• 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.

    July 30, 2025
    • CW William Wilberforce, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson, 1833, 1797 and 1846

      July 30, 2025

      William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson, Anti-Slavery Campaigners, 1833, 1797 and 1846

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-07-30

      Green / white

      Exciting Holiness
      Job 31.16-23
      Psalm 22.23, 24, 26-28
      Galatians 3.26-end; 4.6, 7
      Luke 4.16-21

      Holy Communion
      Exodus 34.29-end
      Psalm 99
      Matthew 13.44-46

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 119.153-end
      Ezekiel 12.1-16
      2 Corinthians 8.1-15

      Evening Prayer
      Psalm 136
      1 Samuel 7
      Luke 21.20-28

      Collect

      God our deliverer,
      who sent your Son Jesus Christ
      to set your people free from the slavery of sin:
      grant that, as your servants William Wilberforce, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson
      toiled against the sin of slavery,
      so we may bring compassion to all
      and work for the freedom of all the children of God;
      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,
      who inspired William Wilberforce, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson to witness to your love
      and to work for the coming of your kingdom:
      may we, who in this sacrament share the bread of heaven,
      be fired by your Spirit to proclaim the gospel in our daily living
      and never to rest content until your kingdom come,
      on earth as it is in heaven;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

      or another Post Communion for ‘Any Saint’ is used.

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    • Church open

      July 30, 2025  10:00 am5:00 pm

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    July 31, 2025
    • CW Ignatius of Loyola, 1556

      July 31, 2025

      Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-07-31

      Green

      Holy Communion
      Exodus 40.16-21, 34-end
      Psalm 84.1-6
      Matthew 13.47-53

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 143, 146
      Ezekiel 12.17-end
      2 Corinthians 8.16 – 9.5

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 138, 140, 141
      1 Samuel 8
      Luke 21.29-end

      Collect

      Merciful God,
      you have prepared for those who love you
      such good things as pass our understanding:
      pour into our hearts such love toward you
      that we, loving you in all things and above all things,
      may obtain your promises,
      which exceed all that we can desire;
      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 our pilgrimage,
      you have led us to the living water:
      refresh and sustain us
      as we go forward on our journey,
      in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • Church open

      July 31, 2025  10:00 am4:00 pm

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    August 1, 2025
    • CW

      August 1, 2025

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-01

      Green

      Holy Communion
      Leviticus 23.1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34-37
      Psalm 81.1-8
      Matthew 13.54-end

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 142, 144
      Ezekiel 13.1-16
      2 Corinthians 9.6-end

      Evening Prayer
      Psalm 145
      1 Samuel 9.1-14
      Luke 22.1-13

      Collect

      Merciful God,
      you have prepared for those who love you
      such good things as pass our understanding:
      pour into our hearts such love toward you
      that we, loving you in all things and above all things,
      may obtain your promises,
      which exceed all that we can desire;
      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 our pilgrimage,
      you have led us to the living water:
      refresh and sustain us
      as we go forward on our journey,
      in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

      See more details

    August 2, 2025
    • CW

      August 2, 2025

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-02

      Green

      Holy Communion
      Leviticus 25.1, 8-17
      Psalm 67
      Matthew 14.1-12

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 147
      Ezekiel 14.1-11
      2 Corinthians 10

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 148, 149, 150
      1 Samuel 9.15 – 10.1
      Luke 22.14-23

      Collect

      Merciful God,
      you have prepared for those who love you
      such good things as pass our understanding:
      pour into our hearts such love toward you
      that we, loving you in all things and above all things,
      may obtain your promises,
      which exceed all that we can desire;
      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 our pilgrimage,
      you have led us to the living water:
      refresh and sustain us
      as we go forward on our journey,
      in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

      Collect on the Eve of Trinity 7

      Lord of all power and might,
      the author and giver of all good things:
      graft in our hearts the love of your name,
      increase in us true religion,
      nourish us with all goodness,
      and of your great mercy keep us in the same;
      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

      August 2, 2025  10:00 am1:00 pm

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    August 3, 2025
    • CW* Trinity 7

      August 3, 2025

      The Seventh Sunday after Trinity

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-03

      Green

      Proper 13
      Sunday between 31 July and 6 August inclusive

      Principal Service
      Continuous
      Hosea 11.1-11
      Psalm 107.1-9,43*
      Colossians 3.1-11
      Luke 12.13-21

      (or)
      Related
      Ecclesiastes 1.2, 12-14; 2.18-23
      Psalm 49.1-12*
      Colossians 3.1-11
      Luke 12.13-21

