Life in the Rocking Rectory

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Monday, January 12, 2009

A Quiet Day

Started with a meeting today. A one-to-one, so a good meeting. Isn't it amazing how much you can get covered in half an hour when there's just two of you? To my mind, by far the best sort of meeting - just two people! It's for a neighbouring parish. They've got a few difficulties within their... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Amazing Discovery

Rejoice with me, for I have made an amazing discovery! One of my smaller parishes has been agonising for weeks over whether to move from their preferred 1662 service (for the uninitiated, 1662 is the year the service was written. And yes, we are still using it, unadulterated) to something more... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Wedding Bells

For two young couples, actually. We have a peal of eight bells and a team of enthusiastic bell-ringers, so it's fortunate that both the young couples I saw this morning want the bells for their weddings. The first wedding is in May (well, the second for the year. We had one last Saturday, but that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 9, 2009

A Day Off!

OK, had enough of death for a while, so this is a day off. (Yes, the phone did ring and there was a long pastoral chat with Jay's daughter, but never mind. The rest of the day is free. Honestly.) So we went into Norwich as I had an appointment at the hearing place, and stopped off at Waterstones.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 8, 2009

And Yet Another!

Yes, I know you're thinking I write about nothing but death and you're right. Just at the moment I feel quite overwhelmed with death and funerals. Another church funeral today (i.e. a staunch church member - they're dropping like flies, could it be the age of the congregation?) and yesterday... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Another Death

I was just leaving for today's double funeral - yes, literally. I had the door open - when the phone went. Thought I'd better answer it. It was my retired priest colleague from the next village to say that Joan's daughter died this morning (Joan is churchwarden at the church in that village). M.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 5, 2009

A Day And A Half

Well, this has been a day and a half already and it's only eleven o'clock, so it seems like a good idea to stop for a coffee and blog to friends. Started when I went up to the church here for morning prayers only to find that prayers had been cancelled (thanks for telling me) because an expert was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 4, 2009

First Day Back

Well, that's the first day back at work after a week off. Bit of a shock to the system starting with an eight o'clock service on a cold January morning, but I've survived to tell the tale. Then went on to a nine thirty service, followed by the eleven o'clock, after which it was time to collapse in a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 1, 2009

It's A Double!

Funeral, that is. The phone has been fairly buzzing the last couple of days, to try and sort out the funerals of the Deaf Old Dear and her brother. The coroner has been working over the bank holiday (like the rest of us!) and is going to release the body tomorrow. The funeral directors have worked... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

The First Day Off

Woke early despite being on holiday - well, Ed woke me actually. At least he brought me a cup of tea before shooting off to golf at some god-forsaken hour when all respectable mortals should have been asleep. So I decided to bomb into Norwich to get my newly dyed (courtesy eldest daughter), horribly... 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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