1st and 3rd Sundays of the month: 9.30 am – 10.10 am live online worship service, accessible on Zoom through your internet browser from the website (overleaf). David Williamson can visit you in advance to give whatever technical help he can to get you connected to us. You can chat with everyone from 9.20 am and afterwards.
10.30 am Café Church in Tipton Community Hall. Our theme this time will be “Be blessed!”: all ages are welcome.
Thursday 20th No homegroup: 1 week left of this course: 27th Feb.
Sat. 22nd 10 am – 3 pm Snowdrop Saturday at Escot Church – refreshments all day. Judy says: “more likely to be daffodils this year!”
Sunday 23rd 9.30 am Holy Communion at Tipton Church
Sat. 1st March Church Coffee Morning in Tipton Community Hall.
Sunday 2nd March There is no church service in the parish on the first Sunday of the month: You can find details of all services in our Mission Community on the website (overleaf) and local ones on the notice board at the back of Tipton church (by the stairs).
Wed. 5th Ash Wednesday services at Newton Poppleford (10 am) and OSM Parish Church (7.30 pm).
Fri. 7th 2.0 pm World Day of Prayer service at OSM Parish Church, prepared by the Christian women in the Pacific Ocean Cook Islands. This service is celebrated around the world by Christians of different denominations. All are welcome to attend and there will be refreshments after the service.
Mon 10th 7.0 for 7.20 pm Deanery Synod at OSM Parish Church: A “This is your life” style interview with the Archdeacon of Exeter, Ven. Andrew Beane, telling (almost) all about what a priest does!
Thursday 13th 7 pm (coffee) for a 7.30 pm prompt start of a 5 week Lent Course on prayer. It is for everyone in this part of the Otter Vale Mission Community and we are meeting at the church hall behind St. Luke’s in Newton Poppleford. Please contact David (07845 953984) to arrange sharing of transport (either an offer or request).
Sunday 16th March 10.30 am Café Church in the Community Hall
Mothering Sunday 30th March 11 am at Tipton church. Morning Worship: All ages welcome: posies for all who want one!
Mon 31st Annual Parochial Church Meeting 7.30pm Tipton Community Hall (Main Hall). The Annual Report for 2024 will be available from the website (below) under the parish drop-down menu.
This is the year that a new list of those who wish to be on the electoral roll of the church parish is compiled. Even if you are already on the roll you need to reapply, so please fill in an application form (some are on the table by the door of church) or ask the Electoral Roll Officer for one: Becky (07583 496883). Please return it to her by 9th March please.
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Otter Vale Mission Community website: https://ottervalechurches.org/
If you would like to make a card payment to support the work of the church in our parish, you can do so by clicking on the donate button top right of the home page.
The Tipton church page (menu tab at top) has links to the weekly notice sheet (this) and the monthly prayer page. If you want a paper copy of either of these please contact David or Becky Williamson.
Church contacts Our vicar: Rev’d Mark Ward (Day off: Tues.)
phone 01404814282 or e-mail
Caroline Poultney’s email
Jenny Parkin is our Safeguarding Officer: tel. 01404 811720.
David and Becky Williamson: St. Mary’s, Hayne Close, TSJ.