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Choir Fundrasing Supper for Junior Choir
Choir Fundrasing Supper for Junior Choir
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Visit to the Archbishop of Canterbury
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The theme of the day was Faith in a Fast-Food World. In his first reflections, the Archbishop talked about how in today’s busy lifestyles people often leave little time for God, and that we are all too impatient. He explained that we should not try and reach God as quickly as possible, but instead should relax and open ourselves, so that God can find us. He then taught us ways of doing this, and then allowed us to wander around the palace and the garden for silent reflection. Unfortunately as we missed some of the introductory period due to rail works on the way up to
At midday we all split up into different groups, each being in a separate room inside the palace. We met several other young Christians from different dioceses in the south west. Peter’s group debated about everything under the sun, including the Da Vinci Code, freedom of speech and whether we should help people in
After lunch we congregated in the crypt, where the various groups talked about what they had done in the morning. One group had written a song and another had drawn a picture of the Archbishop with sun glasses on surrounded by quotes from the morning. The Archbishop then answered questions and expanded on what we had discussed, giving us his opinions and talking about his own experiences.
The afternoon ended in an absorbing feedback session where the Archbishop answered our questions on several controversial topics, such as the ordination of woman, homosexuality and the Da Vinci Code (put forward by my group). The underlying principle behind many of his responses was about keeping the church together, and that all the different people in the church should learn from and appreciate each other.
After saying goodbye we returned with the group from the
The thing that impressed us most about the Archbishop was that he was very approachable and open minded. His talks were very insightful and inspiring, and he was able to give a thoughtful reply to every question, including Peter’s about how to decide how limited resources of the NHS should be spent.
We thoroughly enjoyed the day and made many new friends and we are all planning to get together again in the summer.
Alison Young and Peter Ward
Palm Sunday
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Palm Sunday, the day when Jesus Christ rode into Jerusalem on a donkey,
a special service is held at St. Michael's at the top of Church Hill
Honiton. At the beginning of the service a hymn is sung inside the
church. Afterwards everyone congregates outside the church and the
children are given palm trees to wave. A procession then commences
following a donkey from the donkey sanctuary in Salcome Regis. The
procession walks towards St. Paul's Church in the High Street.
Policemen are on-hand to control the traffic as Canon Jane, the junior
and senior choir, the choir master/organist, the whole congregation and
a donkey cross the road. The whole process takes about half an hour. |
After this everyone enters St. Paul's, with the exception of the donkey which returns to the sanctuary. The service then continues as normal.
The fomer Bishop of Crediton's three visits to Honiton
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Over a period of 3 weeks, the fomer Bishop of Crediton visited St. Paul's Honiton for three separate services: the confirmation service, the ordination of four Priests and the licensing of Alan Sheath. |
Confirmation
On the 15th of June 2003, candidates that had been prepared from the parishes of Colyton and Honiton met together in St. Paul's Honiton to be confirmed. The fomer Bishop of Crediton attended the service to confirm the candidates. One girl was baptised first by the fomer Bishop before joining the other candidates for conformation. The congregations from both churches joined together, and so did both choirs.
Ordination of four Priests
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On Saturday the 28th of June the fomer Bishop visited again to perform the ordination of four priests, from Honiton, Tiverton, Uplyme, and Ottery St Mary. The person we were most pleased to be seeing ordained was Ann Pollington from St Paul's. The fomer Bishop presented the candidates each with a Bible, a chalice and a stowl as marks of their new authority. The following day was Ann's first Eucharist, and a party afterwards to celebrate the event. |
Licensing of Alan Sheath
The fomer Bishops final visit to the church was on Monday the 7th of July, for the licensing of the new vicar of Awliscombe (part of Honiton Team Ministry). The previous vicar had left last Christmas to become a naval chaplain. The new vicar Alan was greeted by representatives from the local community including school children, a doctor to highlight his work in Honiton Hospital and members of various parish organisations.
The new Bishop of Crediton visits Honiton
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The new Bishop of Crediton, Bob Evens, visited for the service of Licencing and Blessing on 23rd January 2005. |