St Peter’s Church Tiverton & St Thomas’ Chevithorne with Cove

What’s On at St Peter’s?

  • Cream Tea afternoon - open to all 28th June 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm See more details
  • Morning Prayer Online 29th June 2025 @ 9:30 am - 10:00 am See more details
  • Holy Communion St Peter's 29th June 2025 @ 10:15 am - 11:15 am See more details
  • St Peter's bells - Triples 29th June 2025 @ 11:45 am - 12:45 pm See more details
  • "Arise" tea and rehearsal 29th June 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm See more details
  • Tiverton Arise Mission Service (see St Peter's website for details) 29th June 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm See more details
  • Church and church office open 30th June 2025 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm See more details
  • Holy Communion (BCP) 6th July 2025 @ 8:00 am - 8:45 am See more details
  • St Peter's Breakfast Club 6th July 2025 @ 8:45 am - 9:30 am See more details
  • Morning Prayer Online 6th July 2025 @ 9:30 am - 10:00 am See more details
  • Holy Communion St Thomas's No service at St Peter's 6th July 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am See more details
  • Church open. Visit by Triumph Sports Six Club Devon 6th July 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm See more details

What’s On at St Thomas’?

St Thomas's Church is open  daily 9:00am to 5:00pm for visitors, prayer and reflection. There is a Morning Prayer service on the  first Sunday of the month and Holy Communion on the third Sunday of the month. Please check the calendar. For enquiries about safeguarding issues please contact Kate Stanton  kate.stanton369@btinternet.com. 

 

 

Welcome to St Peter’s Church

Welcome to St Peter’s, Tiverton – part of the Church of England in Devon. Christian prayer and worship have been offered at St Peter’s since 1073, probably longer. We look forward to welcoming you to the church in person and, until then, we hope that you enjoy exploring our website and discovering some of the things that make St Peter’s a unique and much loved part of life in Tiverton.

Our main service of the week is Holy Communion Contemporary language at 10.15 am on Sundays, except the third Sunday of the month when it is at 10.30am. In addition, a service of Holy Communion following the format of the Book of Common Prayer takes place at 8.00 am on the first Sunday of the month followed by Breakfast Club – all our welcome.

The Church has a strong musical tradition and hosts various events through out the year. Volunteers maintain and support the activities as shown in the calendar and invite new comers, and those returning, to participate. Do contact the office for more information.

We try to keep the building open as shown in the calendar and particularly when the office is open.

Church Office

Enquiries for weddings, baptisms, funerals and other services are welcome.      Best contact is through email office@stpeterstiverton.org.uk.  Emails are monitored frequently as the administrator works both from home and the church office.

Week commencing 23rd June the office is open:

Monday 09.00 – 12.00

Thursday 15.30 – 18.00

Week commencing 30th June the office is open:

Monday 09.00 – 12.00

Thursday 15.30 – 18.00

Church Opening Times

St Peter’s Church is normally open to visitors at the following times, in addition to when the office is open:

Tuesdays 09:00-12:00

Wednesday 14:00 – 16:00

Thursdays 14:00-16:00 (may also open later, see calendar on left)

Sunday 14:00 – 16:00

Please check the calendar details shown on the left as these may change as volunteer stewards are not always available.

Breakfast Club

Each first Sunday of the month a serving of coffee, croissant or bacon butties between the end of 8.00am Holy Communion and start of 10.15 Eucharist. A chance to refresh and be with fellow members of the congregation. Please so join us.

Cream Tea Afternoon

In the church, or outside if fine, on Saturday 28th June. Everyone is most welcome.

Arise

Luke 10:2 ‘Jesus told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. 

Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.’

Arise is an annual mission that aims to help bring a revival of Christianity to this nation.

A team is coming to Tiverton from Korea, and with renewed confidence in faith and training in sharing the good news of Jesus, 
mixed teams that involve 9 local Tiverton churches, then go out to engage with people and businesses in the wider community. (www.arise-europe.org)
Please come and join us for ‘An ecumenical service of Praise & Worship’ to celebrate all that God is doing in Tiverton with the help of Arise Mission.
Timing: Sunday 29th June 6.30pm to 8pm
Venue: St Peter’s Church, Tiverton.

Safeguarding

If you have a concern about someone’s safety, or about the actions of somebody working with children or vulnerable adults, please tell someone. The Safeguarding Officer for St Peter’s is Joanna Hall-Tomkin and further information is available in the safeguarding policy.Details of the safeguarding team for the Diocese of Exeter are available at:  https://exeter.anglican.org/resources/safeguarding/safeguarding-team/.  Young people who feel unhappy about something that is happening to them may wish to contact Childline on 0800 11 11.  Anyone in immediate danger should call the Police on 999.

Help to Support St Peter’s Church

If you would like to support the Mission of St Peter’s  and the work we do in the community, please consider making a donation through our Give a Little page.

 

 

 

Services

Sunday services are held at St. Peter’s in Tiverton each week at 10.15am, except on third Sunday – 10.30am.  This is a Communion service with modern language, sung with organ accompaniment and choir. On the first Sunday of the month at 8.00am is a Communion service following the Book of Common Prayer.

At St Thomas’s there is a fortnightly service. This may be Morning Prayer or Communion – see calendar for details.

St Andrew’s church in Blundells Road has a mid week service at 11.00am each Tuesday in addition to the 9.30am Sunday Service.

There is no Tuesday service 17th June but a Corpus Christi sung Eucharist on Thursday 19th June at 11.00