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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

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

Safeguarding

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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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Welcome to the website for St Paul's Church, the Church of England church for the parish of Landkey.

The tranquil village of Landkey is situated just three miles from the busy market town of Barnstaple in North Devon. With a growing population in excess of 2000, a strong sense of community exists within the village and, of this, the church is an important part. As well as offering regular Christian worship, the church provides valuable links to other areas of the community such as the local Primary School and the Mothers' Union.

St Paul's is a friendly church in which the Christian message is heard regularly by a congregation of around 25 worshippers. All are welcome to attend our services.

Parish Giving Scheme

St Paul's Church is now a member of the Parish Giving Scheme, a simple and secure way to donate to churches. If you would like to make a donation towards the upkeep and ministry of our church, please click or tap on the 'Donate' button here:

Donate

If you already give to St Paul's, thank you for your generosity - it is much appreciated. Information on how we raise and spend our money is available in the accounts section of our Annual Report for 2023 on this link:

Annual Report and Financial Statement 2023

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Ministry

The greatest priority for our church, as it is for all churches, is to make the Word of God available to its parishioners. It is a message of love. God loves each one of us (whether churchgoers or not) equally and unconditionally and invites us to love him in return and to love one another. Jesus was sent by God to show us that, through belief in him, our sins are forgiven and we can live in peace and fulfilment in this world and the next.

We share this message by holding regular services in church, usually each Sunday. These consist of hymns of praise, prayers of preparation, Bible readings, a statement of our beliefs, a talk by the priest to explain the scriptures and prayers of intercession. At services of Holy Communion, the bread and wine are offered to bring us into a closer relationship with God. We are also mindful of the needs of those in our community and offer help where possible.

Services with wide appeal across the community are arranged as a priority, including those at Christmas, Easter and for Remembrance. Baptisms, weddings and funerals are also held at St Paul’s.

Our aim. It is our aim to continue to grow the congregation and, hopefully, to extend the activities which the church can provide.

Upkeep

In 2022, the running costs of our church exceeded £30000. Of this, over £9000 was St Paul’s contribution to the Diocese of Exeter’s Common Fund, out of which the salaries (or stipends) of members of the clergy are paid. Essential repairs to the roof incurred a bill of £6750 (paid for by a donation in 2021, hence the apparent “loss” in 2022), while £4447 was spent on insurance. Full details are available via the link on this page.

Our aim. It is our aim to install a toilet in the church in the not-too-distant future, for which there is likely to be a specific fundraising campaign.

News

2nd Aug 2026

Welcome back again, AD Verena!

The Archdeacon of Barnstaple, Verena Breed, led our service for the third occasion on 2nd August 2026 and we were delighted to welcome her back.

She was previously with us on 10th May and 14th June, a schedule of visits which we especially appreciate in the knowledge that she has 153 churches to oversee. On that basis, we would seem to have used up our "quota" of her time for us, but she would be welcome to come again.

An image of Verena with the congregation of St Paul's may be seen on this page.

31st Jul 2026

St Paul's at the Landkey Show and Fete

St Paul's Church was represented by means of our Wild Tent at the Landkey Show and Fete on 25th July 2026. Members of the church, including Jeanette Hartnoll and Valerie Orchard (see image on this page) helped to welcome visitors to the tent.

The commendable sum of £115.50 was raised on the day for the church tower restoration fund. 

31st Jul 2026

Bulletin for two weeks

Revd Cathy produces a (usually) weekly bulletin which gives information relating to services due to take place in the next week as well as any diary dates or other notices. It is not a replacement for the monthly magazine, but rather a means to give congregation members as much information as possible on forthcoming services to enable them to be prepared beforehand.

Cathy sends out copies by email to anyone who would like receive one. If you would like to add your name to her weekly bulletin mailing list, please send us an email on the link below, or see one of us (e.g. Charles) in church. Printed copies will also be placed in the church.

The bulletin for 2nd - 16th August  2026 is available to view or download here. 

26th Jul 2026

Welcome, Dave!

We were very pleased to welcome Licensed Lay Minister, Dave Lewis, to lead our service of Morning Prayer on 26th July 2026. In addition to being a LLM, Dave is Personal Asistant to the Archdeacon of Barnstaple, Verena Breed, who is herself a welcome visitor to St Paul's.

Dave gave a thoughtful sermon based on the gospel reading for the day, Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52, in which Jesus speaks in parables to explain to his disciples what the kingdom of heaven is like. Dave expressed the interesting concept that we do not so much "go to heaven" when we leave this life, but that the kingdom of God comes to us. In the Lord's Prayer, we say "Thy Kingdom come", Dave observed.

We look forward to welcoming Dave once more to lead our service on 9th August. A picture of him may be seen on this page.

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