• Saint Peter and Saint Mary Magdalene is the town centre Parish Church in Barnstaple, where a warm and friendly welcome is extended to all. We aim to be an inclusive church for everyone in the area, irrespective of age, gender, marital status, sexuality, nationality, disability, or background. We believe that every person is a child of God, valued and loved, and that we all have gifts and talents to contribute and share.

    Service Times and Events

    Our main Parish Mass is at 10:30am on Sundays. The service is ‘modern catholic’ in style: traditional, accessible, and friendly. We aim for an atmosphere of relaxed formality; no one stands on ceremony. So there’s no need to dress up specially (unless you’d like to) – feel free to come as you are. 😊 Tea and coffee are served afterwards.

    The weekly coffee morning, Tuesdays from 10am, is another good time to visit. Tourists and anyone new to the area are most welcome. 

    If you’d like to join us as a new worshipper, or if you need any further help or information, please don’t hesitate to get in touch, for instance by emailing us via the contact form on this website.

    September 12, 2025
    • CW

      September 12, 2025

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-12

      Green

      Holy Communion
      1 Timothy 1.1-2, 12-14
      Psalm 16
      Luke 6.39-42

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 139
      Proverbs 22.1-16
      Mark 7.31-end

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 130, 131, 137
      2 Samuel 16.1-14
      Acts 10.1-16

      Collect

      Almighty and everlasting God,
      you are always more ready to hear than we to pray
      and to give more than either we desire or deserve:
      pour down upon us the abundance of your mercy,
      forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid
      and giving us those good things
      which we are not worthy to ask
      but through the merits and mediation
      of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      God of all mercy,
      in this eucharist you have set aside our sins
      and given us your healing:
      grant that we who are made whole in Christ
      may bring that healing to this broken world,
      in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    September 13, 2025
    • CW John Chrysostom, 407

      September 13, 2025

      John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher of the Faith, 407

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-13

      Green / white

      Exciting Holiness
      Jeremiah 1.4-10
      Psalm 101.1-5, 9, 10
      Ephesians 3.8-12
      Matthew 5.13-19

      Holy Communion
      1 Timothy 1.15-17
      Psalm 113
      Luke 6.43-end

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 120, 121, 122
      Proverbs 24.23-end
      Mark 8.1-10

      Evening Prayer
      Psalm 118
      2 Samuel 17.1-23
      Acts 10.17-33

      (or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Holy Cross Day
      Psalm 66
      Isaiah 52.13 – 53.12
      Ephesians 2.11-22

      Collect

      God of truth and love,
      who gave to your servant John Chrysostom
      eloquence to declare your righteousness in the great congregation
      and courage to bear reproach for the honour of your name:
      mercifully grant to those who minister your word
      such excellence in preaching,
      that all people may share with them
      in the glory that shall be revealed;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      God of truth,
      whose Wisdom set her table
      and invited us to eat the bread and drink the wine
      of the kingdom:
      help us to lay aside all foolishness
      and to live and walk in the way of insight,
      that we may come with John Chrysostom to the eternal feast of heaven;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

      Collect on the Eve of Holy Cross Day

      Almighty God,
      who in the passion of your blessed Son
      made an instrument of painful death
      to be for us the means of life and peace:
      grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ
      that we may gladly suffer for his sake;
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Collect on the Eve of Trinity 13

      Almighty God,
      who called your Church to bear witness
      that you were in Christ reconciling the world to yourself:
      help us to proclaim the good news of your love,
      that all who hear it may be drawn to you;
      through him who was lifted up on the cross,
      and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

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    September 14, 2025
    • CW* (or) Trinity 13

      September 14, 2025

      Holy Cross Day may be observed on Sunday 14 September or Monday 15 September.
      If it is not observed on Sunday 14 September:

      The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-14

      Green

      Proper 19
      Sunday between 11 and 17 September inclusive

      Principal Service
      Continuous
      Jeremiah 4.11-12, 22-28
      Psalm 14
      1 Timothy 1.12-17
      Luke 15.1-10

      (or)
      Related
      Exodus 32.7-14
      Psalm 51.1-11
      1 Timothy 1.12-17
      Luke 15.1-10

      Third Service
      Psalms 126, 127
      Isaiah 44.24 – 45.8
      Revelation 12.1-12

      Second Service
      Psalms 124, 125
      Isaiah 60
      John 6.51-69

      (or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Holy Cross Day
      Psalm 66
      Isaiah 52.13 – 53.12
      Ephesians 2.11-22

      Collect

      Almighty God,
      who called your Church to bear witness
      that you were in Christ reconciling the world to yourself:
      help us to proclaim the good news of your love,
      that all who hear it may be drawn to you;
      through him who was lifted up on the cross,
      and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      God our creator,
      you feed your children with the true manna,
      the living bread from heaven:
      let this holy food sustain us through our earthly pilgrimage
      until we come to that place
      where hunger and thirst are no more;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

      Collect on the Eve of Holy Cross Day

      Almighty God,
      who in the passion of your blessed Son
      made an instrument of painful death
      to be for us the means of life and peace:
      grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ
      that we may gladly suffer for his sake;
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

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    • CW* Holy Cross Day

      September 14, 2025

      Holy Cross Day may be observed on Sunday 14 September or Monday 15 September.
      If it is observed on Sunday 14 September:

      Holy Cross Day

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-14

      Red

      Principal Service
      Numbers 21.4-9
      Psalm 22.23-28
      Philippians 2.6-11
      John 3.13-17

      Third Service
      Genesis 3.1-15
      John 12.27-36a
      Morning Psalms
      Psalms 2, 8, 146

      Second Service
      Isaiah 63.1-16
      1 Corinthians 1.18-25
      Evening Psalms
      Psalms 110, 150

      Collect

      Almighty God,
      who in the passion of your blessed Son
      made an instrument of painful death
      to be for us the means of life and peace:
      grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ
      that we may gladly suffer for his sake;
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Faithful God,
      whose Son bore our sins in his body on the tree
      and gave us this sacrament to show forth his death until he comes:
      give us grace to glory in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
      for he is our salvation, our life and our hope,
      who reigns as Lord, now and for ever.

