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Parish Magazine – January 2021 January 2021 Price 90 pence Conversion of St Paul on the road to Damascus Advertising If you are interested in advertising in this magazine the cost is £55 per annum for an advertisement eighth A4 page (landscape 90mm x 60mm) and £95 for a quarter A4 size (portrait 90mm x 130mm). Please contact Rose Grisman - [email protected] - for more information. Magazine readers please note that we are unable to guarantee the services provided by any of our advertisers. If responding to advertisers please do mention that you saw their advertisement in the Crediton Benefice Community Parish Magazine. Thank you. Contacts in the In this month’s magazine: Crediton Benefice Community Contact and Pastoral Care Page 2 RECTOR Rector’s Notes The Reverend Matthew Tregenza 01363 894038 Page 4 PRIEST AT SANDFORD Giving is a Privilege The Reverend Paul Fillery 01363 777372 Page 5 LICENSED READERS Helen Lawes Carol Price 01647 24468 Page 6 Sandra Collier 01363 777013 Sunday Worship at Holy Cross PARISH OFFICE Page 7 Parish Administrator: Gill Lee (Tuesday and Friday 9.30am – 12.30pm) News from around the Benefice The Boniface Centre, Church Lane, Crediton, EX17 2AH Page 8 01363 773226 [email protected] Crediton PCC Feedback Website: www.creditonparishchurch.org.uk Page 10 CLERK TO THE CHURCH GOVERNORS Cadbury Deanery Synod Feedback Sandra Thresher Page 14 01363 85467 [email protected] Life Back in Lockdown continued CHURCHWARDENS Page 18 Crediton: Sheila Ralph, Mike May, Peter Brewer Sandford: Linda Bennett-Smith, Chris Tucker Boniface Centre Shobrooke: Rosemary Barber, John Lee Page 19 Yeoford: Carol Price (Licensed Reader) Festival Competitions Posbury: Fiona Mortimer (Chairman), Ruth Vigers (Treasurer) Page 20 DIRECTOR OF MUSIC (ACTING) Comfort and Joy Events Richard Stephens 01363 775170 [email protected] Page 22 BELL TOWER Devon CPRE Calendar Tower Captain: Geoff Sparling 01363 776681 Page 27 [email protected] Plus regular features: BONIFACE CENTRE BOOKINGS Choir Notes – Page 26 Robin Lavery 01363 772536 [email protected] Friends of Crediton Church – Page 17 CREDITON MOTHERS’ UNION From the Archives – Page 16 Anne Jerman 01363 772865 Mothers’ Union – Page 23 HOLY CROSS FACEBOOK PAGE Prayer Diary – Page 12 James Turner [email protected] Reverberations – Page 16 PARISH MAGAZINE Rhymes and Things – Page 24 Editor and Advertising: Rose Grisman 9 Yeo Crescent, Crediton, EX17 3FL To all contributors to the magazine 07972 028069 [email protected] The deadline for items to be included Distribution: Kathleen Hughes 01363 777371 in the FEBRUARY 2021 edition If you would like a copy of the magazine delivered each of the magazine is month please contact Gill Lee or Kathleen Hughes SUNDAY 17th JANUARY Thank you for your co-operation Annual subscription £9 ********** © ROOTS for Churches Ltd 2002-2013. Material in Prayer Diary Distribution of the magazine will be reproduced with permission www.rootsontheweb.com by delivery and email, and hard copies will be available at All articles and correspondence in this magazine reflect the Evans Newsagents from views of the writers and should not be read otherwise SATURDAY 30th JANUARY 1 JANUARY SERVICES IN THE BENEFICE CREDITON SANDFORD SHOBROOKE Others 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) POSBURY 9.30 Holy Communion 3 Jan 10.00 Holy Communion 11.00 Holy Communion 11.00 Holy Communion Christmas 2 (BCP) 6pm Epiphany Carols 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) 10 Jan YEOFORD 9.30 Holy Communion 10.00 Holy Communion 11.00 Family Service Baptism of 10.00 Christingle Service Christ 11.00 Holy Communion 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) 9.30 Holy Communion POSBURY 17 Jan 11.00 Holy Communion 10.00 Sung Communion 11.00 Holy Communion Epiphany 2 6pm Service for Christian (BCP) Unity 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) 9.30 Holy Communion YEOFORD 24 Jan 10.00 Sung Communion Epiphany 3 11.00 Holy Communion 9.30 Holy Communion 6pm Said Compline 31 Jan 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) Presentation of 9.30 Holy Communion 10.00 Holy Communion 11.00 Holy Communion Christ 11.00 Holy Communion Contact and Pastoral Care during the ‘Lockdown’ Gill has returned to working in the Parish Office but due to Covid-19 working restrictions, please don’t call at the office but continue to make contact by telephone (01363 773226) or email [email protected]. There is also lots of information and the resources for the Sunday services on the church website: www.creditonparishchurch.org.uk And don’t forget the Holy Cross Crediton Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ CreditonParishChurch/ where you can also view the Sunday service. You don’t need to have a Facebook account to view the posts that have been made. There are Pastoral Care arrangements in place. Do contact the Pastoral Care group by email: [email protected] or phone Matthew (01363 894038) or Stella Stephens (07960 388198) if you, or someone you know, needs some help or would appreciate a phone call. Please use the same contact details to offer help. There are a small number of people where we are helping with shopping in particular and the team are also maintaining telephone contact with the church family. 