Author: Sheenah Middle
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🌊✨ Celtic Communion – Landcross – 11am ✨🌿
You are warmly welcome to our Celtic Communion service — a gentle, reflective style of worship with a sense of God’s presence in creation and everyday life. 📍 Landcross – Sunday 8th February – 11:00am Come for stillness, grace, and deep peace.
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🌟 Message of the Week
Gospel of Luke 2:22–40 — Waiting, Wonder, and Welcoming the Light In this beautiful passage, we meet Simeon and Anna — two people who have spent a lifetime waiting in hope. They are not powerful or prominent. They are simply faithful. Day after day, year after year, they keep turning up to the Temple, trusting…
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☕✨ Holy Grounds – Saturday 14th February ✨☕
Join us for Holy Grounds, a relaxed and welcoming café-style space to gather, chat, and enjoy good company. 🕥 10:30 am – 12:30 pmHosted by Reflections ☕ Hot drinks available🍰 Cake will be available Alongside Holy Grounds, there will be a bric-a-brac stall helping to raise funds for the church and its ongoing work supporting…
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🕯️🎶 Taizé Prayer Service – Thursday 5th February, 7pm 🎶🕯️
A peaceful evening of prayer with simple songs, silence, scripture, and candlelight. If you’re carrying a lot, feeling tired, or simply longing for stillness — this gentle service is for you. 📍 Littleham – 7:00pm Led by April Saltmarsh
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🌿 Lent Course – Unanswered Prayer 🌿
This Lent, we invite you to join our Course exploring one of the most honest and heartfelt questions of faith: What do we do when our prayers seem to go unanswered? Using Pete Grieg’s Unanswered Prayer course, we’ll reflect together on themes of Holy Week, sharing stories, scripture, and gentle conversation in a relaxed and…
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🕯️ Sunday Service – Candlemas 🕯️
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple This Sunday we gather to celebrate Candlemas — a beautiful moment in the Church year when we remember Mary and Joseph bringing the infant Jesus to the Temple, and Simeon recognising Him as “a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Israel.” Candlemas marks the…
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🌟 The Conversion of Paul – From Persecutor to Proclaimer 🌟
On the road to Damascus, Saul set out with anger in his heart and certainty in his cause.He never expected to meet Christ.He never imagined his life would be turned upside down. Yet in a moment of blinding light and overwhelming grace, everything changed. Saul became Paul.A persecutor became a preacher.A man of violence became…
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🌿 Weekly Gospel Reflection: John 1:29–42
In this Gospel reading, John the Baptist points to Jesus and declares something extraordinary: “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. John doesn’t make it about himself — he simply points people towards Christ. And two of his disciples respond in the simplest, most powerful way: they follow…
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🍽️✨ Friday Diner – Everyone Welcome ✨🍽️Every Friday | 11:15am–1:00pm📍 St Mary’s Church, Bideford
Looking for a warm, friendly place to enjoy a meal and good company? Our Friday Diner is open every week — a relaxed community lunch with a welcoming atmosphere, friendly faces, and time to sit, chat, and feel part of something. Whether you come on your own or with a friend, you’ll be met with…
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🙏 Prayer for Christian Unity 🙏Thursday 22nd | 12:00–12:30pm📍 St Mary’s Church, Bideford
You are warmly invited to join us for a short, peaceful time of prayer as we come together in the spirit of Christian unity — giving thanks for the wider Church and praying for deeper love, understanding, and togetherness in Christ. ✨ 12 noon – 12:30 pm☕ Refreshments afterwards (everyone welcome to stay for a…
