A Final Letter from the Vicarage
Dear
Friends,
This sadly
will be my last letter for The Herald after more than twenty-seven years. I have greatly enjoyed the magazine which I
have always considered to be a valuable way of communicating with the two parishes
and an important voice for the two villages with information about various
activities and organisations. It hasn’t
been just a “church magazine”. I have
found it rewarding working with Fleur Bradley when she was Editor, with Liz
Layton, and latterly with Andrew Bancroft.
There are
inevitably going to be some changes both in the life of the church and also in
the production of the magazine. As from
October the magazine is going to become Bi-Monthly in order to bring it into
line with the team Magazine and so that the same letter can be inserted as that
one in that production. Therefore after
the September edition there will be a October/November issue and a
December/January one. This was decided
at both our PCC’s recently. It will
also make it easier for Paul and Cynth who nobly print, collate and distribute
the magazine to the individual distributors. The magazine will also contain
some items from the team and the publication of events organised by other
members of the team.
I hope
that ‘The Herald’ will continue to be a valuable organ for the villages as well
as giving some important information about the new team.
As far as
the services at our two churches are concerned there will be some changes
too. These have been approved by both
PCC’s. The Sunday services at Cookley will change from 9.00am to 9.30am. as from the first Sunday in September, and the Wolverley Sunday morning service has already changed from 10.30am to
11.00am.
Evensong
at Wolverley and the midweek services will remain the same – Evensong at 6.30pm
and Wednesdays at Wolverley at 10.00am and Cookley on Thursdays at 10.30am.
It was
hoped that we should be able to keep our usual service times at least for the
Interregnum whilst the legal process is going on to set up the new team, but
there has had to be some flexibility in order to allow the team clergy to cover
all the services. Changes have had to
be made by Saint Oswald’s and St. Barnabas in order to accommodate our two
parishes.
Although I
finished in the parishes at the end of August, I don‘t actually retire
officially until the end of September. I shall still legally be “Vicar” until
then although I shan’t be doing any work. I am in the happy position of having
a month to organise myself and move.
Finally I
would like to say that this isn’t really “Goodbye” but only “Au Revoir” for a
time. Sue and I will not be living very
far away. In fact we are going to be
living in Saint Mary’s Parish and I expect to do take some services in the new
team. So no doubt you will see me again
from time to time.
Thank you
so much to all the people who kindly wrote about me in last month’s
Herald. I’m sure that I don’t deserve
all adulation, but it is really nice to feel that I have been appreciated and
that I’ve been able to make some small contribution to the life of the two
parishes. I would also like to thank Andrew Bancroft for putting the magazine
together and for having done so since he took over.
Thank you
all for your support and companionship.
It has been a great journey and one that continues, albeit in a
different direction.
With every
blessing,
Geoffrey,
From
the Parish Registers
Christenings
Summer
Lyndon at Wolverley – 5th
August
Ruby
and Evie Oliver at Wolverley – 11th
August
Noah
Meredith and Rylan Arens at Cookley – 12th
August
Jack
Yarnold at Wolverley – 25th
August
Weddings
Craig
Gould and Eleanor Oakes at Cookley – 4th
August
James Whitehouse
and Carina Russell at Wolverley – 4th
August
Mark
Joslin and Lydia Evans at Wolverley – 11th
August
Paul
Schofield and Juliet Goldsmith at Wolverley – 17th
August
Jonathan
Perkins and Deborah Digger at Cookley – 24th
August
Owen
Southan and Sapphire Hardy at Cookley – 25th
August
Russell
Hadley and Haley Shurmer at Wolverley – 25th
August
Julian
Penn and Joanne Speight at Cookley – 31st
August
Funerals
Beatrice Emily
Seedhouse at Stourbridge (Cookley) – 9th
August
Brenda Price at
Cookley – 10th
August
Sheikla Nash at
Stourbridge (Franche) – 15th
August
Terence Oldnall at
Cookley – 17th
August
Irene Chamberlain
at Wyre Forest Crematorium (Wolverley) – 21st
August
Patricia Kathleen
Tolley at Stourbridge (Cookley) – 28th
August
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