Everyday faith
EVERYDAY FAITH
At St Paternus we are a small community of Christians living in a beautiful, rural parish bordered on the south by the gently flowing River Ottery as it winds it's way, carrying it's clear and fresh water toward the River Tamar and thence the oceans of the World.
Being small and of limited means it is wonderful, like the River Ottery, to be able to connect with the wider world. Experiences of others can be absorbed through the selection of videos this page has to offer and we invite you to read about our community prayers and telephone support initiatives, both of which are designed to give comfort, help and fellowship in difficult times.
With a low frequency of Church services we look for different ways of feeling the love of God and the fellowship of being together. Such a way is set out in the following invitation.
Join together with us during our daily Prayer Hour.
When asked how they should pray, Jesus taught his disciples a prayer for the well being of the World, their community and their lives. A prayer asking God to meet their daily needs and a prayer for forgiveness for their wrong doings and for help in resisting the temptations of all sin and for their protection from danger....
The Lord's Prayer.
We invite and encourage you to say the Lords prayer each day and what better way is there to bring us all together in a wonderful feeling of fellowship than to say this all embracing prayer during the course of the same hour each day, knowing that other members of our community are doing the very same?
It is not a Church Service and neither is it a club. In fact it is not a public event at all. Just a wonderful way of praying to our Lord in the quiet of our own homes or wherever we may be in the World.
The hour is between 8pm and 9pm and please feel free to add as many prayers as you wish.
To go hand in hand with our Daily Prayer Hour, as well as for use in its own right, we have introduced a Monthly Prayer. It features a prayer relating to a major event or season or a prayer taken from the Holy Bible. Look for the Monthly Prayer post in our 'News and Notices' section from where you can download and thence print your own copy of the prayer each month.
A story of everyday faith
What does everyday faith look like? Hear one person's story of how their faith impacts their daily life.
How we support you
LET THE CHURCH COMMUNITY JOIN YOU IN YOUR PRAYERS.
There are numerous situations that can be helped by the true power of prayer. The loss of your partner in life, of a family member, a friend, a situation that is worrying you, to name but a few. We are here to help you with your prayers.
Pass your prayer to Alison our Vicar and she will include it in her prayers, in private, in church on this page. Any or all of these, whichever way you wish. Alison will also help in putting a prayer together for you if need be. It can be completely anonymous unless you want names to be published, but there really is no need, since God will know whom the prayer is for and from.
Our church is open for prayers every day during the daytime and we invite you to visit the church as often as possible to pray.
A little girl with severe Autism.
Emilia has been diagnosed with one of the most serious forms of Autism. This means that she has severe difficulties in socialising and talking and is way behind in her educational development.
Can you please help by praying to God, asking him to help this wonderful little girl, her family, teachers and other professionals who are trying their utmost to rid her of this most dreadful condition?
St PATERNUS TELEPHONE SUPPORT
Loneliness is a horrid experience and can be made even worse if you have health anxieties, other worries or are in despair of what life has brought to you.
We at St Paternus Parish Church recognise all of these things and, indeed, collectively have first hand experience, personal or otherwise, of how difficult they can make life.
In these circumstances simply having a friend to talk to, someone who is willing to listen, whom you can rely upon to call you on a regular basis, can make a World of difference.
Initially, please contact Alison, our Vicar. She is a lovely lady who will gently and kindly find out where your problems lie and discuss with you how best we could help.
You can telephone Alison on either 01566 785365 or 07780 295752 or email her at [email protected]
What you can do
Through the Everyday Faith portal, the Church of England offers a range of reflections and prayer journeys to help people find and follow God in their daily life.
Comfort in the Darkness: Family reflections and prayers
This journey is to help you shape the time at night with your children, so that when they lie down to sleep, they will know who God is in the dark and quietness.
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See how environment and climate justice are part of our faith and explore some actions you can take to become part of a movement for change.
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ViewFaith in a Conflicted World
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