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Contacts in the In this month’s magazine: Living in Love & Faith Crediton Benefice Community Page 3 RECTOR Rector’s Notes The Reverend Matthew Tregenza 01363 894038 Page 4 PRIEST AT SANDFORD Churches Count on Nature Vacancy Page 5 LICENSED LAY MINISTERS Festivals Update Carol Price 01647 24468 Page 6 Sandra Collier 01363 777013 St Lawrence PARISH OFFICE Page 7 Parish Administrator: Gill Lee News from around the Benefice (Tuesday and Friday 9.30am – 12.30pm) Page 8 The Boniface Centre, Church Lane, Crediton, EX17 2AH Life Coming Out of Lockdown 01363 773226 [email protected] Page 10 Website: www.creditonparishchurch.org.uk Thika Link Report - April 2021 CLERK TO THE CHURCH GOVERNORS Page 16 Sandra Thresher Alcoholics Anonymous 01363 85467 [email protected] Page 21 CHURCHWARDENS Tours of the Churchyard Crediton: Sheila Ralph, Mike May, Peter Brewer Page 22 Sandford: Linda Bennett-Smith, Chris Tucker Crediton PCC Feedback Shobrooke: Rosemary Barber, John Lee Page 24 Yeoford: Carol Price (Licensed Reader) Posbury: Fiona Mortimer (Chairman), Ruth Vigers (Treasurer) Diocesan Synod Elections Page 30 DIRECTOR OF MUSIC (ACTING) Richard Stephens 01363 775170 [email protected] Congregation invited to join PCC Sub-Committees BELL TOWER Page 32 Tower Captain: Geoff Sparling 01363 776681 [email protected] Plus regular features: BONIFACE CENTRE BOOKINGS Choir Notes – Page 20 Robin Lavery 01363 772536 [email protected] For All the Saints – Page 14 Friends of Crediton Church – Page 7 CREDITON MOTHERS’ UNION From the Archives – Page 23 Anne Jerman 01363 772865 Mothers’ Union – Page 22 HOLY CROSS FACEBOOK PAGE Prayer Diary – Page 18 James Turner [email protected] Reverberations – Page 7 PARISH MAGAZINE Rhymes and Things – Page 28 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 JULY 2021 edition of the magazine is If you would like a copy of the magazine delivered each month please contact Gill Lee or Kathleen Hughes SUNDAY 13th JUNE 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 26th JUNE 1 JUNE SERVICES IN THE BENEFICE CREDITON SANDFORD SHOBROOKE Others 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) 10.00 Family Church 6 June 9.30 Holy Communion POSBURY BEACON Trinity 1 11.00 Holy Communion 11.00 Holy Communion (BCP) 6pm Choral Evensong 8.30 Holy Communion 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) 9.30 Holy Communion YEOFORD 13 June 11.00 Holy Communion 9.30 Holy Communion 11.00 Family Service 9.30 Holy Communion Trinity 2 6pm Evening Prayer at St Lawrence Chapel 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) 9.30 Holy Communion POSBURY 20 June 11.00 Holy Communion 9.30 Holy Communion 11.00 Communion by Ext (BCP) Trinity 3 6pm Sacred Space at St Lawrence Chapel 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) 9.30 Holy Communion 9.30 Holy Communion YEOFORD 27 June 11.00 Holy Communion Trinity 4 11.00 Holy Communion or Matins 9.30 Family Service 6pm Compline Sunday Worship at Crediton Parish Church The easing of Covid-19 restrictions which have been announced and take effect from Monday 17 May make no difference to the current arrangements. Holy Cross is open for public worship with services at 8am and 9.30am (repeated at 11am). Precautions continue as we are mindful of the need to stay safe as the lockdown eases and the vaccination programme continues to roll out. Please let Anne Jerman know (01363 772865 or [email protected]) if you are seeking to change the time you attend church; or will not be attending a service for some reason; or will be returning to church for the first time since March 2020. Please do not to attend church if you have any of the symptoms of Covid-19 and people in the clinically extremely vulnerable category are advised to continue to exercise caution in their social contacts. The 9.30am service will continue to be live- streamed via the church Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CreditonParishChurch/ . It will then be available to view at any time. The readings for the week are available on the services page of the church website. If you have downloaded the NHS Track and Trace app to your mobile phone, please note the necessary QR readers are on display at Holy Cross, St Lawrence Chapel and Holy Trinity Yeoford. Contact and Pastoral Care during Covid-19 Restrictions Gill continues to work 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 (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 Living in Love & Faith Throughout 2021, everyone in the Church of England is invited to take part in a conversation about sexuality and gender. The Diocese of Exeter tells us “This is crucial for the church’s direction in the coming years. The outcomes could have far-reaching consequences for the mission and unity of the church but this is a conversation that has been going on already for many years. Sadly, in the past, this has not always been a helpful conversation and has sometimes been conducted in confrontational ways and with polarised views. We can do better. If we are committed to listen to one another, to articulate our own views with love and respect, and to make space for voices we have not heard thus far, we could have a really fruitful encounter. To help this conversation, the Church of England has developed Living in Love and Faith, a set of resources and a call to talk, listen, and feedback. The resources include a book; a website and learning hub with videos, podcasts, and more; group material to guide the conversation; and ways of feeding reflections back. It is important that you take part. This process will contribute to decision-making in the Church of England in 2022. We can be certain that there are loud voices who wish to be heard during it. We need other voices also to contribute, so that we have as broad, inclusive, and grace-filled listening as possible. Please join in.” The intention is to run a 5 week course later in the year for the churches in Cadbury Deanery and feedback from the course will be passed on to General Synod. Further details on the course will follow. 3 Rector’s Notes Lewis's 'Welcome Fund'. The generosity of spirit of so many people has been a June 5th real joy to see. June the 5th is of course, St Boniface Day and there will be the customary Hospitality prayers at the statue of St Boniface in The kindness and welcome which you Newcombe's Meadow at 1pm. Following have shown to Lewis, even before his this, from 2pm onwards, it is really good arrival in Crediton, has led me to reflect that we'll be able to have a variety of on the idea of hospitality and all that activities at Holy Cross to celebrate this goes with it, such as generosity of spirit special day. Devon cream teas will also and welcome - especially to the stranger be on offer ... go on give in to temptation in our midst. just this once! Hospitality. It's rather a nice sounding Lewis Eden virtue, but what is it? I like to think that There is much excitement as we prepare it makes our lives and the lives of others to welcome our new assistant curate, more comfortable. However, it is much Lewis Eden, this month. Lewis hopes to more than just a nice virtue. It is arrive on June 5th and when I reminded essential! him that it was also St Boniface Day, he If we look around, we are given precious was delighted with his sense of timing! glimpses of the hospitality of God when Lewis will be licensed as a lay worker we perceive all that God provides for us by Bishop Robert at the end of June and through the created world.