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    • Parish Mass

      September 14, 2025  10:30 am11:40 am
      St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UK

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    September 15, 2025
    • CW (or) Cyprian, 258

      September 15, 2025

      Holy Cross Day may be observed on Sunday 14 September or Monday 15 September.
      If it is not observed on Monday 15 September:

      Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-15

      Green / red

      Exciting Holiness
      Ezekiel 34.11-16
      Psalm 75.1-3, 6, 7, 10
      1 Peter 4.12-end
      Matthew 18.18-22

      Holy Communion
      DEL week 24
      1 Timothy 2.1-8
      Psalm 28
      Luke 7.1-10

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 123, 124, 125, 126
      Proverbs 25.1-14
      Mark 8.11-21

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 127, 128, 129
      2 Samuel 18.1-18
      Acts 10.34-end

      Collect

      Holy God, who brought Cyprian to faith in Christ,
      made him a bishop in the Church
      and crowned his witness with a martyr’s death:
      grant that, after his example,
      we may love the Church and her teachings,
      find your forgiveness within her fellowship
      and so come to share the heavenly banquet
      you have prepared for us;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      God our redeemer,
      whose Church was strengthened by the blood of your martyr Cyprian:
      so bind us, in life and death, to Christ’s sacrifice
      that our lives, broken and offered with his,
      may carry his death and proclaim his resurrection in the world;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

      (or)

      Eternal God,
      who gave us this holy meal
      in which we have celebrated the glory of the cross
      and the victory of your martyr Cyprian:
      by our communion with Christ
      in his saving death and resurrection,
      give us with all your saints the courage to conquer evil
      and so to share the fruit of the tree of life;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • CW* Holy Cross Day

      September 15, 2025

      Holy Cross Day may be observed on Sunday 14 September or Monday 15 September.
      If it is observed on Monday 15 September:

      Holy Cross Day

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-15

      Red

      Principal Service
      Numbers 21.4-9
      Psalm 22.23-28
      Philippians 2.6-11
      John 3.13-17

      Third Service
      Genesis 3.1-15
      John 12.27-36a
      Morning Psalms
      Psalms 2, 8, 146

      Second Service
      Isaiah 63.1-16
      1 Corinthians 1.18-25
      Evening Psalms
      Psalms 110, 150

      Collect

      Almighty God,
      who in the passion of your blessed Son
      made an instrument of painful death
      to be for us the means of life and peace:
      grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ
      that we may gladly suffer for his sake;
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Faithful God,
      whose Son bore our sins in his body on the tree
      and gave us this sacrament to show forth his death until he comes:
      give us grace to glory in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
      for he is our salvation, our life and our hope,
      who reigns as Lord, now and for ever.

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    • Deadline for Parish Magazine Contributions

      September 15, 2025

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    • Students in church

      September 15, 2025  8:45 am9:30 am

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    September 16, 2025
    • CW Ninian, c.432; Edward Bouverie Pusey, 1882

      September 16, 2025

      Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c.432
      Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, Tractarian, 1882

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-16

      Green / white

      Exciting Holiness
      Isaiah 52.7-10
      Psalm 67
      Acts 13.46-49
      Mark 16.15-end

      Holy Communion
      DEL week 24
      1 Timothy 3.1-13
      Psalm 101
      Luke 7.11-17

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 132, 133
      Proverbs 25.15-end
      Mark 8.22-26

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms (134), 135
      2 Samuel 18.19 – 19.8a
      Acts 11.1-18

      Collect

      Almighty and everlasting God,
      who called your servant Ninian to preach the gospel
      to the people of northern Britain:
      raise up in this and every land
      heralds and evangelists of your kingdom,
      that your Church may make known the immeasurable riches
      of your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Holy Father,
      who gathered us here around the table of your Son
      to share this meal with the whole household of God:
      in that new world where you reveal
      the fullness of your peace,
      gather people of every race and language
      to share with Ninian and all your saints
      in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • Coffee Morning

      September 16, 2025  10:00 am12:00 pm
      St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UK

      Everyone is welcome for tea, coffee, cake, and biscuits, and the Church is open if you would like to look round. There is space for private prayer in the Lady Chapel.

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    • Said Mass

      September 16, 2025  12:15 pm12:45 pm

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    • Church Open

      September 16, 2025  12:45 pm4:00 pm

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    September 17, 2025
    • CW Hildegard of Bingen, 1179

      September 17, 2025

      Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-17

      Green / white

      Exciting Holiness
      Proverbs 8.12-14, 22-31
      Psalm 104.26, 29, 30, 32-36
      1 Corinthians 2.9-13
      Luke 10.21-24

      Holy Communion
      1 Timothy 3.14-end
      Psalm 111.1-5
      Luke 7.31-35

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 119.153-end
      Proverbs 26.12-end
      Mark 8.27 – 9.1

      Evening Prayer
      Psalm 136
      2 Samuel 19.8b-23
      Acts 11.19-end

      Collect

      Most glorious and holy God,
      whose servant Hildegard, strong in the faith,
      was caught up in the vision of your heavenly courts:
      by the breath of your Spirit
      open our eyes to glimpse your glory
      and our lips to sing your praises with all the angels;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Merciful God,
      who gave such grace to your servant Hildegard
      that she served you with singleness of heart
      and loved you above all things:
      help us, whose communion with you
      has been renewed in this sacrament,
      to forsake all that holds us back from following Christ
      and to grow into his likeness from glory to glory;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • Church open

      September 17, 2025  10:00 am5:00 pm

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    September 18, 2025
    • CW

      September 18, 2025

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-18

      Green

      Holy Communion
      1 Timothy 4.12-end
      Psalm 111.6-end
      Luke 7.36-end

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 143, 146
      Proverbs 27.1-22
      Mark 9.2-13

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 138, 140, 141
      2 Samuel 19.24-end
      Acts 12.1-17

      Collect

      Almighty God,
      who called your Church to bear witness
      that you were in Christ reconciling the world to yourself:
      help us to proclaim the good news of your love,
      that all who hear it may be drawn to you;
      through him who was lifted up on the cross,
      and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      God our creator,
      you feed your children with the true manna,
      the living bread from heaven:
      let this holy food sustain us through our earthly pilgrimage
      until we come to that place
      where hunger and thirst are no more;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • Church open

