Saint Paul's Church, Landkey
In Brief
Next Service:
Holy Communion
(Seventh Sunday in Easter)
The next village event will be Parish Council Meeting on 1st June 2022 at 7:00 PM in The Old School Centre, Manor Road
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More ImagesWelcome to the website for St Paul's Church, the Church of England church for the parish of Landkey.
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.
News
 | 15th May 2022 |
The Queen's Platinum Jubilee
St Paul's Church will be helping to mark the 70th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne during the long weekend of 2nd-5th June 2022.
A full peal of the church bells will be rung on Thursday 2nd June between 10am and 1pm. A full peal lasts three hours and this will be significant for St Paul's as there is no record of a full peal ever having been rung in our parish church before.
We will also be planting a tree as part of the Queen's Green Canopy, with a date for this to be decided soon.
Further details of our involvement in this historic occasion in our nation's history will be posted here as soon as they become available.
| 5th May 2022 |
Coronavirus guidelines from 3rd May 2022
The Church of England has updated its guidelines for churches in respect of Covid-19 and these are avilable in the document on the link below.
The main change is that the assumption is now that churches will offer Holy Communion as both bread and wine unless there is a compelling reason not to do so. The use of face coverings is recommended in enclosed or crowded spaces.
At St Paul's, we have recently reintroduced the chalice and, while we invite congregation members to receive Communion, we do not place any obligation on anyone to do so. We also continue to support the wearing of face masks, although this is not an expectation.
Most importantly, all are welcome at St Paul's!
| 24th Apr 2022 |
Annual Parochial Church Meeting - elections and appointments
Our Annual Parochial Church Meeting was held in church after the service on 24th April 2022, and these are the main actions that were taken:
• Hazel Price and Mike Foster were re-elected churchwardens
• The Annual PCC Report and Financial reports were adopted
• Charles Waldron was re-elected to the PCC
• Sidespersons were appointed, these being Margaret Perryman, Hazel Price, Cynthia Ashley and Wendy Steggel.
At the PCC meeting which followed the Annual Meeting, Ann Rumble was appointed Treasurer, Charles Waldron Secretary as well as PCC Vice Chairman and Peter Elder Electoral Roll Officer. It was agreed that the Fabric Committee would comprise Mike Foster (Convenor), Eric Price and Adrian Ley.
| 24th Apr 2022 |
Organist sought
We are seeking the services of an organist to play in our church occasionally in order to keep the organ in peak condition. Anyone interested is invited to get in touch via the Contact Us page.
| 20th Apr 2022 |
Services now available live online!
We have now introduced the facility to livestream our services via our Facebook page. The link for this is available under "Online services" above and anyone watching may download a copy of the relevant liturgy to follow the proceedings.