2 Weeks From 5 April 2026
Welcome to the week's Worship Weekly
Dear Friends
Welcome to the Worship Weekly for the 2 weeks starting Sunday 5 April 2026, Easter Sunday. This Worship Weekly covers the two weeks to 19 April 2026; I am having some time off for my birthday so there will not be a separate Worship Weekly next week.
May I start by wishing all readers and residents of Lympstone a very Happy Easter for this coming Sunday.
As we move through Holy Week, there are still a beautiful, reflective and contemplative Holy Week services taking place. Do attend as ALL ARE WELCOME!
Holy Week services at Lympstone Church are set out on posters displayed around the village.
Upcoming Sunday Services
This Sunday 5 April, Easter Sunday, at 08.00 Benedict Cambridge will lead the Holy Communion service.
At 09.30 on Easter Sunday, Benedict Cambridge will lead the Easter Sunday Family Communion Service.
On Sunday 12 April at 08.00 Basil Strickland will lead the Quiet Prayer Service.
At 09.30 Ian Pusey will lead the Holy Communion Service.
On Sunday 19 April at 08.00 Benedict Cambridge will lead the Holy Communion service.
At 09.30 Benedict Cambridge will lead the Journey Service.
News & Events
Easter Lilies
Easter Lilies
There is still time to contribute toward an Easter Lily or Lilies in memory of someone.
- You can make an Online Payment to:
Account name: Lympstone PCC
Sort Code: 60-08-09
Account number: 57425345
Reference: ‘Lilies’
- You can use the Card Reader at the back of the Church. Please select ‘Choose your own amount’ and make a donation of £4.99 or any multiple of £5 less 1p (e.g. £9.99, £14.99, etc.). These amounts will show that they are for Easter Lilies.
Please email PrayersLymCh@excc.church with name(s) to be remembered. Or you can put a written card in the Prayer Box at the back of the Church.
Mission Community Lent Course @ Lympstone Church
Wednesday 1st April - 19.00-20.30
Richard Scott and Peter Watsham will lead the final Lent Course this evening @ Lympstone Church for the wider Mission Community. This sessions is titled “The Lessons of the Desert - leaving the desert to follow Jesus towards the cross and through the grave.”
Coffee Morning – 28 April 2026
The next Church and Friends Coffee Morning takes place at the Home of Elaine and Marcus Paul between 10.30 and 12.00 on Tuesday 28 April. Their address is Sowden Edge, Longbrook Lane, Lympstone.
Crisis in Nature and the Climate – Film @ Lympstone Church at 19.30 on Tuesday 12 May 2026
The climate and nature crisis affects all aspects of British life. In November 2025, ten of the UK’s leading experts briefed an invited audience of more than 1,200 politicians and leaders from business, culture, faith, sport and the media in Westminster, chaired by Professor Mike Berners Lee and introduced by Chris Packham (see https://www.nebriefing.org/). Its purpose was to demonstrate what a clear, evidence-led national emergency briefing could look like and why it is needed. Following a positive response from those at the briefing, the organisers have decided to edit the presentations into a 45-minute film to take the message into communities across the UK.
We will screen the film in Lympstone Church at 7:30pm on Tuesday 12th May, followed by a discussion of its implications for our community, country and planet. Refreshments will be served and attendance is free. All welcome
Electoral Roll Notice
Our Electoral Roll Officer, Richard Scott, is currently revising the Electoral Roll ahead of the Annual Parish Church Meeting (on Sunday 26 April at 11.15). The existing Roll of 76 people is currently displayed on the Notice Board in the Church Porch. If you are on the Roll there is nothing you need to do unless you wish to be removed. However, if you are not on the Roll and wish to join, please complete an application form (attached below), or pick-up a blank form from a folder on the table by the notice board at the back of church and return it to Richard Scott. (Turnstones, 5 Charles Court, Lympstone, Devon. EX8 5EL).
Requests for Prayers to be said – A message from Chris Kleinstuber
If you would like prayers to be said during a Sunday service and/or at the Thursday Prayer Group for a friend or relative needing prayer, please send an email to PrayersLymCh@excc.church. Alternatively, those who don’t want to email can post a message in the Prayer Requests Box at the Church entrance using the supply of cards attached to the box. In both instances, please include your name so that we can verify the request.
If you would prefer prayers to be said privately, rather than in the services, please request the prayers to be said at the Thursday Prayer Group ONLY. Prayers said in this meeting are confidential and will be said every Thursday while the group feels it is still necessary. If you have any questions or feel you would like to join the group, please speak to Chris Kleinstuber, who leads the Prayer Group each Thursday at 4 p.m. in the Lady Chapel.
What do YOU want on Weekly Worship?
Weekly Worship will always have details of the upcoming services at Lympstone Church and details of future events.
But it is your, the Parishioners and Congregants, weekly newsletter too and I would like to hear from you about what you would also like to see, or any suggestions for future content for Worship Weekly.
Please do contact me adminLymCh@excc.church
