Tavistock Parish Church of St Eustachius will host the Farm Crisis Network's annual Lammas service on Sunday July 25 at 6pm.

Farm Crisis Network is a UK network of groups of volunteers drawn from the farming community and rural churches. It provides pastoral and practical support to farming people during periods of anxiety, stress and problems relating to both the farm household and the farm business.

Lammas or 'Loaf Mass' is an English feast in origin, held on or around August 1 as a thanksgiving for the first fruits of the wheat harvest. Traditionally, a newly baked loaf from the wheat harvest was presented before God within the mass of the day.

While the ceremony ceased at the Reformation, reference to Lammas Day continued in the Prayer Book calendar, and the practise has been revived in some places in more recent years.

The preacher at the service will be the Rev Sarah Brown, chief executive of FCN and a collection will be taken for the continuing work of FCN.

County and local representatives will be present for this family service and St Eustachius Parish Church welcomes all who wish to attend.

Refreshments will be served in the parish hall after the service.