Tag: DevonChurches
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🌈 Junior Church at St Mary’s 🌈
Got little ones? We’ve got a space made just for them! 💛 📅 Every 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month ⏰ During the 9:30am Service 📍 St Mary’s Church, Church Walk, Bideford EX39 2BP Junior Church is where faith meets fun — a warm, welcoming space where children explore the wonder of God’s love…
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🔔 Could You Be Our Next Bell Ringer? 🔔
The sound of church bells has called people to worship for centuries — and we’re looking for new ringers to help keep that tradition alive at our church. No experience needed! Full training is given, and you’ll join a friendly team who’ll show you the ropes (quite literally). It’s a wonderful way to learn a…
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🌿 Living Stones, A Prepared Place
“In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places… I go to prepare a place for you.” — John 14:2 This week’s readings hold a beautiful tension. In John’s Gospel, Jesus comforts his troubled disciples with one of the most tender promises in all of Scripture: “Do not let your hearts be troubled.” He is…
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☕🎂 SAVE THE DATE! 🎂☕
The Clergy Are Serving! Have you ever wanted to be waited on by your vicar? Now’s your chance! 😄 📅 Saturday 9 May ⏰ 10:30am – 12:30pm 📍 St Mary’s Café, Bideford For one morning only, our wonderful clergy team will be rolling up their sleeves to serve the tea, pour the coffee — and…
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💙 All Age Service: Forgiveness — Freely Received, Freely Given
📅 Sunday 10 May ⏰ 10:30am 📍 St Mary’s Church, Church Walk, Bideford EX39 2BP Some of the hardest words to say are “I forgive you” — and sometimes, “I’m sorry.” Yet forgiveness sits right at the heart of the gospel: a gift freely given to us, and a gift we’re invited to share with…
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☀️ Ascension Day Outdoor Service ☀️
There’s something rather special about lifting our eyes to the sky on the very day we remember Christ ascending into heaven — and we’d love you to join us! 📅 Thursday 14 May ⏰ 11:00am 📍 Chudleigh Fort, Bideford Come and worship with us under the open sky, surrounded by the beauty of God’s creation…
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🌿 A Service of Healing and Wholeness
📍 St Mary’s Church, Bideford 📅 Sunday 10 May • 6:30pm Life can feel heavy at times — and we all carry something. You are warmly invited to a gentle, peaceful service offering space to pause, breathe, and rest in God’s presence. Through prayer, quiet reflection, and the opportunity to receive personal prayer or anointing,…
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✨ Christian Aid Week – Breakfast & Brunch ✨
We’d love you to join us for a relaxed and friendly morning of food and fellowship at our Breakfast & Brunch on Saturday 16th May, 10:00am–12:00pm at Bideford Baptist Church 🍳☕ As shown on the poster , you can book your place using the contact details provided. 💜 You can also book in a few…
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An Invitation to Give with Joy
“Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”— 2 Corinthians 9:6–7 These words remind us that giving is not measured by the amount,…
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🌙 Message of the Week: Knock, and Keep Knocking
There is something achingly familiar—almost tender—in the story Jesus tells of the friend arriving at midnight. It isn’t the right time.The house is still. The door is closed. The world has gone quiet. It’s inconvenient.It’s uncomfortable.It’s the kind of moment most of us would turn away from. And yet… the knocking comes. Not carefully measured.Not…
