CVMC e-News – 14 June 2026
Please send details of events you wish to be included in the Newsletter to: Rod Sparkes [email protected] or phone 07871 387 263. Thank you.

Culm Valley Mission Community News and Events
Exodus
Nine Plagues
Exodus 7:14 - 8:7
Events before Sunday
Friday 12th:
10.30am Coffee & Chat, Willand Church Hall – see news of a future change of location below
2pm Music Group, Willand Church Hall
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Services
Sunday 14th June
9.45am Willand All Age – Willand Church Hall
10.30am Kentisbeare Holy Communion
11.15am Uffculme All Age
6.30pm Bradfield Evening Prayer
Wednesday 17th June
9.30am Uffculme Holy Communion
Sunday 21st June
9.45am Willand Holy Communion
10.30am Kentisbeare Morning Worship
11.15am Uffculme Holy Communion
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Events in week commencing 14th June:
Monday 15th:
9.15am Rockers Toddlers, Willand Church Hall
10am Coffee & Chat, Square Corner Uffculme
12noon Prayers for … Square Corner Uffculme
Tuesday 16th:
9.15am Baby & Toddler Group, St Mary's Uffculme
9.30am-12noon CHAT Advice Drop-in, Square Corner Uffculme
Wednesday:
Thursday 18th:
10am Coffee & Chat, Square Corner Uffculme
Friday 19th:
2pm Music Group, Willand Church Hall
6.30pm Ladies of Willand Meal – see notice below
Saturday 20th:
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Additional Details:
Ladies of Willand meet for a meal and a social time together at Ponte Vicchio Italian Restaurant, Tiverton, on Friday 19th June at 6.30pm.

If you would like to join them, just email Dene Ogle at: [email protected], so you can be sent the menu. All ladies welcome, from wherever, Church members or not.
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Mission Community Home Groups
Monday 7.30pm Uffculme Square corner - contact Claire (07419 740742)
Tuesday 7.30pm Uffculme Book Group - contact Sue (01884 841674)
Wednesday 10.30am Willand - contact Alan (07749 837523)
Wednesday 7.30pm Uffculme - contact Dave (01884 841098)
Friday 11.30am Willand Church Hall (for whole Mission Community) - contact Lynda Barley (839354), or come along following Willand Coffee & Chat (2nd & 4th Fridays each month)
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REACH events in the Mission Community
REACH (Connecting with Children, Families and Youth through Mission)
Activities with children
Monday 9.15-11am Rockers, Willand Church Hall
Tuesday 9.15-11am Baby and Toddlers, St Mary's Uffculme
Thursday 1pm Bible storytime, Kentisbeare CoE Reception Class and Preschool
Friday 12 noon Bible storyclub in Uffculme Primary School
Friday 1.15pm Whole school assembly Kentisbeare CoE Primary, St Mary's Kentisbeare
REACH Extra events
Monday 15th OTB Uffculme 2.30pm: ‘Picnic on the Mountain’
Friday 19th Kentisbeare year 5/6 God is holy and loving School
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And then there is this…
St Mary’s Church Hall Willand - Kitchen refit. Work on the updating of the kitchen in the church hall is scheduled to commence on June 24th and be completed by early August. During that time there will be restricted access to the main hall and NO kitchen facilities. Workmen may be onsite during the working day.
COFFEE & CHAT on 26th JUNE and 10th and 24th of JULY will be relocating to the Church.

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Contact details
Details of whom to contact in different circumstances follow - please let me know if anything here needs changing (landline phone numbers are all 01884)
Rector
Revd Ben Maynard (07777 177112, [email protected]
- day off normally Thursday)
Team Parson for Kentisbeare
Revd Nigel Fry (07854 810588, [email protected])
Funerals
Kentisbeare - Liz Hoar (33164, [email protected])
Uffculme - Rachel Tucker (07815 646149, [email protected])
Willand - Rod Sparkes (829152, [email protected])
Weddings
Mission Community - Revd Ben Maynard (07777 177112, [email protected])
Baptisms
Kentisbeare - Sarah Leyman (266425, 07887 598528, [email protected])
Uffculme - Rachel Tucker (07815 646149, [email protected])
Willand - Lesley Smith (839436, 07944 295002, [email protected])
REACH
Claire Nichols (07419 740742, [email protected])
Churchwardens
Blackborough - Richard Persey (07764 929970, [email protected])
Kentisbeare - Liz Hoar (33164, [email protected]) or Gerry Leyman (266425, [email protected])
Uffculme - Richard Rutty (839241, [email protected]) or Alison Milne (841778, [email protected])
Willand - Lesley Smith (839436, 07944 295002, [email protected])
In addition, Revd Lynda Barley (839354, [email protected]) has offered to be the contact for any Bradfield matters