The Hearth of Mopsus

The most striking event in the parish this week has been the opening of a new fast-food outlet on the row of businesses which already has tw...

We weren’t sure whether Paula’s licence as Pastoral Assistant had expired, and it took ages before I was able to find someone at Church Hous...

After the safeguarding course was over yesterday, I felt compelled to compliment the Diocesan Safeguarding Officer, especially as she'd ...

... so it was just as well the Clergy Study Morning yesterday only went as far as lunch time before we were all released from Christ Church,...

I am getting quite used to the lady who leads the termly 'Hot Topic' training sessions for school governors on behalf of Surrey Co...

We found out about Taketime through our curate Marion who knows the chap who runs it, a Methodist minister based in Reigate. It's a wa...

Our curate Marion has reached the end of her curacy, although we breathe a huge sigh of relief that the diocese has decided she can stay on ...

As Debbie sat on my sofa describing two churches where she was considering spending her time as curate, a strange sense of familiarity began...

This sickening little graphic is exactly why I've never thought of myself as a 'leader' and don't trust those who do. I re...

Long ages ago, one of my great predecessors in the parish sent a group of his folk on the diocesan course for lay Readers. 'You should g...

I wasn't expecting to be granted a curate to start in the summer of 2012, and yesterday had confirmation that this is so. I am not that ...

I've just come back from the New Vicars Course, or 'consultation' as they are pleased to call it. About ten of us from the south...