Sat. 2nd May Church Coffee Morning 10 am in Tipton Community Hall – hot drinks, baked goods and other produce, books, company and chat!
On the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month: 9.30 am – 10.10 am there is a live online worship service, accessible on Zoom through your internet browser from the OVMC website homepage. Details from David W. (who is leading this week)
Thursdays at 7.15 for 7.30 pm in Tipton Community Hall. The Bible Course: for everyone wanting to understand the Bible a bit better. More details on the church website, in Tipton Times or ask David.
Friday 8th 3.0 pm at Tipton Church Thanksgiving service for the life of Rita Sandell. Tea afterwards in Tipton Community Hall. All welcome.
10th – 16th Christian Aid Week. There will be no envelope collection this year; please make an online donation via our donations page at https://caw.christianaid.org.uk/envelope-2026/tipton-st-john-church.
Thursday 14th 11 am Holy Communion for Ascension Day at St Luke’s Church, Newton Poppleford
Weds. 20th 7.30 pm prayer meeting in Tipton Church: Thy Kingdom Come. All welcome for an hour of guided prayer. You don’t have to pray aloud if you don’t want to: plenty of silent prayer time.
Sunday 31st 10.30 am Joint service of Holy Communion at Ottery St Mary Parish Church (There will be no other service in the Otter Vale Mission Community this day.)
Sunday 7th June 9.30 pm Morning Worship for you and your well-behaved dog (!) at Venn Ottery Church.
If you would like to make a card payment to support the work of our church parish, you can do so by clicking on the parish giving scheme webpage. Alternatively, there is a card reader machine available at church services if would like to donate by “swiping” your credit or debit card.
You can find details of all services in our Mission Community on the website home page https://ottervalechurches.org/and local ones on the notice board at the back of Tipton church (by the stairs) or on the parish pages such as https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/8805/
Our usual pattern of services is: Holy Communion at Tipton Church at 11 am on 2nd Sunday of the month; 9.30 am on 4th Sundays.
On 3rd Sunday of the month at 10.30 am we hold Café Church in TSJ Community Hall. You can help yourself to a drink, pastries, a craft activity (suitable for all ages) and chat with others on your table. Informal worship from about 11 am: the next one is 17th May.
There are still some garden poles left outside the vestry door (at Tipton Church). Please help yourself to any that you can use.
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Our church ministers: Our vicar: Rev’d Mark Ward (Day off: Tues.) phone 01404 814282 or e-mail him
BUT Mark is on sabbatical until 5th August.
Our curate: Revd Carys Baker (day off: Fri). Tel. 07977 090932 email her
Licensed Lay Ministers: Caroline Poultney, David Williamson 07845 953984.
Jenny Parkin is our Safeguarding Officer: tel. 01404 811720.
Church wardens: Malcolm Hamilton. 07831 775459; Keith Poultney 01404 811878
Assistant churchwarden: Shirley Hamilton 07523 204527