      Third Service
      Psalm 106.1-10
      Song of Solomon 5.2-end or
      1 Maccabees 3.1-12
      2 Peter 1.1-15

      Second Service
      Psalm 107.1-32*
      Genesis 50.4-26
      1 Corinthians 14.1-19
      Gospel at Holy Communion:
      Mark 6.45-52

      Collect

      Lord of all power and might,
      the author and giver of all good things:
      graft in our hearts the love of your name,
      increase in us true religion,
      nourish us with all goodness,
      and of your great mercy keep us in the same;
      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, whose Son is the true vine and the source of life,
      ever giving himself that the world may live:
      may we so receive within ourselves
      the power of his death and passion
      that, in his saving cup,
      we may share his glory and be made perfect in his love;
      for he is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

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    • Parish Mass

      August 3, 2025  10:30 am11:40 am
      St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UK

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    August 4, 2025
    • CW Jean-Baptiste Vianney, 1859

      August 4, 2025

      Jean-Baptiste Vianney, Curé d’Ars, Spiritual Guide, 1859

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-04

      Green

      Holy Communion
      DEL week 18
      Numbers 11.4-15
      Psalm 81.11-end
      Matthew 14.13-21 or

      14.22-end

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 1, 2, 3
      Ezekiel 14.12-end
      2 Corinthians 11.1-15

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 4, 7
      1 Samuel 10.1-16
      Luke 22.24-30

      Collect

      Lord of all power and might,
      the author and giver of all good things:
      graft in our hearts the love of your name,
      increase in us true religion,
      nourish us with all goodness,
      and of your great mercy keep us in the same;
      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, whose Son is the true vine and the source of life,
      ever giving himself that the world may live:
      may we so receive within ourselves
      the power of his death and passion
      that, in his saving cup,
      we may share his glory and be made perfect in his love;
      for he is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

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    • Students in Church

      August 4, 2025  8:45 am9:30 am

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    August 5, 2025
    • CW Oswald, 642

      August 5, 2025

      Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-05

      Green / red

      Exciting Holiness
      Wisdom 5.15-20
      Psalm 144.1-5, 7, 11, 12, 16
      1 Peter 4.12-end
      John 16.29-end

      Holy Communion
      Numbers 12.1-13
      Psalm 51.1-8
      Matthew 14.22-end or

      15.1-2, 10-14

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 5, 6, (8)
      Ezekiel 18.1-20
      2 Corinthians 11.16-end

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 9, 10*
      1 Samuel 10.17-end
      Luke 22.31-38

      (or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of the Transfiguration
      Psalms 99, 110
      Exodus 24.12-18
      John 12.27-36a

      Collect

      Lord God almighty,
      who so kindled the faith of King Oswald with your Spirit
      that he set up the sign of the cross in his kingdom
      and turned his people to the light of Christ:
      grant that we, being fired by the same Spirit,
      may always bear our cross before the world
      and be found faithful servants of the gospel;
      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 Oswald:
      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 Oswald:
      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 the Transfiguration

      Father in heaven,
      whose Son Jesus Christ was wonderfully transfigured
      before chosen witnesses upon the holy mountain,
      and spoke of the exodus he would accomplish at Jerusalem:
      give us strength so to hear his voice and bear our cross
      that in the world to come we may see him as he is;
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

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    • Coffee Morning

      August 5, 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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    • Church Open

      August 5, 2025  12:45 pm4:00 pm

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    August 6, 2025
    • CW* The Transfiguration

      August 6, 2025

      The Transfiguration of Our Lord

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-06

      Gold or White

      Principal Service
      Daniel 7.9, 10, 13, 14
      Psalm 97
      2 Peter 1.16-19
      Luke 9.28-36

      Third Service
      Ecclesiasticus 48.1-10 or
      1 Kings 19.1-16
      1 John 3.1-3
      Morning Psalms
      Psalms 27, 150

      Second Service
      Exodus 34.29-end
      2 Corinthians 3
      Evening Psalm
      Psalm 72

      Collect

      Father in heaven,
      whose Son Jesus Christ was wonderfully transfigured
      before chosen witnesses upon the holy mountain,
      and spoke of the exodus he would accomplish at Jerusalem:
      give us strength so to hear his voice and bear our cross
      that in the world to come we may see him as he is;
      who is alive and reigns with you,
      in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
      one God, now and for ever.

