Trinity_3_text_of_service.pdf
Invitation_20th_July_2023.pdf

Dear Friends,

Coming into my last weekend of ministry here brings a whole range of emotions and memories. It all began with a conversation at a tea room beside the river in Barnstaple with Archdeacon Mark, who I'd known from my curacy in Oxford.

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Trinity_2_text_of_service.pdf
Trinity_2_sermon.pdf

On Wednesday some of us attended an inspiring Archdeacon's Visitation, one of the services in which Church wardens are commissioned. The role of Church warden is an ancient one, they are Bishop's Officers with distinctive authority and responsibility

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Dear Friends,

God of Truth

help us to keep your law of love

and to walk in ways of wisdom

that we may find true life

in Jesus Christ your Son

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Trinity_Sunday_service_text.pdf
Trinity_Sunday_sermon.pdf

Dear Friends,

When I was interviewed for this post, Archdeacon Mark surprised me with a final question: "what is the gospel, for you, summed up in a single sentence?" Perhaps because it was a surprise it was easier to answer the heart:

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