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Even Dr Who features in new website for our wondrous Cornish Churches
From St Nonna in Altarnum to St Breaca in Breage and lots in between, the National Churches Trust website tells the stories of our churches from forgotten chapels in farmyards to […]
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National Friendship Day – What could be more friendly than your local Foodbank?
Spend an afternoon volunteering for Foodbank, whether standing in a supermarket asking for food donations or on the frontline of a Foodbank centre helping to distribute those donations, and any […]
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Journey, a day of prayer
When the team putting together Journey, a day of prayer in Truro Cathedral last Saturday, prayed for good weather, they rather expected the sun to shine all day. It shone […]
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Transforming Mission, it’s not just about young people
A voice said, “I remember you with plaits!” And Barbara Meades knew that the church she had walked into was where God wanted her to be. The voice was that […]
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Sea, sand, sun? Sometimes, but you’ll always get a warm welcome at Church on the Beach
Revd Anne Brown is hoping that holidaymakers heading to the Perranporth beach over this summer can encounter even more than a beautiful coastline, wonderful weather and sand in their […]
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Knights Templar church restored to glory
Originally used as an outpost for the secretive medieval order of the Knights Templar way back in the 12th century, St Catherine’s Church, which lies in the wild hamlet of […]
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Celebrating 150 years of Ladock C of E School
The rain was barely noticed on the last day of June as Ladock Church of England School celebrated 150 years of school life. Set up in 1867 by Canon Wise, who […]
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No rain could dampen Ordinands’ joy
A bit of Cornish summer mizzle wasn’t going to stop this year’s Ordinands from making their affirmations and oaths ahead of their ordinations this coming weekend. Aside from a chance […]
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From Zennor Church to Paris Fashion Runway
When, or if, you think of the absolutely fabulous fashion house Alexander McQueen, handcrafted kneelers in Zennor Church, deep down in Cornwall’s south west, probably don’t spring to mind. But they […]
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Jesus Loves Festivals…So Say the Festival Angels
Jesus has never been one for the establishment. Always hanging out with the marginalised, from tax collectors to prostitutes, the sick and the impoverished, he shunned the elite and yet […]