      Post Communion

      Holy God,
      we see your glory in the face of Jesus Christ:
      may we who are partakers at his table
      reflect his life in word and deed,
      that all the world may know his power to change and save.
      This we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • Church open

      August 6, 2025  10:00 am5:00 pm

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    August 7, 2025
    • CW John Mason Neale, 1866

      August 7, 2025

      John Mason Neale, Priest, Hymn Writer, 1866

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-07

      Green

      Holy Communion
      Numbers 20.1-13
      Psalm 95.1, 8-end
      Matthew 16.13-23

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 14, 15, 16
      Ezekiel 20.1-20
      2 Corinthians 13

      Evening Prayer
      Psalm 18*
      1 Samuel 12
      Luke 22.47-62

      Collect

      Lord of all power and might,
      the author and giver of all good things:
      graft in our hearts the love of your name,
      increase in us true religion,
      nourish us with all goodness,
      and of your great mercy keep us in the same;
      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, whose Son is the true vine and the source of life,
      ever giving himself that the world may live:
      may we so receive within ourselves
      the power of his death and passion
      that, in his saving cup,
      we may share his glory and be made perfect in his love;
      for he is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

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    • Church open

      August 7, 2025  10:00 am4:00 pm

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    August 8, 2025
    • CW Dominic, 1221

      August 8, 2025

      Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221

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

      Green / white

      Exciting Holiness
      Ecclesiasticus 39.1-10
      Psalm 25.1a, 3-9
      1 Corinthians 1.18-25
      Matthew 10.5-13

      Holy Communion
      Deuteronomy 4.32-40
      Psalm 77.11-end
      Matthew 16.24-end

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 17, 19
      Ezekiel 20.21-38
      James 1.1-11

      Evening Prayer
      Psalm 22
      1 Samuel 13.5-18
      Luke 22.63-end

      Collect

      Almighty God,
      whose servant Dominic grew in the knowledge of your truth
      and formed an order of preachers to proclaim the faith of Christ:
      by your grace give to all your people a love for your word
      and a longing to share the gospel,
      so that the whole world may come to know you
      and your Son Jesus Christ 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 Dominic
      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.

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    August 9, 2025
    • CW Mary Sumner, 1921

      August 9, 2025

      Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers’ Union, 1921

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-09

      Green / white

      Exciting Holiness
      Proverbs 24.3, 4, 12-14
      Psalm 119.9-16
      Hebrews 13.1-5
      Luke 11.9-13

      Holy Communion
      Deuteronomy 6.4-13
      Psalm 18.1-2, 48-end
      Matthew 17.14-20

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 20, 21, 23
      Ezekiel 24.15-end
      James 1.12-end

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 24, 25
      1 Samuel 13.19 – 14.15
      Luke 23.1-12

      Collect

      Faithful and loving God,
      who called Mary Sumner to strive for the renewal of family life:
      give us the gift of your Holy Spirit,
      that through word, prayer and deed
      your family may be strengthened and your people served;
      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,
      from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name,
      your servant Mary Sumner revealed your goodness
      in a life of tranquillity and service:
      grant that we who have gathered in faith around this table
      may like her know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge
      and be filled with all your fullness;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

      or another Post Communion for ‘Any Saint’ is used.

      Collect on the Eve of Trinity 8

      Almighty Lord and everlasting God,
      we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern
      both our hearts and bodies
      in the ways of your laws
      and the works of your commandments;
      that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever,
      we may be preserved in body and soul;
      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.

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    • Students in Church

      August 9, 2025  8:45 am9:30 am

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    August 10, 2025
    • CW* Trinity 8

      August 10, 2025

      The Eighth Sunday after Trinity

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

      Green

      Proper 14
      Sunday between 7 and 13 August inclusive

      Principal Service
      Continuous
      Isaiah 1.1, 10-20
      Psalm 50.1-8, 23,24*
      Hebrews 11.1-3, 8-16
      Luke 12.32-40

      (or)
      Related
      Genesis 15.1-6
      Psalm 33.12-22*
      Hebrews 11.1-3, 8-16
      Luke 12.32-40

      Third Service
      Psalm 115
      Song of Solomon 8.5-7 or
      1 Maccabees 14.4-15
      2 Peter 3.8-13

      Second Service
      Psalms 108 [116]
      Isaiah 11.10 – 12.6
      2 Corinthians 1.1-22
      Gospel at Holy Communion:
      Mark 7.24-30

      Collect

      Almighty Lord and everlasting God,
      we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern
      both our hearts and bodies
      in the ways of your laws
      and the works of your commandments;
      that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever,
      we may be preserved in body and soul;
      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.