      September 18, 2025  10:00 am4:00 pm

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    September 19, 2025
    • CW Theodore of Tarsus, 690

      September 19, 2025

      Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-19

      Green

      Holy Communion
      1 Timothy 6.2b-12
      Psalm 49.1-9
      Luke 8.1-3

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 142, 144
      Proverbs 30.1-9, 24-31
      Mark 9.14-29

      Evening Prayer
      Psalm 145
      2 Samuel 23.1-7
      Acts 12.18-end

      Collect

      Almighty God,
      who called your Church to bear witness
      that you were in Christ reconciling the world to yourself:
      help us to proclaim the good news of your love,
      that all who hear it may be drawn to you;
      through him who was lifted up on the cross,
      and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      God our creator,
      you feed your children with the true manna,
      the living bread from heaven:
      let this holy food sustain us through our earthly pilgrimage
      until we come to that place
      where hunger and thirst are no more;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    September 20, 2025
    • CW John Coleridge Patteson, 1871

      September 20, 2025

      John Coleridge Patteson, First Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-20

      Green / red

      Exciting Holiness
      2 Chronicles 24.17-21
      Psalm 16.2, 4-8
      Acts 7.55-end
      Mark 8.31-35

      Holy Communion
      1 Timothy 6.13-16
      Psalm 100
      Luke 8.4-15

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 147
      Proverbs 31.10-end
      Mark 9.30-37

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 148, 149, 150
      2 Samuel 24
      Acts 13.1-12

      (or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Matthew
      Psalm 34
      Isaiah 33.13-17
      Matthew 6.19-34

      Collect

      God of all tribes and peoples and tongues,
      who called your servant John Coleridge Patteson
      to witness in life and death to the gospel of Christ
      amongst the peoples of Melanesia:
      grant us to hear your call to service
      and to respond trustfully and joyfully
      to Jesus Christ our redeemer,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      God our redeemer,
      whose Church was strengthened by the blood of your martyr John Coleridge Patteson:
      so bind us, in life and death, to Christ’s sacrifice
      that our lives, broken and offered with his,
      may carry his death and proclaim his resurrection in the world;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

      (or)

      Eternal God,
      who gave us this holy meal
      in which we have celebrated the glory of the cross
      and the victory of your martyr John Coleridge Patteson:
      by our communion with Christ
      in his saving death and resurrection,
      give us with all your saints the courage to conquer evil
      and so to share the fruit of the tree of life;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

      Collect on the Eve of Matthew

      O Almighty God,
      whose blessed Son called Matthew the tax collector
      to be an apostle and evangelist:
      give us grace to forsake the selfish pursuit of gain
      and the possessive love of riches
      that we may follow in the way of your Son Jesus Christ,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Collect on the Eve of Trinity 14

      Almighty God,
      whose only Son has opened for us
      a new and living way into your presence:
      give us pure hearts and steadfast wills
      to worship you in spirit and in truth;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

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    • Bells on Saturday

      September 20, 2025  10:00 am12:30 pm
      St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UK

      Everyone is welcome for tea, coffee, cake, and biscuits, and the Church is open if you would like to look round. There is space for private prayer in the Lady Chapel. The Church bells will be rung by local ringers from 11am.

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    • Students in church

      September 20, 2025  4:00 pm4:45 pm

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    September 21, 2025
    • CW* Matthew

      September 21, 2025

      The Festival of Matthew may be observed on Sunday 21 September or Monday 22 September.
      If it is observed on Sunday 21 September:

      Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-21

      Red

      Principal Service
      Proverbs 3.13-18
      Psalm 119.65-72
      2 Corinthians 4.1-6
      Matthew 9.9-13

      Third Service
      1 Kings 19.15-end
      2 Timothy 3.14-end
      Morning Psalms
      Psalms 49, 117

      Second Service
      Ecclesiastes 5.4-12
      Matthew 19.16-end
      Evening Psalm
      Psalm 119.33-40, 89-96

      Collect

      O Almighty God,
      whose blessed Son called Matthew the tax collector
      to be an apostle and evangelist:
      give us grace to forsake the selfish pursuit of gain
      and the possessive love of riches
      that we may follow in the way of your Son Jesus Christ,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Almighty God,
      who on the day of Pentecost
      sent your Holy Spirit to the apostles
      with the wind from heaven and in tongues of flame,
      filling them with joy and boldness to preach the gospel:
      by the power of the same Spirit
      strengthen us to witness to your truth
      and to draw everyone to the fire of your love;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

      (or)

      Lord God, the source of truth and love,
      keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship,
      united in prayer and the breaking of bread,
      and one in joy and simplicity of heart,
      in Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • CW* Trinity 14

      September 21, 2025

      The Festival of Matthew may be observed on Sunday 21 September or Monday 22 September.
      If it is not observed on Sunday 21 September:

      The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-21

      Green

      Proper 20
      Sunday between 18 and 24 September inclusive

      Principal Service
      Continuous
      Jeremiah 8.18 – 9.1
      Psalm 79.1-9
      1 Timothy 2.1-7
      Luke 16.1-13

      (or)
      Related
      Amos 8.4-7
      Psalm 113
      1 Timothy 2.1-7
      Luke 16.1-13

      Third Service
      Psalms 130, 131
      Isaiah 45.9-22
      Revelation 14.1-5

      Second Service
      Psalms [128] 129
      Ezra 1
      John 7.14-36

      (or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Matthew
      Psalm 34
      Isaiah 33.13-17
      Matthew 6.19-34

      Collect

      Almighty God,
      whose only Son has opened for us
      a new and living way into your presence:
      give us pure hearts and steadfast wills
      to worship you in spirit and in truth;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Lord God, the source of truth and love,
      keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship,
      united in prayer and the breaking of bread,
      and one in joy and simplicity of heart,
      in Jesus Christ our Lord.

