News: Do you believe it?: News: Do you believe it?

News: Do you believe it?

Date Added: 10/07/2026 @ 11:16am

So the question is: Do you believe in the power of prayer?

I do. I absolutely do.

If you do, then we need to be serious about it! 

It is not a secret - but in two years or so - I will retire. I will leave the Exe Valley Mission Community, and change will follow.

What sort of change? We don't know!

But we do know that even a sniff of change is deeply unsettling.

As I believe in the power of prayer I am asking us to pray. I am asking us to pray as if we believe in the power of prayer, for the future of our mission community. I am praying that we will leave a legacy that will last well beyond us into the future.

We have decided to set aside every third Thursday to pray for our Parishes and our Mission Community; to pray for one another. We can do this in any way that fits in with our Thursday life: but I am asking that we take it seriously and that we do it!

If we are not sure about the power of prayer and how to do it - please ask! But also challenge those people that you know who do believe. Ask them what answers they have received, what ideas and thoughts they have had, and what they are praying for.

And, if we take it seriously, who knows what might happen...!

Steph