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2016 Calendarand Annual Report

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An illustrated calendar and annual

report of life in the Diocese of Exeter,

with church and other event dates,

and account & budget information.

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Church of England Devon A Year in Pictures 2016 Calendar

Front cover image: Nick Shutt Back cover image: Jane Willis

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WELCOME TO THE 2016 CALENDAR OF THE DIOCESE OF EXETER.

The photographs in this year’s calendar form a gallery of snapshots in the lives of our churches, schools and communities. They reveal just how rich and variegated the life of the church in Devon is. Each picture tells a story and testifies to a way of living which seeks to put God at the centre and our service of others as our joy. As the weeks and months pass, and you find yourself entering the dates of family birthdays, meetings, doctor’s appointments and school holidays, I hope the photographs inspire you to thank God for the gift of life. In all the busyness of daily life, let’s pray for grace not to fritter our lives away, but use the time that is given us well and to God’s glory.

THE RIGHT REVD ROBERT ATWELL BISHOP OF EXETER

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Bishop Robert meets people at the Memory Café in Tiverton. Photo: Rebecca Paveley

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AUGUST used to be the main time when people took holidays, and for those

with school age children it still is. Others now take holidays and short breaks at any time of the year. One thing is certain: Devon will be full of holiday-makers this August, enjoying our beautiful county, its beaches and countryside. As the old English folk song has it: ‘Sumer is icumen in!’

The word ‘holiday’ is, of course, a contraction of ‘holy day’. In fact many of our public holidays derive from the celebrations of the Christian year. The idea of a special day of rest comes from the Jewish practice of the Sabbath which Christians turned into Sunday, a special weekly celebration of the resurrection of Christ.

Festivals are a feature of all religions, but there continues to be something unique about the Jewish observance of the Sabbath with its strict

emphasis upon rest from work and human effort. The Sabbath is designed to be a day of peace and quiet before God, not a day of religious striving to find God. If you think about it, it is quite a revolutionary idea.

Over the last twenty years or so we have seen the effects of the deregulation of Sunday and the effective abandonment of trading restrictions. For many in Britain today this feels like a gain, but in the process Sunday has disappeared into the all-too-human-centred greyness of the rest of the week. It isn’t only religiously

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inclined people who have lost out, society as a whole has lost out and especially family life. As a generation I sometimes think we are too busy.

Whether or not we are going away this August, I hope the holiday atmosphere will help us all to relax, to stand back from the hurly-burly of things and re-focus our priorities. After all, God began it all with the original Sabbath rest on the seventh day of creation when He finished the work of creation and deemed it to be ‘very good’. May our holidays and our holy days train our eyes to see the goodness of God in the world and rejoice in his grace.

RT REVD ROBERT ATWELL BISHOP OF EXETER

Lighten our darkness we beseech thee O Lord… Princetown Church at night.

Photo: Nick Shutt

LIVING OUT THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN DEVON

Year 3 Pupils with Margaret Razak, a teacher at St Nicholas (Anglican Church of Melanesia – ACoM) School, Honiara, the Solomon Islands. Four teachers visited Devon in July.

THE DIOCESE OF EXETER and the Melanesian Mission go back some 160 years, when John Coleridge Patteson, a young curate from Alfington in East Devon became a missionary working in the South Pacific. ‘Coley’ as he was fondly known became the first Bishop of Melanesia and was popular with Melanesians, saying of them – ‘I want them to become Christians in the warm colour of their own skins.’ Although martyred in 1871 the Anglican Church has flourished throughout Melanesia and people still speak highly of Coley and of his home in Devon.

Today we have Church of England Schools in this Diocese linked with Church of Melanesia schools in the Solomon Islands. An exchange of teachers and pupils crossing over 9,000 miles continue this extraordinary fellowship. Wantok is a pidgin word and concept which means ‘one talk’: we speak the same language and we look after each other. Patteson would be very pleased with the Wantok in Christianity which we have with the people of Melanesia today.

We are also companions with the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf, the Catholic diocese of Bayeux-Lisieux in Normandy the Diocese of Thika in Kenya.

For details visit the diocesan website www.exeter.anglican.org and click on “Companion Links” under the “Who We Are” section.