      Post Communion

      Strengthen for service, Lord,
      the hands that have taken holy things;
      may the ears which have heard your word
      be deaf to clamour and dispute;
      may the tongues which have sung your praise be free from deceit;
      may the eyes which have seen the tokens of your love
      shine with the light of hope;
      and may the bodies which have been fed with your body
      be refreshed with the fullness of your life;
      glory to you for ever.

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    • Parish Mass

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

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    August 11, 2025
    • CW Clare of Assisi, 1253; John Henry Newman, 1890

      August 11, 2025

      Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253
      John Henry Newman, Priest, Tractarian, 1890

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-11

      Green / white

      Exciting Holiness
      Song of Songs 8.6, 7
      Psalm 62.1, 2, 5-8, 11
      2 Corinthians 4.6-10
      John 15.4-10

      Holy Communion
      DEL week 19
      Deuteronomy 10.12-end
      Psalm 147.13-end
      Matthew 17.22-end

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 27, 30
      Ezekiel 28.1-19
      James 2.1-13

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 26, 28, 29
      1 Samuel 14.24-46
      Luke 23.13-25

      Collect

      God of peace,
      who in the poverty of the blessed Clare
      gave us a clear light to shine in the darkness of this world:
      give us grace so to follow in her footsteps
      that we may, at the last, rejoice with her in your eternal 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

      Merciful God,
      who gave such grace to your servant Clare
      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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    • Students in Church

      August 11, 2025  8:45 am9:30 am

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    August 12, 2025
    • CW

      August 12, 2025

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-12

      Green

      Holy Communion
      Deuteronomy 31.1-8
      Psalm 107.1-3, 42-end or
      Canticle: Deuteronomy 32.3-4, 7-9
      Matthew 18.1-5, 10, 12-14

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 32, 36
      Ezekiel 33.1-20
      James 2.14-end

      Evening Prayer
      Psalm 33
      1 Samuel 15.1-23
      Luke 23.26-43

      Collect

      Almighty Lord and everlasting God,
      we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern
      both our hearts and bodies
      in the ways of your laws
      and the works of your commandments;
      that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever,
      we may be preserved in body and soul;
      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.

      Post Communion

      Strengthen for service, Lord,
      the hands that have taken holy things;
      may the ears which have heard your word
      be deaf to clamour and dispute;
      may the tongues which have sung your praise be free from deceit;
      may the eyes which have seen the tokens of your love
      shine with the light of hope;
      and may the bodies which have been fed with your body
      be refreshed with the fullness of your life;
      glory to you for ever.

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    • Coffee Morning

      August 12, 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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    • Church Open

      August 12, 2025  12:45 pm4:00 pm

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    August 13, 2025
    • CW Jeremy Taylor, 1667; Florence Nightingale, 1910; Octavia Hill, 1912

      August 13, 2025

      Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith, 1667
      Florence Nightingale, Nurse, Social Reformer, 1910
      Octavia Hill, Social Reformer, 1912

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-13

      Green / white

      Exciting Holiness
      1 Kings 3.6-10
      Psalm 119.33, 34, 37-40
      Titus 2.7, 8, 11-14
      Matthew 5.17-20

      Holy Communion
      Deuteronomy 34
      Psalm 66.14-end
      Matthew 18.15-20

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 34
      Ezekiel 33.21-end
      James 3

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 119.33-56
      1 Samuel 16
      Luke 23.44-56a

      Collect

      Holy and loving God,
      you dwell in the human heart
      and make us partakers of the divine nature
      in Christ our great high priest:
      help us who remember your servant Jeremy Taylor
      to put our trust in your heavenly promises
      and follow a holy life in virtue and true godliness;
      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 Jeremy Taylor to the eternal feast of heaven;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • Church open

      August 13, 2025  10:00 am5:00 pm

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    August 14, 2025
    • CW Maximilian Kolbe, 1941

      August 14, 2025

      Maximilian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr, 1941

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-14

      Green

      Holy Communion
      Joshua 3.7-11, 13-17
      Psalm 114
      Matthew 18.21 – 19.1

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 37*
      Ezekiel 34.1-16
      James 4.1-12

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 39, 40
      1 Samuel 17.1-30
      Luke 23.56b – 24.12

      (or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of the Blessed Virgin Mary
      Psalm 72
      Proverbs 8.22-31
      John 19.23-27

      Collect

      Almighty Lord and everlasting God,
      we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern
      both our hearts and bodies
      in the ways of your laws
      and the works of your commandments;
      that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever,
      we may be preserved in body and soul;
      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.

