The national Church Recording Society is seeking volunteers to join in a project to describe and record for posterity the details of the fixtures and fittings inside of Kingswear Parish Church. Supervised by the Society's Dartmouth coordinator Ken Scott, a group of volunteers will gather in church for a couple of hours every fortnight to write down the details of carvings, stonework, memorials, windows, etc which, when complete will be available to the public, sent to local libraries and the Victoria and Albert Museum, English Heritage etc. Other local churches including St Petrox and St Saviour's in Dartmouth have already taken part. For anyone who is interested in finding out more please contact Ken Scott on kenckscott@btinternet.com or come along to church on Monday 13th November at 9am. There will be tea and coffee on the go! There is more info about the work of the Society on this link: Church Recording - Guided Tour - Church Recording Society
This survey is now closed (24th October 2023). Thank you to all who took part.We want to know what you think....if you live in Kingswear, Galmpton, Brixham or Churston Ferrers parishes. We're aiming to hold a mirror up to the work that we in the five local Church of England churches try to do, and the community that we are.If you can spare a few minutes of your time please click this link (or scan the QR code in the image on your smart phone, click on the link that appears and answer the online questions that come up). It's completely anonymous but it will help us a lot.
Join us as for two events this coming week at St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Kingswear in the run up to the 2023 Dart Music Festival:Ascension Day Service - with full choir and organist at 7pm on Thursday 18th May. Free refreshments afterwards.Don’t Miss It! - A unique opportunity to hear a short recital by a quartet of renowned musicians at 5pm on Friday 19th May.Drop in for a brief but brilliant 20 minute recital of the: First String Quartet by Janáček, "The Kreutzer Sonata”, with Lubomír Havlák of the highly acclaimed Martinu Quartet, Miranda Wilson, Keith Berry and Kingswear’s very own Dr Rick Godlee. The quartet is based on a Tolstoy story and although 100 years old, provides an intense and modern listening experience.Entrance free but donations welcome. Refreshments afterwards.