      Collect on the Eve of Matthew

      O Almighty God,
      whose blessed Son called Matthew the tax collector
      to be an apostle and evangelist:
      give us grace to forsake the selfish pursuit of gain
      and the possessive love of riches
      that we may follow in the way of your Son Jesus Christ,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

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    • Parish Mass

      September 21, 2025  10:30 am11:40 am
      St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UK

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    September 22, 2025
    • CW

      September 22, 2025

      The Festival of Matthew may be observed on Sunday 21 September or Monday 22 September.
      If it is not observed on Monday 22 September:

      Holy Communion
      DEL week 25
      Ezra 1.1-6
      Psalm 126
      Luke 8.16-18

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 1, 2, 3
      Wisdom 1 or
      1 Chronicles 10.1 – 11.9
      Mark 9.38-end

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 4, 7
      1 Kings 1.5-31
      Acts 13.13-43

      Collect

      Almighty God,
      whose only Son has opened for us
      a new and living way into your presence:
      give us pure hearts and steadfast wills
      to worship you in spirit and in truth;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Lord God, the source of truth and love,
      keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship,
      united in prayer and the breaking of bread,
      and one in joy and simplicity of heart,
      in Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • CW* (or) Matthew

      September 22, 2025

      The Festival of Matthew may be observed on Sunday 21 September or Monday 22 September.
      If it is observed on Monday 22 September:

      Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-22

      Red

      Principal Service
      Proverbs 3.13-18
      Psalm 119.65-72
      2 Corinthians 4.1-6
      Matthew 9.9-13

      Third Service
      1 Kings 19.15-end
      2 Timothy 3.14-end
      Morning Psalms
      Psalms 49, 117

      Second Service
      Ecclesiastes 5.4-12
      Matthew 19.16-end
      Evening Psalm
      Psalm 119.33-40, 89-96

      Collect

      O Almighty God,
      whose blessed Son called Matthew the tax collector
      to be an apostle and evangelist:
      give us grace to forsake the selfish pursuit of gain
      and the possessive love of riches
      that we may follow in the way of your Son Jesus Christ,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Almighty God,
      who on the day of Pentecost
      sent your Holy Spirit to the apostles
      with the wind from heaven and in tongues of flame,
      filling them with joy and boldness to preach the gospel:
      by the power of the same Spirit
      strengthen us to witness to your truth
      and to draw everyone to the fire of your love;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

      (or)

      Lord God, the source of truth and love,
      keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship,
      united in prayer and the breaking of bread,
      and one in joy and simplicity of heart,
      in Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    September 23, 2025
    • CW

      September 23, 2025

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-23

      Green

      Holy Communion
      DEL week 25
      Ezra 6.7-8, 12, 14-20
      Psalm 124
      Luke 8.19-21

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 5, 6, (8)
      Wisdom 2 or
      1 Chronicles 13
      Mark 10.1-16

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 9, 10*
      1 Kings 1.32 – 2.4; 2.10-12
      Acts 13.44 – 14.7

      Collect

      Almighty God,
      whose only Son has opened for us
      a new and living way into your presence:
      give us pure hearts and steadfast wills
      to worship you in spirit and in truth;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Lord God, the source of truth and love,
      keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship,
      united in prayer and the breaking of bread,
      and one in joy and simplicity of heart,
      in Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • Coffee Morning

      September 23, 2025  10:00 am12:00 pm
      St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UK

      Everyone is welcome for tea, coffee, cake, and biscuits, and the Church is open if you would like to look round. There is space for private prayer in the Lady Chapel.

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    • Said Mass

      September 23, 2025  12:15 pm12:45 pm

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    • Church Open

      September 23, 2025  12:45 pm4:00 pm

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    September 24, 2025
    • CW

      September 24, 2025

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-24

      Green

      Holy Communion
      Ezra 9.5-9
      Canticle: Song of Tobit or
      Psalm 103.1-6
      Luke 9.1-6

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 119.1-32
      Wisdom 3.1-9 or
      1 Chronicles 15.1 – 16.3
      Mark 10.17-31

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 11, 12, 13
      1 Kings 3
      Acts 14.8-end

      Collect

      Almighty God,
      whose only Son has opened for us
      a new and living way into your presence:
      give us pure hearts and steadfast wills
      to worship you in spirit and in truth;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Lord God, the source of truth and love,
      keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship,
      united in prayer and the breaking of bread,
      and one in joy and simplicity of heart,
      in Jesus Christ our Lord.

      See more details

    • CW Ember Day

      September 24, 2025

      Ember Day

      The following readings are suitable for use on Ember Days:
      Numbers 11.16, 17, 24-29 or
      Numbers 27.15-end or
      1 Samuel 16.1-13a or
      Isaiah 6.1-8 or
      Isaiah 61.1-3 or
      Jeremiah 1.4-10

      Psalm 40.8-13 or
      Psalm 84.8-12 or
      Psalm 89.19-25 or
      Psalm 101.1-5, 7 or
      Psalm 122

      Acts 20.28-35 or
      1 Corinthians 3.3-11 or
      Ephesians 4.4-16 or
      Philippians 3.7-14

      Luke 4.16-21 or
      Luke 12.35-43 or
      Luke 22.24-27 or
      John 4.31-38 or
      John 15.5-17

      Collect

      for the ministry of all Christian people

      Almighty and everlasting God,
      by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church
      is governed and sanctified:
      hear our prayer which we offer for all your faithful people,
      that in their vocation and ministry
      they may serve you in holiness and truth
      to the glory of your name;
      through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      or for those to be ordained

      Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts,
      by your Holy Spirit you have appointed
      various orders of ministry in the Church:
      look with mercy on your servants
      now called to be deacons and priests;
      maintain them in truth and renew them in holiness,
      that by word and good example they may faithfully serve you
      to the glory of your name and the benefit of your Church;
      through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      or for vocations

      Almighty God,
      you have entrusted to your Church
      a share in the ministry of your Son our great high priest:
      inspire by your Holy Spirit the hearts of many
      to offer themselves for the ministry of your Church,
      that strengthened by his power,
      they may work for the increase of your kingdom
      and set forward the eternal praise of your name;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Heavenly Father,
      whose ascended Son gave gifts of leadership and service to the Church:
      strengthen us who have received this holy food
      to be good stewards of your manifold grace,
      through him who came not to be served but to serve,
      and give his life as a ransom for many,
      Jesus Christ our Lord.