      Post Communion

      Strengthen for service, Lord,
      the hands that have taken holy things;
      may the ears which have heard your word
      be deaf to clamour and dispute;
      may the tongues which have sung your praise be free from deceit;
      may the eyes which have seen the tokens of your love
      shine with the light of hope;
      and may the bodies which have been fed with your body
      be refreshed with the fullness of your life;
      glory to you for ever.

      Collect on the Eve of the Blessed Virgin Mary

      Almighty God,
      who looked upon the lowliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary
      and chose her to be the mother of your only Son:
      grant that we who are redeemed by his blood
      may share with her in the glory of your eternal kingdom;
      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 open

      August 14, 2025  10:00 am4:00 pm

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    August 15, 2025
    • CW* The Blessed Virgin Mary

      August 15, 2025

      The Blessed Virgin Mary

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-15

      White

      Principal Service
      Isaiah 61.10, 11 or
      Revelation 11.19 – 12.6, 10
      Psalm 45.10-17
      Galatians 4.4-7
      Luke 1.46-55

      Third Service
      Isaiah 7.10-15
      Luke 11.27, 28
      Morning Psalms
      Psalms 98, 138, 147.1-12

      Second Service
      Song of Solomon 2.1-7
      Acts 1.6-14
      Evening Psalm
      Psalm 132

      Collect

      Almighty God,
      who looked upon the lowliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary
      and chose her to be the mother of your only Son:
      grant that we who are redeemed by his blood
      may share with her in the glory of your eternal kingdom;
      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 most high,
      whose handmaid bore the Word made flesh:
      we thank you that in this sacrament of our redemption
      you visit us with your Holy Spirit
      and overshadow us by your power;
      strengthen us to walk with Mary the joyful path of obedience
      and so to bring forth the fruits of holiness;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • Deadline for Parish Magazine Contributions

      August 15, 2025

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    • Bell ringing for VJ Day Celebrations

      August 15, 2025  2:00 pm3:00 pm

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    August 16, 2025
    • CW

      August 16, 2025

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-16

      Green

      Holy Communion
      Joshua 24.14-29
      Psalm 16.1, 5-end
      Matthew 19.13-15

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 41, 42, 43
      Ezekiel 36.16-36
      James 5.7-end

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 45, 46
      1 Samuel 17.55 – 18.16
      Luke 24.36-end

      Collect

      Almighty Lord and everlasting God,
      we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern
      both our hearts and bodies
      in the ways of your laws
      and the works of your commandments;
      that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever,
      we may be preserved in body and soul;
      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.

      Post Communion

      Strengthen for service, Lord,
      the hands that have taken holy things;
      may the ears which have heard your word
      be deaf to clamour and dispute;
      may the tongues which have sung your praise be free from deceit;
      may the eyes which have seen the tokens of your love
      shine with the light of hope;
      and may the bodies which have been fed with your body
      be refreshed with the fullness of your life;
      glory to you for ever.

      Collect on the Eve of Trinity 9

      Almighty God,
      who sent your Holy Spirit
      to be the life and light of your Church:
      open our hearts to the riches of your grace,
      that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit
      in love and joy and peace;
      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

      August 16, 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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    August 17, 2025
    • CW* Trinity 9

      August 17, 2025

      The Ninth Sunday after Trinity

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-17

      Green

      Proper 15
      Sunday between 14 and 20 August inclusive

      Principal Service
      Continuous
      Isaiah 5.1-7
      Psalm 80.1-2,9-20*
      Hebrews 11.29 – 12.2
      Luke 12.49-56

      (or)
      Related
      Jeremiah 23.23-29
      Psalm 82
      Hebrews 11.29 – 12.2
      Luke 12.49-56

      Third Service
      Psalm 119.33-48
      Jonah 1 or
      Ecclesiasticus 3.1-15
      2 Peter 3.14-end

      Second Service
      Psalm 119.17-32*
      Isaiah 28.9-22
      2 Corinthians 8.1-9
      Gospel at Holy Communion:
      Matthew 20.1-16

      Collect

      Almighty God,
      who sent your Holy Spirit
      to be the life and light of your Church:
      open our hearts to the riches of your grace,
      that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit
      in love and joy and peace;
      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 in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • Parish Mass

      August 17, 2025  10:30 am11:40 am
      St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UK

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    August 18, 2025
    • CW

