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MAY 2008

Dear Friends,

I write this on the afternoon that Revd Alan Wheale was Licensed to our new group of six parishes. It was a very happy occasion and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all who helped in any way to make it so. I am sure that Alan felt very welcomed and I know that he is looking forward to exercising his ministry among our congregations and villages.

I hope that the Licensing marks the beginning of a period of stability after the changes of the last six or seven months in which we will be able to draw breath and look at the new reality. I guess this applies mainly to the regular congregations but over time I would hope that what we are able to do as the Church will have an impact on many others in our villages. The Church proclaims a message of ‘good news’ for all people and is called to ‘love our neighbour’. We have to try to do that better with each passing year.

Of course, the other way in which what is happening with the Church affects the wider community is through baptisms, weddings and funerals. These are moments of great significance for people and raise big questions about meaning in life and the nature of reality. Where did life come from in the first place and what happens when we die? Christians believe in an infinitely creative God whose essential nature is love. The Church has to try to proclaim and to live out the Christian gospel, in order to help others to explore their own understanding of what life is all about and how to find happiness and fulfilment. It is my hope that as the new arrangements settle down we shall be able to concentrate fully on that rather than issues of organisation or administration and so to help many people to come to a new and personal relationship with God.

David Jessett

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PRAYER ROTA :

Do join us in praying for our villages and for one another. Our prayer rota for the next month will be as follows:

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