2 3 Rector’s Notes the network of churches that make up the Minster to act like the body of Christ. One As we enter 2021, although we still have body, with many parts; a group of various Covid-19 restrictions in place, I churches intentionally, structurally, and hope that we can do so with a sense of strategically sharing resources to support optimism. the collective mission and ministry For us, the new year will see significant offered within Cadbury Deanery. What change as The Revd Paul Fillery moves to this will probably look like on the ground a new post as Vicar of the Benefice of is parishes teaming up in clusters, Martock with Kingsbury Episcopi and sharing resources and discerning what Ash in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Paul God is calling them to do in their will be missed very deeply in Sandford particular communities, whilst also and across the wider benefice as a friend having more than an eye on the wider and I shall certainly miss him as a Church too. Let's not forget that as well as colleague as well. We shall also see plans the local church, we are part of The progress, across Cadbury Deanery, Church, which is global or to put it towards a new Crediton Rural Ministry another way... universal. Hub. A key element of us acting like the body The Crediton Rural Ministry Hub offers us of Christ... one body, with many parts... in an opportunity to explore new ideas and this part of Devon is the empowering, vision for rural ministry. Our hope is to equipping and resourcing of lay people to bring together rural churches to share in exercise their skills and gifts in Christian mission and ministry, creating a ministry. There has perhaps been a sustainable model of church for rural tendency in the Church for the Vicar to do communities; rooted in the Diocesan everything and sometimes clergy have Vision of Pray, Grow, Serve. The model for colluded with this. Each one of us has a the Crediton Rural Ministry Hub, which baptismal vocation and so each one of us the Archdeacon has proposed, is what is is called to take our part in serving God in called a Minster Model. this part of Devon... the Crediton Rural The Minster Model of Church looks back Ministry Hub is a major step towards to a time before we created the parish realising this vision. Discipleship and system, and forward as we embrace a prayer and good communication links are new future for the rural church. It seeks key to the success of the opportunity to enable churches, people and before us. communities to work together to provide My hopes and longings are for a Church ministry across a large area. It has which is set free to serve God using all the collaboration and cooperation at its resources He has given us (and these are heart; as it seeks to find ways for the local countless) and through which the Holy church to share resources. Spirit blows encouragement for people to A Minister Model is different from discover their giftings and then to use previous church models in that it has a them. I long too for a Church which goes bold vision which breaks away from outside of its 'comfort zone' to take risks traditional patterns and looks to for the sake of the Gospel. The Crediton supporting other churches in their Rural Ministry Hub encourages us to do common mission. Its vision would be for all these things... let's not lose the 4 opportunity so richly given to us, but let's we show we are grateful. We say thank boldly walk this path together as fellow you to God for what he has done for us. pilgrims and disciples of Christ! We know we have been saved and we A very happy 2021 to you all. recognise that. Your friend and Rector Secondly, giving to the Church is sharing in God’s joyful and exciting mission. We Matthew Tregenza are helping to bring the kingdom of God PS Please don't hesitate to be in touch if to where we live. We’re investing in you'd like to know more about the seeing the Church grow. It’s like being a Crediton Rural Ministry Hub... I'd be season ticket holder for a football team. delighted to talk to you about it! We’re a serious supporter if we are generous. We want to be part of the fun.
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