Please note that the community cafe, baby group and bread church are taking a break for Easter on Thursday 5th April. They will all be back and running again on Thursday 12th April.
Knowing, sharing and living Christ's love
Knowing, sharing and living Christ's love
Here is the details for our Benefice Easter Sunrise service on Easter Sunday. We hope you can join us!
Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” Matthew 21:8-9 Here’s a few images from our Palm Sunday procession…
Below is a list of the Activities happening within our benefice over the Easter period. Starting with the FOSA Concert evening on 24th March at 7.30pm in St Andrews Church. Palm Sunday Services 9.15am at Waterrow with Vigdis 10.30am at Tolland with Rev Margaret Armstrongs 10.20am meet for the procession from The Square to the St Andrew’s Service at 10.45am in Wiveliscombe Andrew Norris Then at 6.00pm a…
After much work, lots of meetings, prayer, writing, meetings and more prayer our benefice profile is completed and the advert is in the church times! We are now officially looking for a new rector. Please spread the news and continue praying that God will ensure the right person sees it! https://jobs.churchtimes.co.uk/jobs/Rector-in-South-West-jn5913
A busy Messy church this March explored the cross and resurrection of Jesus through the Road to Emmaus. We made Easter gardens in jars, decorated cross biscuits, made Easter cards, had a game of chance (like those soldiers wanting Jesus’ clothes) and tried to see how big a cross we could make with pegs and lolly sticks! A messy tea of pasta…
The community cafe and baby group has been a great success so far and there is a real wish for this to carry on and grow after Easter. We’d like to have a few teams of helpers who can run the cafe so that no one has to be there every week. If you think you could help perhaps once a month…
We are delighted to hear that the Children’s Bibles have now arrived in 3 of the 6 dioceses that they are going to in the Congo. Here’s a message from Bishop William in Boga and some images of the very happy Sunday School children who have just received their Bibles. Thank you for the Bibles. We gave them to two groups: the…
Friends of St Andrews (FOSA) presents: an evening of Song, Dance, Music and Entertainment! To be held at St Andrew’s Church, Wiveliscombe on Saturday 24th March at 7.30pm. Funds raised in aid of the re-ordering project. Tickets £5 adults, £2.50 under 17 to include refreshments. Raffle. Please contact Gloria Filbee at St Andrew’s or 01984 624653 or Stuart Sinnot 01984 623246.
A further part of our Lent programme for 2018 is to set a challenge for everyone – to do something different this year, to “take something up for Lent”. Will you accept and reflect on the challenge?! This is a chance for us all to examine our own lives, and see where we might need to grow too. Are you fulfilling your…