Praising God in Devon

Dearest friends, On Friday 9th October we mark the feast of St John Henry Newman, priest and Doctor of the Church. The word “Doctor” means teacher, recognising someone whose teaching helps the whole Church understand and live the Christian faith. Newman received that title last November, and his life gives us particular reason, as Anglicans, to give thanks. Before he became a Roman Catholic, Newman spent more than twenty years as an Anglican clergyman. He was one of the leading…

Dearest friends, Church vestments can sometimes look, from the outside, like little more than ecclesiastical decoration – colour, fabric, embroidery, lace, and layers of clothing from another age. But they are much more interesting than that. The Church has always understood worship to involve the whole person. We hear the Scriptures, speak and sing, stand and kneel, receive bread and wine, see candles, colour, movement, and beauty. Vestments belong within that same language. They help tell us what kind of…

TONIGHT Planning MeetingThursday 10th at St. Luke’s we have our termly planning meeting. Everyone is very welcome to come and help us map out and plan the Autumn term with Advent and Christmas. It’s an opportunity to discuss what we thought worked well over the Summer and what we’d like to see in the term to come.  Prayer requests for Pilgrimage The Diocese Pilgrimage to Walsingham leaves on Monday morning and Jill has kindly agreed to take any prayer requests…