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As you approach the village from the river valley the skyline is dominated by the silhouette of the Church spire.
St Mary's Church, Diptford dates from the 13th century. Services are now
shared between 5 churches in the district ie The Benefice of Diptford and
North Huish, Harberton, Harbertonford, Halwell and Moreleigh.
A timetable of Services is given below.
The church plays an important part in the life of the local school and just before Christmas you will find the church full, not only with parents, but with other members of the community too who have come to enjoy the school's Christmas celebration.
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| December 2009 | 6th Advent 2 | 13th Advent 3 | 20th Advent 4 | Thurs 24th | Fri 25th Christmas Day |
27th |
| St Mary's, Diptford & North Huish | 10.30am Family Communion | 8.30am Holy Communion | 10.00am Christmas Eve Crib Service | 10.30am Christmas Day Family Communion and carols | 10.30 Holy Communion | |
| 4pm Christingle Service | 6.30pm Carols and lessons | 7.00pm Carol Singing round the Christmas tree in Diptford Square | ||||
| 11.30pm Midnight Mass | ||||||
| St Andrew's Church, Harberton | 10.30am Holy Communion with Baptism | 4.00pm Lessons, Carols & Gift Service | 6.00pm Carols round the tree in square | 10.30am Christmas Holy Communion | 9.15am Holy Communion | |
| St Peter's Church, Harbertonford | 9.15am Holy Communion | 10.30am All Age Lessons and Carol Service | 11.00am Crib Service 11.30pm Midnight Holy Communion |
10.30am Holy Communion | ||
| St Leonard's Church, Halwell | 9.15am Matins | 3.00pm Carol Service at All Saints, Moreleigh | 10.00pm Early Midnight Holy Communion | 9.15am Christmas All Age Holy Communion at All Saints | 9.15am Holy Communion | |
| All Saints Church, Moreleigh | 3.15pm Evensong | 3.00pm Joint Carols & Lessons Service | 10.00pm Early Midnight Holy Communion at St Leonard's | 9.15am Christmas Holy Communion | 9.15am Holy Communion at St Leonard's |
| 1st Nov | 3.00pm | All Saints and All Souls Service at All Saints, Moreleigh |
| 4thNov | 9.30am | Mid week Holy Communion at St Mary's Diptford |
| 4th Nov | 10.30am | Coffee Morning at Harberton |
| 5th Nov | 7.30pm | Emmaus Course |
| 10th Nov | 2.00pm | Halwell PCC |
| 10th Nov | 2.30pm | Halwell Charities Meeting |
| 10th Nov | 7.30pm | Diptford PCC Meeting in the Hall |
| 11th Nov | 9.30am | Mid week Holy Communion at St Andrew's Harberton |
| 11th Nov | 10.50am | North Huish Church: A Time of Remembrance |
| 14th Nov | 10-12noon | Autumn Clean-up at St Mary's Diptford |
| 16th Nov | 7.30pm | Harberton PCC at the Vicarage |
| 17th Nov | 10.30am | Coffee Morning at Harbertonford |
| 18th Nov | 9.30am | Mid week Holy Communion at St Mary's Diptford |
| 19th Nov | 2.30pm | Mothers' Union talk on the Gambia at Farmstone, Halwell |
| 19th Nov | 7.30pm | Emmaus Course |
| 24th Nov | 12.30pm | St Leonard's Lunch, Halwell |
| 25th Nov | 9.30am | Mid week Holy Communion at St Andrew's Harberton |
| 28th Nov | 2-4pm | St Andrew's Christmas Bazaar at Harberton Parish Hall |
| 29th Nov | 10.30am | Diptford Benefice Holy Communion |
| 2nd Dec | 9.30am | Mid week Holy Communion at St Mary's Diptford |
| 2nd Dec | 2.30pm | Mothers' Union Deanery Carol Service at Marldon |
| 3rd Dec | 7.30pm | Emmaus Course |
| 6th Dec | 4.00pm | Carols by Candlelight at North Huish |
| 9th Dec | 9.30am | Mid week Holy Communion at St Andrew's Harberton |
| 12th Dec | Christms Party at St Leonard's Halwell | |
| 12th Dec | Sing-a-long workshop followed by Concert in aid of Christian Aid at St Andrew's | |
| 13th Dec | 4.00pm | Christingle & Nativity at St Mary's Diptford |
| 15th Dec | 10.30am | Christmas Coffee Morning at Harbertonford |
| 15thDec | 1.45pm | Harbertonford School Carol Service in church |
| 16th Dec | 9.30am | Mid week Holy Communion at St Mary's Diptford |
| 20th Dec | 10.30am | Carol Service at St Peter's Harbertonford |
| 20th Dec | 3.00pm | Carol Service at All Saints, Moreleigh |
| 20th Dec | 10.30am | Said Holy Communion at St Andrew's, Harberton |
| 20th Dec | 4.00pm | Carols, Lessons & Gift Service at St Andrew's, Harberton |
| 20th Dec | 6.30pm | Carols & Lessons Service at St Mary's, Diptford |
