Explore faith at St.Paul's Church, Barnstaple

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If you think of religion as a fixed and inflexible structure, we encourage you to go exploring and discover that faith is all about living with questions, and trust.

One of the popular ways in which people have explored faith in the last 15 years or so, is through the Alpha Course. For others, a journey of exploration starts with thinking about marriage (see the topic page RELATIONSHIPS), or wondering if they should have their child Christened (see CHURCH).

Illness and death are common aspects of every life and raise many questions that science and society struggle to answer (see LIFE). Our church has long been a place where the Christian healing ministry is practiced and those in the medical professions supported, so there will be little about that as well on these pages.

EXPLORE : St.Paul's Church, Barnstaple

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From here you can access various topic pages to help you EXPLORE the Christian faith, or how it has been, or is expressed. There is a page about what Church is and others with the way faith can connect with people's lives at its most significant points. Just move you mouse pointer over EXPLORE to access the links. The other menu buttons above each take you to a different theme area of our website. A click on the picture of the church building will always take you back to the home page and the full menu index.

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Just10 2010: This Autumn all over the country, groups are going to be getting together to check out what relevance the ten commandments have in the 21st century. J.John has for several years drawn crowds of thousands to hear his challenging and humourous take on this set of ancient rules. You are invited to come and explore with us the greatest ideas ever to help society work well

St.Paul's was one of the first few churches to offer the Alpha Course, which has now spread all over the world and has helped hundreds of thousands of people ask questions about the Christian faith. We believe that questions are good to ask, and deserve exploration and discussion rather than pat answers.

The vicar's monthly blog in the parish magazine is also regularly published in the Though for the Week slot in a local paper

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