South Street Baptist Church

02/06/2026

https://www.joyfest.org.uk/
Grab a free coffee (or tea) with us for breakfast 8-10am on Wednesday and arrive refreshed for work.

Joyfest is a celebration of smiles and brightened days*, initiated by the church in Exeter * (and generosity, kindness, help, laughter, fun, hope and joy) What is Joyfest? Joyfest is a simple idea:can the church spend a week doing acts of kindness to make the city a happier place? “So be truly gla...

02/06/2026

“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat”. – Isaiah 55.

Welcome and share the peace
Opening words
Hymn : For the beauty of the earth
Silence followed by the Lord’s Prayer
Reading : Luke 10: 38-42
Children go out….
Offering and dedication
Hymn : Here is love
Hymn : Holy and anointed one
Reading : Philippians 2: 5-11
Address : Guest or host?
Silence
Prayers
Hymn : Come host of heaven
Blessing

We meet in Exeter city centre for our services every Sunday at 11 am. Holy Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday of the month.
We are a Church of diverse gatherings, details of other activities, including services at Brampford Speke chapel can found on our website - www.ssbcexeter.co.uk.

Our opening and closing music is played by one of our organists.
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“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who hav...

02/06/2026

ONE WEEK TO GO!!

Only a week to go until our 1 BIG AGM where churches are gathering across the Southwest to worship, eat, play, pray and join as a wider Baptist family.

You can visit our AGM page to find out all the details of where your church is gathering, download the annual report and see the introduction video from Phil Knox

https://www.swbaptists.org.uk/blog/2026/05/04/1-big-agm-2026/

30/05/2026

Welcome to this service recorded at South Street Baptist Church on Sunday 24th May, 2026 - Pentecost Sunday when we celebrate God giving the followers of Jesus the gift of the Holy Spirit.

The service is led by our minister Simon, and our Pentecost theme is 'The Spirit of Mission'. Simon remembers how Jesus tells his disciples not to leave Jerusalem until they have received the gift of the Spirit. Mission is only to be done with the leading and inspiring of the Spirit - by the Spirit Jesus is with us in our mission.

We hear the story of the Spirit coming in power and reflect on the drama of the scene. Simon comments that a crowd is drawn not to the fire and wind of this moment but to the voice of God being heard through the disciples. The Spirit enables the first disciples to speak with a voice that a diverse crowd can understand.

The service includes:
Welcome and Call to Worship
Hymn O breath of love
Opening Prayer The Lord’s Prayer
Hymn Give me oil in my lamp
First Reading: Acts 2.1-17
Hymn Spirit of God, unseen as the wind
Second Reading John 16.5-15
Sermon The Spirit of Mission
Hymn When our Lord walked the earth
Prayers of Intercession using the song ‘Come Holy Spirit’
Offering and Dedication
Hymn Lord of the Church
Blessing

Our closing music is played by Mary Ellis, one of our organists.

To learn more about our church, please visit www.ssbcexeter.co.uk.

We meet in Exeter city centre for our services every Sunday at 11 am. Holy Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday of the month. Details of other activities, including services at Brampford Speke chapel will be found on our website.

If you want to be in touch with us, you can leave a message here or at our page . Contact details are also given our website.
If you want to know more about the Christian faith, we suggest you visit https://christianity.o...​ or get in touch with us.

Welcome to this service recorded at South Street Baptist Church on Sunday 24th May, 2026 - Pentecost Sunday when we celebrate God giving the followers of Jes...

20/05/2026

A Feast for all
Service is lead by Revd Ross Maynard

Welcome and share the peace
Architecture
Hymn Let us build a house
Silence
Lord's Prayer
Reading Luke 14:1,7-14
Offering and Dedication
Hymn Father, we love you
Jesus, we enthrone you*2
Reading Luke 14:15​-24
Address: A feast for all
YouTube: 'God's table' (John L Bell)
Intercessions
Hymn Come host of heaven
Blessing

*A Feast for all*Service is lead by Revd Ross MaynardWelcome and share the peaceArchitectureHymn Let us build a houseSilenceLord's PrayerReading Luke ...

14/05/2026

Join us in worship with our Sunday service from the 10th of May. We continue our studies of “Holy Habits” with Rev Ross Maynard and celebrate Christian Aid Week.

Welcome and share the peace
Call to worship
Hymn : How great thou art
Silence followed by the Lord’s Prayer
Reading : 1 Corinthians 11: 17-22
Mission links: Christian Aid
For the video we watched here’s a link - • Thank you for taking p... ​
Offering and dedication
Hymn : Faithful one
Hymn : Father, God I wonder
Reading : 1 Corinthians 11: 27-34
Address : Choosing a table
Hymn : The ‘other person’
Prayers
Hymn : Put peace into each other’s hands
Blessing

We meet in Exeter city centre for our services every Sunday at 11 am. Holy Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday of the month.
We are a Church of diverse gatherings, details of other activities, including services at Brampford Speke chapel can found on our website - www.ssbcexeter.co.uk.

Our opening and closing music is played by one of our organists.
Please subscribe &/or press "like" to help our online services to reach more people. - Thank you for being with us.

Join us in worship with our Sunday service from the 10th of May. We continue our studies of “Holy Habits” with Rev Ross Maynard and celebrate Christian Aid ...

