St. Clement’s, Powderham is a beautiful old church on the Exe Estuary, adjacent to the grounds of Powderham Castle. Our liturgy is taken from the 1662 Prayer Book, our readings from the King James Bible. We are the only church in the Exeter Diocese which uses this traditional form of worship exclusively, and some members of the congregation travel from far afield to enjoy our services. We muster 20 or 30 most Sundays. Powderham has long been the home church of the Courtenay family, the Earls of Devon, and the 13th, 15th and 16th Earls respectively were all Rectors here. Members of the family regularly join us in the congregation. We are part of the Deanery of Kenn and the Benefice of Exminster, and have strong links with the churches of Kenton, Starcross and Mamhead. We have a number of excellent regular priests and lay readers who conduct our services throughout the year, and create a varied but happy spiritual home.
We would be delighted if you would come along and join us.
There are services at Powderham every Sunday, at 11.00 am. Services last for about an hour, and alternate between Morning Prayer and Holy Communion.
The church has a large parking area with level access to the bell tower and into the nave. Communion can be brought to those unable to go to the altar rail (please inform one of the vergers before the service starts).
Powderham Church also benefits from a lovely setting. People regularly park outside the church to enjoy the spectacular bird-watching, or to wander down the estuary to the wonderful Turf Pub. If that’s you, we would be most grateful if you would make some kind of contribution to the upkeep of church and carpark. Also – please – if it is a Sunday between 10:30 and 12:30 am, can you NOT PARK HERE as the congregation – some of us frail – need it. Though, of course, you’d be very welcome to come and join us at the service.
If you wish to visit the church when closed, please contact us to organise a time. We’d love to see you.
CONTACT US:
Church Warden: Tim Chapman (01626 863692).
Priest in charge: Rev’d Vanessa Pestridge (v @ pestridge.com)
Or message us more informally via Facebook or powderhamchurch @ icloud.com
SAFEGUARDING
If you have a concern about the safety of someone, or the actions of someone working with children or vulnerable adults, please speak to someone. The Powderham Safeguarding Officer is Hilary Browne (please contact only on safeguarding issues 01392 833445)
You can reach the Diocesan Safeguarding Team via this link:
https://exeter.anglican.org/resources/safeguarding/safeguarding-team/
If you are a young person and feel unhappy about something happening to you, you can call Childline on 0800 1111
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