We may not be able to gather together for the traditional Christmas carol concerts and school nativity plays this year, but schools and churches from across the South West have joined together to create a unique online Christmas extravaganza instead.
The first ever online South West Carols event will see thousands of people across the region tuning in to the LIVE online event from the comfort of their own homes.
The event could be the biggest ever festive Carols and Nativity event that has ever taken place in the region, with lockdown encouraging churches to think...
An Exeter Church says it is delighted to have opened its doors again for people to come in for its Sunday services, after 6 months of broadcasting online only due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Rediscover Church in Northernhay Street, Exeter have been broadcasting a number of its events and services online for many years, but over lockdown the team switched all of its services to online only broadcasting to a Devon-wide as well as international audience.
The church found that, as well as its regular members engaging weekly with services this way, a number of newcomers have...
A church in Exeter is opening its doors for those who are in need of food during this time of national crisis.
Rediscover Church in Northernhay Street, Exeter are running a special ‘Food Hub’ next Wednesday 15th July from 10am-2pm and anyone – individuals, couples and families, who are finding finances tight and finding it difficult to buy food.
Everyone is welcome to come along and pick up some much needed groceries to take home for free. There’s no need to book up in advance, just drop in on the day.
The church are working with the national charity called...
A church in Exeter has developed an exciting partnership to help distribute food to people in need across the area at this time.
Rediscover Church in Northernhay Street, Exeter, is working with FareShare which has an operation in Bristol, and is a charity which works with supermarkets across the region to help provide food to people who might have difficulties accessing it and those with financial difficulties at this time.
The team at Rediscover Church have been transporting food to Devon, which in turn has been packaged into hampers and delivered to a range of people...
YOU might have seen in the national press some research carried out on the surprising number of people who have begun to pray or accessed online church services during the lockdown even though they’ve not stepped inside a church for years?
According to the survey from Tearfund, nearly half of adults said they have prayed and a quarter of adults have engaged with a religious service online.*
In response to this interest in exploring faith, Rediscover Church in Exeter is running a new course online called Alpha which gives the opportunity for people to explore who God is...
On your daily exercises and walks, you might have seen rainbow pictures in people’s windows painted and drawn by families and households to show their support for the NHS at this time.
But have you seen pictures of praying hands in the windows of homes too?
A church in Exeter is encouraging Christians and those who have a heart to pray at this time, to download, paint or draw pictures of ‘emoji’-like’ praying hands in their window to indicate to their neighbours and others passing by their home they are praying for the crisis we are facing at this nation.
Churches in Exeter are hosting organising a LIVE online event on Sunday 29th March, 8pm-8.30pm encouraging Christians from across the city to pray for our nation at this critical time.
Called ‘Exeter Prays’, the half an hour broadcast will involve a number of church leaders in Exeter broadcasting live from their homes sharing inspiring and thought provoking messages and reflections and encouraging individuals to step into a new level of prayer.
The online event has never been done before, but it’s hoped that thousands of Christians from across the city will tune in for...
An Exeter church has experienced a soar in the number of people attending its services via its livestream.
Rediscover Church based in Northernhay Street, Exeter broadcasts its 11.30am service live online every Sunday to a local and international audience.
People from across Devon tune in via their laptops and mobile phones and are from a broad range of backgrounds including those who have never attended church before and exploring what its like, to those who are unwell and housebound, to others who for a variety of reasons cannot attend in person.
Low income families across Devon have been receiving food hampers this past weekend, thanks to a church in Exeter.
Rediscover Church based in Northernhay Street, put together 250 hampers, thanks to generous donations from its own congregation members and partner charities including Fairshare.
The hampers were packed with a range of food including pasta, rice, sauces, biscuits, Christmas puddings, mince pies. beans, soup and more to support a range of people through the Christmas period, a time where money can be particularly tight. The church were also grateful to Nandos...
Hundreds of churches across Devon have taken part in ‘Thy Kingdom Come’, a national prayer event in recent weeks, which in the city included a large finale event at the Cathedral.
Now, an initiative based out of Rediscover Church in Exeter hopes to build upon that with what could be the county’s biggest ever prayer gathering.
Devon Awake takes place on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th June, 7.30pm nightly at Rediscover Church, Northernhay Street, Exeter, and seeks to encourage churches of all denominations from across the county to pray for Devon and all those who live and...
