Author: Sue

Sunday Afternoon Concerts

Come and join us for the first of our autumn Sunday afternoon concerts on 19th September at 5.00pm. Helen Porter, a multi-talented musician, composer and singer, will be presenting her ‘Unexpected Song’.

Then on 3rd October, Trio Exe invite us to join them on a Russian Romance, a musical journey to Russia in the 1890s and on 24th October Philip Garson will treat us to some of the great piano classics.

Tickets £7.00 on the door.

Children’s Activities & Services

Our two children’s groups, Tiddlywinks for babies and toddlers and Messy Church for children of all ages will be starting again on Wednesday, 15th September. Tiddlywinks is at 9.30am in St Disen’s Hall and will be held on the first and third Wednesdays of the month and Messy Church will be at the Baptist Church from 3.30pm on the third Wednesday.

And, our All Age Service will be back on the first Sunday of the month, starting 3rd October at 10.30am. For anyone and everyone with music, space for reflection and prayer and a lot of fun! We look forward to welcoming you there.

Devon Historic Churches Day

The second Saturday in September (this year 11th September) is Devon Historic Churches Day the main fund raising event for the Devon Historic Churches Trust.  The day incorporates Ride & Stride, a national initiative to encourage people to walk, run or cycle to visit their local or not so local church(es). 

The DHCT was founded in 1973 in order to raise money to fund repairs to any and all of Devon’s 600 plus parish churches.  If you would like to give a donation please visit their web page.

St Disen’s will be open on Saturday 11th September, 2.00 – 4.00pm. We are also now open regularly on Wednesdays and will be open too on Saturday, 25th September coinciding with the Bradninch Fair and from the beginning of October the church will be daily Monday-Saturday, approx. 10.00am – 4.00pm and for worship on Sunday mornings.

More wedding bells

  • Bride and groom walking down the church path as guests throw confetti
  • Bride and groom coming out of the church
Congratulations to Annette and Ken, and to Carrian and Matt, recently married in St Disen’s Church.

Children’s Society Coffee Morning

A huge thank you to everyone who supported the wonderful garden party coffee morning in aid of The Children’s Society. The weather was glorious, the garden beautiful and there were lovely cakes on sale. The morning raised just over £265 and in addition, the box collection came to more than £600.00, a tremendous total. Our thanks also especially to Lyn for organising and to our hostess for her lovely garden.

Baptism of Lydia Florence

We were delighted to welcome Lydia together with her family, godparents and friends to St Disen’s on Sunday, when she was baptised by Revd Olly Mears.

Prayers for Plymouth

Picture of the lighthouse on Plymouth Hoe with a cross behind and a lighted candle next to it
We join with the people of Plymouth as we pray for all those involved in and affected by the recent tragic events in the Keyham district.

Lovely day for a wedding x three

Three weddings were celebrated in Bradninch on Saturday. Our congratulations to Katie and Lukas, and Dawn and Matthew married at St Disens and to Chloe and Keenan married at the Baptist Church.

  • Bride and groom leaving the church
    Lukas and Katie
  • Bride and groom standing by the church gates
    Dawn and Matthew

And coffee mornings too

Our mid-week coffee mornings on 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month will also be starting again from 23rd June at 10.30am.  It will be so good to renew friendships and chat together again.  We look forward to seeing you.

Please note that current Government guidelines regarding (Covid 19) Coronavirus restrictions will apply.

Thank you

A big thank you to all in Bradninch who donated to this year’s Christian Aid Week.  We collected just over £1000 from returned envelopes plus donations online.