Life in the Rocking Rectory

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Monday, February 16, 2009

Cold Water

Yesterday started well. As you know, it's the only day we priests work, so it can be busy. I was starting with the 8.00am service in our coldest church - the one that strongly resembles an aircraft hangar at refrigeration temperatures - so struggled out of bed as late as possible. Well, you do,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 14, 2009

A Cycle Ride

Really enjoyed the cycle ride to St. Saviour's this morning. It's three and a half miles there (and the same back, amazingly. I merely add that in to let you know how athletic I am.) The sky was blue, the sun attempting to to shine (somewhat weakly, it must be admitted) and the birds were singing. I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Two Different Services

Took a Holy Communion at St Saviour's today. We only have one mid-week Communion per month and even that struggles. Today there were four of us, including me. It was so cold despite the infra-red heaters which beam something approximating to luke-warmth onto the top of your head, that I cut the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Two Different Meetings

This morning I was invited into Class One in the village school. They are four, five and six year-olds, about twenty of them and this week are learning about bread via the story of The Little Red Hen. Yesterday they made bread themselves (well, not completely. When I asked if they got sticky they... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 9, 2009

Another bleak day

Another cold, wet and bleak day (weatherwise, that is). But I'm not complaining since I saw on the TV the horrific fires in Australia and thought how terrible it must be to see your home and all your possessions go up in smoke, and worse, to not know whether your family were safe. The fires seem to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 8, 2009

Newspaper clangers

There is a really awful clanger in today's Sunday Times, normally the epitome of correctness. Well, perhaps never quite as up-market as The Times, but for a Sunday newspaper, not too sensationalist. In today's paper there's a horrifying story about a three-month old baby who was mauled to death by... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 7, 2009

Choir Practice

Today marked our first joint choir practice for our Easter offering. We join with a church choir from a different deanery, around fifteen miles away (we share two organists and an organist's father with them. Why an organist's father? He sings and plays almost as well as his son, so we need him.) On... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Meeting in Norwich

Had to drive to Norwich at the crack of dawn today. Well, nine fifteen, anyway. No snow, but everything was frozen. Couldn't turn the car key in the lock except by dint of a hot water bottle. High technology, there. Discovered just how icy the road was when I slammed on my brakes to avoid a kamikaze... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 2, 2009

Yet Another Meal

Had yet another meal at the Half Moon today. That's three in less than a week, but don't go thinking that I'm always in the pub. I'm not. Honestly. Today was the over-sixties lunch, provided free for all over sixties in the village by a local charity. Fortunately it's a very small village. So today... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 1, 2009

Baptism and an interesting meal

Baptised Georgina Rose, aged three months, today during the Communion service at St Mary's. She was gorgeous and never uttered a peep, so the service went well. I like to keep the service user-friendly, because most of the poeple who attend - guests of the young family - aren't regular churchgoers.... Sign in to see full entry.

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A bird's eye view of day-to-day life an a rural Anglican rectory. Meet the villagers. Hear the gossip. Share in the complaints.Be the fly on the wall. Glossary................................................... Benefice - a group of churches, ususally in rural areas, working together. .... Churchwarden - person with main responsibility for running of church. .... ... ... PCC - Parochial Church Council - ruling body of elected members working with the Churchwarden to ensure the upkeep of the building and decide on the worship........... Mardle - a Norfolk word for chat or conversation.

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