CHRISTOPHER FUTCHER [email protected]

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TOWARDS A ‘FAIR AND LOCAL’ DIOCESEEVERY YEAR Devon churches are invited to mark Fairtrade Fortnight. In 2015 they hosted a Devon cream tea, emblematic of our twin goals of using our purchasing power to ensure that we buy ‘fair’ and ‘local’ produce. Fairtrade tea, dairy and jam produced a tempting spread when Paul Tiony, a Kenyan Fairtrade tea producer toured Devon during Fairtrade fortnight, and talked to church refreshment volunteers and Traidcraft suppliers.

Paul described the many benefits that contracts for the Fairtrade tea, grown by local people, has brought to their communities since 2006. These are not just the benefit of a higher, more reliable income, but funding to build twelve schools, nine health clinics and dispensaries, and to develop four water projects. They’ve also been able to pay secondary school fees for 900 students.

Over 130 churches in Exeter Diocese are now registered as Fairtrade Churches, committed to serving Fairtrade tea and coffee at events, promoting other Fairtrade products and using Fairtrade Fortnight to spread the news of how we can all promote trade justice in our daily lives.

For more information visit the diocesan website and click on “Faith in Action” under the “Church Life” section, or find out more from fairtrade.org.uk and traidcraft.org.uk

JULIA NEVILLE CHURCH & SOCIETY [email protected]

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The reordered church at St Mary the Virgin, Walkhampton. Photo: Nick Shutt

THE CONGREGATION of St Mary the Virgin, Walkhampton have reason to celebrate following the completion of the project to re-order the west end of the church. The church now has a full disabled toilet, kitchen, and a new platform for bell ringing accessed by a spiral staircase, all finished off with an etched glass screen depicting animals and moorland scenes from the parish.

The project took 12 years of hard work, fundraising and generosity from the small but active congregation, the local community and grant-making bodies.

The church worked closely with the Church Buildings Office which covers the work of the Diocesan Advisory Committee (DAC) and the Church Buildings Strategy Committee. Advisers Louise and Eve are the first point of contact for any queries relating to church buildings or churchyards.

Calling on their voluntary experts and specialist consultants, the DAC provides advice to PCCs about proposed works, offers training for Churchwardens and Fabric Committees and the Advisers can help parishes through the faculty application process.

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VOCATIONS

Andrew Down leads the fun in church. Photo: Joanna Mimmack

FOUR FISHERMEN were going about their daily work down at the water’s edge on a hot day 2000 years ago. But Jesus tapped them on the shoulder and said, ‘Leave all that. Come with me and I will teach you how to fish for people.’ For Simon, Andrew, James and John, life was never the same again.

When God tapped Andrew Down on the shoulder he was working as an addictions counsellor. It was a sense of call which came through conversations with a number of people including his vicar and members of his church congregation. The conversation continued as Andrew was interviewed by different people in the diocese, under the guidance of the Director of Ordinands, and attended a national selection conference. He was recommended to train for ordained ministry, so he and his family moved to Ripon College, just outside Oxford. They came back to this diocese three years later, for Andrew to become curate at St James’ Church, Exeter.

Recently, people from many walks of life in Devon have been called to explore ordained ministry. Among them: administrators, farmers, teachers, ex-service personnel, youth workers, a coast guard, home-makers, factory workers, care assistants and a former police officer. Might God be calling you?

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MaySustainable food growing: Students in the Learning Garden at the Bishop’s Palace have been developing their own organic vegetable patch as part of an ecotherapy adult learning programme supported by the Diocese and other community groups. The organic produce from the learning garden has been used in the Cathedral Café. Photo: www.exetercvs.org.uk/horticulture

WE ARE BECOMING increasingly aware of the damage our human activity is causing to the support systems which sustain life on God’s earth. With growing climate change, loss of species, excessive pollution and declining resources we have to re-think and live more as if tomorrow mattered. We believe the world is created as a holy place, yet we readily desecrate it without regard for its intrinsic value or for future generations.

Two key environmental issues are how we protect wildlife biodiversity, and how we produce our food.

One Devon church project that is making a small difference is at Chagford parish church with the support of conservationist Nick Baker and the Diocesan Advisory Committee.There is a move to try and make their building more swift-friendly.

Churches are ideal for this - their steep high sides encourage swifts to make their nests. That is exactly what the congregation at St Michael’s hope to do by providing special nest boxes, hidden behind the louvres of the bell tower. By playing the calls of a swift colony they hope to attract more birds. With the installation of cameras they also hope to be able to show the school and the rest of the community the very private life of these enigmatic summer birds.