      Lord of the harvest,
      you have fed your people in this sacrament
      with the fruits of creation made holy by your Spirit:
      by your grace raise up among us faithful labourers
      to sow your word and reap the harvest of souls;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

      See more details

    • Church open

      September 24, 2025  10:00 am5:00 pm

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    September 25, 2025
    • CW Lancelot Andrewes, 1626; Sergei of Radonezh, 1392

      September 25, 2025

      Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626
      Sergei of Radonezh, Russian Monastic Reformer, Teacher of the Faith, 1392

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-25

      Green / white

      Exciting Holiness
      Isaiah 6.1-8
      Psalm 63.1-9
      1 Peter 5.1-4
      Matthew 13.44-46, 52

      Holy Communion
      Haggai 1.1-8
      Psalm 149.1-5
      Luke 9.7-9

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 14, 15, 16
      Wisdom 4.7-end or
      1 Chronicles 17
      Mark 10.32-34

      Evening Prayer
      Psalm 18*
      1 Kings 4.29 – 5.12
      Acts 15.1-21

      Collect

      Lord God,
      who gave to Lancelot Andrewes many gifts of your Holy Spirit,
      making him a man of prayer and a pastor of your people:
      perfect in us that which is lacking in your gifts,
      of faith, to increase it,
      of hope, to establish it,
      of love, to kindle it,
      that we may live in the light of your grace and glory;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      God, shepherd of your people,
      whose servant Lancelot Andrewes revealed the loving service of Christ
      in his ministry as a pastor of your people:
      by this eucharist in which we share
      awaken within us the love of Christ
      and keep us faithful to our Christian calling;
      through him who laid down his life for us,
      but is alive and reigns with you, now and for ever.

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    • Church open

      September 25, 2025  10:00 am4:00 pm

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    • PCC Meeting

      September 25, 2025  2:30 pm4:00 pm

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    September 26, 2025
    • CW Ember Day

      September 26, 2025

      Ember Day

      The following readings are suitable for use on Ember Days:
      Numbers 11.16, 17, 24-29 or
      Numbers 27.15-end or
      1 Samuel 16.1-13a or
      Isaiah 6.1-8 or
      Isaiah 61.1-3 or
      Jeremiah 1.4-10

      Psalm 40.8-13 or
      Psalm 84.8-12 or
      Psalm 89.19-25 or
      Psalm 101.1-5, 7 or
      Psalm 122

      Acts 20.28-35 or
      1 Corinthians 3.3-11 or
      Ephesians 4.4-16 or
      Philippians 3.7-14

      Luke 4.16-21 or
      Luke 12.35-43 or
      Luke 22.24-27 or
      John 4.31-38 or
      John 15.5-17

      Collect

      for the ministry of all Christian people

      Almighty and everlasting God,
      by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church
      is governed and sanctified:
      hear our prayer which we offer for all your faithful people,
      that in their vocation and ministry
      they may serve you in holiness and truth
      to the glory of your name;
      through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      or for those to be ordained

      Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts,
      by your Holy Spirit you have appointed
      various orders of ministry in the Church:
      look with mercy on your servants
      now called to be deacons and priests;
      maintain them in truth and renew them in holiness,
      that by word and good example they may faithfully serve you
      to the glory of your name and the benefit of your Church;
      through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      or for vocations

      Almighty God,
      you have entrusted to your Church
      a share in the ministry of your Son our great high priest:
      inspire by your Holy Spirit the hearts of many
      to offer themselves for the ministry of your Church,
      that strengthened by his power,
      they may work for the increase of your kingdom
      and set forward the eternal praise of your name;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Heavenly Father,
      whose ascended Son gave gifts of leadership and service to the Church:
      strengthen us who have received this holy food
      to be good stewards of your manifold grace,
      through him who came not to be served but to serve,
      and give his life as a ransom for many,
      Jesus Christ our Lord.

      Lord of the harvest,
      you have fed your people in this sacrament
      with the fruits of creation made holy by your Spirit:
      by your grace raise up among us faithful labourers
      to sow your word and reap the harvest of souls;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

      See more details

    • CW Wilson Carlile, 1942

      September 26, 2025

      Wilson Carlile, Founder of the Church Army, 1942

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-26

      Green

      Holy Communion
      Haggai 1.15b – 2.9
      Psalm 43
      Luke 9.18-22

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 17, 19
      Wisdom 5.1-16 or
      1 Chronicles 21.1 – 22.1
      Mark 10.35-45

      Evening Prayer
      Psalm 22
      1 Kings 6.1, 11-28
      Acts 15.22-35

      Collect

      Almighty God,
      whose only Son has opened for us
      a new and living way into your presence:
      give us pure hearts and steadfast wills
      to worship you in spirit and in truth;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Lord God, the source of truth and love,
      keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship,
      united in prayer and the breaking of bread,
      and one in joy and simplicity of heart,
      in Jesus Christ our Lord.

      See more details

    • Barnstaple Ladies Choir

      September 26, 2025  6:00 pm9:30 pm

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    September 27, 2025
    • CW Ember Day

      September 27, 2025

      Ember Day

      The following readings are suitable for use on Ember Days:
      Numbers 11.16, 17, 24-29 or
      Numbers 27.15-end or
      1 Samuel 16.1-13a or
      Isaiah 6.1-8 or
      Isaiah 61.1-3 or
      Jeremiah 1.4-10

      Psalm 40.8-13 or
      Psalm 84.8-12 or
      Psalm 89.19-25 or
      Psalm 101.1-5, 7 or
      Psalm 122

      Acts 20.28-35 or
      1 Corinthians 3.3-11 or
      Ephesians 4.4-16 or
      Philippians 3.7-14

      Luke 4.16-21 or
      Luke 12.35-43 or
      Luke 22.24-27 or
      John 4.31-38 or
      John 15.5-17

      Collect

      for the ministry of all Christian people

      Almighty and everlasting God,
      by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church
      is governed and sanctified:
      hear our prayer which we offer for all your faithful people,
      that in their vocation and ministry
      they may serve you in holiness and truth
      to the glory of your name;
      through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      or for those to be ordained

      Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts,
      by your Holy Spirit you have appointed
      various orders of ministry in the Church:
      look with mercy on your servants
      now called to be deacons and priests;
      maintain them in truth and renew them in holiness,
      that by word and good example they may faithfully serve you
      to the glory of your name and the benefit of your Church;
      through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      or for vocations

      Almighty God,
      you have entrusted to your Church
      a share in the ministry of your Son our great high priest:
      inspire by your Holy Spirit the hearts of many
      to offer themselves for the ministry of your Church,
      that strengthened by his power,
      they may work for the increase of your kingdom
      and set forward the eternal praise of your name;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Heavenly Father,
      whose ascended Son gave gifts of leadership and service to the Church:
      strengthen us who have received this holy food
      to be good stewards of your manifold grace,
      through him who came not to be served but to serve,
      and give his life as a ransom for many,
      Jesus Christ our Lord.

