Life in the Rocking Rectory

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Monday, December 29, 2008

That's Christmas Done...

...for another year. Packed churches (in varying stages of inebriation, especially the ones opposite the local pub) for the midnight Communion on Christmas Eve, pretty full with families on Christmas Day and still some turned up on Sunday (my first service was at 8.00am and I was dying, having had... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Oh Lordy!

Oh Lordy! Now I'm feeling REALLY bad. I rang the funeral directors when I got home yesterday from my abortive visit to the deaf old dear (DOD) to discuss her brother's funeral. Told them she wasn't there so I couldn't finalise the funeral until she got in touch with me. Told them I'd stuffed a note... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Nigel The Curate

Saw Nigel the Curate today for the first time since the Christmas Tree Festival. He's been ill - or at least, not right, put your own interpretations on that - since the festival, but emailed yesterday to say that yes, he would be appearing today. He didn't turn up. But I did get a phone call from... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 22, 2008

TFT

Met up with Eric this morning. We hadn't met before but he rang me last week to explain that he was looking for voluntary work as a therapist. Sounded interesting, so I arranged to go round for coffee this morning. Eric has worked in personnel for years and has spent his spare time researching and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 20, 2008

Death and Repayment

Had a phone call yesterday from a solicitor, about some old guy who had died. Used to live in one of my parishes about a hundred years ago and wants to be buried in the churchyard there. Just one problem. He was a bachelor and the only surviving relative is a spinster sister, well into her eighties.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 19, 2008

Stuck in the Mud

Had the Shimpling carol service last night. And yes, this was after the Deanery Mothers' Union carol service in the afternoon (the archdeaconry president got stuck at the road works for forty five minutes and arrived just as we were finishing. Still got there in time for the nosh, so who cares? Not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Jolly Jaunt

Jolly jaunt day today. Yes, you've guessed, we're off to a family funeral. Well, not exactly family, but I've called him 'Uncle' all my life. His wife was my mother's bridesmaid about two hundred years ago and he became my brother's godfather. I was always extremely jealous about that, because Uncle... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

School Carols

Managed to drag myself out of my sickbed yesterday and stagger up to the church for the school carol service. Well, OK, I wasn't that bad, but just stir yourself to spoon on the sympathy a bit. The kids were gorgeous, as always. There's only about a hundred in the school so they were all there,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 15, 2008

Quietly Dying

Today I'm quietly dying. No, not the computer, me. And 'quietly' might not be quite the word, perhaps 'noisily' describes it better. In short, I am gravely suffering. With a cold. Or if I was a bloke, with man-flu. Strangely enough, Ed developed symptoms the minute I started groaning and whingeing.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 13, 2008

Risen From The Dead

And behold, on the third day the dead computer rose again and is seateth at the right hand of the Rocking Rector from whence it intercedeth for us all. On the third day the Rocking Rector approached the laptop tomb and behold! The CD Rom drive openeth with the end of an earring. A Linux disk was... 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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