From our Vicar
Welcome! I'm glad you've found us. Look around and make yourself at home. If you live in these parishes, remember that these churches are yours. Please do contact me if you want to find out more abou God, or what the church can offer in terms of support - particularly through life's significant events.
God is in the day-to-day too, the ordinary things that are at the heart of life, so we try to be here for people of all ages, day in, day out. Our Christian faith is rooted in the Incarnation - God made human. I like to think of it as God who knows what it's like to have muddy feet just like us. We're none of us perfect but we are all loved and accepted by God, reflecting God's likeness in some way or another. How awesome is that! I look forward to hearing from you.
Rev Gill George
Priest-in-Charge
(also known as “Vicar”, “Rector” according to local custom)
The grouped parishes (known as a “Benefice”)
Welcome to the website for the South Tamar Benefice. From here you can find the websites for our individual parishes - Milton Abbot, Dunterton, Lamerton, Sydenham Damerel, Marystowe, and Coryton. We are a group of 6 Church of England parishes in the rolling farmland of the Tamar Valley AONB, broadly between the River Tamar and the Rivers Lyd and Lew. We have 2 primary schools in the area, and our schools volunteers also work in another on our borders. All our volunteers have DBS checks and undergo regular safeguarding training. We also have a strong pastoral team who work with people in local residential care settings, and trained Anna Chaplains specialising in spiritual support for the older age range. As well as a strong team of volunteers, we have a full time vicar - Priest-in-Charge, Reverend Gill George. We are also blessed with Local Lay Minister, Richard Searight, and retired priest, Revd Canon Tim Thompson.
Finding what you need here
The calendar can be filtered by location, and calendar entries contain information about the event, as well as optional downloads - for instance the event poster.
In the 'News and Notices' tab you will find the service schedules (which can be downloaded and printed), the bi-monthly Parish News magazine, and a link to read the weekly email, as well as information about what's on.
The 'Prayer Support' tab contains the Benefice Prayer List for inclusion in private prayers and public intercessions, along with other prayers.
'View mission community churches' will take you to any of our individual parishes, which can be located by clicking on the map, or viewed in a list. They also each have external web addresses: locationchurch.co.uk (e.g. miltonabbotchurch.co.uk)
