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In Brief

Next Service:

9th August at 10:30 am.

Morning Prayer
(Tenth Sunday after Trinity )

The next village event will be St Paul's Pet Blessing and Teddy Bears' Picnic on 23rd August 2026 at 3:00 PM in St Paul's Church garden

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The Archdeacon of Barnstaple, Verena Breed, (l) led our service on 2nd August 2026. Image courtesy of Charles Waldron 2nd August 2026.
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The St Paul's Church Wild Tent made an appearance at the Landkey Show and Fete on 25th July. Jeanette Hartnoll (l) and Valerie Orchard helped to run the attraction. Image courtesy of Revd Cathy Scoffield 31st July 2026.
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In Brief

Next Service:

9th August at 10:30 am.

Morning Prayer
(Tenth Sunday after Trinity )

The next village event will be St Paul's Pet Blessing and Teddy Bears' Picnic on 23rd August 2026 at 3:00 PM in St Paul's Church garden

Diocesan Magazine

Click here to visit the Exeter Diocese website

A link to the magazine is available on the Home page.

Safeguarding

View our Safeguarding policy

Diocese of Exeter Safeguarding contacts

Recent Images Highslide JS
The Archdeacon of Barnstaple, Verena Breed, (l) led our service on 2nd August 2026. Image courtesy of Charles Waldron 2nd August 2026.
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The St Paul's Church Wild Tent made an appearance at the Landkey Show and Fete on 25th July. Jeanette Hartnoll (l) and Valerie Orchard helped to run the attraction. Image courtesy of Revd Cathy Scoffield 31st July 2026.
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Church Life

It might be tempting to imagine that the life of a rural church like ours would be confined just to Sunday morning services. This is not the case for the many members of the congregation of St Paul's who find themselves regularly involved in activities connected with the church. The work that they do helps to create a valued sense of community in the village associated with the church. These are a few examples of organisations or activities in which St Paul's Church members play important roles:

Organisations and Events

Click here to view details of forthcoming events connected with our churches:
Events Calendar
  • We have an active Mothers' Union which meets regularly, often in the village hall. They frequently invite a guest speaker to talk on a topic of interest.
  • The Landkey Horticultural Society provides a popular focus for its members to meet and discuss gardening tips and to purchase garden seeds at attractive prices. It also helps to host the annual Landkey village fete in July.
  • The church has close links with the village primary school and these include frequent talks to the children by Churchwarden Mrs Eileen MacCaig.
  • Church fund-raising events are organised periodically and their themes can sometimes be quite imaginative. One of the most memorable occurred after a Sunday morning service when our previous vicar, Revd. Peter Bowers, abseiled down the church spire in order to help raise much-needed church funds! His efforts were rewarded by a swelling of the church coffers!
  • Landkey United Fellowshipcomprises a group of Christians from various denominations which meets in Landkey Village Hall on the second Tuesday of each month. The meeting begins at 2:30pm and lasts for about an hour. A short session of worship involving hymns and prayer is followed by a 20-30 minute talk before tea and biscuits are served.

If you are interested in being involved in any of our church or village organisations or activities, please feel free to contact us. A list of contacts may be found on our "Contact Us" page.

Recent Events

Events associated with our church are often attended by someone with a camera at the ready to record the occasion and we are pleased to reproduce here a few of the more memorable ones to illustrate the life that is associated with St Paul's! In order to view them you need just to click on each picture. Enjoy the show!