      Lord of the harvest,
      you have fed your people in this sacrament
      with the fruits of creation made holy by your Spirit:
      by your grace raise up among us faithful labourers
      to sow your word and reap the harvest of souls;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • CW Vincent de Paul, 1660

      September 27, 2025

      Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-27

      Green / white

      Exciting Holiness
      Isaiah 58.6-11a
      Psalm 15
      1 Corinthians 1.25-end
      Matthew 25.34-40

      Holy Communion
      Zechariah 2.1-5, 10-11
      Psalm 125 or
      Canticle: Jeremiah 31.10-13
      Luke 9.43b-45

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 20, 21, 23
      Wisdom 5.17 – 6.11 or
      1 Chronicles 22.2-end
      Mark 10.46-end

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 24, 25
      1 Kings 8.1-30
      Acts 15.36 – 16.5

      Collect

      Merciful God,
      whose servant Vincent de Paul,
      by his ministry of preaching and pastoral care,
      brought your love to the sick and the poor:
      give to all your people a heart of compassion
      that by word and action they may serve you
      in serving others in their need;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Merciful God,
      who gave such grace to your servant Vincent de Paul
      that he served you with singleness of heart
      and loved you above all things:
      help us, whose communion with you
      has been renewed in this sacrament,
      to forsake all that holds us back from following Christ
      and to grow into his likeness from glory to glory;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

      Collect on the Eve of Trinity 15

      God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
      upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
      grant that your people may be fervent
      in the fellowship of the gospel
      that, always abiding in you,
      they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

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    • BMVC CONCERT

      September 27, 2025  7:00 pm8:00 pm

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    September 28, 2025
    • CW* Trinity 15

      September 28, 2025

      The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-28

      Green

      Proper 21
      Sunday between 25 September and 1 October inclusive

      Principal Service
      Continuous
      Jeremiah 32.1-3a, 6-15
      Psalm 91.1-6,14-16*
      1 Timothy 6.6-19
      Luke 16.19-31

      (or)
      Related
      Amos 6.1a, 4-7
      Psalm 146
      1 Timothy 6.6-19
      Luke 16.19-31

      Third Service
      Psalm 132
      Isaiah 48.12-end
      Luke 11.37-end

      Second Service
      Psalms 134, 135*
      Nehemiah 2
      John 8.31-38, 48-59

      (or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Michael and All Angels
      Psalm 91
      2 Kings 6.8-17
      Matthew 18.1-6, 10

      Collect

      God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
      upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
      grant that your people may be fervent
      in the fellowship of the gospel
      that, always abiding in you,
      they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Keep, O Lord, your Church, with your perpetual mercy;
      and, because without you our human frailty cannot but fall,
      keep us ever by your help from all things hurtful,
      and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

      Collect on the Eve of Michael and All Angels

      Everlasting God,
      you have ordained and constituted
      the ministries of angels and mortals in a wonderful order:
      grant that as your holy angels always serve you in heaven,
      so, at your command,
      they may help and defend us on earth;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

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    • Parish Mass

      September 28, 2025  10:30 am11:40 am
      St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UK

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    September 29, 2025
    • CW* Michael and All Angels

      September 29, 2025

      Michael and All Angels

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-29

      White

      Principal Service
      Genesis 28.10-17
      Psalm 103.19-22
      Revelation 12.7-12
      John 1.47-51

      (or)
      Revelation 12.7-12
      Psalm 103.19-22
      Hebrews 1.5-14
      John 1.47-51

      Third Service
      Tobit 12.6-22 or
      Daniel 12.1-4
      Acts 12.1-11
      Morning Psalms
      Psalms 34, 150

      Second Service
      Daniel 10.4-21
      Revelation 5
      Evening Psalms
      Psalms 138, 148

      Collect

      Everlasting God,
      you have ordained and constituted
      the ministries of angels and mortals in a wonderful order:
      grant that as your holy angels always serve you in heaven,
      so, at your command,
      they may help and defend us on earth;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Lord of heaven,
      in this eucharist you have brought us near
      to an innumerable company of angels
      and to the spirits of the saints made perfect:
      as in this food of our earthly pilgrimage
      we have shared their fellowship,
      so may we come to share their joy in heaven;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    September 30, 2025
    • CW Jerome, 420

      September 30, 2025

      Jerome, Translator of the Scriptures, Teacher of the Faith, 420

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-09-30

      Green

      Holy Communion
      DEL week 26
      Zechariah 8.20-end
      Psalm 87
      Luke 9.51-56

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 32, 36
      Wisdom 7.1-14 or
      1 Chronicles 28.11-end
      Mark 11.12-26

      Evening Prayer
      Psalm 33
      1 Kings 8.63 – 9.9
      Acts 16.25-end

      Collect

      God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
      upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
      grant that your people may be fervent
      in the fellowship of the gospel
      that, always abiding in you,
      they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Keep, O Lord, your Church, with your perpetual mercy;
      and, because without you our human frailty cannot but fall,
      keep us ever by your help from all things hurtful,
      and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • Coffee Morning

      September 30, 2025  10:00 am12:00 pm
      St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UK

      Everyone is welcome for tea, coffee, cake, and biscuits, and the Church is open if you would like to look round. There is space for private prayer in the Lady Chapel.

