Saint Paul's Church, Landkey
In Brief
Next Service:
17th February at 10:30 am.
Holy Communion
(Seventh Sunday in Epiphany)
The next village event will be Landkey Horticultural Society meeting on 26th February 2019 at 7:30 PM in Landkey village hall
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The tranquil village of Landkey is situated just three miles from the busy market town of Barnstaple in North Devon. With a growing population in excess of 2000, a strong sense of community exists within the village and, of this, the church is an important part. As well as offering regular Christian worship, the church provides valuable links to other areas of the community such as the local Primary School and the Mothers' Union.
St Paul's is a friendly church in which the Christian message is heard regularly by a congregation of around 25 worshippers. All are welcome to attend our services.
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Midweek Holy Communion
From Wednesday 6th February we will be holding midweek services of Holy Communion. Services will begin at 9:30am. All will be welcome.
Candlemas Family Service
Our Family Service on 3rd February fell the day after Candlemas which is celebrated on 2nd February, and provided the opportunity for this important event to be celebrated at what proved to be an enjoyable occasion.
Candlemas is the time in the Christian calendar when the Presentation of Christ at the temple is recalled. Forty days after Jesus's birth, his parents brought him to the temple in Jerusalem in accordance with the law of Moses that this act should be carried out for all new-born children. The ritual would have involved the offering of a sacrifice which might have been in the form of a pair of turtle doves or two young pigeons (Luke 2, v24).
The pews in the church were pleasingly well filled for the occasion and Angela Bellamy gave a talk to the assembled children on the meaning of Candlemas and also told them that candles are traditionally lit at this time in the Christian calendar, to mark the birth of Jesus as the "light in a world of darkness". She told them, as well, that Candlemas takes place at a time in the calendar when the days are noticeably getting longer.
At the end of the service, the members of the congregation processed to the font, bearing candles, where the "Nunc Dimittis", which is associated with Simeon, a man of faith who waited at the temple in Jerusalem for the day when Jesus would be presented, was sung. Candles were then extinguished as thoughts were turned towards Lent and the approach of Easter.