We are delighted to welcome you as a visitor to the website of our Parish Church of St. Paul, Honiton. St Paul’s is in the centre of Honiton High Street and is the Parish Church serving the whole town. St Paul’s is always open during daylight hours and we welcome people to come in to the church to visit, look around, to pray, or to be quiet. On Tuesday and Saturday Mornings, to coincide with market days, we have a Coffee Morning between 10am & 12 noon, and everyone is welcome. We are part of a Team Ministry with the villages of Awliscombe, Buckerell, Combe Raleigh, Gittisham and Monkton.

Weekly Sunday Services

8.00am Holy Communion (said)
9.30am Parish Communion with Sunday School

Monthly Sunday Services

11.15am Sunday Celebrations for young families (on the second sunday of each month)
11.15am Family Service and Baptism (on the fourth sunday of each month)

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The Honiton Bell Ringers have launched their own website which can be found at
www.beltower.co.uk

		January 10th 2007 'One more step along the world I go' - The church was packed for Reverend Ann's Farewell Service. The congregation was in good voice having been prepared by Ann beforehand to sing some of the music which she had introduced over the years. Members were invited to put their names and a message on links of a paper chain to hang in her new vicarage. A presentation was made, this included a wheelbarrow!
		December 2nd The fundraising event for Junior Choir bursaries to Royal School of Church Music events was very successful. The supper was most enjoyable and the entertainment imaginative and original. There was a pantomome - Snow White and theThree Dwarves (due to cut-backs), puppets performing the Hallelujah Chorus and a rendition of 'Mioaw' by Julie de'Ath Lancaster and Anne Boakes. Liz Tirard, Marilyn Kidney and Gina Wilkins were delighted that the event has added in excess of £500 to the funds. Click Here for a selection of photos from the evening
		October 15th Reverend Ann Pollington announced that she has been appointed Priest-in-charge of St Ippolyts, Great Wymondley and Little Wymondley in the Diocese of St Albans subject to the usual legal requirements. The date of the licensing will be announced in due course. Ann is delighted with her news and there was a spontaneous round of applause after the announcement was made in each of the team's churches. Ann will be moving soon after Christmas.
		September 21st  The Reverend Sue Roberts was welcomed to Honiton by members of the clergy and congregation at her institution by the Reverend Bob Evens, Bishop of Crediton. Sue is the new Rector of Honiton having moved from Totnes.
		September 3rd  -'Sing a new song to the Lord' - a service with music from around the world. Revd Ann Pollington lead the Parish Eucharist on  with hymns she had chosen from around the world. Various members of the congregation had been invited to join the choir at their friday evening practice to ensure that there were pockets of people who could lead others around the church. The service was a great success with Ann encouraging us to embrace change and opportunities to reflect on new experiences.
		June 25th - Val retires as verger and sacristan   Val Wilkinson retires as verger and sacristan at St Paul’s at the end of June having served in this position for 14 years. She had done a similar job in a Hampshire church for 20 years before moving to Devon. At the end of her last sunday morning service in the job Rev’d Ann Pollington paid tribute to the way she had worked over the years and presented with some flowers and a gift from the congregation
		June 25th - New banner for St Paul’s  The newly refurbished banner of St Paul was blessed by Rev’d Ann Pollington at the beginning of the Parish Eucharist. She explained how Val Wilkinson, the retiring verger, had found the original banner from Victorian times in storage and removed the figure. Together with the banner making team it was remounted on a new backing. During the recent ‘Discovery Day’ visitors were each invited to put a stitch on to the banner.
		June 25th - Organists  A church organist is appointed by the incumbent. Until our new Team Rector is licensed in the Autumn the 9.30am services will be accompanied by different visiting organists. The organ is actually under wraps at present to protect it from dust. The ceiling in one of the side aisles is being prepared.
		June 25th - 'Organist of the day' David, a former organist at Weston-super-mare and chorister at Honiton, played the piano today.
		May 28th John Mingay Retires after nearly 20 years as Organist for St. Paul's. He was presented with a standard olive tree for his new patio. After the service there was an opportunity to talk to John and thank him for all his hard work, over coffee, wine and nibbles.
		May 6th Peter Ward and Alison Young visited the Archbishop of Canterbury. Click here for more information