      August 18, 2025

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-18

      Green

      Holy Communion
      DEL week 20
      Judges 2.11-19
      Psalm 106.34-42
      Matthew 19.16-22

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 44
      Ezekiel 37.1-14
      Mark 1.1-13

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 47, 49
      1 Samuel 19.1-18
      Acts 1.1-14

      Collect

      Almighty God,
      who sent your Holy Spirit
      to be the life and light of your Church:
      open our hearts to the riches of your grace,
      that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit
      in love and joy and peace;
      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 in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • Safeguarding Training at Church

      August 18, 2025  6:00 pm7:00 pm

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    August 19, 2025
    • CW

      August 19, 2025

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-19

      Green

      Holy Communion
      Judges 6.11-24
      Psalm 85.8-end
      Matthew 19.23-end

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 48, 52
      Ezekiel 37. 15-end
      Mark 1.14-20

      Evening Prayer
      Psalm 50
      1 Samuel 20.1-17
      Acts 1.15-end

      Collect

      Almighty God,
      who sent your Holy Spirit
      to be the life and light of your Church:
      open our hearts to the riches of your grace,
      that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit
      in love and joy and peace;
      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 in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • Coffee Morning

      August 19, 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

      August 19, 2025  12:15 pm12:45 pm

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    • Church Open

      August 19, 2025  12:45 pm4:00 pm

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    August 20, 2025
    • CW Bernard of Clairvaux, 1153; William and Catherine Booth, 1912 and 1890

      August 20, 2025

      Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher of the Faith, 1153
      William and Catherine Booth, Founders of the Salvation Army, 1912 and 1890

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-20

      Green / white

      Exciting Holiness
      Proverbs 4.5-9
      Psalm 19.1-4, 7
      Revelation 19.5-9
      John 15.7-11

      Holy Communion
      Judges 9.6-15
      Psalm 21.1-6
      Matthew 20.1-16

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 119.57-80
      Ezekiel 39.21-end
      Mark 1.21-28

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 59, 60, (67)
      1 Samuel 20.18-end
      Acts 2.1-21

      Collect

      Merciful redeemer,
      who, by the life and preaching of your servant Bernard,
      rekindled the radiant light of your Church:
      grant us, in our generation,
      to be inflamed with the same spirit of discipline and love
      and ever to walk before you as children of light;
      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 Bernard to the eternal feast of heaven;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • Church open

      August 20, 2025  10:00 am5:00 pm

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    August 21, 2025
    • CW

      August 21, 2025

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-21

      Green

      Holy Communion
      Judges 11.29-end
      Psalm 40.4-11
      Matthew 22.1-14

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 56, 57, (63*)
      Ezekiel 43.1-12
      Mark 1.29-end

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 61, 62, 64
      1 Samuel 21.1 – 22.5
      Acts 2.22-36

      Collect

      Almighty God,
      who sent your Holy Spirit
      to be the life and light of your Church:
      open our hearts to the riches of your grace,
      that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit
      in love and joy and peace;
      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 in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • Church open

      August 21, 2025  10:00 am4:00 pm

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    August 22, 2025
    • CW

      August 22, 2025

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-22

      Green

      Holy Communion
      Ruth 1.1, 3-6, 14-16, 22
      Psalm 146
      Matthew 22.34-40

      Morning Prayer
      Psalms 51, 54
      Ezekiel 44.4-16
      Mark 2.1-12

      Evening Prayer
      Psalm 38
      1 Samuel 22.6-end
      Acts 2.37-end

      Collect

      Almighty God,
      who sent your Holy Spirit
      to be the life and light of your Church:
      open our hearts to the riches of your grace,
      that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit
      in love and joy and peace;
      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 in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    August 23, 2025
    • CW

      August 23, 2025

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-23

      Green

      Holy Communion
      Ruth 2.1-3, 8-11, 4.13-17
      Psalm 128
      Matthew 23.1-12

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 68
      Ezekiel 47.1-12
      Mark 2.13-22

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 65, 66
      1 Samuel 23
      Acts 3.1-10

      (or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Bartholomew
      Psalm 97
      Isaiah 61.1-9
      2 Corinthians 6.1-10

      Collect

      Almighty God,
      who sent your Holy Spirit
      to be the life and light of your Church:
      open our hearts to the riches of your grace,
      that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit
      in love and joy and peace;
      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 in the eternal banquet of Jesus Christ our Lord.

      Collect on the Eve of Trinity 10

      Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
      be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
      and that they may obtain their petitions
      make them to ask such things as shall please 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.

