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They’re Back! Those wonderful Church Notices! Thank God for the church ladies with typewriters. These sentences actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced at church services… The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals. Scouts are saving aluminium cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children. Ladies, don’t forget…
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John 1: 6-8 19-28
Third Sunday of Advent We live in a world where people often pretend to be something which they’re not. We’ve all read stories in the newspapers or even heard television reports of men and women who’ve pretended to be a qualified surgeon or lawyer, or maybe a teacher, but who were actually nothing of the…
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The 21st C. Challenge
By Rev’d Ed Standhaft (Originally printed in PALS Issue 18 as ‘Christian Challenges in the 21st Century’) You may have seen some of the episodes of the recent television drama series ‘BROKEN’ which featured Sean Bean as a well-respected Roman Catholic priest in a large inner-city parish in northern England. In one episode, the priest,…
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Knock
By Maggie Stead The story of Knock began in August 1879 when fifteen people, aged from 6 years to over 70 witnessed an apparition at the gable end of the parish church. They all gave testimony to seeing Our Lady, St Joseph and St John together with the Lamb of God on an altar surrounded…
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Mark 1: 1-8 Advent 2
We all know people who say they stand for this or that but then deny the truth of what they say by their actions. Perhaps this is why some politicians are so unpopular, and maybe some clergy too. You see, what we say doesn’t always match what we believe, whereas what we do, usually speaks…
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Caritas Christmas Newsletter
We are all called to Welcome the Stranger but many people are unsure how they can help others during this time of continued lockdown. Caritas has produced a Christmas Newsletter which offers some practical suggestions for action and links to prayer resources. https://www.plymouth-diocese.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Caritas-at-Christmas-Newsletter-2020.pdf Thank you Deborah Fisher Caritas Manager Diocese of Plymouth
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Safeguarding
Under construction 21 November 2020 The following documents have been received. Please ‘click to read the PDF’: Diocesan Safeguarding Office The Diocese of Plymouth’s Safeguarding Team is available on: (01364) 645430 or by email on: safeguarding@prcdtr.org.uk Safe Spaces The Safe Spaces team is there for those who have experienced church-related abuse of any kind through its…
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Mark 13: 24-37
My house overlooks the Seaton Wetlands and I often see birdwatchers in various part of the marshes. They are truly remarkable people,; not just for the enthusiasm for their hobby, but also for all of the preparation which they do. Getting the right clothes and equipment. Being in good shape. Trekking out into inhospitable territory. …
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The Knights of Hilary House
by Jeny Butler With acknowledgement to ‘The Book of Axminster’ by Angela Dudley and our own church records, some of which might be open to reinterpretation. (first published in the church magazine Issue 18, Autumn 2017) In the 16th Century, the manor of Axminster was acquired by the Catholic Petre family and added greatly to…
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Matthew 25: Sheep and Goats
If you love someone very much then you feel their pain and their joy don’t you? When somebody hurts your children, then they hurt you. And when something good happens to your children, well, you share that as well. It’s as though whatever is done to them is also done to you. Now, in the…