St Jude’s Church is self supporting. Many people think the Church of England must be funded in some way by the state, but this is not the case. Almost half of the funds we raise locally go into a Common Fund run by the Diocese of Exeter who pay for our clergy and their housing. (The following is a short 5 minute video explaining the funding of Exeter Diocese)
Diocese of Exeter from Sam Cavender on Vimeo.
The other half is fully used each year as we pay for a full time Youth & Children’s Minister to oversee the very full young people’s programmes of the church (up to 170 under 18′s use the site each week!), our Administrator and a full time OFSTED approved Pre-School. The direct costs of the Pre-School are met by fees, but the building it occupies and our other hall, Youth & Children’s Minister house and not forgetting the Grade II listed church and grounds all need to be heated and maintained.
And all the funds for this come from the congregation.
But St Jude’s tries hard not to suggest that is only interested in money. For instance, we no longer take a collection at our Sunday morning service as it can make guests and visitors uncomfortable – we’re really pleased they have come to spend some time with us and we certainly don’t want them to have to pay for the opportunity! But to allow this to happen, to enable our share of the common costs of the Diocese to be met, to maintain these buildings and fund all the fantastic ministries we support we do ask those who attend regularly to think about their giving as part of being a disciple of Jesus Christ.
If you want to know more about this apect of life at St Judes, please click here to download our Guide to Giving.
St Judes Church, Plymouth, Beaumont Rd, Plymouth, Devon PL4
Tel: 01752 263 163PL4
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If you enjoy being creative this group that meets in the Lower Hall one Saturday a month between 10am – 1pm is for you! Come along and see what is being demonstrated and have a go, or bring any projects you are currently working on. We are keen to enable the group to develop their own ideas and bring their own skills and experiences along. We love to see and share what others do and to learn from them. In order to cover the costs of materials a minimum charge each month of £3 is requested. Due to the wide range of crafts and availability of suitable materials the following programme is subject to change at short notice.
2012 Dates
Sat 31st March: Easter crafts
Various Easter themed crafts
Sat 28th April: Photography
Suitable for the most advanced levels to those who have never used their camera before
To view the Create Gallery just click on the frame now!
Contact Create:
to contact this group just fill out the form below
St Judes Church, Plymouth, Beaumont Rd, Plymouth, Devon PL4
Tel: 01752 263 163PL4
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WHAT: 
We’ve called ourselves “Celebrate” as it reminds us how muchwe have to celebrate in all aspects of our lives, and we do enjoy celebrating togeth er in all sorts of events.
WHEN:
Fortnightly
Friday 2pm
WHERE:
Watts Road, St Judes
WHO:
to contact this group fill out the form below
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Tel: 01752 263 163PL4
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For many years St Jude’s has raised disciples who have heard a call from God to move to foreign lands to help spread His Kingdom. The ministries and missions we support are because of personal links.
We have families from church working with these organisations:
MAF in South Africa
YWAM in Belgium
We also keep close links with the following where members had been serving more than 20 years and have now come home:
CMS Gahini Hospital Rwanda
OMF in Japan with particular links with Nanae Church on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido
We also have local mission links here.
Last year we as a Church generously donated money to the OMF Earthquake Relief Fund. Some of the money was used by the OMF Iwate Relief Project; click on the following link to view short video to see how the money has been used http://vimeo.com/35412981.
Each moth of the year here at St Judes we have a different mission focus from one of the linked overseas ministers or linked city ministries we support. To view the Monthly Mission Focaus Click Here
St Judes Church, Plymouth, Beaumont Rd, Plymouth, Devon PL4
Tel: 01752 263 163PL4
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If you want to see what any of our Small Groups are like, they have each put up a simple page to help give you a flavour. Feel free to have a look through theiur links below and get in touch with us!
FX Cluster
Mondays 7:45pm
Weekly
Salisbury Road, St Judes
Midweeker
Wednesday 10:30am
Weekly
Church or Upper Hall
Pitstop
Thursdays 7:30pm
Weekly
Various home locations
SWAP
Thursdays 7:45pm
Fortnightly
Various home locations
Travellers
Thursdays at 8pm
Weekly
Thorn Park, Mannamead
Celebrate
Fridays 2pm
Fortnightly
Watts Road, St Judes
At Least One Over The Eight
Fridays 2pm
Fortnightly
Great Berry Road, Crownhill
St Judes Church, Plymouth, Beaumont Rd, Plymouth, Devon PL4
Tel: 01752 263 163PL4
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Sunday evenings at St Judes are from 6.30pm each week in our Upper Hall that faces onto Beaumont Road behind the Church…
Reflections
REFLECTIONS
These evenings are an opportunity to reflect on a passage of scripture that might not have been that obvious or needs deeper study and it will be in a context of sung worship and prayer.
We also have various resources available each week to help us explore more and a downloadable data sheet on the particular book of the Bible we will be in will be available from here (or a printed version in Church the Sunday beforehand) so you can pre-read and prepare a bit. See below for the downloads against each week.
Hopefully, we can learn from each other in how we approach and interpret what we read. You can gain confidence in reading your Bible as we try to allow the Bible to speak to us more and more of God’s love and character.
And, is there a passage you would like us to look at? Let us know on one of the evenings and we’ll try and slot it in. We want to use different books of the Bible each time as you will also be able to build up a free resource of backgrounds to each book of the Bible.
(Click on the reading below to download the background to the book the reading is taken from. They are all in pdf text versions to keep files smaller – if you need to download a pdf reader for free, click here)
PROGRAMME
No Evening Services over Easter Holidays 8 Apr and 15 Apr
22 Apr
Jonah Ch 3 & Ch 4
29 Apr
James 2:14-26
6 May
Leviticus 19
13 May
Galatians 5
20 May
Job 1
27 May
Pentecost Evening
3 Jun
Luke 14:25-35
10 Jun
Habakuk 1:1-2:1
17 Jun
Song of Songs 2
24 Jun
1 John 5:1-12
1 Jul
Ruth 4
8 Jul
1 Corinthians 11:17-34
15 Jul
Malachi 1
22 Jul
Colossians 2:6-23
No Evening Services over Summer Holidays 29 Jul to 9 Sept inclusive
16 Sep
Exodus 3
23 Sep
1 Thessalonians 5
30 Sep
Hebrews 13
7 Oct
2 Kings 22
14 Oct
Titus 3:1-11
St Judes Church, Plymouth, Beaumont Rd, Plymouth, Devon PL4
Tel: 01752 263 163PL4
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If you’d rather contact someone and speak on the phone please either call our Church Office (Open Wed to Fri mornings) on Plymouth (01752) 263163 or the Vicar on 224178
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If the map isn’t showing above just above this sentence, please do just click on its link. If you need coordinates for a Sat Nav, then St Jude’s Church is at 50.372781, -4.127651 and is on the corner of Tothill Road and Beaumont Road in Plymouth.
There is a car park at the church and the local streets are suitable for parking ,except Monday to Friday between 10am and 11am, when resident parking only applies on many of the roads.
If you want to see the parish and its boundaries, maybe to see if you live within it for a wedding application, on a map click here
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