Welcome
The Shirwell Mission Community comprises eight Churches in seven rural parishes in North Devon:
Bratton Fleming; Challacombe; East Down & Arlington; Kentisbury; Loxhore; Shirwell and Stoke Rivers.
The Mission Community
Services during July 2018
The Mission Community lies within the Shirwell Deanery and covers an area of just under 50 square miles with a population of approximately 2600.
The parishes extend north east of Barnstaple to the Exmoor National Park and the Somerset border.
The Rector is Revd Rosie Austin, who lookes after the seven parishes. She is assisted by a curate Revd Martyn Tyrrell, two retired clergymen, Rev Chris Tull from Challacombe and Rev Mike Miller from South Molton.
Rosie lives in Bratton Fleming, the largest of the parishes and placed centrally within the Mission Community.
Martyn lives in Shirwell, the second largest parish.
All enquiries for weddings, funerals and baptisms should be made to Rev Rosie Austin:
Telephone 01598 711962
Email: rosieaustin@live.co.uk
Cancelled
Due to the World Cup match at the same time, Messy Church at Bratton Fleming on Sunday 15 July has been cancelled
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Date |
Place |
Time |
Service type |
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1 July
Fifth after Trinity Proper 8
Green
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Bratton Fleming Shirwell East Down Loxhore |
09.30 09.30 11.15 11.15 |
Holy Communion Morning Worship Holy Communion Holy Communion BCP |
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8 July
Sixth after Trinity Proper 9
Green
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Bratton Fleming Shirwell Stoke Rivers Challacombe
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09.30 09.30 11.15 11.15 |
All Age Worship Holy Communion Morning Worship Holy Communion |
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15 July
Seventh after Trinity Proper 10
Green |
Bratton Fleming Shirwell Kentisbury East Down Loxhore Bratton Fleming |
09.30 09.30 09.30 11.15 15.00 15.45 |
Holy Communion M All Praise CL Holy Communion All Praise CL Evening Prayer Messy Church - Cancelled |
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22 July
Eighth after Trinity Proper 11
Green |
Bratton Fleming
Shirwell Stoke Rivers Christ Church Braunton Challacombe
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09.30 09.30 11.15 18.30 15.00
18.30 |
Morning Worship with Christening Holy Communion Holy Communion Farewell service for Rev Robert Manning Evening Prayer BCP
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Thursday 26
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Bratton Fleming |
16.00 |
Celebration service followed by BBQ on the Green |
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29 July
Ninth after Trinity Proper 12
Green |
Kentisbury |
11.00 |
Team Service + Lammas, followed by Bring & Share lunch/picnic |
Parishes within the Shirwell Mission Community
Curate's Ramblings for July
Remain or Leave?
…These two words in the media and in our parliament at the moment are at the centre of imminent change with generational implications. “Oh, there’s power in words!” Bishop Curry might have said as he proceeded to use the word “love” sixty-four times in his famous royal wedding address! What can be missed by focusing on words is their intended meaning. We should not just question the words that are used, but also question what those words mean, as an important step towards our understanding.
For some people the word summer means a holiday, for others it is just a different season of work and routine. Our local areas benefit greatly from those who remain in the country for a “stay-cation”, renting a nice holiday cottage in one of our parishes. Others choose to leave in hope of an exotic break! Some of us may long to remain in the places, relationships and routines we value. Still others of us may desire to leave seeking something better that may be based on hope, certainty or necessity.
Words like “remain” and “leave” may have mundane seasonal meanings, or may be life changing questions that loom over people much in the same way these words currently loom over the future of this nation. For Christians these words have deep meanings and both remaining and leaving are a part of the Christian life that is rooted in the words Jesus gives to us in our Bible.
Jesus’ words are that we should remain inHim and also leave withHim, Jesus words to us include that He will never leaveus because He sends His Holy Spirit to remainwith us. The Bible tells of people who leave places behind but remain in faithful relationship with God. Others remain in places but leave behind their old lifestyle. In my Christian life when I am faced with the choice of whether to remain or leave, I believe that in choosing Jesus I must do both. I have found that in any choice that there is to make, whether I leave or remain, there is only one who saves me in any situation: Jesus.
Martyn