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1. Please pray today for those behind the launch today of the Exeter Pound, a new local currency for the city. It is hoped it will make a positive and enduring difference to the local economy.

2. In our link with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayeux-Lisieux in France, pray for all those involved in planning exchange conferences, especially for speakers and those providing hospitality.

3. Please pray for the Holsworthy Deanery, especially their Rural Dean Chris Penn, Lay Chair David Robinson, Secretary Sylvia Goldspink and treasurer Lititia Yetman.

4. Pray for the Our Lady and All the Saints North Torquay Mission Community, their clergy Gorran Chapman, Robert Ward and Paul Jones, Reader Gordon Nickerson and for the congregations at St John, Torquay, St Martin, Barton, Church Hall, Barton, St Mary the Virgin, Saint Marychurch and All Saints Babbacombe.

5. Please pray for the parish of Highweek. For their priest-in-charge Michael Thayer, Reader Steven Sheldon and the congregations at All Saints, Highweek and St Mary the Virgin Abbotsbury.

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Early May bank holiday Ascension Day

World Fair Trade Day

Pentecost 15-21 May Christian Aid Week


18-24 May Dementia Awareness Week

Trinity Sunday

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CHRISTIAN GIVING

FOLLOWING the formal launch of the Parish Giving Scheme in March 2015, churches have really embraced this new approach to Christian giving. There are currently 113 churches registered, and there are well over 500 active donors.

The scheme is already bringing £44,000 in to parish bank accounts each month (half a million pounds a year), and is helping treasurers immensely by reducing their administration commitments.

The parish receives the entire gift within 10 days of the person making their donation. This amount includes the gift aid, which is claimed centrally. Many members have opted to increase their gift automatically with inflation.

As such, PGS is supporting Christians to review their giving as part of their discipleship journey.

In July the Diocese celebrated the 100th church registration to the Parish Giving Scheme. This award went to the Gulworthy team. Bishop Robert was delighted to share a PGS 100 cake with church members from the pilot parishes.

KATIE ROSCORLA MISSION RESOURCES ADVISER 01392 294960 katie.roscorla @exeter.anglican.org

JuneGulworthy church members receive their certificate. Photo: Rebecca Paveley


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Children found a warm welcome at the Church Tent at the Devon County Show. Photo: Nicky Davies

CHILDRENS’ WORKMATTHEW 18: The disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” Jesus called a little child to him and put the child among them. Then he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven. So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. And anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf is welcoming me.”

There are many humble congregations all over Devon learning from children about what God’s kingdom is really like, where forgiveness overrules hate, love does not discriminate, the least are treated with special honour and those who welcome children are actually welcoming Jesus.

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A Police Chaplain chats to people at the Devon County Show. Photo: Nicky Davies

CHAPLAINCYACROSS OUR DIOCESE chaplains are working at grass roots level to offer support to people in their everyday lives. From Higher Education and University chaplains to hospital and police chaplains these dedicated people show God’s love to all they meet and are ready to respond when needed.

Sarah Jeffrey has been Lead Police Chaplain for Devon and Cornwall for nearly two years. She says: “Police chaplaincy is one of the most rewarding and challenging ways to show God’s love and compassion on the ground. Coming alongside officers and police staff to share their concerns, hurts, and joy creates a very special relationship. Whether it’s delivering pastoral care in the station, supporting while in cars or walking on the street with officers, chaplains are a part of the police family. Among other things, we celebrate with the force at our Christmas carol services, share their pain at the annual Police Memorial Day and lift them up to God during the National Day of Prayer.”

Sacha Pearce works as a team chaplain in Derriford Hospital in Plymouth and adds: “Being a hospital chaplain is a privilege. It is a ministry of being alongside people who are often in a broken place, listening to them and helping to create a space into which they tell their story as they work out how to face their own particular acute human experience.”

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Children of the Ottery Mission Community enjoying their Prayer Spaces day at Ottery St Mary church. Photo: Cate Edmonds

CHURCH SCHOOLSWE ARE VERY PROUD of our 131 church schools and their close links with our parishes and mission communities. Over the last year, diocesan education officers have been supporting a ‘prayer spaces’ project, enabling children to explore questions about life and spirituality in a safe and creative way. Resources and training have been provided to schools, parishes and deanery synods. Prayer Space experiences have taken place in schools and local churches. Pupils have taken part in activities including: blowing away your worries, and putting the things you are sorry for in the bonfire for Pentecost; decorating crosses for Easter, pegging up prayers, washing away worries, making origami doves and many more interactive and stimulating ways of praying and reflecting!

