Sunday 7th May services:
10.30 am St Thomas Camelford
11.00 am St Teath, Sung Holy Communion
11.00 am Delabole Village Celebration at the Methodist Church
3.30 pm St Julitta, Civic Service
Our RSCM affiliated choir from St Teath will be on duty at both St Teath and St Julitta, singing a new anthem called The Mountains Shall Bring Peace written by Joanna Forbes L’Estrange.
On Friday 5th May at 6.30 pm, St Adwena, there will be a Vigil for the King, including Sung Compline. This is a culmination of our sequence of prayer for Charles as he prepares for his Coronation the following day. If you haven’t already taken a copy of the prayer guide for the Coronation, do collect one from the back of any of our churches this week.
Sunday 30th April was a Benefice service at St Teath church, led by our Parish Nurse Rev’d Geraldine, assisted by our wonderful lay readers, Sue and Claire. Geraldine spoke of the need to build fellowship to support each other, and through that be open to the needs of those around us. She shared some beautiful illustrations of that fellowship through a series of meditation starters from a table left out for us during communion. Our choir led us in sung worship and John led us in a thought provoking time of prayer. Looking forward to the next times we worship together as a whole Benefice, on Ascension Day and then at Jeffrey’s Licensing.
The second Sunday after Easter was an opportunity for St John’s folk to meet in joyful fellowship with Jeffrey leading a reflective service. St Teath was full of Bacon baps (and a larger Breakfast Band than ever) and recognising Jesus in unexpected places. St Julitta’s service offered communion in the traditional approach, giving much time for calm meditation.
Sunday 30th April 11.00 am St Teath Church – Benefice Eucharist for all our five churches, all welcome!
Friday 5th May 6.30 pm St Adwena Prayer vigil for the King
Sunday 7th May 10.30 am St Thomas Service for the Coronation
Sunday 7th May 11.00 am Delabole Village Celebration at the Methodist Church
Sunday7th May 11.00 am St Tetha Service for the Coronation
Sunday 7th May 3.30 pm St Julitta Civic Service for the Coronation
Thursday 11th May 7.00 pm St Julitta Compline
Sunday 14th May 11.00 St Tetha Morning Worship
Sunday 14th May 11.15 St Adwena Holy Communion
Thursday 18th May 7.00 pm St Tetha Benefice Communion for Ascension Day
Sunday 21st May 9.30 am St Thomas Holy Communion
Sunday 21st May 11.00 am St Tetha Holy Communion
Sunday 21st May 4.00 pm St Julitta Songs of Praise
Tuesday 23rd May 7.00 pm St Julitta Licensing of Rev’d Jeffery Terry as Associate Priest for the Benefice
Sunday 28th May 9.30 am St John Holy Communion
Sunday 28th May 10.00 am St Tetha Breakfast Church
Sunday 28th May 11.15 am St Julitta Holy Communion
Sunday 22nd April 9.30 am – St Johns Holy Communion
Sunday 22nd April 10.00 am – St Teath Breakfast Service
Sunday 22nd April 11.15 am – St Julitta Holy Communion
Happy Easter!
St Adwenna Dawn Service.
At 6.30 on Easter the Dawn Service was held at St Adwenna. The Rev. Prof. Andrew Lewis officiated & Katie played the organ. It was a sunny but extremely windy morning & lighting the Pastoral Candle from the fire was not easy, eventually the Candle was lit & the candle was blessed in the shelter of the porch. Then the congregation of 14 entered the dark Church as the candles were lit. Instead of a sermon a very fitting poem by George Herbert was read. After the Service we all indulged in bacon baps cooked by Lizzie Lewis.
This was indeed a very fitting beginning of the Easter Celebrations.
We had some wonderful celebrations throughout the Benefice on Easter Day, including two Sunrise Services (A bit more windy at St Johns than St Adwenna), great praise and celebration at St Thomas and St Julitta, then to top it all off, at St Tetha we had band and choir singing their hearts out in praise. Along with our regular team of Jeffrey, Geraldine and Andrew, it was delightful to have Rev’d Simon Bettersby come and take the service at St Tetha. Since then, the Easter message has continued, as for “Low Sunday” we first were joined with our Methodist friends at St Thomas, and then at St Teath we celebrated communion in the way we used to pre-pandemic, from the East End. Roll on Coronation, we’re ready for you!
Monday 3rd April 10.00 am – St Julitta, Holy Communion
Tuesday 4th April 7.00 pm – St Teath, Stations of the Cross
Wednesday 5th April 9.00 am – St Adwena, Morning Prayer
Thursday 6th April 2.00 pm – 4.00pm – St Teath, Children’s activities for Easter
Thursday 6th April 7.00 pm – St Thomas, Communion
Friday 7th April 2.00 pm – St Adwena, Meditations on the Cross
Sunday 9th April 6.30 am – St John and St Adwena Dawn Services
Sunday 9th April 9.30 am – St Thomas Easter Communion
Sunday 9th April 11.00 – St Teath Easter Communion
Sunday 9th April 11.15 am – St Julitta Easter Communion
Our whole Benefice joined together on Palm Sunday morning for worship in the beautiful setting of St Julitta’s Lanteglos-by-Camelford. Our procession round the grounds with palms was followed by telling the story of Holy Week, followed by Communion together. Here is the St Teath Church Choir, singing God So Loved the World whilst Rev’d Jeffrey is preparing the table. In the afternoon, a more informal approach to Palm Sunday was held in St Thomas, Camelford, where we sang many hymns of the season and even at one stage had a praise conga!
