In what is a first for the region - Christian leaders across the whole of the South West are taking part in special online prayer event this Easter Sunday.
The event called South West Prays will see thousands of Christians from across the area tune in at 8pm to take part and participate.
It’s thought this could be the biggest prayer event that has ever taken place in the region.
Around 20 Church Leaders from different styles and traditions all over the South West will be joining in to take part in this half an hour online gathering, broadcasting live from their...
The fun begins at A la Ronde this Easter with a family-friendly trail starting on Saturday 5 April. The trail runs in the grounds daily until Sunday 21 April and costs £1.50. Sponsored by Cadburys, there is a free chocolate egg for every participant.
Be sure not to miss the Easter Eggstravaganza on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 April. Craft volunteers will be on hand to help children make a selection of Easter and spring-themed items to take home; and a face painter will be here so children can be transformed into their favourite character. Entry, which also includes the Cadburys...
The Diocese of Exeter has been tweeting the whole passion story, from Palm Sunday, and will continue until sunrise on Easter Sunday. The story has been rewritten for tweeting in the first person and from Jesus’s perspective and will be sent out in ‘real time’ throughout Holy Week. Canon Andrew Godsall said: “The idea with tweeting the passion is to help people relate to a familiar story in a contemporary way. Jesus used contemporary phrases all of the time. He wanted to make people sit up and listen so he used provocative words. Sometimes people got the wrong end of the stick – and maybe...
The 2013 Easter Sunday Charity Event that has Everything! A BBQ, a fabulous raffle (raffle tickets can be bought in advance from the Bar V), Mark Travis singing LIVE, face painting from Party Paints... a Wine or Water stall... Archery, a fun dogs agility 'class' with Happy Dogs, a WIN A MINI competition and more!
DON'T miss this! Will be updated as we go along...
In the evening we will be ticketing an indoor live music event with live Latin dance music from STREET LIFE, an Auction *including Live Human Beings* and Burlesque from Cherry Ve'Dore! Then on to a DJ marathon (for...
School children from Pinhoe Primary School, Exeter, will be visiting their local recycling centre on Monday 11th February to find out what happens to our waste.
The group of 8 to 11 year olds will be at the award-winning Pinbrook Road Recycling Centre to learn what happens to paper, glass, cans, plastic and other recycling when it is brought into the site, where it goes and how it is made into new items.
The Centre opened in June 2011 to provide a second recycling centre in Exeter as the existing one in Marsh Barton was reaching capacity. The Pinbrook centre provides a site...
