Dear Friends,
Last month a group of us were able to meet with Owain Bell, the Team Rector of Saint Mary’s in Kidderminster. This completes the beginnings of our conversations about the future of Wolverley and Cookley within the Team Ministry of Saint Mary’s next year. But it is a conversation which needs to continue. We had a similar meeting with Owain at Saint Peter’s, Cookley some weeks earlier.
Owain was at pains to point out at both meetings that this was going to affect the Saint Mary’s Team just as much as our two parishes. It was going to be a joint venture of exploration and discovery through largely unchartered waters. However, he did say that although some adjustments will no doubt be necessary, every attempt will be made to preserve the existing pattern of services.
There would also be some benefits. Because we shall be in a much larger team, we shall have access to a bigger pool of resources. We shall have the benefit of a parish secretary, of a wider group of clergy and others with specialised skills. We shall also be able to contribute something to the Team by giving some of the gifts and expertise we possess.
It is important that we start to worship and socialise together. We plan to hold a joint Eucharist at Saint John’s Wolverley on 2nd June (Ascension Day) at 7.30pm when we shall be joined by the St. Mary’s Team.
I hope that members of St. Peter’s Cookley will come to that as well despite the fact that as it’s a Thursday, there will be a communion there in the morning.
Fleur Bradley and I are also taking it in turns to go to the monthly Staff Meeting at Saint Mary’s so that we can feel part of the Team and can make a contribution to the discussion.
Although in some ways it is not like having one’s own Vicar, in the response to the economic and staffing changes we must make, it does present us with some exciting possibilities as well as some real challenges.
With all good wishes,
Geoffrey Shilvock & Owain Bell
Christenings
Last month a group of us were able to meet with Owain Bell, the Team Rector of Saint Mary’s in Kidderminster. This completes the beginnings of our conversations about the future of Wolverley and Cookley within the Team Ministry of Saint Mary’s next year. But it is a conversation which needs to continue. We had a similar meeting with Owain at Saint Peter’s, Cookley some weeks earlier.
Owain was at pains to point out at both meetings that this was going to affect the Saint Mary’s Team just as much as our two parishes. It was going to be a joint venture of exploration and discovery through largely unchartered waters. However, he did say that although some adjustments will no doubt be necessary, every attempt will be made to preserve the existing pattern of services.
There would also be some benefits. Because we shall be in a much larger team, we shall have access to a bigger pool of resources. We shall have the benefit of a parish secretary, of a wider group of clergy and others with specialised skills. We shall also be able to contribute something to the Team by giving some of the gifts and expertise we possess.
It is important that we start to worship and socialise together. We plan to hold a joint Eucharist at Saint John’s Wolverley on 2nd June (Ascension Day) at 7.30pm when we shall be joined by the St. Mary’s Team.
I hope that members of St. Peter’s Cookley will come to that as well despite the fact that as it’s a Thursday, there will be a communion there in the morning.
Fleur Bradley and I are also taking it in turns to go to the monthly Staff Meeting at Saint Mary’s so that we can feel part of the Team and can make a contribution to the discussion.
Although in some ways it is not like having one’s own Vicar, in the response to the economic and staffing changes we must make, it does present us with some exciting possibilities as well as some real challenges.
With all good wishes,
Geoffrey Shilvock & Owain Bell
From the Parish Registers
Christenings
Rosemary Alice Bayley and Rebecca Bayley at St. Peter’s Cookley - 2nd April
Weddings
Lee John Perry & Aime Jay Owen at St. John the Baptist Wolverley - 30th April
Funerals
Mia Pocierznicki (baby) at St. Peter’s Cookley - 23rd March
George Kenneth Bridges at St. John the Baptist Wolverley - 7th April
William David Barker at St. Peter’s Cookley - 11th April
Kenneth Jenkins at Stourbridge Crematorium - 11th April
Michael Norman Watts at St. Peter’s Cookley - 12th April
Freda Marie Lawley at St. John the Baptist Wolverley - 13th April
Dorothy Hale at Stourbridge Crematorium - 15th April
Derrick Clifford Davies at St. John the Baptist Wolverley - 15th April
Maldwyn Thomas Roberts at Worcester Crematorium - 19th April
William Henry Field at St. John the Baptist Wolverley - 21st April
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