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2018 Calendar and Annual Report 2018 CALENDAR AND ANNUAL REPORT exeter-diocese-calendar-2018.indd 1 25/09/2017 22:36 CHURCH OF ENGLAND DEVON 2018 CALENDAR AND ANNUAL REPORT Photo: Flora Searson Bishop Robert talks to customers at Shiphay Market as part of the Bishops in Mission visits around our diocese throughout last year. exeter-diocese-calendar-2018.indd 2 25/09/2017 22:36 WELCOME TO THE 2018 CALENDAR OF THE DIOCESE OF EXETER tanding in the kitchen of some friends recently I found Each month’s photograph tells a different myself confronted with a huge montage of photos of story and witnesses to our desire to serve family and friends, of places, people and events. They were mounted in a huge frame on the wall above the the people of Devon with joy. Skitchen table. Behind each picture was a story and because I knew several of the individuals depicted we stood there for ages and encounters included in this year’s selection. Each month’s reminiscing about old times and exchanging news, including their photograph tells a different story and witnesses to our desire to joy at the birth of their latest grandchild. serve the people of Devon with joy. Our Diocesan Calendar is a bit like that. Its gallery of family As the weeks and months pass, I hope the photographs and photographs gathered from the length and breadth of the Diocese associated commentary will encourage you in your discipleship as that give testimony not only to the vibrancy of church life in Devon together we seek to put Jesus Christ at the centre of all we do. but to its amazing variety. This is something Bishop Nick, Bishop Sarah and I encountered for ourselves during our year of ‘Bishops in Mission’. You will find photographs from some of our visits USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS Diocesan Offices: 01392 272686 | Safeguarding: 01392 345909/345910 | Bishop’s Office: 01392 272362 exeter-diocese-calendar-2018.indd 3 25/09/2017 22:36 Photo: Sue Parks Children from a school in our link diocese of Thika. JANUARY WORLD MISSION s a diocese we are fortunate to have several including an imam and a police faith co-ordinator. We also had companion overseas links with visits taking place opportunity to reflect on similarities and differences between to share ideas, encourage and learn from each Church and State in art and culture, health and chaplaincies. other as Christians on the same journey of faith. The next conference will be in France in 2019. ARecently we met with our friends in the Roman Catholic The Diocese of Exeter also has a tripartite Companion Link Diocese of Bayeux-Lisieux. This longstanding link enjoys pulpit with the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf and the Diocese of exchange visits in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and Thika (in Kenya) in the Anglican Communion. There is also an a biennial conference. The last one was held in Exeter, when informal historical link with the Anglican Province of Melanesia. we welcomed six visitors from France, including the Bishop of Our participation in these links enriches the life of our Bayeux-Lisieux, for a conference on secularisation and relations diocese, as we pray for and encourage each other. There between the Church and the State. With interpreters allowing is more information about all our international links on the us all to participate, we enjoyed an excellent variety of speakers, diocesan website. Christopher Futcher, Archdeacon of Exeter | [email protected] exeter-diocese-calendar-2018.indd 4 25/09/2017 22:36 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 New Year’s Day Epiphany 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Baptism of Christ 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 18-25 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Bishop’s Diocesan Council 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Holocaust Memorial Day Exeter Diocese calendar 2018 grants advert 28 January, February & March29 2018 30 31 1 2 3 181mm wide x 55mm high Homeless Sunday Advert 181 mm x 55mm: St LUKE’S COLLEGE FOUNDATION Grants for postgraduate studies in Theology and RE Applications are invited from clergy, RE teachers and others in the service of the church for personal grants towards the costs of university based studies in Theology and RE. The next Round of Awards will be made in June, for grants tenable from September 2018, for candidates who may be starting or continuing their studies next academic year. Completed applications must be received by 1st May 2018. For further information, and to request an Application Pack, please contact: Dr David Benzie, [email protected] 01822 613143 www.st-lukes-foundation.org.uk Location & version: D:\DUsers\David\Sync Folders\St Lukes\Publicity\Devon Diocesan News\B-St Luke's advert Jan-Mar