Bideford Pastoral Charge

“I will sing of your steadfast love, O LORD, forever;with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations.I declare that your steadfast love is established forever;your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens.-Psalm 89:1-2 More and more, I am coming to discover the psalms as one of my favourite books of scriptures. Poetic […]

Good Morning! Here are some announcements for our upcoming week. We continue to worship together online next Sunday, live at 10:00 AM. The service and reflection will also appear on our blog at 9:30 AM and can be printed and shared with others. Our Sunday School continues to meet each Sunday at 11:00 AM on […]

Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.1Corinthians 13:4-7 […]

Good Morning! Here are some announcements for our upcoming week. We continue to worship together online next Sunday, at 10:00 AM. Our service this week will be led by our Sunday School and BUSY group. Rev. Tara Ann will be using her last week of continuing education this upcoming week (June 15-21). During this time, […]

God’s People Gather Words of Welcome *Lighting of the Christ CandleChrist is our cornerstone.The alpha and the Omega,the beginning and our end.We light this candle to remind usof the enduring light that has beengiven to us to show us the Way.Light Candle Call To Worship95 years young!Still growing strong,we sing our praises!For you, O Godhave […]

Hello Everyone! It has been a while since I’ve written with an update on the re-opening of our church buildings, so you may have questions about what we will be doing. As I shared in May, the Session has decided to continue with worship in an online format until such time that we are able […]

“‘I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent […]

God’s People Gather Words of Welcome *Lighting of the Christ CandleChrist is here.Christ is light.May this flame shine in ourhearts this day and always. Call To WorshipCome, gather now.Gather with the Church through the ages,which speaks of God as One and Triune:Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.Come, as we explore our Triune God,and as we seek […]

Good Morning! Here are some announcements for our upcoming week. We continue to worship together online next Sunday, live at 10:00 AM. The service and reflection will also appear on our blog at 9:30 AM and can be printed and shared with others. Our Sunday School continues to meet each Sunday at 11:00 AM on […]

Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:Take away from me the noise of your songs;I will not listen to the melody of your harps.But let justice roll down like waters,and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.-Amos 5:1,23-24 I have been struggling this week, with what words to offer […]