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Plymouth 2035 is a key part of the Diocese of Exeter’s 10-year vision to see lives transformed and churches and their communities flourishing. Watch this video with the Bishop of Plymouth and other key members of the team to find out what’s been happening in Plymouth since the launch in January - and what the plans are for the next six months. Find out more: www.exeter.anglican.org/who-we-are/plymouth-2035 by @cofedevon

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It’s great to hear Radio 4’s Sunday Worship coming from the church of Holy Cross, Crediton today on the feast of St Luke. Holy Cross is the seat of the Bishop of Crediton. You can listen to it here from 0810: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/bbc_radio_fourfm?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile #sunday #choir #crediton by @cofedevon

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Congratulations to the newly elected members of General Synod. Five clergy representatives and five lay representatives in the Diocese of Exeter have been elected to serve for the 2026-2031 quinquennium.
House of Clergy:
The Revd Preb. Rosie Austin
The Ven. Douglas Dettmer
The Revd Graham Hamilton
The Revd Canon Prof. Morwenna Ludlow
The Revd Tandy Ruoff

House of Laity:
Mrs Jill Caporn
Mr Simon Friend
Dr Kerry Gilbert
Dr Bijan Omrani
Dr Francis Sansbury

Please keep them in your prayers as they begin this important role 🙏 by @cofedevon

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We're delighted to announce that eight churches in our diocese have been awarded £2.3m grant funding from Historic England, as part of the new Places of Worship Renewal Fund. They were supported in their applications by our amazing church buildings team, so please do get in touch with them if you would like to explore grant funding for your church building. Read the full story here! We're delighted to announce that eight churches in our diocese have been awarded £2.3m grant funding from Historic England, as part of the new Places of Worship Renewal Fund. They were supported in their applications by our amazing church buildings team, so please do get in touch with them if you would like to explore grant funding for your church building. Read the full story here! https://exeter.anglican.org/eight-devon-cofe-churches-receive-2-3m-historic-england-funding/ #buildingsformission #church #history by @cofedevon

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Welcome to this week's Roots, Shoots & Fruits newsletter... by @cofedevon

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Are you 15-19 years old? Do you want to make a difference in your generation? Join a group of young people from across the South West to become equipped to know God better, transform the world around you and be accelerated into your calling.

TAG Young Leaders is an online discipleship academy for young people who want to go deeper in their faith, character and leadership to become “pioneers of change”.

Course fee £30 (includes all online teaching sessions & mentoring resources for your mentor.)

Online Dates: 2026/27 – 22 Oct; 19 Nov; 14 Jan; 11 Feb; 18 Mar; 15 Apr
Only limited spaces available.

Full details at: https://swym.org.uk/event/tag-young-leaders/

TAG Young Leaders is a partnership between SWYM and the Diocese of Exeter. Speak to your youth worker or church leader to see if they think TAG Young Leaders would be good for you this year. Share this website with them and if they have any questions, especially about the mentoring element, they can email tag@swym.org.uk or ring the SWYM office 01395 487071 by @cofedevon

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Join us in welcoming Pete Simmons as one of our newly Licensed Lay Ministers, who will be serving at Crownhill (Church of Ascension) Plymouth. by @cofedevon

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Welcome to our Roots, Shoots & Fruits newsletter celebrating our new Licensed Lay Ministers, a new community for evangelists and pioneers, the new Building Management Portal, jobs in beautiful seaside and countryside parishes, churches doing a new thing in new towns, retreats and courses and ... Exeter Cathedral has a blue rinse! https://mailchi.mp/[xxxxxx]/roots-shots-and-fruits-newsletter-8346057 by @cofedevon

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Join us in welcoming Nicola Thorne, one of our newly Licensed Licensed Lay Ministers, who will be serving the Edgemoor Mission Community. Nicola spoke to us about her calling to serve in rural communities and her excitement about getting stuck into rural ministry. by @cofedevon

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This photo of two of our new LLMs taken today really sums up serving with joy! by @cofedevon

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Here are some of the highlights from this years service to welcome and licence five new Licensed Lay Ministers! They are Barbara Hemsley, Stacey James, Pete Simmons, Nicola Thorne and Sally Watson. Joyce Stanton, David Gale and Mack Robinson were also licenced after tranferring into new Mission Communities. Congratulations to all of you & we wish you every blessing in your new ministries! @bishop_mikeharrison @exetercathedral @thechurchofengland @spiritus_theological_college by @cofedevon

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Congratulations to all the new Licensed Lay Ministers who were licensed today by Bishop Mike at Exeter Cathedral. They were supported by their friends, families and church communities and their tutors from Spiritus theological college where they trained. @bishop_mikeharrison @exetercathedral @spiritus_theological_college by @cofedevon

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