Reader Sue Gay and her team at St Michael’s Kingsteignton run a number of RE-focussed ‘Experience’ Days throughout the year. Adapting ideas from Gloucester Diocese in the light of their own experience, Sue and her team have written their own materials, including ‘Explore Epiphany’. Sue works closely with teachers in two local schools – one a Church of England school, one a community school – to plan a structured ‘Experience Journey’ for pupils from Year 2 upwards as part of their RE curriculum.

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Bishop’s Diocesan Council 18.00 – 21.00 (TBC) UN International Day of Peace

SAFEGUARDING

EVERYONE, children and adults alike, must be able to attend church and its related activities in the knowledge that their safety and well-being is assured. ‘ Safeguarding’ is the term used to cover the myriad of preventative and protective measures we put in place to ensure the promotion of safety and well-being for all.

This includes safer recruitment of staff and volunteers, responsible use of the internet and the provision of training courses to keep our leaders up to date with the latest policies and legislation.

The Diocesan Safeguarding Team undertakes a large variety of work to support parishes in their safeguarding responsibilities. They are well supported by parish safeguarding representatives who provide advice and assistance at a local level.

No query is too large or too small for the Diocesan Safeguarding Team. If you are concerned about a situation, an individual or a procedure, please do not hesitate to contact them.

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As we enter a season of praying for creation we pray: Every creature, every plant, every rock and grain of sand proclaims the glory of its Creator, worships through colour, shape, scent and form. A multi-sensory song of praise. Creator God, may we join with the whole of your creation in praising you, our Creator through the fragrance and melody of our lives. www.christian-ecology.org.uk

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1. Please pray today for those behind the launch today of the Exeter Pound, a new local currency for the city. It is hoped it will make a positive and enduring difference to the local economy.

2. In our link with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayeux-Lisieux in France, pray for all those involved in planning exchange conferences, especially for speakers and those providing hospitality.

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5. Please pray for the parish of Highweek. For their priest-in-charge Michael Thayer, Reader Steven Sheldon and the congregations at All Saints, Highweek and St Mary the Virgin Abbotsbury.

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The Housing Justice Roadshow included representatives of Sidmouth Gateway Project, Churches Action on Homelessness (CHAT) and Cullompton Foodbank. Photograph: Guy Cruls.

FAITH IN ACTIONA RECENT AUDIT among faith projects in Plymouth found that volunteers were passionately committed to “caring for others”. Compassion was the response in Sidmouth when a homeless man, Tommy Duffy, was found dead on the seafront. This inspired a small group to share their expertise and address needs of local homeless people. Soon their group, Sidmouth Gateway Project, came to the defence of another man threatened with illegal eviction.

This is how things often work - a coming together of availability and relevant experience, in response to local need. Rather than requiring funding, the resulting activities draw on our compassion, willingness to learn and ability to work with others.

Over 80 people from churches and homelessness service providers across Devon came together for a Housing Justice roadshow. This national Christian charity also provided training for seven churches in Paignton who opened a Winter Night Shelter.

The biblical concepts of ‘Peace and Justice’ are about restoring and healing relationships in communities, particularly with the most vulnerable. So whether we support local, national, or global projects, our compassion and joy is always central, as we relate the good news of the Gospel to our society today.

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EXETER CATHEDRAL

DecemberIT IS A CHALLENGING TIME for England’s Cathedrals, balancing being both mother churches for their dioceses, and tourist attractions. As a living church, Exeter Cathedral hosts large services, including ordinations and installations, as well as daily Morning Prayer and Evensong services; while as a heritage site we work hard to maintain the building’s fabric and improve visitor facilities with very little subsidy from government or other sources.

At a running cost of £4,000 a day, income from entry charges to visitors continues to be essential, to keep the doors of the Cathedral open. However, we do all we can to ensure that those who worship in the parish churches across Devon feel at home in their Cathedral. To this end we have sent copies of a new parish card to every mission community, to allow members of parish churches in the Diocese to enter the Cathedral whenever they wish, without having to pay.

