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Our Mission Statement - To know Christ and to make Christ known
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Let us be one, O Lord, in our praise of you, one in our prayers to you, one in our love for you, and one through Christ, in our coming to you.
Ignatius of Antioch (c.35 – c. 107)
Our Circuit Prayer
O High King of Heaven hear us as we pray,
Come Holy Spirit fill us afresh,
Give us a glimpse of heavenly glory,
As you move among us and your kingdom is revealed
Through your Church,
In your name Jesus, we ask for you are our Lord and Saviour.
Amen
Circuit News
January 2025
A New Year's Message from Revd Meg Slingo
Happy New Year to you. I pray that it will be a year full of blessings, from the Lord to you. As a circuit, we are together praying our circuit prayer, asking that His Kingdom will keep on coming, through us. I thank God for all that He has done, in the circuit; all He is doing and all He will do. As Christians, we continue to seek His face. I offer Psalm 27, at the start of this new year, and especially verse eight: "Come”, my heart says, “seek His face!" Your face, Lord, do I seek (NRSV) I hope you agree, when I say, isn’t it wonderful that we CAN seek Gods face. That we can simply come, just as we are. We do not need to ask in prayer for anything but can just come as children of God. We can just come and be. Such love has the Lord, for us, we can do this. I hope and pray, that, later this year, we will have a Circuit Service; a time of worship and prayer, as we continue to seek His presence, and His Will, for His Church here, in our Circuit. The Lord bless you and keep you: the Lord make his face to shine upon you, And be gracious unto you: the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. Amen. (Numbers 6:24-26) NRSV We give thanks for all that has been, and all that will be, for His church here, in our circuit. Revd Meg Slingo, Superintendent Bude and Holsworthy Methodist Circuit
December 2024
Christmas around our Circuit - more photos in the Gallery and on Chapel pages
Kilkhampton Adult Nativity in Rhyme
Advent Window at Bude Methodist Church
The Journey to the Stable in Whitstone
Marhamchurch Methodist Chapel's Christmas Tree at St Marwenne's Christmas Tree Festival
Christmas Tree Festival, Bridgerule Methodist Chapel
Carols at Woodford
All Age Nativity, Morwenstow/Shop
Nativity in the Barn, Woolsery
Chilsworthy's Indoor Woodland ADVENTure trail
Stay and Play Nativity, Bodmin Street, Holsworthy
Bradworthy Methodist Chapel's Nativity scene
November 2024
Thank you to everyone who donated and helped pack shoeboxes at Bodmin Street, Holsworthy, Bude Methodist Church and Whitstone Methodist Chapel - grand total to follow!
September 2024
The Revd Meg Slingo, the new superintendent minister of the Bude and Holsworthy Methodist Circuit, second left; with Deacon Debbie Marsh; the Revd Dr Dan Haylett, SWPD chairman; and Mr Mark Shepherd, circuit steward.
THE Bude and Holsworthy Methodist Circuit has a new superintendent minister, the Revd Meg Slingo. She was welcomed officially into the circuit at a special service at Holsworthy Methodist Church, along with her husband, the Revd Graham Slingo, a supernumerary (retired) Methodist minister. The couple have moved from Meg’s most recent stationing in Somerset to live at the manse in Chilsworthy. She will oversee 11 Methodist chapels in the area, and succeeds the Revd Dr Simon Leigh, who now heads the Exeter Coast & Country Circuit. Attended by a large gathering of Methodist members and friends and guests from other churches and the community, the welcome service at Bodmin Street was introduced by Deacon Debbie Marsh. She said that it marked “a wonderful time in the life of the circuit”, particularly as on the previous evening there had been a service at Truro Cathedral to celebrate the creation of the South West Peninsula Methodist District. Commemorative candles had been presented at this occasion to each circuit; the Bude and Holsworthy candle was brought to Bodmin Street, then lit at Meg’s welcome service by the SWPD chairman and presiding minister, the Rev Dr Dan Haylett. He said: “It’s a joy to be here at a time of new beginnings, of change and transformation, and the start of a new Methodist district. Meg arrives in our lives at this moment, and we make space for her gifts and graces. The Kingdom of God is here in our midst, in this circuit. God in Christ is present with us now. We lack nothing – we are here to share in God’s mission and ministry, to begin a journey and let our lives combine.” The Rev Dr Haylett expanded on this theme in his sermon, based on Luke’s Gospel chapter 4, verses 14-21, in which Jesus reads in the synagogue from the Book of Isaiah and declares “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.” Central to the service was the Presentation, Promises and Welcome, when mutual promises of support were made by the congregation and the new superintendent. After circuit steward Mr Mark Shepherd invited the people to welcome Meg, she was greeted by local ecumenical clergy, the Circuit Leadership Team, youth and rural chaplains, and representatives of town organisations and schools. There were Bible readings by circuit youth worker Mr Dean Taylor and Deacon Debbie, and prayers of intercession were led by circuit lay worker Mrs Michelle Hogarth. The organist was Mrs Shirley Davis. Revd Meg thanked everyone for their prayers and support – and she said that before she knew she was to be stationed in the Bude and Holsworthy Circuit, she had prayed: “Father, can I go home?” She continued: “As I grew up in Cornwall, my spiritual home, when I was told we were coming to Bude and Holsworthy, well – Devon and Cornwall – I’ve now got a foot in both camps! May God’s Kingdom keep on coming in this place, for His Glory.” Refreshments were enjoyed in the Bodmin Street hall, prepared and served by Mrs Mary Barfett and her team of helpers.
