
Please click here for Canon Karen Curnock’s talk on ‘Praying the Eucharist’.
Please click here for Hetty Kothari’s talk on ‘Contemplative Prayer’.
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![]() Please click here for Canon Karen Curnock’s talk on ‘Praying the Eucharist’. Please click here for Hetty Kothari’s talk on ‘Contemplative Prayer’. You are warmly invited to Lent Lunch at St Andrew’s on Saturday 12th March. ![]() You are invited to the pancake parties and the Eucharist with imposition of ashes the following day: ![]() This prayer has been written for our Mission Community Day of Prayer by John Lees. Please pray this prayer on Advent Sunday, 29th November, and share it with others. Almighty God Who has cared and protected your people in every generation We offer our prayer to you today for this country and our leaders for everyone who has to make difficult decisions about the health and well-being of this nation. We pray for everyone affected by Covid-19; for all those who are sick and those who care for them; for all those in hospital; for medical staff, carers, researchers, for our emergency services. We pray for our local community, for all those who protect us and keep us safe. We give thanks for all those who support, serve and feed us in these difficult times. Keep us, good Lord, under the shadow of your mercy in this time of uncertainty and distress. Loving Lord, you taught us to love our neighbour, and to care for those in need as if we were caring for you. In this time of anxiety, give us strength to comfort the fearful, to tend the sick, and to assure the isolated of our love, and your love, for your name’s sake. Amen. The following announcement affecting Holyford Mission Community will be made in our churches: “A Notice giving the objects of proposed pastoral reorganisation affecting this parish has or will be displayed near the main door and on the Church of England website. The Notice includes the last date by which representations regarding the proposed reorganisation may be made to the Church Commissioners.” The notice reads as follows: Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 Draft Pastoral Scheme The Exeter Diocesan Mission and Pastoral Committee has prepared a draft Pastoral Scheme for: (i) the termination of the group ministry established for the three benefices of Honiton, Gittisham, Combe Raleigh, Monkton, Awliscombe and Buckerell; Offwell, Northleigh, Farway, Cotleigh and Widworthy; and Broadhembury, Dunkeswell, Luppitt, Plymtree, Sheldon, and Upottery; (ii) the termination of the team ministry established for the benefice of Honiton, Gittisham, Combe Raleigh, Monkton, Awliscombe and Buckerell; (iii) the dissolution of the three benefices of Honiton, Gittisham, Combe Raleigh, Monkton, Awliscombe and Buckerell; Colyton, Musbury, Southleigh and Branscombe; and Offwell, Northleigh, Farway, Cotleigh and Widworthy; (iii) the creation of a new benefice of Honiton with Monkton, Awliscombe, Buckerell, Combe Raleigh, Cotleigh and Gittisham, the establishment of a team ministry for the new benefice, the cure of souls to be shared by a team rector and one team vicar, the appointment of the team rector and the selection of the team vicar; (iv) the creation of a new benefice of Colyton, Branscombe, Musbury, Northleigh and Southleigh and the appointment of the first incumbent of the new benefice; (v) the creation of a new benefice of Offwell, Farway and Widworthy the housing arrangements for the three new benefices and their future patronage arrangements in the diocese of Exeter. The draft Scheme is on the Commissioners’ website www.churchofengland.org/consultation or you may obtain a copy from me. Large print and/or audio copies are available on request.
