Mary Tavy and Peter Tavy
After several years of the Tavys being without a Parish Priest, we are delighted to announce some exciting news, which is that we now have two!
As of 1st July 2025, Peter Tavy formally became part of a new Benefice (i.e. a group of connected parishes), called the Benefice of Bere Ferrers with Bere Alston, Brent Tor, Gulworthy, Mary Tavy, Peter Tavy, Tavistock and Whitchurch - which is a bit of a mouthful, so the working name is simply the Tavistock Area Mission Community.
Mission Communities are the Diocese of Exeter's chosen way of approaching mission and ministry. They are not a legal unit within Church of England structures. Instead, their purpose is to group parishes together such that they form a critical mass that can offer the life of the Church of England in all its fullness in a particular place.
So, Mary Tavy and Peter Tavy remain distinct parishes. Importantly, though, this new ecclesiastical structure (i.e. the Benefice) is also what's called a 'Team Ministry', which means that we now have two stipendiary clergy, Rev'd. Matt Godfrey as Team Rector, and Rev'd, Nick Law, as Team Vicar.
Alongside them, we have three Assistant Curates, Rev'd. Hazel Butland, Rev’d Judith Blowey and Rev'd Karen Sharland. Moreover, this core team continues to be supported by a wider team of clergy and lay ministers, many of whom have been helping to cover services at St, Mary's and St, Peter's over the last 18 months, and so are familiar faces.
Rev'd. Matthew Godfrey