      Collect on the Eve of Bartholomew

      Almighty and everlasting God,
      who gave to your apostle Bartholomew grace
      truly to believe and to preach your word:
      grant that your Church
      may love that word which he believed
      and may faithfully preach and receive the same;
      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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    August 24, 2025
    • CW* (or) Trinity 10

      August 24, 2025

      The Festival of Bartholomew may be observed on Sunday 24 August or Monday 25 August.
      If it is not observed on Sunday 24 August:

      The Tenth Sunday after Trinity
      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-24

      Green

      Proper 16
      Sunday between 21 and 27 August inclusive

      Principal Service
      Continuous
      Jeremiah 1.4-10
      Psalm 71.1-6
      Hebrews 12.18-29
      Luke 13.10-17

      (or)
      Related
      Isaiah 58.9b-14
      Psalm 103.1-8
      Hebrews 12.18-29
      Luke 13.10-17

      Third Service
      Psalm 119.73-88
      Jonah 2 or
      Ecclesiasticus 3.17-29
      Revelation 1

      Second Service
      Psalm 119.49-72*
      Isaiah 30.8-21
      2 Corinthians 9
      Gospel at Holy Communion:
      Matthew 21.28-32

      (or) Evening Prayer on the Eve of Bartholomew
      Psalm 97
      Isaiah 61.1-9
      2 Corinthians 6.1-10

      Collect

      Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
      be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
      and that they may obtain their petitions
      make them to ask such things as shall please 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

      God of our pilgrimage,
      you have willed that the gate of mercy
      should stand open for those who trust in you:
      look upon us with your favour
      that we who follow the path of your will
      may never wander from the way of life;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

      Collect on the Eve of Bartholomew

      Almighty and everlasting God,
      who gave to your apostle Bartholomew grace
      truly to believe and to preach your word:
      grant that your Church
      may love that word which he believed
      and may faithfully preach and receive the same;
      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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    • CW* Bartholomew

      August 24, 2025

      The Festival of Bartholomew may be observed on Sunday 24 August or Monday 25 August.
      If it is observed on Sunday 24 August:

      Bartholomew the Apostle

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-24

      Red

      Principal Service
      Isaiah 43.8-13
      Psalm 145.1-7
      Acts 5.12-16
      Luke 22.24-30

      (or)
      Acts 5.12-16
      Psalm 145.1-7
      1 Corinthians 4.9-15
      Luke 22.24-30

      Third Service
      Genesis 28.10-17
      John 1.43-end
      Morning Psalms
      Psalms 86, 117

      Second Service
      Ecclesiasticus 39.1-10 or
      Deuteronomy 18.15-19
      Matthew 10.1-22
      Evening Psalms
      Psalms 91, 116

      Collect

      Almighty and everlasting God,
      who gave to your apostle Bartholomew grace
      truly to believe and to preach your word:
      grant that your Church
      may love that word which he believed
      and may faithfully preach and receive the same;
      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,
      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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    • Parish Mass

      August 24, 2025  10:30 am11:40 am
      St Peter and Mary Magdalene Parish Church, High St, Barnstaple EX31 1BG, UK

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    August 25, 2025
    • CW

      August 25, 2025

      The Festival of Bartholomew may be observed on Sunday 24 August or Monday 25 August.
      If it is not observed on Monday 25 August:

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-25

      Green

      Holy Communion
      DEL week 21
      1 Thessalonians 1.1-5, 8-end
      Psalm 149.1-5
      Matthew 23.13-22

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 71
      Proverbs 1.1-19
      Mark 2.23 – 3.6

      Evening Prayer
      Psalms 72, 75
      1 Samuel 24
      Acts 3.11-end

      Collect

      Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
      be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
      and that they may obtain their petitions
      make them to ask such things as shall please 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

      God of our pilgrimage,
      you have willed that the gate of mercy
      should stand open for those who trust in you:
      look upon us with your favour
      that we who follow the path of your will
      may never wander from the way of life;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • CW* (or) Bartholomew

      August 25, 2025

      The Festival of Bartholomew may be observed on Sunday 24 August or Monday 25 August.
      If it is observed on Monday 25 August:

      Bartholomew the Apostle

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-25

      Red

      Principal Service
      Isaiah 43.8-13
      Psalm 145.1-7
      Acts 5.12-16
      Luke 22.24-30

      (or)
      Acts 5.12-16
      Psalm 145.1-7
      1 Corinthians 4.9-15
      Luke 22.24-30

