PEOPLE in Tavistock are being invited to meet the Bishop of Exeter when he pays a three-day visit this month.

On Sunday, June 19, Bishop Robert, the Right Reverend Robert Atwell, will be at Tavistock Parish Centre to join an open discussion group with churchwardens, parochial church council members, school heads, foundation governors and youth leaders, who will explore ways of furthering their work.

The two-hour event will follow tea and cakes and a short service of Compline will be held at St Eustachius Church in the evening.

On Monday and Tuesday, June 20 and 21, the Bishop will attend morning prayer. On Monday he will meet chapter members in the parish centre, followed by a working lunch with farmers at New Court Farm, Lamerton.

Also on Monday, at St Paul’s Church Hall, Yelverton, Bishop Robert will attend an open event for people involved in evangelism, when refreshments will be followed by a discussion. The Bishop will also speak about the Church of England’s ‘Pilgrim Course’, of which he is co-author.

On Tuesday, June 21, at Lamerton Village Hall, the Bishop will lead a two-hour workshop on ‘Growing in Prayer’, to which everyone is invited. Then, at the parish centre, he will meet Tavistock Area Christians Together, CATALYST, a group of local churches working with senior schools, and Street Pastors.

Tavistock vicar Christopher Hardwick said the Bishop’s visit was part of the ‘Bishops in Mission’ initiative in the diocese.