Bovey Tracey Baptist Church

10/08/2026

On Sunday we're introducing a new song called 'Amazing' ⭐

It's only on YouTube at the moment and you can listen/sing-a-long here: 👉 https://youtu.be/aXYT8WxLlcQ

Lyrics below:

Verse 1
Open my eyes to Your wonder
Open my ears to Your voice,
Then I can see Your Holiness
And hear the cadence of Joy
Assist my will to surrender
Aid me to lay down my life
To render reasonable service
In loving Jesus Christ

Chorus
You are amazing, amazing God
You are amazing Anointed One
What You have done is astounding,
But who You are is divine
You are amazing, amazing all the time

Verse 2
Keep me from following blindly
From making an idol of self,
Trusting my life to Your living word,
Rather than anything else
Draw my attention to holy
The set apart nature of God,
Lead me to bow at the altar
Surrendering all that I’ve got

Bridge
Where could I go? What would I do?
Without this hope flowing from You
My sin destroyed; the debt has been paid
Now I know the voice of Amazing Grace
You are amazing, You are amazing

Listen to the Acoustic demos here:🎵- https://audiomack.com/tomthe...

24/06/2026

Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”

Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”

When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables so that,

“‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,
and ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’”

Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? The farmer sows the word. Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”

Mark 4:1-20

17/06/2026

The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders. When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.[a])

So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”

He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:

“‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
They worship me in vain;
their teachings are merely human rules.’[b]

You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”

Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.”

After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable. “Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)

He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”

Mark 7:1-8, 14-23

15/06/2026

HITS Foodbank is doing a stellar work in the Teignbridge area 🌟

We collect Food for them every week as part of our commitment to giving. 🫶

So if you are wanting to donate, just bring some food on a Sunday morning and we'll make sure it gets to the HITS warehouse 🫑🫐🫖🫘

Check on one of the pics for a recent list of need 👍

If you'd like any more information on our giving, either email the admin@ or grab a purple card from the Chapel💜

"Giving doesn't have to be hard, just pick up the Purple Card!" 😉

10/06/2026

After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”

As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” At once they left their nets and followed him.

When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law.

Mark 1:14-22

08/06/2026

Life Groups at BTBC are a fantastic way to connect with your church family, grow your faith, deepen your understanding of our Lord Jesus and find a new way to serve your brothers and sisters in Christ 👍👍

Either email the admin@ or grab the Green 'Next Steps' Postcard in the Chapel for more info ℹ

"If you're keen, grab the green!!" 💚💚💚

03/06/2026

As for me and my house... 🏡

01/06/2026

Bovey Baptist is a family of believers seeking to be apprentices of Jesus in our day to day lives. 👪

It’s not just about turning up on Sunday, it’s making connections with the local church. 🫱🫲

It is time to make that connection? 🧩

email: [email protected] to be added to our mailing list and join us at our Church Family Gatherings on Sundays at 10.30am at our Chapel (behind the Cromwell Pub). 🙂

01/06/2026

Join with South West Baptist Association churches across your cluster as we celebrate together all the God is doing across the South West

Our "local" with be Upton Vale Baptist Church on June 6th 2pm (but with cakes and drinks at 1.30pm)

17/05/2026

On Saturday 6 June, churches across the South West Baptist Association will gather in several locations for an afternoon of worship, encouragement, and celebration 🙌 Torquay churches are gathering at Upton Vale from 1.30pm for this special time together.

Come and enjoy refreshments, worship together, and join a live-streamed AGM at 2pm, along with updates from local churches and a message from Phil Knox of the Evangelical Alliance. This is a great opportunity to hear stories of what God is doing across the South West ✨

Find out more: www.swbaptists.org.uk/.../2026/05/04/1-big-agm-2026/