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    • Said Mass

      September 30, 2025  12:15 pm12:45 pm

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    • Church Open

      September 30, 2025  12:45 pm4:00 pm

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    October 1, 2025
    • CW Remigius, 533; Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1885

      October 1, 2025

      Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533
      Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury, Social Reformer, 1885

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-01

      Green

      Holy Communion
      Nehemiah 2.1-8
      Psalm 137.1-6
      Luke 9.57-end

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 34
      Wisdom 7.15 – 8.4 or
      1 Chronicles 29.1-9
      Mark 11.27-end

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 119.33-56
      1 Kings 10.1-25
      Acts 17.1-15

      Collect

      God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
      upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
      grant that your people may be fervent
      in the fellowship of the gospel
      that, always abiding in you,
      they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Keep, O Lord, your Church, with your perpetual mercy;
      and, because without you our human frailty cannot but fall,
      keep us ever by your help from all things hurtful,
      and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

      See more details

    • Church open

      October 1, 2025  10:00 am5:00 pm

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    October 2, 2025
    • CW

      October 2, 2025

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-02

      Green

      Holy Communion
      Nehemiah 8.1-12
      Psalm 19.7-11
      Luke 10.1-12

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 37*
      Wisdom 8.5-18 or
      1 Chronicles 29.10-20
      Mark 12.1-12

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 39, 40
      1 Kings 11.1-13
      Acts 17.16-end

      Collect

      God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
      upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
      grant that your people may be fervent
      in the fellowship of the gospel
      that, always abiding in you,
      they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Keep, O Lord, your Church, with your perpetual mercy;
      and, because without you our human frailty cannot but fall,
      keep us ever by your help from all things hurtful,
      and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

      See more details

    • Church open

      October 2, 2025  10:00 am4:00 pm

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    October 3, 2025
    • CW George Bell, 1958

      October 3, 2025

      George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-03

      Green

      Holy Communion
      Baruch 1.15-end or
      Deuteronomy 31.7-13
      Psalm 79.1-9
      Luke 10.13-16

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 31
      Wisdom 8.21 – end of 9 or
      1 Chronicles 29.21-end
      Mark 12.13-17

      Evening Prayer
      Psalm 35
      1 Kings 11.26-end
      Acts 18.1-21

      Collect

      God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
      upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
      grant that your people may be fervent
      in the fellowship of the gospel
      that, always abiding in you,
      they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Keep, O Lord, your Church, with your perpetual mercy;
      and, because without you our human frailty cannot but fall,
      keep us ever by your help from all things hurtful,
      and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    October 4, 2025
    • CW Francis of Assisi, 1226

      October 4, 2025

      Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-04

      Green / white

      Exciting Holiness
      Micah 6.6-8
      Psalm 100
      Galatians 6.14-end
      Luke 12.22-34

      Holy Communion
      Baruch 4.5-12, 27-29 or
      Joshua 22.1-6
      Psalm 69.33-37
      Luke 10.17-24

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 41, 42, 43
      Wisdom 10.15 – 11.10 or
      2 Chronicles 1.1-13
      Mark 12.18-27

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 45, 46
      1 Kings 12.1-24
      Acts 18.22 – 19.7

      (or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of the Dedication Festival
      Psalm 24
      2 Chronicles 7.11-16
      John 4.19-29

      Collect

      O God, you ever delight to reveal yourself
      to the childlike and lowly of heart:
      grant that, following the example of the blessed Francis,
      we may count the wisdom of this world as foolishness
      and know only Jesus Christ and him crucified,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Merciful God,
      who gave such grace to your servant Francis
      that he served you with singleness of heart
      and loved you above all things:
      help us, whose communion with you
      has been renewed in this sacrament,
      to forsake all that holds us back from following Christ
      and to grow into his likeness from glory to glory;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

      Collect on the Eve of Trinity 16

      O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
      of your people who call upon you;
      and grant that they may both perceive and know
      what things they ought to do,
      and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Almighty God,
      to whose glory we celebrate the dedication
      of this house of prayer:
      we praise you for the many blessings
      you have given to those who worship you here:
      and we pray that all who seek you in this place may find you,
      and, being filled with the Holy Spirit,
      may become a living temple acceptable to you;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

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    • Church Cleaning

      October 4, 2025  10:00 am1:00 pm

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    October 5, 2025
    • CW* (or) Dedication Festival

      October 5, 2025

      When the date of dedication is unknown, the Dedication Festival may be observed on the first Sunday of October (5 October), or on the Last Sunday after Trinity (26 October), or on a suitable date chosen locally.

      Dedication Festival

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-05

      Gold or White

      Principal Service
      1 Chronicles 29.6-19
      Psalm 122
      Ephesians 2.19-22
      John 2.13-22

      Third Service
      Haggai 2.6-9
      Hebrews 10.19-25
      Morning Psalms
      Psalms 48, 150

      Second Service
      Jeremiah 7.1-11
      Luke 19.1-10
      Evening Psalm
      Psalm 132

      Collect

      Almighty God,
      to whose glory we celebrate the dedication
      of this house of prayer:
      we praise you for the many blessings
      you have given to those who worship you here:
      and we pray that all who seek you in this place may find you,
      and, being filled with the Holy Spirit,
      may become a living temple acceptable to you;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Father in heaven,
      whose Church on earth is a sign of your heavenly peace,
      an image of the new and eternal Jerusalem:
      grant to us in the days of our pilgrimage
      that, fed with the living bread of heaven,
      and united in the body of your Son,
      we may be the temple of your presence,
      the place of your glory on earth,
      and a sign of your peace in the world;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • CW* Trinity 16

      October 5, 2025

      If the Dedication Festival is not observed on Sunday 5 October:

      The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-05

      Green

      Proper 22
      Sunday between 2 and 8 October inclusive

      Principal Service
      Continuous
      Lamentations 1.1-6
      Canticle: Lamentations 3.19-26 or
      Psalm 137*
      2 Timothy 1.1-14
      Luke 17.5-10

      (or)
      Related
      Habakkuk 1.1-4; 2.1-4
      Psalm 37.1-9
      2 Timothy 1.1-14
      Luke 17.5-10

      Third Service
      Psalm 141
      Isaiah 49.13-23
      Luke 12.1-12

      Second Service
      Psalm 142
      Nehemiah 5.1-13
      John 9

      Collect

      O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
      of your people who call upon you;
      and grant that they may both perceive and know
      what things they ought to do,
      and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Almighty God,
      you have taught us through your Son
      that love is the fulfilling of the law:
      grant that we may love you with our whole heart
      and our neighbours as ourselves;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • Harvest Sunday Service

      October 5, 2025  10:30 am11:40 am
      St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UK