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Licensed Lay Minister, Dave Lewis, led our service of Morning Prayer on 26th July 2026. Captain Peter Elder in Galveston, Texas, in 1979 We were pleased to welcome Archdeacon Verena Breed (left) to lead our Trinity Two service on 14th June 2026. Revd Richard Freeman, pictured next to Angela, his wife, on the right, led our service on 7th June 2026. Sidney Gratton was baptised at our service on 17th May 2026. The Archdeacon of Barnstaple, Verena Breed, led our service on 10th May 2026. The ciborium donated by Allan and Evie Golding was shown again to the congregation at our service on 3rd May 2026. At our service on 19th April 2026, we welcomed Allan and Evie Golding from New South Wales, Australia,. A farewell was said to Anne and David Foster (left and right) as they attended their final service at St Paul's before moving to south Devon. Revd Penny Body led our service on 22nd March 2026 Mothering Sunday service - distribution of flowers by Verity and her children Gabriella and Imogen. A Lent Lunch was held at the home of Mike and Josie Foster on 10th March 2026. Revd Richard Freeman led our service on 8th March 2026. Anne Foster led our Mothering Sunday service on 30th March We welcomed a group of four visitors from Australia at our service on 12th January 2025 Our Nativity service on 15th December was a success. Jackie Grant and Joyce Alderman worked hard on the Fayre and Christmas Tree Festival. Awaiting the Act of Remembrance on 10th November 2024 Rebecca and her son Ollie were baptised at our service on 3rd November 2024. Anne Foster and Revd Cathy Scoffield led our Harvest Service on 29th September 2024. Our Devon Historic Church Trust Open Day on 14th September 2024 included a visit to the top of the tower. We welcomed the Dark family on 21st July for the Christening of Josie. Revd Richard Freeman led our service on 21st April 2024. Easter Sunday service. David and Anne Foster pose with churchwardens Hazel and Mike. Our Mothering Sunday service on 10th March 2024 was led by Anne Foster, pictured here with Revd Cathy Scoffield and Hazel Price. Revd John Ewington led our very enjoyable Candlemas service on 28th January 2024. The St Paul's Nativity service on 17th December 2023 was a success. Jax and Eliza were Christened at our service on 19th November 2023. Revd John Ewington led Remembrance events on 12th November 2023 Revd Cathy Scoffield stands next to a tray of candles lit during our All Saints service on 5th November 2023. The Archdeacon of Barnstaple, The Ven Verena Breed, led our service on 10th September 2023. The Queens' Green Canopy field maple was dedicated by Revd Cathy on 6th August 2023. Revd Cathy Scoffield took her first service as Priest-in-Charge on 18th June 2023. A kneeler made by Eileen MacCaig to mark the coronation of King Charles III. Ann Rumble reached "milestone" birthday on 21st May 2023. Revd Rosie Austin led our Palm Sunday service on 2nd April A field maple sapling, planted as part of the Queen's Green Canopy Revd Phil Daniels led our service on 26th February 2023 Revd Shaun's leveing service was held on 29th January 2023. Our Nativity was held on 18th December 2022 Revd Mike Clark led our sevice on 11th December 2022 Wreath laying on Remembrance Sunday, 13th November 2022 Birthdays in November were celebrated on 6th November. Revd John Thompson led our service on 21st August 2022 Martin Grant and Jackie Passmore wedding on 7th July 2022 Bellringers rest after ringing a Full Peal of the bells. Palm Sunday service 2022 A March 2022 birthday blessing. Charles Dark was Christened at our service on 6th February 2022. Happy Birthday was sung to several St Paul's congregation members after our service on 23rd January 2022. Remembrance Sunday, 14th November 2021 Hugo Lynch was Christened on Sunday 12th September. Chris James, who led our service on 25th July 2021, stands before the altar. Sheep graze under a blue sky near the church at the end of May 2021. In church on Sunday 16th May 2021 Congregation members sang the final hymn outside the church on Easter Sunday 2021 Celandine flowers in St Paul's churchyard Daffodils in bloom near Harford Revd Shaun next to the church Christmas tree A Christmas wreath made by Josie Foster. Mike Foster lays a wreath on Remembrance Sunday, 2020 Tim and Chloe Chamings after their wedding on 17th October 2020 Wedding of Tim and Chloe Chamings - church decorations Josie Foster led our service on 4th October 2020