Despite their challenges, Cathedrals are always inspiring and creative places, and Exeter is no exception. The number of people worshipping in Cathedrals is growing nationally. Following the success of our monthly Holy Ground worship, we have introduced an additional Sundays@7 service, reaching out to new communities choosing to make the Cathedral their spiritual home, as we seek to serve the mission of Christ in this place.

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FRESH EXPRESSIONS

Ed Hodges preparing for ordination at St Paul’s Cathedral, London. Photo: St Paul’s Cathedral

IN 2012, the Diocese took the radical step of creating a new church. Some might say we already have plenty, but this one is different. It is all age, but exists to reach out to one group - young people with little or no experience of church or Christian faith. It is called Unlimited and is a Bishop’s Mission Order. This means it’s an official part of the Diocese with an order from the Bishop for its particular mission. Unlimited exists so young people can encounter the God that they’ve never met and live different lives as a result.

Rev James Grier leads it with his wife Liz and a leadership team. He says that: “We hold regular cafes and events for young people, even a fortnightly cafe from midnight until 3am as a sanctuary for those out clubbing. Church and faith are totally irrelevant to most young people today, so we go to where they are and hope to help them see something of Jesus and his vital relevance for life.”

In 2015, their first ever ordinand, Ed Hodges, was ordained at St Paul’s Cathedral. Ed came to Exeter as a student and joined Unlimited in his first year. He says: “The time I spent at Unlimited church has had a big impact on my decision to offer myself forward for Ordained ministry. I loved the opportunities to reach out to the next generation in the city and I realised that God was calling me to give my life to be a part of leading his church.”

REV JAMES GRIER [email protected] www.unlimitedchurch.org.uk


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Where do we spend the money we receive?* Other costs include Lay Pension deficit, EDBF Audit and Insurance, Human Resources and Land Registration

INCOME 2015

EXPENDITURE 2015

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FINANCE REPORT

THE DIOCESE OF EXETER remains committed to its mission: “That every human community in Devon has a praying, worshipping and witnessing Christian presence, working to make disciples of Jesus Christ and to bring that community’s life into the kingdom of God and that everyone has the opportunity to engage with the fullness of the Church’s life locally.” In his installation address in July 2014, Bishop Robert established three important principles by which we aim to fulfil this promise, by:

• Growing in prayer;• Making new disciples; and• Serving the people of Devon with joy.

Financial performance in the last few years has been encouraging, with continuing increases in the level of Common Fund contributions received from parishes, the level of generosity shown is inspiring! We have also seen an increase in the value of our investment and this enables the level of requested increase in Common Fund to be kept low, while at the same time providing resources to stimulate growth.

The biggest challenge facing the diocese over the next few years still remains how we respond to the projected fall in the number of people in our congregations, resulting from the current older age profile. The Bishop’s Diocesan Council has agreed that we should invest resources to grow the Church in Devon, as failure to do so will make decline inevitable. This is a really exciting time and will involve investing in new initiatives and trying different ways to grow our church – key to this will be identifying the leadership and support required to stimulate this growth. New initiatives take time to have an effect, so the resources will need to be carefully deployed to ensure they enable the desired growth to happen.

The Parish Giving Scheme was formally launched by Bishop Robert in early 2015 and well over 100 churches have so far registered with the scheme and over £0.5 million per annum is already flowing into parishes’ bank accounts. This number is growing all the time and we are delighted that the people of our diocese have embraced this fantastic initiative so keenly.

NEIL WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

FINANCE REPORT 2014-2015

DIOCESE OF EXETER


IN DEVON

Good Friday pilgrimage walk in Sheepstor. Photo: Nick Shutt

How every£10 we receive

is spent

Breakdownof every £10we receive

Where do we get our money from?

Where do we spend the money we receive?* Other costs include Lay Pension deficit, EDBF Audit and Insurance, Human Resources and Land Registration

INCOME 2015

EXPENDITURE 2015

CLERGY, INCLUDING HOUSING £7.38

NATI

ONAL

CHU

RCH £1.12

INVE

STM

ENTS

& G

LEBE

INCO

ME 91p

RENT

AL O

F HO

USIN

G 60p

PARO

CHIA

L FEE

S 49p

ALL C

HURC

HES

TRUS

T 12p

RESE

RVES

26p

COMMON FUND £6.50

OTHE

R CO

STS 16p*

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D/BO

ARD/

COM

MIT

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12p

DIOC

ESAN

REG

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COM

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CHIL

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