Axmouth Church

We gathered for worship to mark the fulfilment of Jesus’ promise to send the Holy Spirit after he had ascended into heaven.

Elisabeth led our worship, Jeannie read the passage John 15:26-27, 16:4-15 and Iain spoke on it.  Derek then led the intercessions and Harry accompanied our worship on the organ.

You can hear the service here

Today we marked the period between the Ascension of Jesus and the promised coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, during which the disciples spent the time in prayer.

Hildegard read and Roger spoke on Jesus’ final prayer for his disciples before the Crucifixion, as recorded in John 17:6-19

Derek led the intercessions while Terry led the service and presided at Holy Communion.

The church was still beautifully decorated with flowers from Sue and Roger’s wedding yesterday and we were delighted that the happy couple were able to join us for our worship before embarking on honeymoon.

Staying home for the next Bank Holiday?

Bring your pets – and a picnic – to Axmouth Church Green

for an open-air Pets Service at 11 o’clock

followed by your own picnic lunch. We’ll provide tea and coffee.

May 6 is Rogation Sunday, the day when the Church offers prayer for God’s blessings on the fruits of the earth and the work of those who produce our food. Just as Harvest Festival marks the end of the growing season, so Rogation marks the beginning.

So there will be no morning service in church. Instead we’ll be gathering at 3pm in the appropriate setting of Higher Bruckland Farm. And as well as our service of worship there will be the encouragement of tea, scones, cream, jam and cakes! So do come along and do bring children 🙂

We gathered this morning in a colder than usual church — the heating boiler had failed temporarily — and our worship included an Agape Meal, symbolic of what the early Christians would share when gathering together as members of the one family of Christ.

You can hear the service here

Neil Williams, Director of Finance for Exeter Diocese, spoke at our morning service and explained how the diocese spends the money we give in our collections.

You can hear the service here

At our morning service, Ann Stuckey spoke of the disciples’ reaction when the risen Jesus appeared to them and what we need to do about it today.

Revd Ann Stuckey

Reading:  Luke 24:36-48

Leading:  Elisabeth Stewart

Reading:  Yvonne Zwaferink

Speaking:  Ann Stuckey

Prayers:  Derek Taylor

Organ:  Roger Grose

You can hear the service here

Terry Barratt has been involved in SEAN for some 50 years.  His parents, who worshipped at Axmouth, started it and Terry has seen SEAN grow to a worldwide ministry, training, equipping and empowering ordinary people to start churches and spread the Good News of Jesus Christ.  In church this morning he charted the growth of SEAN from its humble beginnings to the present where he is finally about to hand over to a new Director.

Accompanied by sister Rosemary on the harp, he also gave us a flavour of worship in a South American church.

You can hear the service here

It was a delight to see a much larger congregation than on a usual Sunday.  Rose Tidball left the service, Terry Barratt spoke on the Easter theme and presided at Communion. Our occasional choir took part as we all sang some Easter favourites.  You can hear the service here

Please join us for our Easter Service on Sunday 1 April at 10 am.

We’d love to share this special time with you.

St Michaels Church is in Church Street, Axmouth EX12 4AF