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St Andrew's Church, Taunton

Appointment of new Vicar at St. Andrew's Taunton - institution date now fixed

The Churchwardens are delighted to announce the appointment of Revd. Jim Cox as the new Vicar of St. Andrew's Church, Taunton.  Jim, 41, is currently the Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Parish of the Resurrection, Smethwick. He is married to Doreen, a Consultant Radiologist, and they have three children, one who will shortly be starting university, and two of whom are at primary school. If all goes to plan, the family will move into the Vicarage in August in time for the start of the new school term. 

 

UPDATE - Jim's institution at St. Andrew's will take place on Tuesday 2 October 2007 with The Bishop of Taunton.

 

We will be publishing more information about our new Vicar and his family on this website in the near future, together, we hope, with a photograph.

 

All of us at St. Andrew's extend the warmest of welcomes to Jim, Doreen and family, and look forward to getting to know them later in the summer.

We welcome you to our website

"St. Andrew's is a community of celebration and of hope"

This is how one of our church members recently described St Andrew's, and our aim is for this website to capture that spirit online - our faith, our worship, our people, and our community. We hope that you will enjoy looking around, and will come back often, as the site is updated every week.

 

Our church is first of all a spiritual centre, a place where people can find God, be nourished in their spiritual journey, and grow in their life of faith. If you could come along to one of our services your presence would be a joy to us and to God.

 

If you have any questions or suggestions please do contact us using the 'Get in Touch' button.  You will find all of our contact details there, including access to a location map. We also love to know a little more about our web guests, and would really appreciate it if you could take a moment to sign our Visitors' Book. 

 

Again, welcome and thank you for visiting our site.

Worship at St. Andrew's Church Taunton UK
Sunday 20 May 2007 Seventh Sunday of Easter   8.00am: Holy Communion (said) A quiet and reflective start to Sunday   10.00am: Parish Communion An opportunity to offer the events of the past week to God, and to be renewed and nurtured in preparation for the week to come. A warm welcome awaits you at this sung Eucharist, which is at the heart of our weekly pattern of worship at St. Andrew's.	Wednesday 23 May 2007   10.00am: Holy Communion (said)	Sunday 27 May 2007 Pentecost   8.00am: Holy Communion (said) A quiet and reflective start to Sunday   10.00am: Family Communion a warm welcome awaits you at this Service of the Word with Holy Communion, which is designed to be accessible to all ages.  Holy Communion is at the heart of our weekly pattern of worship at St. Andrew's

 

New Testament Reading for Pentecost 27 May 2007

Acts 2: 1-21

The Coming of the Holy Spirit

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.

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Quote of the Week

“God comes in silence, shrouded in darkness, to a world sunk in enmities whose sources it scarcely remembers.  He claims us for his own and promises a final triumph - which, the Gospels announce and faith proclaims, has already been achieved and awaits only our acceptance.”

From “The Hidden Jesus” by Donald Spoto, available in the Parish Library.