Posts from May 2026

Dearest friends, Join us for Praise in the Park at Mill Marsh Park as PPT Church and St John’s gather together for a shared Eucharist for the first time in living memory. Once part of the same parish family, the two churches have followed different paths over many years, but now come together again in friendship and common mission to share the love of God with the people of Bovey Tracey, Heathfield, and the surrounding communities.  All are warmly invited…

Dearest friends, In the days between Ascension and Pentecost, the Church lingers over Jesus’ prayer in St John’s Gospel: that his disciples “may all be one” as he and the Father are one. This unity is not simply an inward feeling or a private spirituality. It is meant to become visible in the life of the Church,  in shared prayer, shared love, and shared witness to the world. That matters especially for us here in Bovey Tracey and Milber. St…

Dearest friends, We wait prayerfully between Ascension and Pentecost, we stand with the disciples in that remarkable moment between promise and fulfilment. Jesus has ascended to the Father, yet before He went, He left His Church with a command that still echoes through every generation: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28.19). These are not words for clergy alone, nor for missionaries in distant lands. They are Christ’s calling to every baptised Christian. The Church exists not…

Dearest friends, Forty days after Easter, the Church celebrates the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ. It can sometimes feel like a quieter feast, overshadowed by the joy of Easter or the fire of Pentecost, yet the Ascension is one of the great turning points in the Christian year. Without it, the story of salvation would feel unfinished. The Ascension is not simply Jesus “going away.” It is the moment when the risen Christ returns to the Father in glory,…