as manning the exhibition throughout the week. If you’re interested in helping there will be a sign up sheet at the back of the Church or alternatively please contact Christine Sansom direct, details as above. |
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St Michael’s Colyford is hosting a “gifting and giving” morning on
St Andrew’s Church Colyton Summer Exhibition will run from Wednesday 21st to Sunday 25th June and will explore God at Work through displays, artefacts and demonstrations set up around the church which will allow children and adults to engage with Jesus’ birth and baptism, his life in the wilderness and the countryside, the time he spent in Jerusalem, and his death and resurrection. All of this will be linked to what Christians believe now and the work of the church in the 21st century.