Rural

In Milton Damerel, a collection of hamlets in north Devon, the parish church was ‘non-operational.’ It had no PCC, no Church Warden and no regular worship. The Rector of the Benefice, Mark James, and some lay people planned a re-launch on Palm Sunday 2025. They discovered Soulspace and thought it might work better than the celebration service they had in mind. At 4.30 pm they welcomed 14 people, five churchgoers, five…