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    October 6, 2025
    • CW William Tyndale, 1536

      October 6, 2025

      William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Reformation Martyr, 1536

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-06

      Green / red

      Exciting Holiness
      Proverbs 8.4-11
      Psalm 119.89-96
      2 Timothy 3.12-end
      John 17.6-8, 14-19

      Holy Communion
      DEL week 27
      Jonah 1.1 – 2.2, 10
      Canticle: Jonah 2.2-4, 7 or
      Psalm 69.1-6
      Luke 10.25-37

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 44
      Wisdom 11.21 – 12.2 or
      2 Chronicles 2.1-16
      Mark 12.28-34

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 47, 49
      1 Kings 12.25 – 13.10
      Acts 19.8-20

      Collect

      Lord, give to your people grace to hear and keep your word
      that, after the example of your servant William Tyndale,
      we may not only profess your gospel
      but also be ready to suffer and die for it,
      to the honour of your name;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      God our redeemer,
      whose Church was strengthened by the blood of your martyr William Tyndale:
      so bind us, in life and death, to Christ’s sacrifice
      that our lives, broken and offered with his,
      may carry his death and proclaim his resurrection in the world;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

      (or)

      Eternal God,
      who gave us this holy meal
      in which we have celebrated the glory of the cross
      and the victory of your martyr William Tyndale:
      by our communion with Christ
      in his saving death and resurrection,
      give us with all your saints the courage to conquer evil
      and so to share the fruit of the tree of life;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    October 7, 2025
    • CW

      October 7, 2025

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-07

      Green

      Holy Communion
      Jonah 3
      Psalm 130
      Luke 10.38-end

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 48, 52
      Wisdom 12.12-21 or
      2 Chronicles 3
      Mark 12.35-end

      Evening Prayer
      Psalm 50
      1 Kings 13.11-end
      Acts 19.21-end

      Collect

      O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
      of your people who call upon you;
      and grant that they may both perceive and know
      what things they ought to do,
      and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Almighty God,
      you have taught us through your Son
      that love is the fulfilling of the law:
      grant that we may love you with our whole heart
      and our neighbours as ourselves;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • Coffee Morning

      October 7, 2025  10:00 am12:00 pm
      St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UK

      Everyone is welcome for tea, coffee, cake, and biscuits, and the Church is open if you would like to look round. There is space for private prayer in the Lady Chapel.

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    • Said Mass

      October 7, 2025  12:15 pm12:45 pm

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    • Church Open

      October 7, 2025  12:45 pm4:00 pm

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    October 8, 2025
    • CW

      October 8, 2025

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-08

      Green

      Holy Communion
      Jonah 4
      Psalm 86.1-9
      Luke 11.1-4

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 119.57-80
      Wisdom 13.1-9 or
      2 Chronicles 5
      Mark 13.1-13

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 59, 60, (67)
      1 Kings 17
      Acts 20.1-16

      Collect

      O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
      of your people who call upon you;
      and grant that they may both perceive and know
      what things they ought to do,
      and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Almighty God,
      you have taught us through your Son
      that love is the fulfilling of the law:
      grant that we may love you with our whole heart
      and our neighbours as ourselves;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • Church open

      October 8, 2025  10:00 am5:00 pm

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    October 9, 2025
    • CW Denys and Companions, c.250; Robert Grosseteste, 1253

      October 9, 2025

      Denys, Bishop of Paris, and his Companions, Martyrs, c.250
      Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-09

      Green

      Holy Communion
      Malachi 3.13 – 4.2a
      Psalm 1
      Luke 11.5-13

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 56, 57, (63*)
      Wisdom 16.15 – 17.1 or
      2 Chronicles 6.1-21
      Mark 13.14-23

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 61, 62, 64
      1 Kings 18.1-20
      Acts 20.17-end

      Collect

      O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
      of your people who call upon you;
      and grant that they may both perceive and know
      what things they ought to do,
      and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Almighty God,
      you have taught us through your Son
      that love is the fulfilling of the law:
      grant that we may love you with our whole heart
      and our neighbours as ourselves;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • Church open

      October 9, 2025  10:00 am4:00 pm

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    October 10, 2025
    • CW Paulinus, 644; Thomas Traherne, 1674

      October 10, 2025

      Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644
      Thomas Traherne, Poet, Spiritual Writer, 1674

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-10

      Green / white

      Exciting Holiness
      Isaiah 2.2-5
      Psalm 27.1, 2, 4, 5
      Ephesians 2.4-10
      Matthew 28.16-end

      Holy Communion
      Joel 1.13-15, 2.1-2
      Psalm 9.1-7
      Luke 11.15-26

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 51, 54
      Wisdom 18.6-19 or
      2 Chronicles 6.22-end
      Mark 13.24-31

      Evening Prayer
      Psalm 38
      1 Kings 18.21-end
      Acts 21.1-16

      Collect

      God our Saviour,
      who sent Paulinus to preach and to baptize,
      and so to build up your Church in this land:
      grant that, inspired by his example,
      we may tell all the world of your truth,
      that with him we may receive the reward
      you prepare for all your faithful servants;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Holy Father,
      who gathered us here around the table of your Son
      to share this meal with the whole household of God:
      in that new world where you reveal
      the fullness of your peace,
      gather people of every race and language
      to share with Paulinus and all your saints
      in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    October 11, 2025
    • CW Ethelburga, 675; James the Deacon, 7th century

      October 11, 2025

      Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675
      James the Deacon, companion of Paulinus, 7th century

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-10-11

      Green

      Holy Communion
      Joel 3.12-end
      Psalm 97.1, 8-end
      Luke 11.27-28

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 68
      Wisdom 19 or
      2 Chronicles 7
      Mark 13.32-end

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 65, 66
      1 Kings 19
      Acts 21.17-36

      Collect

      O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
      of your people who call upon you;
      and grant that they may both perceive and know
      what things they ought to do,
      and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Almighty God,
      you have taught us through your Son
      that love is the fulfilling of the law:
      grant that we may love you with our whole heart
      and our neighbours as ourselves;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

      Collect on the Eve of Trinity 17

      Almighty God,
      you have made us for yourself,
      and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
      pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself,
      and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
      where we shall see you face to face;
      through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

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