      Third Service
      Genesis 28.10-17
      John 1.43-end
      Morning Psalms
      Psalms 86, 117

      Second Service
      Ecclesiasticus 39.1-10 or
      Deuteronomy 18.15-19
      Matthew 10.1-22
      Evening Psalms
      Psalms 91, 116

      Collect

      Almighty and everlasting God,
      who gave to your apostle Bartholomew grace
      truly to believe and to preach your word:
      grant that your Church
      may love that word which he believed
      and may faithfully preach and receive the same;
      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,
      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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    August 26, 2025
    • CW

      August 26, 2025

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-26

      Green

      Holy Communion
      DEL week 21
      1 Thessalonians 2.1-8
      Psalm 139.1-9
      Matthew 23.23-26

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 73
      Proverbs 1.20-end
      Mark 3.7-19a

      Evening Prayer
      Psalm 74
      1 Samuel 26
      Acts 4.1-12

      Collect

      Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
      be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
      and that they may obtain their petitions
      make them to ask such things as shall please 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

      God of our pilgrimage,
      you have willed that the gate of mercy
      should stand open for those who trust in you:
      look upon us with your favour
      that we who follow the path of your will
      may never wander from the way of life;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • Coffee Morning

      August 26, 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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    • Church Open

      August 26, 2025  12:45 pm4:00 pm

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    August 27, 2025
    • CW Monica, 387

      August 27, 2025

      Monica, mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-27

      Green / white

      Exciting Holiness
      1 Samuel 1.9-18
      Psalm 121
      1 Timothy 5.3-5
      Luke 7.11-17

      Holy Communion
      1 Thessalonians 2.9-13
      Psalm 126
      Matthew 23.27-32

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 77
      Proverbs 2
      Mark 3.19b-end

      Evening Prayer
      Psalm 119.81-104
      1 Samuel 28.3-end
      Acts 4.13-31

      Collect

      Faithful God,
      who strengthened Monica, the mother of Augustine, with wisdom,
      and through her patient endurance encouraged him
      to seek after you:
      give us the will to persist in prayer
      that those who stray from you may be brought to faith
      in your Son Jesus Christ 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,
      from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name,
      your servant Monica revealed your goodness
      in a life of tranquillity and service:
      grant that we who have gathered in faith around this table
      may like her know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge
      and be filled with all your fullness;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    • Church open

      August 27, 2025  10:00 am5:00 pm

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    August 28, 2025
    • CW Augustine of Hippo, 430

      August 28, 2025

      Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher of the Faith, 430

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-28

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      Exciting Holiness
      Ecclesiasticus 39.1-10
      Psalm 84.1-4
      Romans 13.11-end
      Matthew 23.8-12

      Holy Communion
      1 Thessalonians 3.7-end
      Psalm 90.13-end
      Matthew 24.42-end

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 78.1-39*
      Proverbs 3.1-26
      Mark 4.1-20

      Evening Prayer
      Psalm 78.40-end*
      1 Samuel 31
      Acts 4.32 – 5.11

      Collect

      Merciful Lord,
      who turned Augustine from his sins
      to be a faithful bishop and teacher:
      grant that we may follow him in penitence and discipline
      till our restless hearts find their rest in 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

      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 Augustine to the eternal feast of heaven;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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      August 28, 2025  10:00 am4:00 pm

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    August 29, 2025
    • CW Beheading of John the Baptist

      August 29, 2025

      The Beheading of John the Baptist

      https://almanac.oremus.org/2025-08-29

      Green / red

      Lesser Festival Eucharistic Lectionary
      Jeremiah 1.4-10
      Psalm 11
      Hebrews 11.32 – 12.2
      Matthew 14.1-12

      Holy Communion
      1 Thessalonians 4.1-8
      Psalm 97
      Matthew 25.1-13

      Morning Prayer
      Psalm 55
      Proverbs 3.27 – 4.19
      Mark 4.21-34

      Evening Prayer
      Psalm 69
      2 Samuel 1
      Acts 5.12-26

      Collect

      Almighty God,
      who called your servant John the Baptist
      to be the forerunner of your Son in birth and death:
      strengthen us by your grace
      that, as he suffered for the truth,
      so we may boldly resist corruption and vice
      and receive with him the unfading crown of 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

      Merciful Lord,
      whose prophet John the Baptist
      proclaimed your Son as the Lamb of God
      who takes away the sin of the world:
      grant that we who in this sacrament
      have known your forgiveness and your life-giving love
      may ever tell of your mercy and your peace;
      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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