exeter-diocese-calendar-2018.indd2018.docx (1.0) 5 25/09/2017 22:36 Growing the Rural Church working with children at a Messy Church in Beaford. FEBRUARY Photo: Flora Searson GROWING THE RURAL CHURCH his is a new initiative being spearheaded by our diocese. community, commercial or cultural uses for their church buildings, which Growing the Rural Church works with rural Mission can benefit the whole community. Communities to develop their resources and, in particular, Through this, we ensure that the public spaces offered by our rural their church buildings to enable them to grow in prayer, make church buildings, both for worship and extended use, are sustainably Tnew disciples and serve the people of Devon with joy. managed and remain open and available. Relationships between our rural We do this by supporting rural Mission Communities to partner with churches and their local communities are strengthened, and more people local communities and external agencies to find sustainable missional, are drawn into the life of our rural Mission Communities. Marian Carson, GtRC Project Manager | [email protected] exeter-diocese-calendar-2018.indd 6 25/09/2017 22:36 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 Candlemas 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Diocesan Education Sunday 7-14 Marriage Week 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Ash Wednesday Racial Justice Sunday Shrove Tuesday Valentine’s Day 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Exeter Diocese calendar 2018 grants advert 25 January, February & March26 2018 27 28 1 2 3 181mm wide x 55mm high26 Feb-11 March Fairtrade Fortnight Advert 181 mm x 55mm: St LUKE’S COLLEGE FOUNDATION Grants for postgraduate studies in Theology and RE Applications are invited from clergy, RE teachers and others in the service of the church for personal grants towards the costs of university based studies in Theology and RE. The next Round of Awards will be made in June, for grants tenable from September 2018, for candidates who may be starting or continuing their studies next academic year. Completed applications must be received by 1st May 2018. For further information, and to request an Application Pack, please contact: Dr David Benzie, [email protected] 01822 613143 www.st-lukes-foundation.org.uk Location & version: D:\DUsers\David\Sync Folders\St Lukes\Publicity\Devon Diocesan News\B-St Luke's advert Jan-Mar exeter-diocese-calendar-2018.indd2018.docx (1.0) 7 25/09/2017 22:36 Photo: Flora Searson Bishop Nick meets with young people at Connected Youth Event in Okehampton. MARCH VISION ur vision to pray, grow and serve is about creating a Church • serve the people of Devon with joy, in order to transform the that is fit to meet the challenges of the 21st century and communities of which we are part. serve the people of our county with generosity and joy. It is about embracing change, even when it is painful, because More details about the vision and strategy are available on www.exeter. Ostaying the same is not an option. As David was told by God in the second anglican.org but for 2018 we will be focussing on listening and engaging Book of Samuel, “When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the with the people of Devon, whether regular worshippers or not. We will be balsam trees, then bestir yourselves”. We are responding to that call to simplifying our governance structures and exploring new models of church. bestir ourselves by committing the Church of England in Devon to: The Bishops hope to spend quality time connecting with people and • grow in prayer, to bring our lives closer to God and become the people communities to learn first hand how we can work together for the common he has called us to be; good and share the hope we have in Jesus Christ. • make new disciples, to find new ways of sharing the Christian story, to Keep an eye on the news section of our website and on our Facebook bring hope and transform the lives of those around us; and Twitter feeds, for up to date news on how we are rolling out the vision. exeter-diocese-calendar-2018.indd 8 25/09/2017 22:36 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 25 26 27 28 1 2 3 Women’s World Bishop’s Diocesan Council St David’s Day Day of Prayer (tbc) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Mothering Sunday Diocesan Synod 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Exeter Diocese calendar 2018 grants advert 25 January, February & March26 2018 27 28 29 30 31 181mm wide x 55mm high Palm Sunday Maundy Thursday Good Friday Advert 181 mm x 55mm: St LUKE’S COLLEGE FOUNDATION Grants for postgraduate studies in Theology and RE Applications are invited from clergy, RE teachers and others in the service of the church for personal grants towards the costs of university based studies in Theology and RE.
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