| 23rd Dec | 9.30pm | Mid week Holy Communion at St Andrew's Harberton |
| 24th Dec | 10.00am | Crib Srvice at St Mary's, Diptford |
| 24th Dec | 11.00am | Crib Service at St Peter's, Harbertonford |
| 24th Dec | 6.00pm | Carols round the Tree, The Square, Harberton |
| 24th Dec | 6.00pm | Carols round the Tree at Diptford |
| 24th Dec | 10.00pm | Early Midnight Holy COmmunion at St Leonard's, Halwell |
| 24th Dec | 11.30pm | Midnight Holy Communion at St Mary's Diptford |
| 24th Dec | 11.30pm | Midnight Holy Communion at St Peter's, Harbertonford |
| 25th Dec | 9.15am | Christmas Holy Communion at All Saints, Moreleigh |
| 25th Dec | 10.30am | Christmas Holy COmmunion at St Mary's, Diptford |
| 25th Dec | 10.30am | Christmas Holy COmmunion at St Andrew's, Harberton |
| 30th Dec | 9.30am | Mid week Holy Communion at St Mary's Diptford |
There will be a simple Communion service every Wednesday at 10.30am, alternating between St Andrew's and St Mary's.
We should love to build up a regular congregation and to welcome occasional attenders as well. It could prove to be a wonderful way of building up the spiritual life of the benefice.
The emphases for this month's communions are as follows:
| Dec 2nd | 9.30am | St Mary's | St Andrew - prayers for Scotland & Harberton |
| Dec 9th | 9.30am | St Andrew's | Advent - waiting for the Messiah |
| Dec 16th | 9.30am | St Mary's | Advent - the Mission of the Messiah |
| Dec 23rd | 9.30am | St Andrew's | Imminance and Immanence (Christ dwelling among us - now) |
| Dec 30th | 9.30am | St Mary's | St John the Evangelist (trans. from 27th) |
| Jan 6th | 9.30am | St Andrew's | EPIPHANY |
Christian Care for Families
If you live in the area of:
then come along for fun and fellowship: For further information, please Email the website. |
We would love to welcome new or old members to the group.
We meet on Tuesdays at 8pm at Trimswell Farm during term time.
This term we are doing a six week study of the Psalms which usually lasts about an hour, followed by coffee and biscuits, and finishing around 9.30pm.
Plenty of space available for parking .... but a torch is a good idea!
For more details, please ring Sheena McCready - phone number in the Parish Mag|
Harvest Supper will take place in the Parish Hall on Friday, 2nd October following the 7pm Harvest Festival Service in the Church Tickets for this popular event will be available in advance from:
EMMAUSEmmaus - The Way of Faith, is exactly what it says. Drawing upon the experience of the disciples "on the way" with the risen Lord, this exciting programme of contact, nurture and growth is firmly based on the understanding that coming to faith in Christ is a journey. Emmaus concentrates on Three stages of our faith journey: Contact, Nurture and Growth providing study material to help with each stage. Operations continue on Sep 24th at 7.30pm at Broadley Farm, by kind permission of
Jane Gillmore and new faces will be welcome. Future meetings will be fortnightly, venues to be announced in Church or by phoning Caroline. The Broach Spire
Diptford Church has a broach spire typical of churches of the 13th and 14th
centuries. "Earliest type of spire, where the tower rises direct into the spire without parapet or pinnacles; the broach' is the sloping triangular piece of masonry connecting the angle of the square tower with the adjacent face of the octagonal spire." And an explanation of "Architectural Terms" gives the following: Broach spire : Octagonal spire rising from a square tower without a parapet, with pyramidal forms at the angles. Some pictures of other churches with broach spires All Saints, Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire St. Thomas a Beckett, Aunsby, Lincolnshire S. George the Martyr, Queen Square, London WC1 St Mary the Virgin, Ketton, Leicestershire All Saints' Church, Nottingham Major repairs to Diptford Church Spire
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Work was needed to repair and renovate Diptford's church spire. The spire was constructed of local stone in the 13th century and is one of the finest examples of a broach spire in the country. The work involved removing the cement render which was cracked and in a dangerous state, making repairs to the stonework as necessary and then rendering with lime mortar. |
