Tag: Bideford
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Message of the Day for this Easter Period
✝️ STATION 13 Jesus is taken down from the cross“Held in sorrow.” 📖 “Joseph… took the body down.”— Luke 23:53 ✨ Reflection: How do I hold space for grief?
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Message of the Day for this Easter Period
✝️ STATION 12 Jesus dies on the cross“It is finished.” 📖 “It is finished.”— John 19:30 ✨ Reflection: Where do I need to trust God fully?
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Message of the Day for this Easter Period
✝️ STATION 11 Jesus is nailed to the cross“Love held Him there.” 📖 “They crucified him there.”— Luke 23:33 ✨ Reflection: What does sacrificial love look like for me?
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Message of the Day for this Easter Period
✝️ STATION 3 Jesus falls the first time“Even the strongest fall.” 📖 “Surely he took up our pain…”— Isaiah 53:4 ✨ Reflection: Will I rise again after I fall?
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Shared Faith at St Mary’s
The Story of Michael Johns and Karen Johns St Mary’s Church in Bideford is far more than a historic building of stone and stained glass. For many people, it is a place where faith grows, families gather, and generations find a sense of belonging. For Michael Johns and his daughter Karen, St Mary’s has been…
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🌸 Ladies’ Breakfast Invitation 🌸
Ladies’ Breakfast 📅 Saturday 28th March 09:30 am 📍 Brewers Fayre, Bideford All ladies are warmly invited to join us for a relaxed and friendly morning breakfast together. It’s a lovely opportunity to enjoy good food, warm conversation, and fellowship in a welcoming atmosphere. Whether you come along regularly or it’s your first time, you…
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🌿 Reflections – A Gentle Space for Those Who Are Grieving 🌿
Losing someone we love can leave a space in our lives that feels very quiet and sometimes overwhelming. Grief is different for everyone. For some it brings sadness, for others questions, memories, or simply the feeling of missing someone deeply. At times it can help to talk, and at other times it can help simply…
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☕🍰 St Mary’s Café 🍰☕
(formerly Holy Grounds) Come and enjoy a relaxed morning of tea, coffee, cake, and conversation at St Mary’s Café, kindly hosted by the Mothers’ Union.There will be cards for sale and a Tombola 📅 Saturday 14th March ⏰ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm 📍 St Mary’s Church, Church Walk. Whether you’d like a quiet cup…
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Message of the Week
Be a Neighbour to All In the Gospel story of the Good Samaritan, Jesus reminds us that being a neighbour is not about distance or familiarity. It is about compassion. It is about noticing someone in need and choosing kindness. To be a neighbour means offering a smile, a listening ear, or a helping hand.…
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🌟 Message of the Week
Stepping Into the Light Nicodemus came to Jesus at night. Perhaps he came in darkness because he was unsure.Perhaps because he had questions.Perhaps because faith can feel safer when no one else is watching. And Jesus didn’t turn him away. Instead, He spoke of new birth.Of wind that moves unseen.Of life that begins not with…