09/05/2026

Welcome to this service recorded at South Street Baptist Church in Exeter on Sunday 3rd May, 2026. The service is led by our minister Simon and is part of a our Holy Habits discipleship series. Currently, we are looking at 'Making more disciples'.

In this service, Simon reminds us that Jesus does not have a one-size fits all approach but responds to the needs of the individual. His message is appropriate to their context. This means that our journeys to faith in God through Jesus will vary. Simon contrasts the story of the calling by Jesus of fishermen with Paul's dramatic converstion. Simon tells us that to become a follower of Jesus is easy but costly. We commit our lives to Christ through belief in Jesus and confession that he is the Risen Lord.

The service includes:
Welcome and Call to Worship
Hymn At the name of Jesus
Opening Prayer followed by The Lord’s Prayer
Reading: Romans 10. 5-13
Offering and Dedication
Hymn In a byre near Bethlehem
Prayers of Intercession
Reading Mark 1.14-20
Song: Gloria, gloria
Sermon Becoming a Disciple
The Peace
Communion
Hymn I will sing the wondrous story
Blessing

Our closing music is played by Mary Ellis, one of our organists.

To learn more about our church, please visit www.ssbcexeter.co.uk.

We meet in Exeter city centre for our services every Sunday at 11 am. Holy Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday of the month. Details of other activities, including services at Brampford Speke chapel will be found on our website.

If you want to be in touch with us, you can leave a message here or at our page . Contact details are also given our website.

If you want to know more about the Christian faith, we suggest you visit https://christianity.o...​ or get in touch with us.

Welcome to this service recorded at South Street Baptist Church in Exeter on Sunday 3rd May, 2026. The service is led by our minister Simon and is part of a ...

01/05/2026

Welcome to this service recorded at South Street Baptist Church in Exeter on Sunday 26th August, 2026. The service is led by our minister Simon and continues our Holy Habits discipleship series. Currently, we are exploring the theme of "Making more disciples".

This week, Simon takes up back to the passage that inspires the Holy Habits series - Acts 2.42-47. This passage describes the life of the Early Church and Simon uses it to reflect on the kind of church that adds up - the church that draws people to the love of Jesus.

For Simon this is a church that expresses community and has at its heart the story of Jesus, a story that we are now invited to step into. It is a church that offers a real hope as the love of God is seen to be transforming lives.

The service includes:
Welcome and Call to Worship
Songs God welcomes all & Jesus stand among us at the meeting of our lives
Opening Prayer followed by The Lord’s Prayer
Reading: Matthew 5.13-16
Hymn Christ is alive! Let Christians sing
Reading Acts 2.37-47
Sermon p1 The Church that adds up
Hymn This is God’s house
Sermon p2 The Church that adds up
Intercessions
Offering and Dedication
Hymn King of glory, King of peace
Blessing

Our closing music is played by Mary Ellis, one of our organists.

To learn more about our church, please visit www.ssbcexeter.co.uk.

We meet in Exeter city centre for our services every Sunday at 11 am. Holy Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday of the month. Details of other activities, including services at Brampford Speke chapel will be found on our website.

If you want to be in touch with us, you can leave a message here or at our page . Contact details are also given our website.

If you want to know more about the Christian faith, we suggest you visit https://christianity.o...​ or get in touch with us.

Service from 26 April, 2026 - the church that adds up

24/04/2026

Welcome to this service recorded on Sunday 19th April at South Street Baptist Church in central Exeter. The service is led by our minister, Revd Ross Maynard and continues our Holy Habits Discipleship Series looking at "Making More Disciples".

This week, we hear the whole story of the book of Job - an ancient parable on the grace of God and human prejudice. Ross reflects on the story and asks if there are people we are reluctant to share the Gospel with.

The service includes:
Welcome and sharing the peace
Call to worship
Hymn: When I survey the wonderous cross
Reading: Jonah 1
Silence followed by the Lord’s Prayer
Reading: Jonah 2
SSPW 78 Jesus be the centre x 2
Reading: Jonah 3
Offering and Dedication
Reading: Jonah 4
Address: And should I not be concerned about Nineveh?
Intercessions Hymn: The ‘Other’ person
Blessing

To learn more about our church, please visit www.ssbcexeter.co.uk.

We meet in Exeter city centre for our services every Sunday at 11 am. Holy Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday of the month. Details of other activities, including services at Brampford Speke chapel will be found on our website.

If you want to be in touch with us, you can leave a message here or at our page . Contact details are also given our website.

If you want to know more about the Christian faith, we suggest you visit https://christianity.o...​ or get in touch with us.

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16/04/2026

Join us in worship with our Sunday service from the 12 of April. In this service Rev Philip Wagstaff continues the Easter story by looking at locked doors and new beginnings.

Welcome and call to worship
Hymn : Praise you Lord
Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
Reading : 1 Peter 1: 3-9
Hymn : God who sets us on a journey
Reading : John 20: 19-31
Hymn : When fear and grief had barred the door
Sermon : Easter – locked doors and new beginnings
Hymn : Come with me, come wander…
Prayers of Intercession
Offering and dedication
Hymn : The strife is o’er, the battle done
Blessing

We meet in Exeter city centre for our services every Sunday at 11 am. Holy Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday of the month.
We are a Church of diverse gatherings, details of other activities, including services at Brampford Speke chapel can found on our website - www.ssbcexeter.co.uk.

Our opening and closing music is played by one of our organists.
Please subscribe &/or press "like" to help our online services to reach more people. - Thank you for being with us.

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