As trailed here last month, there was a meeting of rural clergy on 1 September to discuss with the Diocesan  leadership the emerging shape of future ministry in multi-parish benefices like ours.

On 1 September, there will be a meeting for clergy involved in multiparish rural ministry in this diocese. The purpose of the meeting is to consider the future shape of ministry in benefices like  ours. More specifically, it is to consider a type of ministry which is labelled ‘oversight ministry’.

Is your body a finely-tuned machine? I recently read an interesting magazine article about human health. The author was critical of the approach of most modern medicine towards our bodily health. Medicine, he wrote, treats the body as if it is a complex machine...

The recent election of Pope Leo XIV has prompted a good deal of reflection within the Roman Catholic Church about what might lie ahead in the life of the Church.

For the last couple of years we have been encouraged to think about the future of the Church. The COVID pandemic probably started off this need to consider afresh how and why we do things and our direction and purpose. Then we had a new Rector.

We were delighted to welcome Bishop Michael to the Benefice on 12 March and 16 March. On both days, Bishop Michael was kept busy, meeting a range of people and finding our more about our church life together. Huge thanks are owed to David and Tamsyn Cowie for providing and organising the refreshments in the evening.

Issue 39 - March 2025