Revd Dr Adrian Hough ah@exeter.anglican.org ![]() STOP PRESS Due to the renewed lockdown we will not be able to hold the planned services. We will hold these short simple outdoor services at the war memorials: 10.50 Colyton 10.55 Branscombe 10.55 Musbury We still have the telephone service at 2.30 The following church services have been CANCELLED: 8.00am Eucharist BCP Colyton 10.45am Remembrance Service, Southleigh 10.50am Remembrance Service*, Colyton *see below 10.55am Remembrance Service, Musbury 10.55am Remembrance Service, Branscombe 3.00pm Messy Church, Colyton 3.30pm Remembrance Service, Colyford 6.00pm Evensong, Northleigh Social distancing measures will be in place and you will need to wear a mask unless you have an exemption. * Numbers at St Andrew’s Colyton will need to be limited, so we ask you to let us know you wish to come by emailing David Fouracre david@thetoolbox.org.uk by Saturday 31st October with your name, phone number, and the names of people in your household/bubble who wish to attend. If you are offered a place and then find you can’t come please let us know so we can offer the place to someone else. There will also be a short Act of Remembrance at 10.55 on Wednesday 11th November at Colyton war memorial ![]() Annual Memorial Services. This year there will be two services to remember our loved ones by name at All Souls. As in previous years there will be a reflective service on Sunday 1st November at 6.30pm. This year there will also be a Eucharist on Monday 2nd November at 10am. Given the covid restrictions both will be held in St Andrew’s Colyton to accommodate as many people as possible. If you would like to come please contact Emma Laughton. We will be reading the names of everyone for whom we held a funeral this year. If you would like to add any names, please contact Christine Sansom by Mon 26th October. ![]() Annual Parochial Church Meetings (APCMs) within the Holyford Mission Community will take place in the following churches on the following dates: •St Michael’s, Musbury: Wednesday 30th September at 5.30pm (following evensong). •St Andrew’s Colyton with St Michael’s, Colyford: Thursday 1st October at 7.30pm (this meeting will be proceeded by a Eucharist at 7pm) •St Lawrence’s, Southleigh: Tuesday 6th October at 8pm •St Giles’s, Northleigh: Sunday 11th October at 7pm (following Evensong) •St Winifred’s, Branscombe: Wednesday 21st October at 7.30pm. Please contact the wardens or PCC secretary if you wish to stand for election as a PCC member of your parish church. These APCMs were due to take place in April, and deal solely with events etc. in 2019. ![]() We are pleased to announce that public worship will be gradually resuming across the Mission Community. This Sunday, 5th July, there will be a Eucharist at 9.30 am at St Andrew’s Colyton. At 6 pm there will be a service of said Evensong (with organ music) at St Winifred’s, Branscombe. Physical distancing and hygiene procedures will be in place. Owing to the need to maintain distancing, we have limited seating available, but hope to accommodate everyone who wishes to join us. Our weekly online and telephone services will continue until further notice. Please stay at home if you are vulnerable, shielding, have any Covid symptoms or are feeling unwell. Services for the coming week: Sun 5th July: 9.30am: Eucharist, Colyton 6.00pm: Said Evensong, Branscombe Tue 7th July: 8.30am: Morning Prayer, Colyton 5.00pm: Evening Prayer, Colyford Wed 8th July: 8.30am: Morning Prayer, Colyton 10.00am: Eucharist (BCP), Colyton 5.00pm: Evening Prayer Musbury Thu 9th July: 8.30am: Morning Prayer, Colyton 5.00pm: Evening Prayer, Branscombe Fri 10th July: 8.30am Morning Prayer, Colyton 5.00pm: Evening Prayer, Northleigh Five of our churches are now open for private prayer. St Winifred’s, Branscombe and St Andrew’s, Colyton are open each day; St Michael’s Chapel, Colyford and St Michael’s, Musbury are open on Sundays and Wednesdays, and St Giles’s, Northleigh is open on Sundays. The work involved in cleaning the churches has greatly increased – could you help? Please ring the Rector on 01297 553180 or your churchwarden or email. ![]() Everything is different this year, including Holy Week and Easter. We won’t be able to distribute our palm crosses – but they are not wasted, as by buying them we have supported partner churches who make them. So this year, what about making a paper or card palm cross? You can copy and print the picture above and make a focus for Palm Sunday (5th April). Following the Prime Minister’ announcement on 23rd March, all our churches now have to be closed until further notice. But we are still the living church. We can stay in touch and find new ways of helping one another with spiritual as well as practical support. “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” 2 Corinthians 5.7 ![]() We regret that all church services are CANCELLED. Instead you are invited to join us spiritually by praying at home. Our Lent Course this year will take place around the churches again, on Thursdays in Lent – refreshments from 7 pm, sessions begin at 7.30 pm and end by 9 pm. All are welcome, whether you are a regular church goer or not, to any or all the sessions. Further details on the Lent leaflet. Thursday 5th March at St Michael’s, Musbury Francis—Relevant Today: The Reverend Jeremy White Thursday 12th March at St Winifred’s, Branscombe Francis and Meditation?: The Right Reverend Martin Shaw Thursday 19th March at St Lawrence, Southleigh The Paradox of Francis: at the edge and at the core: Elizabeth Maslen TSSF Thursday 26th March at St Andrew’s, Colyton Living the life of Penance with St Francis. The call to live differently in the world: Brother Clark Berge SSF Lent Art Course Finding the Light – A Lent Project in St Andrew’s, Colyton: Jan Lees |
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